With the game being called off and the possibility of the game being call off on Wednesday, plus the on going problem with the pitch could the game be switch to an away tie in the future?
The only reason I ask is because low league clubs in the past have switched for larger grounds I know it's for money reasons
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A Premiership team will probably win the FA Cup this season, why shouldn't it be Fulham?
Not fair on away supporters or management to have their plans up in the air on more than one occasion just to play a cup game.
What happens if we have a cold snap and all games are off for, say, a couple of weeks - would you simply put all of the away teams through automatically?
the lack of investment in the pitch stems all the way back to the relegation seasons and prob as far back as the relegation from the prem, its a disgrace that all involved at mgmt. level should be embarrassed of and another reason I am glad RM is a non exec now
its been very easy to sit back and allow members of his board and mgmt leave and be treated with disrespect even though they stood by his side , it was also very easy to sit back and allow the flack (rightly so a lot of the flack they received) to TJ and MS at the same rate allowing the mgmt team be deconstructed because TJ and MS wanted to rebuild
but the demise of the playing field the stadium all coincided with his stewardship and he too should be as accountable as anyone else
I will explain... Rule 9 (a) (i) of the FA Challenge Cup Competition says that a tie *can* be switched (from the "home" ground to the "away" ground), subject to the FA Council approving the switch.
But, Rule 9 (a) (ii) says that the home team must arrange a safety certificate within three days of the tie being drawn; when this is done, the FA Council decides to require the game to go ahead at that ground. (We should assume that this happened within three days of the Third Round draw).
Rule 9 (a) (vi) states that the FA Council can wade in and change the venue of the game "if it is considered appropriate and necessary". Sounds like we can go the FA and say "look, our pitch is rubbish, can we play at Oxford?". However...
...(and, this is where it gets a bit tricky): Rule 9 (a) (viii) says that, if we declare that we can't host the match *after* the safety certificate has been produced, the FA Council can decide where the tie will be played and, next season, chuck us out of the FA Cup.
So, it appears that we *can* get the game switched, but it would mean not playing in the FA Cup (the only big competition we've ever won), in the 110th anniversary season.