2002–03 FA Women's Cup

2002–03 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Final positions
Champions	Fulham
Runners-up	Charlton Athletic
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2002–03 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 8 September 2002 and 5 May 2003. It was the 33rd season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Fulham, who defeated Charlton Athletic in the final.^[1] The tournament consisted of two qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[2]

First round qualifying

All games were played on 8 September 2002.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	0–7	Hitchin Town
2	Alphington	2–8	Okeford United
3	Barwell	2–3	Kidderminster Harriers
4	Berkshire Sports	A–W	Luton Town Belles
Walkover for Luton Town Belles
5	Billericay Town	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Barnet Copthall
6	Blyth Town	2–4	Southport
7	Bradford City	1–3	Preston North End
8	Brentford	5–3	Haywards Heath Town
9	Bury	H–W	Bolton Wanderers (Supporters)
Walkover for Bury
10	Cogan Coronation	1–0	Southampton
11	Colney Heath	3–0	Basildon United
12	Crystal Palace	7–0	Leighton Linslade
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	18–0	Brentwood Town
14	Derby County	1–2	Great Wyrley
15	Doncaster Rovers	H–W	Morley Spurs
Walkover for Doncaster Rovers.
16	Droylsden	7–1	Greyhound Gunners
17	Durham City	4–3	Ossett Albion
18	East Durham	23–0	Bolton Ambassadors
19	Hampton & Richmond Borough	1–10	Thatcham Town
20	Haringey Borough	1–2	Woking
21	Hastings Town	0–0 (4–3 p)	Royston Town
22	Kesteven & Grantham	7–3	Stone Dominoes
23	Killingworth YPC	3–1	Billingham
24	Kirklees	0–4	Thorpe United
25	Leafield Athletic	2–1	Belper Town
26	Leicester City	13–0	Buxton

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
27	London Colney	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Slough
28	London Ladies	1–6	Crowborough Athletic
29	London Women	12–0	Sawbridgeworth Town
30	Loughborough	6–1	South Normanton Athletic
31	Nettleham	A–W	Northampton Town
Walkover for Northampton Town.
32	North Ferriby United	7–3	Bolton Wanderers
33	Oadby Town	1–3	Cambridge City
34	Pearl	1–7	Rushden & Diamonds
35	Penrith Sapphires	7–0	Gateshead Cleveland Hall
36	Penzance	2–6 (a.e.t.)	Newquay
37	Rover Oxford	H–W	Marjons
Walkover for Rover Oxford.
38	South Durham Royals	1–12	Newsham Park Hospital
39	Southam United	2–7	Wollaston Victoria
40	Stockport Celtic	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Wigan
41	Swindon Spitfires	2–3	Launceston
42	Tadchester Albion	1–6	Chester Le Street Town
43	Tameside Girls	3–4	Darlington Railway Athletic
44	Torbay	15–0	Highridge United
45	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2 (4–3 p)	Redhill
46	Tring Athletic	4–0	Mansfield Road
47	Viking Rangers	5–5 (2–3 p)	MK Wanderers
48	Wadebridge Town	A–W	Corfe Hills United
Walkover for Corfe Hills United.
49	Wardley Eagles	5–1	Nettleham
50	Warrington Grange	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Corwen
51	Windscale	0–4	Darwen
52	Woodbridge Town	2–1	Caversham
53	Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	Redbridge Raiders

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 29 September 2002.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Billericay Town	1–5	Brentford
2	Bury	0–10	East Durham
3	Clapton Orient	2–0	Chiswick United
4	Cogan Coronation	0–5	Torbay
5	Crowborough Athletic	6–2	London Colney
6	Dagenham & Redbridge	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur
7	Darlington Railway Athletic	4–2	Killingworth YPC
8	Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Chester Le Street Town
9	Droylsden	1–5	Darwen
10	Durham City	1–0	Wardley Eagles
11	Exeter Rangers	1–2	Keynsham Town
12	Great Wyrley	1–0	Tamworth
13	Hastings Town	1–5	Crystal Palace
14	Haywood United	3–1	Thatcham Town
15	Kesteven & Grantham	2–0	Cambridge United
16	Launceston	4–7	Okeford United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
17	Leicester City	7–1	Kidderminster Harriers
18	Loughborough	1–0	Leafield Athletic
19	MK Wanderers	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Luton Town Belles
20	Newquay	8–0	Corfe Hills United
21	Newsham Park Hospital	3–1	North Ferriby United
22	Northampton Town	5–0	Wollaston Victoria
23	Penrith Sapphires	1–2	Preston North End
24	Redbridge Raiders	10–1	Whitehawk
25	Rover Oxford	4–1	Plymouth Oak Villa
26	Rushden & Diamonds	4–2	Cambridge City
27	Stockport Celtic	0–4	Hopwood
28	Thame United	3–5	Hitchin Town
29	Thorpe United	H–W	Kader
Walkover for Thorpe United.
30	Tring Athletic	1–1 (?–? p)	Woodbridge Town
31	Warrington Grange	2–3	Southport
32	Westbourne	2–1	London Women
33	Woking	4–2	Colney Heath

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 27 October and 3 November 2002.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aylesbury United	1–13	Watford
2	Blackburn Rovers	6–0	Chesterfield
3	Brentford	1–2	Stowmarket
4	Cambridge University	3–0	Telford United
5	Cardiff City	10–2	Okeford United
6	Chesham United	0–2	Brook House
7	Chester Le Street Town	4–2	Darwen
8	Colchester United	4–0	Westbourne
9	Dagenham & Redbridge	7–1	Tring Athletic
10	Darlington Railway Athletic	1–3	Huddersfield Town
11	Durham City	0–6	Newcastle
12	Gillingham	2–1	Crystal Palace
13	Gretna	3–6	Manchester United
14	Haywood United	4–0	Clapton Orient
15	Highfield Rangers	5–6	Lichfield Diamonds
16	Hitchin Town	0–3	Reading
17	Ilkeston	6–2	Kesteven & Grantham
18	Leicester City	4–1	Stafford Rangers
19	Loughborough Students	1–0	Coventry City
20	Luton Town Belles	1–2	Denham United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
21	Newquay	7–2	Keynsham Town
22	Newsham Park Hospital	0–2	East Durham
23	Newton Abbot	4–3	Exeter City
24	Parkgate	5–4	Liverpool Feds
25	Peterborough United	2–1	Northampton Town
26	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Torbay
27	Portsmouth	3–0	Bedford Town Bells
28	Preston North End	2–3	Barnsley
29	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Crowborough Athletic
30	Redbridge Raiders	H–W	Bridgnorth Spartans
Walkover for Redbridge Raiders.
31	Rover Oxford	2–1	Swindon Town
32	Rushden & Diamonds	4–1	Loughborough
33	Scunthorpe United	5–1	Leeds City Vixens
34	Shrewsbury Town	10–1	Great Wyrley
35	Southport	0–2	Chester City
36	Stockport County	4–0	Blackpool Wren Rovers
37	Thorpe United	5–1	Hopwood
38	West Ham United	0–1	Norwich City Racers
39	Woking	2–2 (2–3 p)	Reading Royals
40	Yeovil Town	0–1	Clevedon

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 10 and 17 November 2002.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Barnsley
2	Cambridge University	3–4	Lichfield Diamonds
3	Cardiff City	2–1	Clevedon
4	Chester City	2–0	Huddersfield Town
5	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–0	Brook House
6	Denham United	0–1	Portsmouth
7	East Durham	2–1	Stockport County
8	Haywood United	2–3	Gillingham
9	Leicester City	5–1	Loughborough Students
10	Manchester United	8–0	Scunthorpe United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	Newcastle	7–1	Chester Le Street Town
12	Newquay	4–2	Newton Abbot
13	Norwich City Racers	2–1	Stowmarket
14	Parkgate	4–1	Thorpe United
15	Peterborough United	1–6	Ilkeston
16	Queens Park Rangers	0–1	Watford
17	Reading Royals	8–1	Colchester United
18	Redbridge Raiders	1–0	Reading
19	Rushden & Diamonds	5–2	Shrewsbury Town
20	Torbay	2–0	Rover Oxford

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8, 15 and 29 December 2002

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barking	1–2	Redbridge Raiders
2	Blackburn Rovers	4–0	Bangor City
3	Bristol City	2–0	Millwall Lionesses
4	Chelsea	3–1	Langford
5	Dagenham & Redbridge	0–4	Bristol Rovers
6	East Durham	7–0	Garswood Saints
7	Enfield	0–1	Cardiff City
8	Gillingham	1–3	Torbay
9	Leicester City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City
10	Lincoln City	4–1	Ilkeston
11	Liverpool	5–0	Chester City

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
12	Manchester United	3–0	Ilkeston Town
13	Merthyr Tydfil	2–1	Norwich City Racers
14	Middlesbrough	5–1	Lichfield Diamonds
15	Newcastle	3–0	Rushden & Diamonds
16	Newquay	1–4	Watford
17	Oldham Curzon	2–0	Sunderland AFC
18	Parkgate	2–7	Aston Villa
19	Portsmouth	3–4	Ipswich Town
20	Reading Royals	2–1	Wimbledon
21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–0	Sheffield Wednesday

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 5, 12, 19 and 23 January 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	2–0	Tranmere Rovers
2	Barnet	1–6	East Durham
3	Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Middlesbrough
4	Bristol City	1–1 (3–4 p)	Oldham Curzon
5	Bristol Rovers	4–3	Chelsea
6	Cardiff City	2–2 (1–2 p)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
7	Charlton Athletic	4–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
8	Fulham	2–0	Doncaster Belles
9	Leeds United	4–0	Merthyr Tydfil
10	Lincoln City	2–1	Leicester City
11	Newcastle	0–5	Birmingham City
12	Reading Royals	2–3	Aston Villa
13	Redbridge Raiders	0–2	Ipswich Town
14	Southampton Saints	2–1	Everton
15	Torbay	0–2	Manchester United
16	Watford	1–1 (6–5 p)	Liverpool

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 26 January and 2 February 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Birmingham City	7–2	Blackburn Rovers
2	Bristol Rovers	1–1 (3–1 p)	Southampton Saints
3	East Durham	1–3	Fulham
4	Ipswich Town	2–3	Oldham Curzon
5	Leeds United	0–3	Aston Villa
6	Lincoln City	2–0	Watford
7	Manchester United	0–8	Charlton Athletic
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–4	Arsenal

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 8 and 9 February 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	6–0	Aston Villa
2	Birmingham City	1–3	Charlton Athletic
3	Bristol Rovers	3–2	Lincoln City
4	Fulham	1–0	Oldham Curzon

Semi–finals

All games were played on 23 February 2003.

23 February 2003	Bristol Rovers	2–7	Fulham	Bristol
	Williams 3' Anderson 56'	Report	Nwajei 11' Pedersen 31' Haugenes 45' Moore 54', 72' Jerray-Silver 76' Spacey 79'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,442 Referee: Mark Asplen

23 February 2003	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Arsenal	Charlton
	Lorton 80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 3,031

Final

5 May 2003

13:00 BST

Charlton Athletic	0–3	Fulham
	Report	Moore 18' Hills 36' (o.g.) Williams 61' (o.g.)

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 10,389

Referee: George Cain (Liverpool)

References

^ "Fulham Ladies bag Cup". 5 May 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[1] "Fulham Ladies bag Cup". 5 May 2003. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

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