[cliffkram]

So Thurrock just drew with Luton, why didnt they play Extra Time? Instead the announcer says that "theyll play a rematch". Is it that the FRP is 2 legs aggregate? Or is it to help the big clubs out that if they tie on the road they get a rematch at home?

[basso001]

No, it's a single game with a replay if necessary.

Or is it to help the big clubs out that if they tie on the road they get a rematch at home?

Turn that around. Thurrock now get a very lucrative replay at Luton.

If the minnows manage a draw away at a Big Club then they host the replay which has a very good chance of being selected for a midweek broadcast. Even more money in that.

b.

[JayRockers!]

The only reason Luton Town lucked into the draw was because of the Magic that Mike Lowell was weaving with his left eyebrow.

Take that!

Jay!

[cliffkram]

But my question is why is the match being played? Is FRP 2 legs? Would the "rematch" have been played if Thurrock won or Luton won?

[JayRockers!]

A tie means a replay. There must be a winner. If game two is tied after 90, they play two 15 minute halves (not golden goal). If it is still tied, it's penalties. This is true for all rounds but the final.

Thx,

Jay!

[cliffkram]

Thats just silliness, why bother playing a rematch, why not just go to Extra time after the first regulation. Some of these clubs are play 40-50 matches a year

[basso001]

In a word: Tradition.

It's Always Been Done That Way™.

Until relatively recently tied matches were replayed as many times as it took to produce a winner. (RichardL, when did that change? What's the record for replays?)

b.

[cliffkram]

Originally posted by basso001
In a word: Tradition.

It's Always Been Done That Way™.

Until relatively recently tied matches were replayed as many times as it took to produce a winner. (RichardL, when did that change? What's the record for replays?)

b.

Ugh, tradition can lick me.

[pmufc]

Say if Doncaster go to Man U and get a draw i think they deserve to go back to doncaster and play them there or vice versa if they draw at home they get to go to old trafford.

[RichardL]

Originally posted by basso001
In a word: Tradition.

It's Always Been Done That Way™.

Until relatively recently tied matches were replayed as many times as it took to produce a winner. (RichardL, when did that change? What's the record for replays?)

b.

couldn't tell you exactly when it changed, but I'm sure it was in the last 10 years. Curiously it wasn't anything to do with too many games, but a change in police regulations meaning clubs had to give at least a week's notice to the police for re-arranged matches, whereas before the replay would always take place on either Tuesday or Wednesday after the first game. This meant that second replays wouldn't be able to take place before the next round would be due to be played, and the potential for disruption was too great.

Longest run of replays was a tie in the 4th qualifying round in 1975 between Alvechurch and Oxford City, which had 5 replays.