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April 18, 2018, 12:12pm

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The FA, Premier League and EFL are close to agreement over the introduction of a winter break, Sky Sports News understands.

http://www.skysports.com/footb.....n-principle-for-2020


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Teams on a break from league action would be allowed to travel abroad for training camps.

However, money-making tours in the US or Far East would not be received so well.


So basically the break won't be about saving legs or improving the chances of the national side in summer tournaments, it's just a way of allowing the big teams to make more money by doing mid-season tours of far off countries.  The FA won't like it, but there's nothing they'll be able to do about it.

The hectic schedule is what makes the English game so entertaining and appealing.  
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Would it affect League Two? If not it might lead to increased attendances as fans of PL teams slum it at our level to watch live games?

Or would we go on a mid-season tour of Winterton and Brigg?


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Im not convinced tours overseas are likely. Can you imagine Mourinhio's reaction if Pogba broke an ankle from a bad challenge by a Tokyo Tornadoes (no idea what they are actually called) defender in a friendly he didn't want to play.
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I'm gutted about this, its a tradition in my house to go to the match on boxing day and new years day, can't remember the last year I never.


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I'm gutted about this, its a tradition in my house to go to the match on boxing day and new years day, can't remember the last year I never.


I don't expect the break to be until mid-January so those fixtures shouldn't be affected.

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Those dates won't be affected


JESUS AT THE CENTRE
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British football at Christmas time is all about the Boxing Day and New Years Day games, they are always better attended than the similar fixture if played in November/February so are a useful financial windfall for the teams, so as long as they do not mess them games up it's fine, but yes the premier clubs would use the break to make money in some football outpost, then complain their players are tired 2 weeks later when they have to play 2 games in 7 days.
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Although the Boxing Day and New Year fixtures are unaffected I still don't welcome the news. The ending of FA Cup replays and switching of cup-ties to midweek will further devalue what we older supporters remember as being such a special competition. I recall the Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday epic in 1979 which I think went to four replays before Arsenal won. Despite that marathon Arsenal lifted the trophy that season.
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Our winter is so unpredictable that this could be a disaster. I can see them coming back on the day it snows 6 inches, setting the fixtures back even further
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