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Do FA Cup matches go to a replay or to penalties if they end as a draw?
The FA Cup Third Round often provides major upsets but what happens now if the matches end in a draw?
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The FA Cup Third Round gets in full swing on Saturday as 64 teams from across the English football pyramid face off against each other in a bid to reach the next round of the world's oldest knockout competition.
The third round represents the point at which Premier League and Championship clubs enter the frame, providing the opportunity for lower division and even non-league clubs to pit their wits against the big boys and often pull off shock results.
One of the incentives for the games minnows is to have the opportunity to force a replay against a big side, generating much-needed additional income for teams that cannot rely on the huge TV money enjoyed by members of the Premier League.
Down the years, some fixtures have gone to second replays and in some cases even a third. In 1971 an FA Cup qualification fixture between Alvechurch and Oxford City took a record six matches to settle.
The rules have changed quite a bit since then and have been updated fairly recently due to concerns over fixture congestion.
Altogether, 14 FA Cup finals have been settled by a replay. The most recent was in 1993 when Arsenal eventually overcame Sheffield Wednesday in a mid-week replay when defender Andy Linighan headed home an extra-time winner in the 119th minute of the match.
Manchester United also clinched the cup in 1990 via a replay after drawing 3-3 with Crystal Palace in the initial fixture in what was a classic final. But in 1999 the rules were changed and it was decided that going forward the final would be decided on the day by playing extra-time and if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
Replays were still the norm in all of the other rounds, but pressure from Premier League clubs finally forced another rule change in 2018 that still exists today. Under the current format, replays are still in effect up to the fourth round of the competition, but from the fifth round ties must be decided on the day, with extra-time and penalty shoot-out if the sides still cannot be separated.
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That means that replays are still part of the competition in both the third and fourth rounds, providing smaller clubs with the opportunity to still generate much-needed extra income from potential bumper fixtures against higher opposition.
This year's third round started on Thursday evening, with Crystal Palace hosting Everton at Selhurst Park. That match ended 0-0 and as a result, will now go to a replay at Goodison Park. Neither club would have particularly wanted a replay but under the competition's modern rules at least there will only be one replay to contest.
Premier League clubs might not like the idea of still having to play FA Cup replays when there are so many other games to deal with but while the historic knockout competition retains its open nature of pitting any club against any other, the likelihood is that they are here to stay for quite a while longer.