FA Cup 2022/2023

[TheChosenOne]

Round	Main date	Number of fixtures	Clubs remaining	New entries this round	Winner prize money	Loser prize money	Divisions entering this round
First Round Proper	Saturday 5 November 2022	40	124 → 84	48	N/A	None	24 EFL League One teams 24 EFL League Two teams
Second Round Proper	Saturday 26 November 2022	20	84 → 64	None	N/A	None	None
Third Round Proper	Saturday 7 January 2023	32	64 → 32	44	N/A	None	20 Premier League teams 24 EFL Championship teams
Fourth Round Proper	Saturday 28 January 2023	16	32 → 16	None	N/A	None	None
Fifth Round Proper	Wednesday 1 March 2023	8	16 → 8	None	N/A	None	None
Quarter-Finals	Saturday 18 March 2023	4	8 → 4	None	N/A	None	None
Semi-Finals	Saturday 22 April 2023	2	4 → 2	None	N/A	N/A	None
Final	Saturday 3 June 2023

 

[TheChosenOne]

We will have a June final in 2023

 

[cwy21]

We will have a June final in 2023

It's going to be a strange season. And then even after the season ends in June there are still a pair of Euro 2024 qualifiers in mid June

 

[BoringOldFan]

Why is the final so late? The Carob Bean final is still February.

 

[Yid-ol]

Why is the final so late? The Carob Bean final is still February.

World cup year, and being played December, so I guess trying to fit in all other matches and FA cup has taken a knock back to fit league games in mid week.

 

[TheChosenOne]

I can only suggest the 6/7 week break for the Qatar World Cup in Nov/Dec will create a massive delay in PL matches especially for those teams also involved in CL/EL/ECL

 

[Marty]

At least the final is the weekend after the season ends this time, as it always should be.

 

[carmeldevil]

Premier League clubs to discuss radical changes to FA Cup and League Cup

The game is changing.

metro.co.uk

Premier League clubs are reportedly considering several major and radical changes to the formats of the FA Cup and League Cup.

According to The Times, clubs will discuss the proposals as part of the ‘New Deal for Football’ at the Premier League shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday.

The suggested changes are aimed at accomplishing two things: Easing the congested calendar and distributing more funds to the English Football League.

One notable proposal, is to scrap FA Cup replays for the third and fourth rounds, something that is seen as inevitable given the scaling back of replays over the past few seasons.

Quarter-final replays were scrapped after 2016, whilst the last fifth-round replay was held in 2018.

But perhaps the most eye-catching change that has been put forward revolves around the League Cup, currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons.

The plan would see the clubs involved in European football field their U21 sides in the Cup instead, or not take part in the competition at all.


This would be a drastic change, especially since the last nine winners of the League Cup have been from the ‘Big-Six’ clubs who typically compete in European competition, with the last winner from outside that group being Swansea in 2013.

It could however make the Cup more interesting and enticing, as currently the winner qualifies for the Europa Conference League, so ‘smaller’ teams may have a better chance of making it to Europe, while there will be greater jeopardy for the ‘bigger’ clubs to finish inside the top six.


While a decision on the proposals is unlikely to be made this week, if they go through it is expected that that the changes will be implemented ahead of the 2024/25 season.

This is because that is when the Champions League format is also scheduled to change and number of fixtures for those taking part incrrases, so clubs are hoping that a reduction in domestic cup games will ease that burden.

 

[Timberwolf]

Premier League clubs to discuss radical changes to FA Cup and League Cup

The game is changing.

metro.co.uk

Quite like that. Feel like we need to freshen things up.

At the moment hardly anyone takes the League Cup seriously until the later rounds, so this would give the bottom half clubs a real incentive to take it seriously and give them a much better chance of winning a trophy.

I think that it would also mean the top clubs take the FA Cup more seriously too as they'd know if was their only realistic chance of winning a domestic cup. In recent years the FA Cup has lost some of its magic and this would make it a lot more competitive and prestigious.

 

[easley91]

Premier League clubs to discuss radical changes to FA Cup and League Cup

The game is changing.

metro.co.uk

So basically what we do with the Papa John's trophy already?

 

[Yid-ol]

I wouldn't say clubs in Europe have to play u21s, it should be an option to do this. I would still rather rotate and play squad players in cups to keep them fresh, and look to still win the cup.

 

[TheChosenOne]

Third Round Fixtures :

Sunday 8th

 

[TheChosenOne]

Friday 6th
8pm
3rd round
Man United. Vs Everton
.

Will Frank hold onto his job ?

 

[Trent Crimm]

Roy Keane’s Tache. Wow.

 

[philll]

Ffs, so much for Everton making it tough.

 

[TheChosenOne]

Too easy. Going to be a long night for Everton

 

[UncleBuck]

Could be three down already, if this goes proper tits up for Lampard I reckon he’ll be gone tomorrow

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

Friday 6th
8pm
3rd round
Man United. Vs Everton
.

Will Frank hold onto his job ?

Seems like the Everton board are forcing him to face United out of spite…

 

[jonnyp]

Hahah nice Everton

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

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