Fourth Round Saturday 28 January 2017 clashes with Newcastle (H)
Fifth Round Saturday 18 February 2017 clashes with Barnsley (A)
Quarter-Finals Saturday 11 March 2017 clashes with Derby (H) No replays this season
Semi-Finals Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April 2017 clashes with Norwich (A)...
26.1 All League Matches shall be arranged as soon as practicable.
Why not? A valid option, one which I don't like.Toes get frozen off in January and trains might still be on strike.
I'm not in favour of a winter break but I prefer afternoon games in January.
A date before makes more sense...
28 January (if both Newcastle and Brighton lose)
8 February (if neither Brighton and Newcastle draw)
21 February very likely clashes with Champions League
Rearrnaged date not straightforward http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/brighton-and-hove-albion/fixtures
because of Newcastle match with QPR excludes the obvious date of 31 January 2017
http://www.skysports.com/newcastle-united-fixtures
Wednesday 8 February 2017 (unless Cup replay...
26.1 All League Matches shall be arranged as soon as practicable. The intellectual property rights and all other rights in all lists of arrangements of such fixtures (if any) shall be vested in The League.
26.2 Any dispute between two or more Clubs as to the arrangement of League Matches...