Arteta backs scrapping of FA Cup replays as Accrington posit boycott

Arsenal manager says change needed to ‘protect our players’Accrington chairman open to boycott if ‘enough clubs’ want itMikel Arteta insisted that the scrapping of FA Cup replays was necessary to “protect our players” as Accrington Stanley’s chairman said he would support a boycott of the tournament if there was widespread backing.As the backlash against the abandonment of replays continued, the EFL said clubs lower down the pyramid were being marginalis