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A winter break will come into force in the Premier League for a first time in the 2019-20 season in a move the Football Association believes will help England to succeed at future World Cups and European Championships.

The governing body has agreed to move the FA Cup fifth round to midweek and scrap replays, while one round of the Premier League will now be straddled over two weekends. The changes will accommodate a 10-day break in February and bring the Premier League into line with other leading divisions around Europe.

The FA has long fought for a mid-season break in the belief in will rejuvenate players, although the hectic Christmas and New Year fixture period, which is particularly attractive to broadcasters, will remain untouched.

I think I like it. Keeping the busy Christmas/New Year period for my own selfish enjoyment of being able to watch a lot of matches but still getting a short “midseason” recovery period

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Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 7:43 am to TheZaba

Also..

No extra time to be played in the League Cup next season. Games tied after 90 minutes to go straight to penalties.

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Posted by S

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 8:03 am to TheZaba

Yea the Christmas program is awesome.

No break for tGOATpionship

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Posted by St Augustine

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 8:56 am to TheZaba

What about league one?

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Posted by Tigerstark

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 10:10 am to TFTC

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No extra time to be played in the League Cup next season. Games tied after 90 minutes to go straight to penalties.

That will be interesting.

I wonder how many lower teams will play extra defensive against higher league teams to try and take it to penalties. May not have felt they could do it over 120 minutes with a tiring defense. But may not try for 90.

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Posted by cwil177

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 11:20 am to TheZaba

They should take a longer break like the Bundesliga does. Then again, their season is shorter.

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Posted by RemouladeSawce

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Posted on 6/8/18 at 4:24 pm to Tigerstark

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I wonder how many lower teams will play extra defensive against higher league teams to try and take it to penalties. May not have felt they could do it over 120 minutes with a tiring defense. But may not try for 90.

That is going to materially lead to more lower division success.

The break is painful but it's good on fitness. I'm curious as to what they do about 2022. Assuming enough migrant workers haven't been killed to convince FIFA "you know, that's enough", the cup is November 21 - December 18. There's the winter break. Could be a lot more midweek games or they just push the season into June.

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