2011–12 FA Women's Cup

2011–12 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	276
Final positions
Champions	Birmingham City
Runners-up	Chelsea

The 2011–12 FA Women's Cup is the 42nd season of the association football knockout competition.^[1] 276 clubs competed for the years trophy.^[2] The winners will not qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[3] The current holders are now Birmingham City. They beat Chelsea 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in the final at Ashton Gate.^[1]

Teams

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	New entries this round	Leagues entering at this round^[4]
First round qualifying	276	180	0	180
Second round qualifying	186	104	90	14
Third round qualifying	134	96	52	44	Northern Combination WFL/Midland Combination WFL/South West Combination WFL/South East Combination WFL
First round proper	86	48	48	0
Second round proper	62	44	24	20	FA WPL Northern/Southern Divisions
Third round proper	40	32	22	10	FA WPL National Division
Fourth round proper	24	16	16	0
Fifth round proper	16	16	8	8	FA Women's Super League
Sixth round proper (QF)	8	8	8	0
Semi–Final	4	4	4	0
Final	2	2	2	0

Calendar

Round	Main date	Prize money^[5]
First round qualifying	Sunday, 2 October 2011	£125
Second round qualifying	Sunday, 23 October 2011	£175
Third round qualifying	Sunday, 13 November 2011	£225
First round proper	Sunday, 11 December 2011	£250
Second round proper	Sunday, 8 January 2012	£300
Third round proper	Sunday, 5 February 2012	£400
Fourth round proper	Sunday, 26 February 2012	£500
Fifth round proper	Sunday, 11 March 2012	£600
Sixth round proper (QF)	Sunday, 25 March 2012	£1,000
Semi–Final	Sunday, 15 April 2012	£2,000
Final	Sunday, 26 May 2012	£2,000/£5,000

First round qualifying

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	1–5	Haywards Heath Town
2	Abbeytown	3–1	Forest Hall
3	Accrington Girls & Ladies	0–4	Blackpool Wren Rovers
4	AFC Telford United	0–3	Allscott
5	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	East Preston
6	Aldershot Town	2–0	Poole Town
7	Arnold Town	2–0	Oadby & Wigston
8	Ashford	0–4	Chichester City
9	Ashington CFC	3–2	Prudhoe Town
10	Aylesbury United	1–5	Newbury
11	Barnsley	9–0	Ossett Albion
12	Bexhill United	2–1	Knaphill
13	Bilbrook	7–0	Rugby Town
14	Bitton	4–1	AEK–BOCO
15	Blackpool	13–0	Southport Birkdale
16	Bolton Wanderers	2–5	Tranmere Rovers
17	Bracknell Town	7–0	Beaconsfield SYCOB
18	Bradford Park Avenue	1–6	Keighley Oaks
19	Braintree Town	2–3	Billericay Town
20	Brandon Town	A–W	Woodbridge Town
Walkover for Woodbridge Town
21	Brantham Athletic	5–3	Bungay Town
22	Brighouse Athletic	0–2	Padiham
23	Brighouse Town	0–3	Crewe Alexandra
24	Cheltenham Town	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Ilminster Town
25	Chester City	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Birkenhead
26	Colne Valley	H–W	Henley Town
Walkover for Colne Valley
27	Copleston	0–10	C&K Basildon
28	Corby Stewarts & Lloyds	A–W	Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe
Walkover for Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe
29	Crawley Wasps	5–0	Meridian
30	Crusaders	3–2	Malvern Town
31	Denham United	3–0	Marlow
32	Downend Flyers	3–5	Bristol Union
33	Durham Wildcats	4–0	Penrith AFC
34	Eastbourne	1–1 (4–5 p)	South Park
35	Fakenham Town	2–1	East Thurrock United
36	Headington	1–3	Launton
37	Hereford Pegasus	1–5	Stratford Town
38	Hethersett Athletic	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Haverhill Rovers
39	Hoddesdon Owls	1–5	Hemel Hempstead Town
40	Huntingdon Town	0–2	AFC Trinity
41	Kettering Town	10–0	Peterborough Hampton
42	Kick In Kulan I Krysset United (KIKK)	7–2	Leverstock Green
43	Lancaster City	2–4	Warrington Town
44	Leighton United Vixens	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Tring Athletic
45	Leyton	3–1	Haringey Borough

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
46	Lichfield Diamonds	2–0	Walsall
47	London Corinthians	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Rottingdean Village
48	Long Eaton United	8–0	Asfordby Amateurs
49	Lowick United	7–2	Cramlington United
50	Lumley	2–1	Consett
51	Maidstone Association Local Government Officers (MALGO)	1–2	Westfield
52	Mansfield Town	7–5	Nettleham
53	Marine Academy Plymouth	A–W	Exeter City
Walkover for Exeter City.
54	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)	2–0	Stevenage
55	Morecambe	4–2	Middleton Athletic
56	Moulton	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Rothwell Town
57	New Forest	1–13	Parley Sports
58	North Ferriby United	4–0	Appleby Frodingham
59	North Shields	1–3	Norton & Stockton Ancients
60	Oxford City	4–2	Banbury United
61	Oxford United	5–2	Maidenhead United
62	Parkwood Rangers	3–3 (2–4 p)	Rusthall
63	Pen Mill	1–2	St Nicholas
64	Peterborough Northern Star	2–1	Brackley Sports
65	Peterborough Sports	5–2	Daventry Town
66	Purbeck	0–4	Andover New Street
67	RACA Tynedale	3–2	Birtley Town
68	Ramsgate	2–9	Eastbourne Town
69	Reading Town	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Brentford
70	Redcar Town	4–0	Percy Main
71	Retford United	2–1	Dronfield Town
72	Salisbury City	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Weymouth
73	Sawbridgeworth Town	1–6	Arlesey Town
74	Scunthorpe United	2–3	Rothwell
75	Shanklin	12–0	Broadstone
76	Sheffield United Community	3–0	Hull City
77	Sheffield United Junior Blades	1–2	Steel City Wanderers
78	Shepton Mallet	0–8	???
79	Southam United	A–W	Coventry Sphinx
Walkover for Coventry Sphinx.
80	St Francis 2000	6–3	Peterlee RA
81	Stafford Town	4–0	Wyrley
82	Stoke Lane Athletic	2–4	Frome Town
83	Swindon Spitfires	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Bridgwater Town
84	Swindon Supermarine	3–1	Forest Of Dean
85	Teesside Sport	0–4	California
86	Tyneside	H–W	Whitehaven
Walkover for Tyneside.
87	Victoire	1–7	Maidstone Town
88	West	4–2	Thorpe United
89	Whitley Bay	8–1	Kendal Town
90	Wymondham Town	0–8	Chelmsford City

Second round qualifying

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeytown	1–3	Whitley Bay
2	AFC Trinity	5–3	Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe
3	AFC Wimbledon	3–4 (3–3 p)	London Corinthians
4	Aldershot Town	0–2	Southampton
5	Andover New Street	0–3	Weymouth
6	Arnold Town	9–0	West Bridgford
7	Ashington CFC	4–3	Redcar Town
8	Barking	5–1	Arlesey Town
9	Barnsley	5–3	Keighley Oaks
10	Bexhill United	4–2	Haywards Heath Town
11	Billericay Town	H–W	Woodbridge Town
Walkover for Billericay Town.
12	Birkenhead	0–3	Morecambe
13	Bitton	0–4	???
14	Blackpool Wren Rovers	2–1	Padiham
15	Bracknell Town	5–0	Launton
16	Brentford	1–2	Oxford City
17	Bristol Union	3–2	Swindon Supermarine
18	California	3–1	Tyneside
19	Chelmsford City	0–7	Hethersett Athletic
20	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Bridgwater Town
21	Chichester City	4–1	Maidstone Town
22	Christchurch	0–6	Shanklin
23	Coventry Sphinx	4–1	Kenilworth Town
24	Crusaders	2–2 (3–1 p)	Cottage Farm Rangers
25	Denham United	8–1	Colne Valley
26	Eastbourne Town	2–3	Crawley Wasps

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
27	Fakenham Town	1–4	C&K Basildon
28	Falmouth Town	0–1	Launceston
29	Hemel Hempstead Town	3–1	Leighton United Vixens
30	Kettering Town	0–5	Peterborough Sports
31	Kick In Kulan I Krysset United (KIKK)	0–3	Hampstead
32	Lichfield Diamonds	6–1	Allscott
33	Locks Heath	0–3	Parley Sports
34	Long Eaton United	8–1	Retford United
35	Lowick United	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Norton & Stockton Ancients
36	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)	3–1	Leyton
37	Morley Rangers	0–9	Exeter City
38	Newbury	0–12	Oxford United
39	North Ferriby United	0–15	Rothwell
40	Peterborough Northern Star	8–1	Moulton
41	RACA Tynedale	1–6	Durham Wildcats
42	Rusthall	2–2 (4–2 p)	Panthers
43	Sandiacre Town	1–3	Mansfield Town
44	Sheffield United Community	6–0	Steel City Wanderers
45	South Park	1–4	Westfield
46	St Francis 2000	13–2	Lumley
47	St Nicholas	1–3	Frome Town
48	Stafford Town	1–4	Bilbrook
49	Stratford Town	4–3	FC Reedswood
50	Tranmere Rovers	3–2	Blackpool
51	Warrington Town	0–7	Crewe Alexandra
52	West	3–1	Brantham Athletic

Third round qualifying

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Trinity	H–W	Dudley United
Walkover for AFC Trinity.
2	Arnold Town	0–1	Coventry Sphinx
3	Ashington CFC	2–3 (a.e.t.)	California
4	Bexhill United	1–6	Bracknell Town
5	Blackpool Wren Rovers	4–2	Lowick United
6	Bridgwater Town	1–5	Swindon Town
7	Bristol Union	2–6	Forest Green Rovers
8	C&K Basildon	3–1	Hemel Hempstead Town
9	Chichester City	7–0	Rusthall
10	Crewe Alexandra	2–3	Crusaders
11	Crystal Palace	1–2	Crawley Wasps
12	Denham United	1–1 (3–2 p)	Southampton Saints
13	Durham Wildcats	3–0	Barnsley
14	Ebbsfleet United	3–0	Barking
15	Exeter City	4–0	Keynsham Town Development
16	Hampstead	1–2	Cambridge United
17	Hethersett Athletic	0–5	Enfield Town
18	Huddersfield Town	1–2	Bradford City
19	Ipswich Town	H–W	West
Walkover for Ipswich Town
20	Larkhall Athletic	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Gloucester City
21	Leicester City Ladies	4–0	Northampton Town
22	Lewes	4–1 (a.e.t.)	University Of Portsmouth
23	Lichfield Diamonds	1–5	Stoke City
24	Liverpool Feds	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Salford

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
25	London Corinthians	0–5	Oxford United
26	Loughborough Students	14–0	Bilbrook
27	Luton Town	0–1	Peterborough Sports
28	Mansfield Town	3–4	Copsewood Coventry
29	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Milton Keynes Dons
30	Morecambe	2–3	Sheffield United Community
31	Mossley Hill	6–0	Curzon Ashton
32	Newquay	3–2	Frome Town
33	Norwich City	4–3	Chesham United
34	Old Actonians	2–6	Billericay Town
35	Parley Sports	3–1	Launceston
36	Peterborough Northern Star	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Brentwood Town
37	Radcliffe Olympic	3–1	Long Eaton United
38	Rothwell	0–4	Newcastle United
39	South Durham & Cestria	9–0	Wakefield
40	Southampton	2–3	Weymouth
41	Stockport County	8–0	St Francis 2000
42	Stratford Town	3–6	Loughborough Foxes
43	Tranmere Rovers	0–4	Sheffield Wednesday
44	Westfield	3–0	Oxford City
45	Whitley Bay	2–3	Middlesbrough
46	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Leafield Athletic
47	Yeovil Town	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Shanklin
Bye: Havant & Waterlooville

First round proper

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Trinity	2–5	Leicester City Ladies
2	Billericay Town	3–6 (a.e.t.)	Peterborough Northern Star
3	Blackpool Wren Rovers	3–2	Mossley Hill
4	Bracknell Town	0–5	Enfield Town
5	Bradford City	3–2	Newcastle United
6	C&K Basildon	0–3	Lewes
7	California	0–8	Durham Wildcats
8	Cambridge United	2–5	Oxford United
9	Chichester City	5–2	Peterborough Sports
10	Copsewood Coventry	3–6 (a.e.t.)	Stoke City
11	Crawley Wasps	H–W	Ipswich Town
Walkover for Crawley Wasps.
12	Crusaders	0–3	Coventry Sphinx
13	Ebbsfleet United	1–5	Havant & Waterlooville
14	Forest Green Rovers	5–1	Weymouth
15	Liverpool Feds	1–3	Sheffield Wednesday
16	Loughborough Foxes	3–0	Radcliffe Olympic
17	Loughborough Students	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton Wanderers
18	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)	2–1	Westfield
19	Newquay	2–2 (6–7 p)	Larkhall Athletic
20	Norwich City	0–3	Denham United
21	Shanklin	3–1	Parley Sports
22	Sheffield United Community	0–1	Middlesbrough
23	Stockport County	2–3	South Durham & Cestria
24	Swindon Town	2–1	Exeter City

Second round proper

Lowest team remaining at start of round: Durham Wildcats (3rd place Durham WFL level 7 of pyramid)^[6]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Blackpool Wren Rovers	3–4	Rotherham United
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Millwall Lionesses
3	Chichester City	0–3	West Ham United
4	Coventry Sphinx	0–1	Peterborough Northern Star
5	Crawley Wasps	0–0 (0–3 p)	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)
6	Derby County	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Loughborough Foxes
7	Enfield Town	1–1 (4–3 p)	Queens Park Rangers
8	Gillingham	3–0	Colchester United
9	Havant & Waterlooville	3–2	Plymouth Argyle
10	Keynsham Town	7–1	Swindon Town
11	Larkhall Athletic	2–1	Shanklin
12	Leicester City Ladies	2–1	Loughborough Students
13	Leicester City Women	0–1	Sporting Club Albion
14	Manchester City	9–1	Leeds City Vixens
15	Oxford United	2–0	Lewes
16	Portsmouth	4–1	Forest Green Rovers
17	Preston North End	7–3	Stoke City
18	Rochdale	1–2	Blackburn Rovers
19	Sheffield	10–0	Middlesbrough
20	Sheffield Wednesday	1–4	Durham Wildcats
21	South Durham & Cestria	0–3	Bradford City
22	Tottenham Hotspur	7–0	Denham United

Third round proper

Draw

The lowest team remaining in the competition at the start of the round are: Durham Wildcats
All matches scheduled for Sunday, 5 February 2012 at 2pm. After a complete postponement due to snow on the 5th 12 of the 16 fixtures were again postponed due to snow on the 12th. The remaining fixtures are rescheduled for 19 February.

League and place of home team	Home team	Visiting team	League and place of away team
Southwest Region WFL Premier #1	Larkhall Athletic	Tottenham Hotspur	FA WPL Southern #6
FA WPL Southern #4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Havant & Waterlooville	South West Combination WFL #3
FA WPL National #3	Charlton Athletic	Bradford City	Northern Combination WFL #3
South East Combination WFL #3	Enfield Town	MSA	London and South East Div 1 #7
FA WPL Southern #3	Portsmouth	Sheffield	FA WPL Northern #4
FA WPL National #10	Watford	Leeds United	FA WPL National #2
FA WPL National #6	Aston Villa	Coventry City	FA WPL National #5
FA WPL Northern #5	Derby County	West Ham United	FA WPL Southern #2
FA WPL National #1	Sunderland	Rotherham United	FA WPL Northern #9
FA WPL National #9	Nottingham Forest	Blackburn Rovers	FA WPL Northern #6
FA WPL National #4	Barnet	Peterborough Northern Star	East Midlands WFL Premier #3
FA WPL Northern #3	Sporting Club Albion	Reading	FA WPL National #7

Results

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aston Villa	0–2	Coventry City
2	Barnet	8–0	Peterborough Northern Star
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–2	Havant & Waterlooville
4	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Bradford City
5	Derby County	4–2 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United
6	Durham Wildcats	0–2	Preston North End
7	Enfield Town	2–0	Mauritius Sports Association (MSA)
8	Keynsham Town	4–1	Gillingham
9	Larkhall Athletic	1–1 (4–3 p)	Tottenham Hotspur
10	Leicester City Ladies	1–2	Cardiff City
11	Manchester City	4–1	Oxford United
12	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Blackburn Rovers
13	Portsmouth	1–3	Sheffield
14	Sporting Club Albion	3–0	Reading
15	Sunderland	8–0	Rotherham United
16	Watford	1–6	Leeds United

Fourth round proper

Draw

The lowest team remaining in the competition is: Larkhall Athletic 2nd Place South West Premier Division (Level 5 of pyramid)
All matches scheduled for Sunday, 26 February 2012 at 2pm GST.

League and place of home team	Home team	Visiting team	League and place of away team
FA WPL National #4	Barnet	Sporting Club Albion	FA WPL Northern #3
FA WPL Southern #4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Larkhall Athletic	Southwest Region WFL Premier #2
FA WPL National #3	Charlton Athletic	Derby County	FA WPL Northern #5
FA WPL National #8	Cardiff City	Sunderland	FA WPL National #1
FA WPL National #5	Coventry City	Leeds United	FA WPL National #2
FA WPL Northern #6	Preston North End	Blackburn Rovers	FA WPL Northern #7
South East Combination WFL #3	Enfield Town	Manchester City	FA WPL Northern #2
FA WPL Southern #7	Keynsham Town	Sheffield	FA WPL Northern #4

Results

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cardiff City	0–7	Sunderland
2	Barnet	3–0	Sporting Club Albion
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–0	Larkhall Athletic
4	Enfield Town	0–2	Manchester City
5	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Derby County
6	Coventry City	1–2	Leeds United
7	Keynsham Town	5–2	Sheffield
8	Preston North End	0–2	Blackburn Rovers

Fifth round proper

Draw

The lowest teams remaining in the competition are: Keynsham Town 7th Place FA Women's Southern Division and Blackburn Rovers 7th Place FA Women's Northern Division (Level 3 of pyramid)
All matches scheduled for Sunday, 11 March 2012 at 2pm GST.

League and place of home team	Home team	Visiting team	League and place of away team
FA WPL Southern #7	Keynsham Town	Sunderland	FA WPL National #1
FA WSL #5	Bristol Academy WFC	Leeds United	FA WPL National #2
FA WPL National #4	Barnet	Doncaster Rovers Belles	FA WSL #7
FA WPL National #3	Charlton Athletic	Blackburn Rovers	FA WPL Northern #7
FA WSL #4	Lincoln	Arsenal	FA WSL #1
FA WSL #2	Birmingham City	Liverpool	FA WSL #8
FA WPL Northern #2	Manchester City	Everton	FA WSL #3
FA WSL #6	Chelsea	Brighton & Hove Albion	FA WPL Southern #4

Results

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Keynsham Town	1–5	Sunderland
2	Bristol Academy	3–0	Leeds United
3	Barnet	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
4	Charlton Athletic	1–5	Blackburn Rovers
5	Lincoln	0–1	Arsenal
6	Birmingham City	3–0	Liverpool
7	Manchester City	1–5	Everton
8	Chelsea	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion

Quarter–finals

The lowest team remaining in the competition is: Blackburn Rovers 7th Place FA Women's Northern Division (Level 3 of pyramid)

25 March 2012	Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–2	Chelsea	Doncaster
14:00			Bonner 72' Susi 81'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 512

25 March 2012	Bristol Academy	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Filton
14:00	Green 7' del Río 24', 55'			Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 238

25 March 2012	Arsenal	2–1	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00	White 58' Little 64'		Hinnigan 85'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 414

25 March 2012	Birmingham City	4–0	Sunderland	Stratford upon Avon
14:00	Harrop 22', 42' Taylor 24' Aluko 83'			Stadium: The DCS Stadium Attendance: 227

Semi–finals

15 April 2012	Birmingham City	4–1	Bristol Academy	Tamworth
14:00	Williams 9', 66' Carney 39', 43'	Report	del Río 81'	Stadium: The Lamb Ground Attendance: 358 Referee: Paul Forrester

3 May 2012	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	Brentford
19:45	Bleazard 22' Susi 85'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 559 Referee: Alexandra Ihringova

Final

26 May 2012

12:15 BST

Birmingham City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
Williams 90+1' Carney 112'	Report	Lander 70' Longhurst 101'
Penalties
Williams Unitt Taylor Carney	3–2	Sherwood Spence Rafferty Buet Bonner

Ashton Gate, Bristol

Attendance: 8,723

Referee: Natalie Walker (Lancashire)^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "About the FA Women's Cup". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "FA.com Early rounds Drawn". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Champions League for Birmingham City". shekicks.net. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "FA Women's Cup Exemptions 2011–12" (PDF). thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Prize Fund Payments". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "The FA Women's Cup Results". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
^ "Cup final day of destiny for female referee". Lancashire Evening Post. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

External links

[thefa-1] "About the FA Women's Cup". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[2] "FA.com Early rounds Drawn". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[3] "Champions League for Birmingham City". shekicks.net. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[4] "FA Women's Cup Exemptions 2011–12" (PDF). thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[5] "Prize Fund Payments". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[thefa_a2-6] "The FA Women's Cup Results". thefa.com. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

[referee-7] "Cup final day of destiny for female referee". Lancashire Evening Post. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

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