article_snippet: As a result, Sir Alex Ferguson admitted defeat and Man United ended up going to FIFA's inaugural Club World Championship in Brazil in an attempt to boost the FA's ultimately unsuccessful attempt to win the right to host the 2006 World Cup, and pulling out of a competition they had won a year previously.
article_snippet: Manchester United withdrew from the 1999-2000 FA Cup in order to help a bid to bring an end to the raging war in Kosovo the 2006 World Cup .
article_snippet: But both Sir Alex and then chairman Martin Edwards were under incredible pressure from Tony Banks, the Prime Minister's envoy for a bid to bring an end to the raging war in Kosovo, and from David Davies, the FA's acting chief executive to pull out of the FA Cup and go to Brazil for the Fifa tournament. '
article_snippet: As fans we wanted to find ways of keeping fans in the FA Cup and we thought we had come up with a solution. '
article_snippet: a solution involved moving some of the fixtures to earlier in the season and creating a gap before Manchester United were due to go in January during which, if the FA the FA would move the tie, some of the fixtures could play some of the fixtures third round cup match.'
article_snippet: Manchester United were under pressure to withdraw from the FA Cup, according to Andy Walsh (centre)
highlights_snippet: Man United had to pull out of the 1999-2000 FA Cup in order to fly to Brazil .
  