[jambutty]

Clubs have to jump through hoops to be able to do that these days.

That’s because the clubs make the request for a change of venue. I cannot remember when a club made such a request that it was turned down. In any case if the one off cup-tie at a neutral venue did come about, clubs wouldn’t be making requests but the FA will tell the clubs where they are playing and they would liase with the police.

It was the police who forced replays to be played at least 10 days after the original match instead of the following week like it used to be.

Really! Fixture congestion didn’t have anything to do with it then? The FA and Football League run football in this country and it is they who decided which match is played when and where. However they do listen to police advice, and that is all it is – advice - if forceful, if there is a potential security problem and will act on it accordingly. It’s called cooperation between the football authorities, clubs and police.

The grounds used for semi-finals and final will have a police force who are used to dealing with those matches.

But they couldn’t deal with those same grounds being used as a neutral venue for other rounds?