West Ham have been forced to amend their official website with updated details on the FA Cup replay with Manchester United in April.
Originally on Friday night, the club confirmed the date was set was for Wednesday 6th April at 7pm. That page mysteriously disappeared by Saturday morning and today the club have been forced to retract their previous statement by saying “Please note that the date for this fixture is yet to be confirmed.” The Manchester United official website also have no details of the proposed replay date.
The problem centres around the issue that the proposed date falls on a Champions League night for the last eight and therefore breaks an agreement with UEFA not to play domestic . Manchester City face Paris Saint-German in the first leg of the quarter final of the Champions League.
The FA could face a fine from the UEFA or in the worst case scenario be forced to re-schedule the match. BT Sports own the exclusive rights to the UEFA Champions League and are unlikely to happy with the fixture clash even though they also own the FA Cup TV rights with the BBC.
Just pass the bill to Atkinson ? The whole farce is down to him and his assistants ??
I hope it costs the FA bundles ! Bring in video assistance and put a stop to the poor referee,s decisions , and bring some justice and common sense to the great game .
So this is why the powers at be wan’t to scrap FA cup replays isn’t it ? The FA Cup has been around a lot longer than UEFA AND FIFA . What happens now , toss a coin instead of a game ?
Week after then I assume.April 13th??
Just had the email – Wednesday 13th at 7pm!
7.00pm?? What a dumb a*se time to kick off!
They have chosen 7pm not to clash with the Champions League quarter-finals kick off times of 7.45pm. They have also avoided the second leg of he Man City v PSG game on the Tuesday. BT sport got their way!
Why not let Manure pick it as they have everything else in control,
Should have just cancelled this weeks game and played it and made us play 4 games in one week at the end of the season,
More important to the date which blind ref have we got this time ?
Actually BT Sports probably called the shots on this ocasion
Should make it 5:30 kickoff ..lthey dont have to travel anyway