Friday, July 02, 2021

729 Clubs In This Season's FA Cup

729 clubs have been accepted in take part in this season's FA Cup.

It will be the 150th campaign of the competition.

The total prize fund will remain at circa £16m which is the same level as it was for the 2020-21 competition.

There will be payments made to the winners and losers in all rounds of the qualifying rounds, but payments will only be made to the winners from the first round proper through to the quarter-final.

The winners and losers will each receive a payment in the semi-final and Final.

Replays will be mandatory in all rounds of the qualifying competition and the competition proper from the first round proper up to and including the fourth round proper.

The competition starts with its extra preliminary round on Saturday August 7th.