BRIGHOUSE TOWN Women’s manager and director of football Colin Tomkins, along with other club officials across the country, has reacted strongly to a suggestion from the Women’s FA Cup committee at Wembley to the possibility of deciding who goes through the second round and the third round of the cup by the toss of a coin.
Tomkins, still hopeful of entertaining Newcastle United Women in round two, commented: “Yes, we have heard and seen a suggestion the FA ( Kelly Simmons) are considering this idea. “It was all over Twitter at the weekend and the pundits of BBC’s Football Focus on Saturday lunchtime referred to it. I can tell you, people are not happy about it. It’s a bit demeaning and a joke, if you ask me.”
All competing clubs are in the same Tier 4 and so there is no crossover as was the case when the draw was made. There is talk of clubs asking for grant aid to stage the ties behind closed doors as is the case with the men’s FA Cup. This, they feel, would allow the competition to progress and towards the televised stages of the competition without controversy and obvious bitter disappointment if a ball wasn’t kicked.
