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FA Cup replays scrapped for 2020-21 season and Carabao Cup semi-finals minimized to just one leg

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Arsenal defeat Chelsea in the final to get the 2019-20 FA Cup

There will be no FA Cup replays all through the 2020-21 year to “ease strain” on the soccer calendar.

The competitors will get started with the more preliminary close to on 1 September and the remaining is thanks to be performed at Wembley Stadium on 15 May possibly 2021.

It has also been declared the Carabao Cup semi-finals will be a single-legged.

The very first spherical is scheduled for 5 September, even though the future a few rounds will be performed on consecutive midweek dates from 15-16 September.

The Leading League period is due to commence on 12 September, with the closing spherical of matches on 23 May perhaps 2021. The league suggests fixtures will be declared no later than 21 August.

Fixtures for the 2020-21 English Football League (EFL) time will be introduced on 21 August with the Championship, League One and League Two also all scheduled to start out on 12 September.

FA Cup prize dollars has been halved from 2019-20 due to the fact of the economic effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

The winners will receive £1.8m, down from £3.6m past season, in line with the 2017-18 marketing campaign.

The draws for the FA Cup extra preliminary and preliminary rounds, and the EFL Cup first spherical, will be designed on 18 August.

The EFL Cup last will get put at Wembley on 28 February 2021.

The EFL Trophy will get started on 8-9 September with the Wembley last on 14 March.

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