Quote: dboy "It's a maximum of 4, with a further bye in the following round.
It's likely that it's not even a discussion point - cup competitions usually have very clear rules on what happens in the event of a club not fulfilling a fixture - I haven't looked them up, but I expect byes...unless there's an appetite to reinstate the teams that lost in the previous round.
But that includes lower league clubs too, so not an elegant solution.
Expect byes.'"
From the Op RulesFAILURE TO FULFIL
B3for any reason which the Board
considers unsatisfactory[/i, will forfeit the Cup Tie