2018–19 Women's FA Cup


The 2018–19 Women's FA Cup was the 49th staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Chelsea were the defending champions, having beaten Arsenal 3–1 in the previous final.

Teams

A total of 293 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. 199 teams entered in the preliminary round or first round qualifying. Teams that played in the FA Women's National League Division One were given exemption to the second round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions entered in the second round proper. Teams in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship were exempted to the fourth round proper.
RoundClubs
remaining
Clubs
involved
Winners from
previous round
Games playedGoals scoredPrize money
Preliminary Round29310646222£325
First Round Qualifying2401465367373£375
Second Round Qualifying1671207359338£450
Third Round Qualifying107606030139£600
First Round7730301560£850
Second Round6240152081£900
Third Round4220201039£1,000
Fourth Round3232101664£2,000
Fifth Round161616831£3,000
Quarter-Final888£4,000
Semi-Final444£5,000
Final222£15,000
£25,000

The Preliminary Round saw six ties cancelled due to the withdrawal of one of the teams with one additional tie cancelled due to Woodley United not being able to field a team. The First Round Qualifying saw five ties cancelled as a result of withdrawals with one additional tie cancelled due to the disqualification of Wealdstone. The Second Round Qualifying saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal of St Nicholas.

Preliminary round

There was no preliminary round in the original schedule of the competition. It was added by The Football Association as a result of increased entries into the competition. Fifty three matches were scheduled for the preliminary round, to be played by Sunday 26 August 2018. The first match was played on Friday 17 August 2018, with six more on Sunday 19 August 2018. One match was postponed from 26 August 2018, with another abandoned and replayed the following Sunday.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Lumley 0–2Boro Rangers 41
2Workington Reds 1–3Carlisle United
3Durham Cestria 3–0South Shields
4Altofts 0–1 Tingley Athletic
5Rotherham United 14–0Bradford Park Avenue
6Dronfield Town 0–8Ossett United
7Hepworth United 0–4Chesterfield
8Bridlington Rovers W–OLeeds Medics & Dentists
9Manchester Stingers 3–1Merseyrail Bootle
10Tranmere Rovers 7–0Chester
11Wythenshawe Amateurs 5–1Accrington Stanley Community Trust
12FC United of Manchester W–OBlackburn Community Sports Club
13Bury Mossley Hill
14Burscough Dynamo Fleetwood Town Wrens
15Oadby & Wigston 6–0Sherwood
16Mansfield Town 3–2 Hykeham Town
17Lincoln Moorlands Railway 1–3Loughborough Students
18Leek Town 3–0Wyrley
19Goldenhill Wanderers 0–2 Sutton Coldfield Town 230
20AFC Telford United 0–2Kidderminster Harriers 112
21Rugby Town 2–1Knowle
22Crusaders 4–2Coundon Court
23Shifnal Town 1–0Sedgley & Gornal United
24Droitwich Spa 1–2Stockingford AA Pavilion
25Wymondham Town W–OMoulton
26Newmarket Town 0–2Cambridge City
27St Ives Town 1–0 Corby Town

TieHome team ScoreAway team
28Frontiers 0–4Brentwood Town
29Beccles Town 0–1Chelmsford City
30Colney Heath 7–0Hemel Hempstead Town
31Royston Town 7–1Hertford Town
32Queens Park Rangers Girls W–OBarton United
33Wantage Town Wycombe Wanderers 39
34Brentford 1–2New London Lionesses
35Woodley United W–OAbingdon United
36Ashford Ladies 4–3Eastbourne Town
37Regents Park Rangers W–OCarshalton Athletic
38Kent Football United 8–0Herne Bay
39Eastbourne 1–2Aylesford
40Sutton United 1–2AFC Phoenix
41Newhaven 6–3Parkwood Rangers
42Oakwood 0–4Islington Borough
43Saltdean 4–1Steyning Town
44London Kent Football United 11–0Tonbridge Angels
45Margate 2–5Thamesview
46Moneyfields W–OSwindon Spitfires
47Winchester City Flyers 0–2Southampton FC Women
48Warsash Wasps 5–1Bournemouth Sports
49Callington Town 2–5Exeter City
50Marine Academy Plymouth 8–0Purnell Sports
51Bideford 0–4Portishead Town
52Exeter & Tedburn Rangers W–OForest Green Rovers
53Chipping Sodbury Town 1–2Downend Flyers

First round qualifying

Seventy three matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round. The 146 teams taking part consisted of 93 teams with a bye to this stage, plus 53 match winners from the previous round. Matches were played on the scheduled date of Sunday 2 September 2018, except two delays caused by matches from the previous round not yet having taken place and Swindon Spitfires v Southampton FC Women delayed due to the removal of Moneyfields from the competition.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1South Park Rangers W–ORedcar Town
2Durham Cestria 1–2Alnwick Town
3Boro Rangers 8–1Cramlington United
4Washington 2–4Hartlepool United
5Carlisle United 1–2Bishop Auckland
6Penrith 5–1Wallsend Boys Club
7Wakefield 0–4Sheffield Wednesday
8Ossett United 1–2Farsley Celtic 103
9Tingley Athletic 4–0Harrogate Town
10Oughtibridge War Memorial W–OMalet Lambert
11Rotherham United 1–3Bridlington Rovers
12Chesterfield 4–0Yorkshire Amateur 73
13Warrington Wolverines 1–4Stockport County
14Wythenshawe Amateurs 1–3Accrington Girls & Ladies
15Manchester Stingers 2–5West Didsbury & Chorlton
16Cammell Laird 1907 4–0Burscough Dynamo
17Tranmere Rovers 6–3Bury
18FC United of Manchester 6–0Didsbury 110
19Leicester City Women Development 15–0Coalville Town Ravenettes
20Oadby & Wigston 4–2Mansfield Town 88
21Grimsby Borough 1–4Boston United
22Loughborough Students 5–1Rise Park
23Leicester City Ladies 2–5Lutterworth Athletic 45
24Stockingford AA Pavilion 2–0Lye Town 98
25Stourbridge 1–2Solihull United 100
26St Johns 5–4 Sandwell
27Shifnal Town 0–7Leafield Athletic
28Leek Town 1–2Sutton Coldfield Town
29Hereford Lads Club 0–9Kidderminster Harriers
30Rugby Town 5–1Shenstone
31Redditch United 0–3Kingfisher
32Crusaders 5–0Solihull Sporting
33Peterborough Northern Star Northampton Town
34St Ives Town 1–2Peterborough United
35Wymondham Town W–ORoade
36Kettering Town 1–3Acle United 25
37Cambridge City 14–0Riverside

TieHome team ScoreAway team
38Histon 2–1Thrapston Town
39Leigh Ramblers 2–0Bowers & Pitsea
40Corringham Cosmos W–OBungay Town
41Brentwood Town 1–2Harlow Town
42Chelmsford City 0–1AFC Sudbury 55
43AFC Dunstable 5–0Watford Ladies Development 30
44Bishop's Stortford 0–11Royston Town
45Colney Heath 2–0Houghton Athletic
46Ashford Town 15–0Wargrave
47New London Lionesses 4–0Hampton & Richmond Borough
48Queens Park Rangers Girls W–OWealdstone
49Sandhurst Town W–ONewbury
50Wycombe Wanderers 1–3Ascot United
51Abingdon United 1–3Oxford City
52Newhaven 2–1Ashford Ladies 112
53London Kent Football United 1–2Godalming Town
54Hassocks 2–4Islington Borough
55Meridian 1–4Worthing 20
56Regents Park Rangers 3–4Whyteleafe
57Kent Football United 8–0Victoire
58Burgess Hill Town 9–2Thamesview
59Abbey Rangers 2–1 Saltdean
60AFC Phoenix 5–0Phoenix Sports
61Aylesford 1–3Fulham
62Basingstoke Town 0–13AFC Bournemouth 15
63Swindon Spitfires 0–6Southampton FC Women
64Shanklin 0–3New Milton Town 38
65Warsash Wasps 3–1Royal Wootton Bassett Town
66Alton 0–2Eastleigh
67Frampton Rangers 4–3Feniton
68Exeter City 5–0Frome Town 55
69Ilminster Town 4–0Middlezoy Rovers
70Marine Academy Plymouth 13–1Exeter & Tedburn Rangers
71Portishead Town 2–1Downend Flyers
72St Agnes 1–3Keynsham Town Development
73Torquay United 1–2Weston Super Mare 50

Second round qualifying

Sixty matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round. The 120 teams taking part consisted of 47 FA Women's National League Division One teams exempted to this stage, plus the 73 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 23 September, except seven which were postponed to the following week.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Steel City Wanderers 1–8Chester Le Street Town
2Cammell Laird 1907 1–3Crewe Alexandra
3Morecambe 1–5Norton & Stockton Ancients
4Redcar Town 6–2Sheffield Wednesday
5Bishop Auckland 0–8Stockport County 110
6Tingley Athletic 0–5West Didsbury & Chorlton
7Bridlington Rovers 4–1Accrington Girls & Ladies
8Brighouse Town 5–0Penrith
9Oughtibridge War Memorial 0–4FC United of Manchester 149
10Bolton Wanderers 3–0Hartlepool United
11Barnsley 2–3 Newcastle United
12Tranmere Rovers 0–1Boro Rangers 60
13Burnley 3–2Liverpool Feds
14Alnwick Town 2–3Leeds United
15Chorley 5–0Farsley Celtic
16Oadby & Wigston 2–0Sutton Coldfield Town 64
17Crusaders 0–2Sporting Khalsa
18Rugby Town 0–10West Bromwich Albion
19Long Eaton United 7–1The New Saints
20Chesterfield 1–0Burton Albion 90
21Leicester City Women Development 6–3Solihull United
22St Johns 1–4Kidderminster Harriers
23Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–0Kingfisher 75
24Bedworth United 0–2Birmingham & West Midlands
25Leafield Athletic Lutterworth Athletic
26Stockingford AA Pavilion 1–2Nettleham
27Solihull Moors 3–2 Loughborough Students
28Billericay Town 9–1Colney Heath
29Wymondham Town 17–1Corringham Cosmos
30AFC Sudbury 0–7Acle United

TieHome team ScoreAway team
31Chesham United 5–0Peterborough United
32Histon 3–2Leigh Ramblers
33Cambridge City 5–4Leyton Orient
34Luton Town 7–0AFC Dunstable 94
35Enfield Town 2–1Actonians
36Boston United 3–11Norwich City
37New London Lionesses Ipswich Town
38Peterborough Northern Star 1–5Stevenage
39Queens Park Rangers Girls 5–1Royston Town
40Cambridge United 6–0Harlow Town
41Worthing 1–5Islington Borough
42Denham United 1–3Crawley Wasps
43AFC Wimbledon 1–0 AFC Phoenix
44Oxford City 4–3Fulham
45Newhaven 3–1Newbury
46Kent Football United 9–0Burgess Hill Town
47Godalming Town 4–2Abbey Rangers
48Whyteleafe 2–0Maidenhead United
49Ashford Town 11–2Ascot United
50Buckland Athletic 4–0Ilminster Town
51Southampton FC Women 5–0New Milton Town
52Poole Town 3–1Frampton Rangers 44
53St Nicholas W–OEastleigh
54Larkhall Athletic 7–2Weston Super Mare 50
55Swindon Town 0–8Keynsham Town
56Cheltenham Town 4–1Brislington
57Southampton Saints 3–0Warsash Wasps
58AFC Bournemouth 4–1Portishead Town
59Southampton Women's 1–2Marine Academy Plymouth
60Exeter City 8–1Keynsham Town Development

Third round qualifying

Thirty matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round. All were played on Sunday 7 October.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1West Didsbury & Chorlton 0–4Bolton Wanderers
2Leeds United 8–0Boro Rangers
3Norton & Stockton Ancients 3–1Redcar Town 80
4FC United of Manchester 13–0Bridlington Rovers 147
5Chorley 2–1Crewe Alexandra 88
6Chesterfield 0–6Stockport County 168
7Brighouse Town 3–1Burnley
8Newcastle United 0–2Chester Le Street Town
9Sporting Khalsa 1–6Long Eaton United
10Kidderminster Harriers 2–1Solihull Moors
11Leicester City Women Development 2–1Oadby & Wigston
12Birmingham & West Midlands 0–2Wolverhampton Wanderers
13Leafield Athletic 1–2West Bromwich Albion 283
14Nettleham 9–0Histon
15Norwich City 4–0Enfield Town

TieHome team ScoreAway team
16Acle United 0–1Cambridge City 84
17Cambridge United Stevenage
18Wymondham Town 3–4Billericay Town
19Chesham United 0–3Crawley Wasps
20Islington Borough 1–2 New London Lionesses
21Ashford Town 3–4Kent Football United 40
22AFC Wimbledon 4–0Godalming Town 70
23Whyteleafe 1–2Queens Park Rangers Girls
24Luton Town 5–2Oxford City 44
25Newhaven 0–8AFC Bournemouth 152
26Buckland Athletic 2–0Marine Academy Plymouth
27Eastleigh 1–2Poole Town
28Keynsham Town 6–0Southampton Saints
29Southampton FC Women 4–1Larkhall Athletic 121
30Cheltenham Town 1–0Exeter City

First round proper

Fifteen matches were scheduled for the first round proper. Most matches were played on Sunday 11 November 2018, the only exception being New London Lionesses v AFC Wimbledon which were postponed from the original scheduled date to the following week due to a waterlogged pitch. Cambridge City v Cambridge United was replayed on 25 November 2018 after the initial match took place on a pitch that was too small.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1FC United of Manchester 0–5Chester Le Street Town 110
2Chorley 1–2Stockport County
3Leeds United 1–0Brighouse Town
4Norton & Stockton Ancients 0–1Bolton Wanderers
5Nettleham 2–3Long Eaton United
6Kidderminster Harriers 1–6Wolverhampton Wanderers
7West Bromwich Albion 2–1Leicester City Women Development
8Cambridge City 0–2Cambridge United
9Norwich City 2–3 Billericay Town
10Luton Town Kent Football United
11New London Lionesses AFC Wimbledon
12Crawley Wasps 6–0Queens Park Rangers Girls
13Buckland Athletic 2–0Cheltenham Town
14Keynsham Town 8–1AFC Bournemouth
15Poole Town 0–3Southampton FC Women

Second round proper

Twenty matches were scheduled for the second round proper. The 40 teams taking part consisted of 25 FA Women's National League Northern and Southern Division teams exempted to this stage, plus the 15 match winners from the previous round. Matches were played on Sunday 2 December, except three which were postponed to the following week.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Sheffield 2–3Nottingham Forest
2Long Eaton United 0–5Hull City 60
3Leeds United 4–3 Doncaster Rovers Belles 200
4Huddersfield Town 7–1Bradford City 105
5Sunderland 1–3Fylde Ladies 85
6Chester Le Street Town 0–2Stoke City
7Middlesbrough 1–0Stockport County
8Bolton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion
9Guiseley Vixens 0–2Derby County
10Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–4Blackburn Rovers 60

TieHome team ScoreAway team
11Keynsham Town 8–3C & K Basildon
12Loughborough Foxes 3–1 Gillingham 48
13Billericay Town 3–1 Luton Town
14Milton Keynes Dons 4–0Southampton FC Women
15AFC Wimbledon 2–0Portsmouth 95
16Oxford United 4–0Cambridge United
17Watford 1–0Buckland Athletic
18Coventry United 2–1Plymouth Argyle
19Crawley Wasps 2–0Chichester City
20Cardiff City 4–0Queens Park Rangers 125

Third round proper

Ten matches were scheduled for the third round proper. All were played on Sunday 6 January.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Cardiff City 2–0Bolton Wanderers
2Derby County 1–2Stoke City 244
3Huddersfield Town 4–1Leeds United 156
4Middlesbrough 2–7Watford
5Billericay Town 3–4Loughborough Foxes
6Hull City 0–3AFC Wimbledon
7Coventry United 1–2Crawley Wasps
8Nottingham Forest 0–1Milton Keynes Dons
9Oxford United 1–2Blackburn Rovers 203
10Keynsham Town 2–1Fylde Ladies

Fourth round proper

Sixteen matches were scheduled for the fourth round proper. The 32 teams taking part consists of 22 FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship teams exempted to this stage, plus the ten match winners from the previous round. Half of the matches were played on the weekend of Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 February, with the other half postponed to the following week as a result of bad weather.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Loughborough Foxes 0–2Sheffield United
2Charlton Athletic Huddersfield Town 184
3Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2Manchester United 764
4West Ham United 3–1Blackburn Rovers
5Stoke City 1–2Aston Villa 252
6Manchester City 3–0Watford 883
7Yeovil Town 1–3Birmingham City 523
8AFC Wimbledon 0–3Bristol City 410
9Crystal Palace 0–3Tottenham Hotspur
10Millwall Lionesses 1–0Lewes FC
11Durham 5–1Cardiff City 283
12Everton 0–2Chelsea
13Crawley Wasps 0–4Arsenal 1,550
14Leicester City Women 0–2London Bees
15Reading 13–0Keynsham Town
16Liverpool 6–0Milton Keynes Dons

Fifth round proper

Eight matches were scheduled for the fifth round proper. All were played on Sunday 17 February 2019.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Liverpool 2–0Millwall Lionesses
2Bristol City 0–2Durham
3Reading 2–1Birmingham City
4Chelsea 3–0Arsenal 2,232
5Manchester United 3–0London Bees 837
6West Ham United 8–1Huddersfield Town 865
7Aston Villa Sheffield United 252
8Tottenham Hotspur 0–3Manchester City 1,158

Quarter-finals

The four matches of the quarter-finals were played on Sunday 17 March 2019.
TieHome team ScoreAway team
1Reading 3–2 Manchester United 951
2Aston Villa 0–1West Ham United 609
3Durham 0–1Chelsea 1,629
4Manchester City 3–0Liverpool 1,366

Semi-finals

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Final