FA Cup 3rd round draw in full LIVE: Arsenal face Man Utd in bombshell tie while Man City take on Salford – updates

EditorLast Update :
FA Cup 3rd round draw in full LIVE: Arsenal face Man Utd in bombshell tie while Man City take on Salford – updates

Other huge news for English football

While this season has seen FA Cup replays scrapped in a historical yet controversial move, there could be another huge custom that is axed.

The Saturday afternoon blackout could be ended after 60 YEARS.

And Sun Sport has been told of a growing belief among league chiefs that the concept is now out of date – and should be changed within five years.

The new four-year Premier League TV deal, with up to 270 of the 380 matches being shown live, begins next term and will run to the end of the 2028-29 season.

Sky’s £935m five year EFL deal, with more than 1,000 games per season being shown, will also run out at the same time, making way for a major rethink by the game’s authorities.

And while the FA, which has policed the blackout since it was introduced to protect match attendances in the 1960s, had previously started its opposition to the policy being lifted, the wishes of the leagues could see a change of heart.

While 3pm games across the Prem and EFL cannot be shown live on TV other than in specific circumstances, the UK is the last country in Europe with that policy in place.