FA Cup third and fourth round replays could be scrapped to ease fixture backlog

FULL SCHEDULE: FA Cup third and fourth round replays could be scrapped this season (Adam Davy/PA Images).

FA Cup third and fourth round replays could be scrapped this season as clubs look to catch up on games postponed following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

The replays were ditched in each of the last two seasons, and the PA news agency understands this is one solution under consideration to solve the fixture backlog.