Semi-automated offside technology will be used in English domestic football for the first time during the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Goal-line technology is used in the FA Cup, but only when the home side has the facilities for it, which Birmingham don’t in the third-tier. And talkSPORT’s commentary team were left mystified ...
Previously, VAR has only been used in the FA Cup for matches played at Wembley Stadium (the semi-finals and final) and at Premier League grounds where the system is in use on a weekly basis.