2018–19 Women's FA Cup

The 2018–19 Women's FA Cup (also known as the SSE Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) 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.[1]

2018–19 Women's FA Cup
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams293
ChampionsManchester City (2nd title)
Runners-upWest Ham United

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[2]
Preliminary Round293106—46222£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 (runners-up)
£25,000 (winners)

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.[3] It was added by The Football Association as a result of increased entries into the competition.[4] Fifty three matches were scheduled for the preliminary round, to be played by Sunday 26 August 2018.[5] 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.[6]

First round qualifying

Seventy three matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round.[7] 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.[6]

Second round qualifying

Sixty matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round.[9] 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.[6]

Third round qualifying

Thirty matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round.[10] All were played on Sunday 7 October.[6]

First round proper

Fifteen matches were scheduled for the first round proper.[11] 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.[6][12] Cambridge City v Cambridge United was replayed on 25 November 2018 after the initial match took place on a pitch that was too small.[13][14][15]

TieHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)Att.
1FC United of Manchester (5)0–5Chester Le Street Town (4)110
2Chorley (4)1–2Stockport County (5)
3Leeds United (4)1–0Brighouse Town (4)
4Norton & Stockton Ancients (4)0–1Bolton Wanderers (4)
5Nettleham (4)2–3Long Eaton United (4)
6Kidderminster Harriers (6)1–6Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)
7West Bromwich Albion (4)2–1Leicester City Women Development (5)
8Cambridge City (5)0–2[lower-greek 4]Cambridge United (4)
9Norwich City (4)2–3 (a.e.t.)Billericay Town (4)
10Luton Town (4)1–1 (3–1 p)Kent Football United (5)
11New London Lionesses (6)3–3 (3–4 p)AFC Wimbledon (4)
12Crawley Wasps (4)6–0Queens Park Rangers Girls (5)
13Buckland Athletic (4)2–0Cheltenham Town (4)
14Keynsham Town (4)8–1AFC Bournemouth (5)
15Poole Town (4)0–3Southampton FC Women (5)

Second round proper

Twenty matches were scheduled for the second round proper.[16] 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.[6]

Third round proper

Ten matches were scheduled for the third round proper.[17] All were played on Sunday 6 January.[6]

TieHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)Att.
1Cardiff City (3)2–0Bolton Wanderers (4)
2Derby County (3)1–2Stoke City (3)244
3Huddersfield Town (3)4–1Leeds United (4)156
4Middlesbrough (3)2–7Watford (3)
5Billericay Town (4)3–4Loughborough Foxes (3)
6Hull City (3)0–3AFC Wimbledon (4)
7Coventry United (3)1–2Crawley Wasps (4)
8Nottingham Forest (3)0–1Milton Keynes Dons (3)
9Oxford United (3)1–2Blackburn Rovers (3)203
10Keynsham Town (4)2–1Fylde Ladies (3)

Fourth round proper

Sixteen matches were scheduled for the fourth round proper.[18] 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.[6]

TieHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)Att.
1Loughborough Foxes (3)0–2Sheffield United (2)
2Charlton Athletic (2)3–3 (4–5 p)Huddersfield Town (3)184
3Brighton & Hove Albion (1)0–2Manchester United (2)764
4West Ham United (1)3–1Blackburn Rovers (3)
5Stoke City (3)1–2Aston Villa (2)252
6Manchester City (1)3–0Watford (3)883
7Yeovil Town (1)1–3Birmingham City (1)523
8AFC Wimbledon (4)0–3Bristol City (1)410
9Crystal Palace (2)0–3Tottenham Hotspur (2)
10Millwall Lionesses (2)1–0Lewes FC (2)
11Durham (2)5–1Cardiff City (3)283
12Everton (1)0–2Chelsea (1)
13Crawley Wasps (4)0–4Arsenal (1)1,550
14Leicester City Women (2)0–2London Bees (2)
15Reading (1)13–0Keynsham Town (4)
16Liverpool (1)6–0Milton Keynes Dons (3)

Fifth round proper
Durham players celebrate the first of their two goals against Bristol City

Eight matches were scheduled for the fifth round proper.[19] All were played on Sunday 17 February 2019.[6]

TieHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)Att.
1Liverpool (1)2–0Millwall Lionesses (2)
2Bristol City (1)0–2Durham (2)
3Reading (1)2–1Birmingham City (1)
4Chelsea (1)3–0Arsenal (1)2,232
5Manchester United (2)3–0London Bees (2)837
6West Ham United (1)8–1Huddersfield Town (3)865
7Aston Villa (2)3–3 (5–3 p)Sheffield United (2)252
8Tottenham Hotspur (2)0–3Manchester City (1)1,158

Quarter-finals

The four matches of the quarter-finals were played on Sunday 17 March 2019.[20]

TieHome team (Tier)ScoreAway team (Tier)Att.
1Reading (1)3–2 (a.e.t.)Manchester United (2)951
2Aston Villa (2)0–1West Ham United (1)609
3Durham (2)0–1Chelsea (1)1,629
4Manchester City (1)3–0Liverpool (1)1,366

Semi-finals
Reading1–1 (a.e.t.)West Ham United
Furness  49' Lehmann  57'
Penalties
Davison
Hönnudóttir
Bruton
Furness
Allen
Moore 		3–4 Ross
Visalli
Leon
Longhurst
Flaherty
So-Hyun
Manchester City1–0Chelsea
Eriksson  90+2' (o.g.)

Final
Main article: 2019 FA Women's Cup Final
Manchester City3–0West Ham United
Walsh  52'
Stanway  81'
Hemp  88'		 Report
Attendance: 43,264
Referee: Abigail Byrne (Suffolk)

Notes and references

Notes
  1. Moneyfields won the game 5–0 before being removed from the competition.
  2. Replayed after original match abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch.
  3. Wealdstone disqualified for not meeting the eligibility criteria for the competition.
  4. Replayed after Cambridge City won original match 2–1 after extra time, following a complaint by Cambridge United over the size of the pitch.[13][14][15]

References
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