FA CUP replays have been scrapped from next season, the Football Association has announced.

The move to abolish all replays from the first round proper onwards is part of a new agreement between the FA and the Premier League which will see an extra £33million going to grassroots football from the top flight each season.

The FA had already scrapped replays from the fifth round onwards and said the move to ditch them altogether had been agreed “in light of changes to the calendar driven by the expanded UEFA competitions”.

The FA said all rounds would now be played at the weekend, with the fifth round having moved to midweek for the last five seasons.

The FA said the FA Cup final will now be played on the penultimate weekend of the Premier League season, on a Saturday with no Premier League matches being played on the same day.

The minimum six-year agreement starts next season and sees all rounds of the FA Cup played on weekends, including the fifth round which has been played in midweek for the last five seasons.