F. A. announce Cup change
last updated Tuesday 21st August 2001, 2:21 PM
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The Football Association has announced plans
to play all four FA Cup quarter-finals back-to-back on the same day.
Each match, on Sunday 10 March, 2002, would be shown live on television,
with kick-off times (BST) at 1130, 1300, 1600 and 1900.
The BBC is expected to have the first choice of the four ties, to be screened
at 1900, as well as the fourth-choice tie at 1300.
BSkyB will show the second-choice match at 1600and the third-choice game
at 1130.
Police advice
FA spokesman Adrian Bevington said: "We believe that the FA Cup is
the most magical cup competition in football.
"What we are intending to do is to provide the platform whereby as
many people as possible can see these quarter-final fixtures.
"That is something which we believe football supporters will welcome.
"Historically, these games all took place on the same day. We would
like an opportunity for that to happen again."
The timing of the matches cannot be confirmed until the quarter-final line-up
is known as it is possible that two clubs from the same city could be drawn
at home.
This would almost certainly result in the police advising that one of the
matches be played the day before.
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