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.
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 Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money 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. It was added by The Football Association as a result of increased entries into the competition. Fifty three matches were scheduled for the preliminary round, to be played by Sunday 26 August 2018. 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.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Lumley (7) 0–2 Boro Rangers (6) 412 Workington Reds (6) 1–3 Carlisle United (6) 3 Durham Cestria (5) 3–0 South Shields (5) 4 Altofts (6) 0–1 Tingley Athletic (7) 5 Rotherham United (5) 14–0 Bradford Park Avenue (7) 6 Dronfield Town (7) 0–8 Ossett United (6) 7 Hepworth United (7) 0–4 Chesterfield (7) 8 Bridlington Rovers (7) H–W Leeds Medics & Dentists (7) 9 Manchester Stingers (5) 3–1 Merseyrail Bootle (5) 10 Tranmere Rovers (5) 7–0 Chester (6) 11 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 5–1 Accrington Stanley Community Trust (7) 12 FC United of Manchester (5) H–W Blackburn Community Sports Club (6) 13 Bury (6) Mossley Hill (5) 14 Burscough Dynamo (6) Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 15 Oadby & Wigston (6) 6–0 Sherwood (7) 16 Mansfield Town (5) 3–2 Hykeham Town (6) 17 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 1–3 Loughborough Students (5) 18 Leek Town (6) 3–0 Wyrley (6) 19 Goldenhill Wanderers (5) 0–2 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 23020 AFC Telford United (6) 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 11221 Rugby Town (6) 2–1 Knowle (5) 22 Crusaders (5) 4–2 Coundon Court (5) 23 Shifnal Town (6) 1–0 Sedgley & Gornal United (6) 24 Droitwich Spa (6) 1–2 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 25 Wymondham Town (5) H–W Moulton (7) 26 Newmarket Town (6) 0–2 Cambridge City (5) 27 St Ives Town (6) 1–0 Corby Town (6)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 28 Frontiers (7) 0–4 Brentwood Town (5) 29 Beccles Town (7) 0–1 Chelmsford City (7) 30 Colney Heath (5) 7–0 Hemel Hempstead Town (7) 31 Royston Town (5) 7–1 Hertford Town (6) 32 Queens Park Rangers Girls (5) H–W Barton United (7) 33 Wantage Town (7) Wycombe Wanderers (6) 3934 Brentford (7) 1–2 New London Lionesses (6) 35 Woodley United (5) A–W Abingdon United (6) 36 Ashford Ladies (6) 4–3 Eastbourne Town (5) 37 Regents Park Rangers (6) H–W Carshalton Athletic (5) 38 Kent Football United (5) 8–0 Herne Bay (7) 39 Eastbourne (6) 1–2 Aylesford (5) 40 Sutton United (7) 1–2 AFC Phoenix (5) 41 Newhaven (6) 6–3 Parkwood Rangers (5) 42 Oakwood (7) 0–4 Islington Borough (7) 43 Saltdean (6) 4–1 Steyning Town (7) 44 London Kent Football United (5) 11–0 Tonbridge Angels (7) 45 Margate (7) 2–5 Thamesview (7) 46 Moneyfields (6) A–W Swindon Spitfires (6) 47 Winchester City Flyers (5) 0–2 Southampton (5) 48 Warsash Wasps (5) 5–1 Bournemouth Sports (7) 49 Callington Town (5) 2–5 Exeter City (5) 50 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 8–0 Purnell Sports (7) 51 Bideford (6) 0–4 Portishead Town (5) 52 Exeter & Tedburn Rangers (6) H–W Forest Green Rovers (5) 53 Chipping Sodbury Town (7) 1–2 Downend Flyers (5)
First round qualifying Seventy three matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round. 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.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 South Park Rangers (7) A–W Redcar Town (6) 2 Durham Cestria (5) 1–2 Alnwick Town (6) 3 Boro Rangers (6) 8–1 Cramlington United (6) 4 Washington (6) 2–4 Hartlepool United (5) 5 Carlisle United (6) 1–2 Bishop Auckland (7) 6 Penrith (5) 5–1 Wallsend Boys Club (5) 7 Wakefield (6) 0–4 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 8 Ossett United (6) 1–2 Farsley Celtic (5) 1039 Tingley Athletic (7) 4–0 Harrogate Town (5) 10 Oughtibridge War Memorial (5) H–W Malet Lambert (7) 11 Rotherham United (5) 1–3 Bridlington Rovers (7) 12 Chesterfield (7) 4–0 Yorkshire Amateur (7) 7313 Warrington Wolverines (6) 1–4 Stockport County (5) 14 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 1–3 Accrington Girls & Ladies (5) 15 Manchester Stingers (5) 2–5 West Didsbury & Chorlton (6) 16 Cammell Laird 1907 (6) 4–0 Burscough Dynamo (6) 17 Tranmere Rovers (5) 6–3 Bury (6) 18 FC United of Manchester (5) 6–0 Didsbury (6) 11019 Leicester City Women Development (5) 15–0 Coalville Town Ravenettes (7) 20 Oadby & Wigston (6) 4–2 Mansfield Town (5) 8821 Grimsby Borough (6) 1–4 Boston United (6) 22 Loughborough Students (5) 5–1 Rise Park (5) 23 Leicester City Ladies (5) 2–5 Lutterworth Athletic (6) 4524 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 2–0 Lye Town (5) 9825 Stourbridge (6) 1–2 Solihull United (6) 10026 St Johns (7) 5–4 Sandwell (6) 27 Shifnal Town (6) 0–7 Leafield Athletic (5) 28 Leek Town (6) 1–2 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 29 Hereford Lads Club (7) 0–9 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 30 Rugby Town (6) 5–1 Shenstone (7) 31 Redditch United (5) 0–3 Kingfisher (6) 32 Crusaders (5) 5–0 Solihull Sporting (6) 33 Peterborough Northern Star (5) Northampton Town (6) 34 St Ives Town (6) 1–2 Peterborough United (5)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 35 Wymondham Town (5) H–W Roade (7) 36 Kettering Town (5) 1–3 Acle United (5) 2537 Cambridge City (5) 14–0 Riverside (7) 38 Histon (6) 2–1 Thrapston Town (6) 39 Leigh Ramblers (7) 2–0 Bowers & Pitsea (6) 40 Corringham Cosmos (7) H–W Bungay Town (7) 41 Brentwood Town (5) 1–2 Harlow Town (5) 42 Chelmsford City (7) 0–1 AFC Sudbury (5) 5543 AFC Dunstable (5) 5–0 Watford Ladies Development (6) 3044 Bishop's Stortford (6) 0–11 Royston Town (5) 45 Colney Heath (5) 2–0 Houghton Athletic (7) 46 Ashford Town (Middx) (6) 15–0 Wargrave (6) 47 New London Lionesses (6) 4–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 48 Queens Park Rangers Girls (5) H–W Wealdstone (8) 49 Sandhurst Town (6) A–W Newbury (5) 50 Wycombe Wanderers (6) 1–3 Ascot United (5) 51 Abingdon United (6) 1–3 Oxford City (5) 52 Newhaven (6) 2–1 Ashford Ladies (6) 11253 London Kent Football United (5) 1–2 Godalming Town (6) 54 Hassocks (7) 2–4 Islington Borough (7) 55 Meridian (6) 1–4 Worthing (6) 2056 Regents Park Rangers (6) 3–4 Whyteleafe (5) 57 Kent Football United (5) 8–0 Victoire (6) 58 Burgess Hill Town (7) 9–2 Thamesview (7) 59 Abbey Rangers (7) 2–1 Saltdean (6) 60 AFC Phoenix (5) 5–0 Phoenix Sports (6) 61 Aylesford (5) 1–3 Fulham (5) 62 Basingstoke Town (6) 0–13 AFC Bournemouth (5) 1563 Swindon Spitfires (6) 0–6 Southampton (5) 64 Shanklin (6) 0–3 New Milton Town (5) 3865 Warsash Wasps (5) 3–1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (6) 66 Alton (6) 0–2 Eastleigh (6) 67 Frampton Rangers (6) 4–3 Feniton (6) 68 Exeter City (5) 5–0 Frome Town (7) 5569 Ilminster Town (5) 4–0 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 70 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 13–1 Exeter & Tedburn Rangers (6) 71 Portishead Town (5) 2–1 Downend Flyers (5) 72 St Agnes (6) 1–3 Keynsham Town Development (5) 73 Torquay United (5) 1–2 Weston Super Mare (6) 50
Second round qualifying Sixty matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round. 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.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Steel City Wanderers (4) 1–8 Chester Le Street Town (4) 2 Cammell Laird 1907 (6) 1–3 Crewe Alexandra (4) 3 Morecambe (4) 1–5 Norton & Stockton Ancients (4) 4 Redcar Town (6) 6–2 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 5 Bishop Auckland (7) 0–8 Stockport County (5) 1106 Tingley Athletic (7) 0–5 West Didsbury & Chorlton (6) 7 Bridlington Rovers (7) 4–1 Accrington Girls & Ladies (5) 8 Brighouse Town (4) 5–0 Penrith (5) 9 Oughtibridge War Memorial (5) 0–4 FC United of Manchester (5) 14910 Bolton Wanderers (4) 3–0 Hartlepool United (5) 11 Barnsley (4) 2–3 Newcastle United (4) 12 Tranmere Rovers (5) 0–1 Boro Rangers (6) 6013 Burnley (4) 3–2 Liverpool Feds (4) 14 Alnwick Town (6) 2–3 Leeds United (4) 15 Chorley (4) 5–0 Farsley Celtic (5) 16 Oadby & Wigston (6) 2–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 6417 Crusaders (5) 0–2 Sporting Khalsa (4) 18 Rugby Town (6) 0–10 West Bromwich Albion (4) 19 Long Eaton United (4) 7–1 The New Saints (4) 20 Chesterfield (7) 1–0 Burton Albion (4) 9021 Leicester City Women Development (5) 6–3 Solihull United (6) 22 St Johns (7) 1–4 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 6–0 Kingfisher (6) 7524 Bedworth United (4) 0–2 Birmingham & West Midlands (4) 25 Leafield Athletic (5) Lutterworth Athletic (6) 26 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 1–2 Nettleham (4) 27 Solihull Moors (4) 3–2 Loughborough Students (5)