2018–19 Women's FA Cup

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

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]

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.

Round Clubs
remaining		 Clubs
involved		 Winners from
previous round		 Games played Goals scored Prize money[2]
Preliminary Round 293 106 — 46 222 £325
First Round Qualifying 240 146 53 67 373 £375
Second Round Qualifying 167 120 73 59 338 £450
Third Round Qualifying 107 60 60 30 139 £600
First Round 77 30 30 15 60 £850
Second Round 62 40 15 20 81 £900
Third Round 42 20 20 10 39 £1,000
Fourth Round 32 32 10 16 64 £2,000
Fifth Round 16 16 16 8 31 £3,000
Quarter-Final 8 8 8 £4,000
Semi-Final 4 4 4 £5,000
Final 2 2 2 £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 was replayed on 25 November 2018 after the initial match took place on a pitch that was too small.[13][14][15]

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att.
1 FC United of Manchester (5) 0–5 (4) 110
2 (4) 1–2 Stockport County (5)
3 Leeds United (4) 1–0 Brighouse Town (4)
4 (4) 0–1 Bolton Wanderers (4)
5 (4) 2–3 (4)
6 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 1–6 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)
7 West Bromwich Albion (4) 2–1 Leicester City Women Development (5)
8 Cambridge City (5) 0–2[δ] (4)
9 Norwich City (4) 2–3 (a.e.t.) Billericay Town (4)
10 Luton Town (4) 1–1 (3–1 p) Kent Football United (5)
11 New London Lionesses (6) 3–3 (3–4 p) AFC Wimbledon (4)
12 Crawley Wasps (4) 6–0 Queens Park Rangers Girls (5)
13 (4) 2–0 Cheltenham Town (4)
14 Keynsham Town (4) 8–1 AFC Bournemouth (5)
15 (4) 0–3 Southampton 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]

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

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

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

Quarter-finals[]

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

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

Semi-finals[]

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

Final[]

Main article: 2019 FA Women's Cup Final
Manchester City3–0West Ham United
 Report
Attendance: 43,264
Referee: (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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