2005–06 FA Women's Cup

2005–06 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	222
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Leeds United
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2005–06 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 4 September 2005 and 1 May 2006. It was the 36th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Leeds United in the final.^[1]^[2] The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, two qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

The competition began on 4 September 2005 when the 4 lowest–ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[3]

Preliminary round

All games were played on 4 September 2005.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Braintree Town	3–2	Eastbourne Borough
2	C&K Basildon	0–2	Crowborough Athletic

First round qualifying

All games were played on 11 September 2005.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Bournemouth	5–1	Poole Town
2	AFC Kempston Rovers	3–2	East Preston
3	Aldershot Town	3–1	Stevenage
4	Aylesbury Vale	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Haywards Heath Town
5	Banbury United	3–2	Brentwood Town
6	Barnsley	5–0	Darlington Railway Athletic
7	Bath City	5–2	Holway United
8	Battersea & Wandsworth	1–2	Woking
9	Billericay Town	2–1	Saffron Walden Town
10	Blyth Town Lions	3–2	Wakefield Hall Green
11	Bolton Ambassadors	2–6	Blyth Spartans
12	Bourne United	1–0	Peterborough Sports
13	Bradford City	7–1	Buxton
14	Bury Girls & Ladies	4–0	Wigan
15	Cambridge Rangers	1–5	Dudley United
16	Carterton	2–2 (3–1 p)	Corinthian Casuals
17	Chelmsford City	3–2	Abbey Rangers
18	Corby Stewarts & Lloyds	2–4 (a.e.t.)	AFC Telford United
19	Darwen	10–0	Macclesfield Town
20	Denton Town	3–1	Gateshead Cleveland Hall
21	Dover Athletic	5–3	Arlesey Town
22	Durham City	0–6	Redcar Town
23	Dynamo North London	4–3	Croydon Athletic
24	Eastbourne Town	0–9	Whitehawk
25	Exeter City	1–2	Frome Town
26	Gloucester City	12–0	Alphington
27	Great Berry	0–2	Wingate & Finchley
28	Haringey Borough	7–3	Kent Magpies
29	Hastings United	H–W	Leighton Linslade
Walkover for Hastings United.
30	Henley Town	6–5 (a.e.t.)	UKP
31	Hereford Pegasus	9–0	Brize Norton
32	Hoddesdon Owls	0–1	Crowborough Athletic
33	Huddersfield Town	6–2 (a.e.t.)	Bolton Wanderers

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
34	Ilminster Town	1–6	Saltash United
35	Kettering Town	5–4	Birstall FL&E
36	Launceston	2–4	Penzance
37	Launton	0–10	Staines Town
38	Leicester City	5–0	Cambridge United
39	Liverpool Manweb Feds	4–0	Warrington Town
40	London Women	0–3	Woodbridge Town
41	Lordswood	7–0	Aylesbury United
42	Lumley	11–1	Forest Hall
43	Mansfield Road	2–3	Ross Town
44	Met	1–3	Newport Pagnell Town
45	MK Wanderers	2–3	Gravesend & Northfleet
46	Newbury	4–1	Kings Sports Luton
47	Oadby Town	6–4	Sandiacre Town
48	Ossett Albion	0–4	Morley Spurs
49	Penrith AFC	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Windscale
50	Peterborough Azure	2–5	Lichfield Diamonds
51	Reading	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Chinnor
52	Rothwell Town	1–9	Solihull
53	Rushcliffe Eagles	5–0	Cresswell Wanderers
54	Sawbridgeworth Town	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur
55	Shanklin	2–0	St Peter's
56	Shepshed Dynamo	3–1	Cambridge University
57	Slough	3–2	Brentford
58	South Notts	5–0	Colchester Town
59	Southam United	7–0	Kirkley
60	Stoke City	0–1	Birmingham Athletic
61	Tamworth Lionesses	0–2	Copsewood Coventry
62	Team Bath	3–2	Central
63	Thatcham Town	3–1	Braintree Town
64	Thurrock & Tilbury	0–4	Sheerness East
65	Tower Hamlets	1–2	Lewes
66	Tring Athletic	1–3	Acton Sports Club
67	Upper Beeding	1–4	Barking
68	Walsall	4–4 (4–3 p)	Lincoln City
69	Worcester City	0–5	Yeovil Town
70	Wycombe Wanderers	3–1	Harlow Athletic
71	Wyrley	5–1	Stratford Town
72	York City	11–0	Kirklees

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 25 September 2005.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Kempston Rovers	1–2	Woking
2	Aldershot Town	2–3	Thatcham Town
3	Bath City	2–4	Frome Town
4	Billericay Town	2–1	Lordswood
5	Blyth Town Lions	4–3	Bradford City
6	Bourne United	2–1	Oadby Town
7	Chelmsford City	9–0	Newport Pagnell Town
8	Copsewood Coventry	1–2	Solihull
9	Crowborough Athletic	2–0	Barking
10	Dudley United	2–3	Lichfield Diamonds
11	Gloucester City	2–3	Team Bath
12	Gravesend & Northfleet	6–1	Carterton
13	Haringey Borough	10–1	Banbury United
14	Hastings United	9–2	Dover Athletic
15	Henley Town	0–1	Dynamo North London
16	Huddersfield Town	4–0	Darwen

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
17	Liverpool Manweb Feds	3–5	Bury Girls & Ladies
18	Lumley	1–3	Blyth Spartans
19	Newbury	2–6	Lewes
20	Penzance	11–0	Saltash United
21	Reading	0–7	Yeovil Town
22	Redcar Town	1–7	Morley Spurs
23	Ross Town	3–4	Hereford Pegasus
24	Rushcliffe Eagles	1–2	Kettering Town
25	Sawbridgeworth Town	2–4	Whitehawk
26	Shanklin	1–1 (4–2 p)	AFC Bournemouth
27	Sheerness East	5–1	Wycombe Wanderers
28	Shepshed Dynamo	0–6	Leicester City
29	Slough	5–0	Haywards Heath Town
30	South Notts	1–3	Birmingham Athletic
31	Southam United	2–3	AFC Telford United
32	Staines Town	4–2	Acton Sports Club
33	Windscale	1–3	Barnsley
34	Wingate & Finchley	2–4	Woodbridge Town
35	Wyrley	4–2	Walsall
36	York City	2–2 (5–4 p)	Denton Town

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 23 October 2005.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barnsley	1–2	Blyth Spartans
2	Billericay Town	1–6	Hastings United
3	Birmingham Athletic	1–5	Alfreton Town
4	Blackpool Wren Rovers	1–7	Sheffield Wednesday
5	Blyth Town Lions	4–6	Leeds City Vixens
6	Bury Girls & Ladies	2–4	Huddersfield Town
7	Chesham United	3–4	Barnet
8	Chesterfield	2–1	Shrewsbury Town
9	Colchester United	7–0	Dynamo North London
10	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	York City
11	Crowborough Athletic	0–4	Queens Park Rangers
12	Dagenham & Redbridge	5–2	Chelmsford City
13	Doncaster Parkland Rovers	0–2	Chester Le Street
14	Enfield Town	3–1	Luton Town
15	Florence	2–3	Morley Spurs
16	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Newton Abbot
17	Gillingham	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Leyton Orient
18	Gravesend & Northfleet	4–0	Woking
19	Haringey Borough	2–5	Staines Town
20	Ipswich Town	7–0	Kettering Town

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
21	Keynsham Town	4–1	Shanklin
22	Leafield Athletic	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Derby County
23	Leicester City	12–1	Solihull
24	Lewes	7–0	Thatcham Town
25	Lichfield Diamonds	4–2	Wyrley
26	Loughborough Students	7–0	Stafford Rangers
27	Newquay	5–3	Team Bath
28	Northampton Town	2–1	Coventry United
29	Norwich City	0–0 (?–? p)	Leicester City Ladies
30	Oxford City	2–4	Frome Town
31	Penzance	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Winscombe
32	Plymouth Argyle	0–4	Hereford Pegasus
33	Preston North End	8–0	South Durham Royals
34	Rotherham United	6–1	Chester City
35	Scunthorpe United	0–0 (?–? p)	Garswood Saints
36	Sophtlogic	4–2	Bedford Town Bells
37	Swindon Town	1–0	Yeovil Town
38	TNS & Shrewsbury Town	8–0	AFC Telford United
39	Whitehawk	3–1	Swale Magpies
40	Woodbridge Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Slough

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 13 and 27 November 2005.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Alfreton Town	3–3 (?–? p)	Ipswich Town
2	Barnet	1–0	Dagenham & Redbridge
3	Blyth Spartans	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Chester Le Street
4	Chesterfield	0–2	Northampton Town
5	Frome Town	6–1	Swindon Town
6	Gravesend & Northfleet	0–1	Colchester United
7	Hereford Pegasus	3–0	Penzance
8	Leeds City Vixens	6–1	York City
9	Leicester City	3–2	Lichfield Diamonds
10	Leyton Orient	5–3	Hastings United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	Loughborough Students	1–2	Leicester City Ladies
12	Morley Spurs	0–0 (2–4 p)	Huddersfield Town
13	Newquay	1–5	Keynsham Town
14	Preston North End	8–1	Garswood Saints
15	Queens Park Rangers	6–0	Lewes
16	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Rotherham United
17	Slough	1–0	Forest Green Rovers
18	Sophtlogic	1–4	Staines Town
19	TNS & Shrewsbury Town	1–1 (?–? p)	Leafield Athletic
20	Whitehawk	3–0	Enfield Town

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 December 2005 and 8 January 2006.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Crystal Palace
2	Aston Villa	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
3	Barnet	4–1	West Ham United
4	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Lincoln City
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Leyton Orient
6	Bristol City	4–2	Reading Royals
7	Cardiff City	2–0	Keynsham Town
8	Colchester United	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Staines Town
9	Curzon Ashton	6–0	Blyth Spartans
10	Hereford Pegasus	3–3 (?–? p)	Frome Town
11	Ipswich Town	2–0	Leicester City Ladies
12	Langford	2–1	Whitehawk
13	Leeds City Vixens	5–1	Rotherham United
14	Liverpool	2–1	Tranmere Rovers
15	Middlesbrough	1–2	Manchester City
16	Newcastle United	7–2	Huddersfield Town
17	Northampton Town	2–1	TNS & Shrewsbury Town
18	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Leicester City
19	Portsmouth	2–1	Millwall Lionesses
20	Preston North End	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Stockport County
21	Southampton Saints	3–1	Slough
22	Watford	3–0	Queens Park Rangers

Fourth round

All games were originally scheduled for 8 and 15 January 2006.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Wimbledon	1–3	Watford
2	Blackburn Rovers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
3	Bristol City	1–4	Charlton Athletic
4	Cardiff City	1–4	Arsenal
5	Everton	2–0	Nottingham Forest
6	Fulham	6–0	Southampton Saints
7	Ipswich Town	0–7	Birmingham City
8	Langford	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion
9	Leeds City Vixens	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa
10	Leeds United	2–1	Doncaster Rovers Belles
11	Liverpool	1–0	Colchester United
12	Manchester City	0–2	Barnet
13	Newcastle United	3–1	Northampton Town
14	Portsmouth	5–5 (5–6 p)	Bristol Academy
15	Stockport County	7–1	Frome Town
16	Sunderland AFC	2–2 (3–4 p)	Curzon Ashton

Fifth round

All games were played on 29 January 2006.^[4]

29 January 2006	Aston Villa	0–3	Arsenal	Sutton Coldfield
14:00 GMT		Report	Fleeting 62' Sanderson 75' (pen.) Grant 90'	Stadium: Central Ground Coles Lane Attendance: 50

29 January 2006	Barnet	2–3	Liverpool
	Sowden	Report	Hastie Edwards Hart 85'	Attendance: 150

29 January 2006	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Bristol Academy
	Tregear 75'	Report	Ward Jones

29 January 2006	Fulham	0–3	Charlton
		Report	Bertelli 50' Barr 66' Potter 78'

29 January 2006	Leeds United	3–1	Everton	Garforth
	Walker 28', 54', 82'	Report	McCann 90'	Stadium: Wheatley Park Attendance: 110

29 January 2006	Newcastle United	2–0	Curzon Ashton
	Ridley 46' Newton 85'	Report

29 January 2006	Stockport County	0–2	Birmingham City
		Report	Ballard 57' Maggs 69'	Attendance: 58

29 January 2006	Watford	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
	Owen	Report

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 12 and 19 February 2006.

12 February 2006	Birmingham City	1–3	Leeds United	Redditch
	Lacey	Report	Burke Walker Smith	Stadium: Valley Stadium

12 February 2006	Bristol Academy	0–5	Charlton Athletic	Mangotsfield
		Report		Stadium: Cossham Street Referee: Sian Massey (Coventry)

19 February 2006	Chelsea	1–6	Arsenal	Hampton
14:00 GMT	Perry 41'	Report	Yankey 5' Sanderson Smith 60' Fleeting	Stadium: Beveree Stadium

12 February 2006	Newcastle United	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–9 p)	Liverpool	Woolsington
		Report		Stadium: Druid Park Referee: R. Joyce

Semi–finals

All games were played on 19 March 2006.

19 March 2006	Arsenal	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Charlton Athletic	Bishop's Stortford
15:00 GMT	Fleeting 70' Ludlow 120'	Report	Aluko 74'	Stadium: Woodside Park Attendance: 1,095 Referee: Ian Crouch

19 March 2006	Leeds United	2–0	Liverpool	Guiseley
	Smith	Report		Stadium: Nethermoor Park Attendance: 1,050 Referee: Jeff Smith (East Riding)

Final

1 May 2006

13:00 BST

Arsenal	5–0	Leeds United
Ward 3' (o.g.) Fleeting 34' Yankey 35' Smith 73' (pen.) Sanderson 77'	Report

The Den, London

Attendance: 13,452

Referee: Phil Crossley (Kent)

References

^ "Arsenal Ladies 5-0 Leeds Ladies". 1 May 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ Terry, Denise. "Arsenal 5 Leeds 0: Yankey leads march in Arsenal cup coup".
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". www.womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ "Holders Charlton into last eight". 29 January 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

[1] "Arsenal Ladies 5-0 Leeds Ladies". 1 May 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[2] Terry, Denise. "Arsenal 5 Leeds 0: Yankey leads march in Arsenal cup coup".

[3] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". www.womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[4] "Holders Charlton into last eight". 29 January 2006. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

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