The 2019–20 Women's FA Cup was the 50th staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten West Ham United 3–0 in the previous final. The draw was split regionally, dividing teams into north and south sections until the fourth round proper.
Teams A total of 300 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. 216 teams enter at the extra preliminary round or preliminary round. Teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One are given exemption to the second round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions enter at the second round proper. Teams in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship are exempted to the fourth round proper.
Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money Winner Loser Extra preliminary round 300 20 – 9 65 £300 £75 Preliminary round 290 196 10 95 579 £360 £90 First round qualifying 192 98 98 49 241 £400 £100 Second round qualifying 143 96FA Women's National League Division One teams added 49 48 240 £450 £115 Third round qualifying 95 48 48 24 122 £600 £150 First round 71 24 24 12 50 £850 £215 Second round 59 36FA Women's National League Premier Division teams added 12 18 71 £1,000 £250 Third round 41 18 18 9 32 £1,250 £315 Fourth round 32 32FA Women's Championship and FA WSL teams added 9 16 62 £2,000 £500 Fifth round 16 16 16 8 30 £3,000 £750 Quarter-final 8 8 8 4 14 £4,000 £1,000 Semi-final 4 4 4 2 6 £5,000 £1,250 Final 2 2 2 1 4 £25,000 £15,000
Extra preliminary round As a result of 300 teams entering the competition, twenty teams were drawn into an extra preliminary round, which was played by Sunday 18 August 2019.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Washington (6) 0–13 Redcar Town (5) 2 Wakefield Trinity (6) 0–3 Farsley Celtic (5) 3 Mossley Hill (5) H–W Burnley Belvedere (7) Burnley Belvedere withdrew.4 Notts County (6) 11–1 Cleethorpes Town (6) 525 Port Vale (6) 9–0 Lye Town (5) 576 Corby Town (6) 1–2 Bungay Town (7) 427 New London Lionesses (6) 5–4 Comets (7) 8 Bishop's Stortford (6) 1–5 Hartham United (7) 9 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 4–1 Denham United (5) 10 Burgess Hill Town (7) 3–2 Eastbourne United (6)
Preliminary round Ninety eight matches were scheduled for the preliminary round, which were played by Sunday 1 September 2019. The 196 teams taking part consisted of 186 teams with a bye to this stage, plus the ten match winners from the previous round. Sedgley & Gornal United and Boston United both withdrew after having their entry accepted which resulted in walkover wins for Droitwich Spa and Loughborough Students respectively. The match between Whyteleafe and Millwall Lionesses was played, ending in a 6–3 victory for Millwall, but Whyteleafe were later awarded the win because Millwall had fielded two unregistered players.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Penrith (6) 2–4 Bishop Auckland (7) 2 Boro Rangers (6) 1–3 South Shields (5) 3 Carlisle United (6) 1–11 Hartlepool United (5) 4 Redcar Town (5) 5–0 Lumley (6) 5 Blyth Town (6) 2–1 Workington Reds (6) 6 Alnwick Town (6) 3–5 Sunderland West End (6) 7 Wetherby Athletic (7) 0–10 Harrogate Town (5) 8 Ossett United (5) 5–1 Rotherham United (5) 939 Ripon City (7) 0–4 Yorkshire Amateur (7) 10 Bridlington Rovers (6) 4–2 Bradford Park Avenue (6) 11 Hepworth United (6) 5–1 Pride Park (7) 12 Farsley Celtic (5) 3–0 Thackley (7) 13 Oughtbridge WM (5) 2–1 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 10714 Blackburn Community (6) 6–1 West Kirby (6) 15 Northwich Vixens (6) 13–2 Bury (5) 16 Curzon Ashton (6) 2–2 (2–4 p) Mossley Hill (5) 17 Thameside United (7) 1–5 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 18 Manchester Stingers (5) 0–6 Merseyrail (5) 19 FC United of Manchester (5) 5–0 Tranmere Rovers (5) 9220 Accrington Girls & Ladies (6) 1–3 Altrincham (6) 21 Didsbury (6) 4–2 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 22 Accrington Stanley Community (6) 1–8 Morecambe (5) 23 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 0–8 Crewe Alexandra (5) 24 Boston United (5) A–W Loughborough Students (5) Boston United withdrawn.25 AFC Leicester (7) 1–3 Grimsby Borough (6) 26 Rise Park (5) 3–2 (a.e.t.) Notts County (6) 27 Coalville Town (7) 1–11 Hykeham Town (6) 28 Worksop Town (6) 0–9 Mansfield Town (5) 29 Dronfield Town (7) 1–2 Leicester City Ladies (5) 30 Lutterworth Athletic (6) 0–12 Chesterfield (6) 31 Sherwood (7) 0–7 Arnold Eagles (6) 2732 Oadby & Wigston (6) 5–1 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 33 Arnold Town (6) 1–4 Woodlands (5) 34 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 3–4 Leek Town (5) 35 Port Vale (6) 8–1 Knowle (5) 5936 Droitwich Spa (6) H–W Sedgley & Gornal United (6) Sedgley & Gornal United withdrawn.37 Solihull Sporting (6) 7–1 Rugby Town (6) 5038 Crusaders (5) 5–2 Sandwell (6) 39 Tamworth (7) 2–3 Shrewsbury Town (6) 40 Kingfisher (6) 2–4 Cookley Sports (6) 41 Kidsgrove Athletic (5) 3–5 Solihull Ladies United (5) 42 Coundon Court (5) 2–3 Sutton Coldfield Town (6) 43 Wyrley (6) 2–4 Shifnal Town (6) 44 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 2–1 Stourbridge (6) 21645 Coventry Sphinx (5) 2–1 (a.e.t.) AFC Telford United (6) 46 Wroxham (5) 6–2 Kettering Town (5) 6547 Haverhill Rovers (7) 1–3 King's Lynn Town (6)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 48 St Ives Town (5) 0–1 Histon (6) 49 AFC Sudbury (6) 0–8 Harlow Town (5) 50 Riverside (7) 0–15 Bungay Town (7) 51 Peterborough United (5) 14–0 Thrapston Town (6) 52 Fulbourn Institute Bluebirds (7) 0–5 Wymondham Town (5) 53 Netherton United (7) 1–3 Newmarket Town (6) 54 Clapton Community (7) 6–3 Margate (7) 31055 Aylesford (5) 2–1 (a.e.t.) Dulwich Hamlet (5) 56 Fulham (5) 3–1 New London Lionesses (6) 57 Dartford (5) 5–0 Hackney (6) 13058 Whyteleafe (5) H–W Millwall Lionesses (6) Millwall won 6–3 but later disqualified for breach of competition rules.59 Victoire (6) 4–3 (a.e.t.) Herne Bay (6) 60 Meridian (7) 1–3 Regents Park Rangers (7) 4061 Sutton United (6) 0–1 Islington Borough (7) 62 Phoenix Sports (6) 5–1 Haringey Borough (5) 63 Long Lane (7) 0–11 Ashford (6) 64 Watford Ladies Development (6) 4–2 Hemel Hempstead Town (7) 65 Hitchin Belles (7) 1–6 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 66 Royston Town (5) 4–1 Wodson Park (6) 8567 Bedford (5) 1–3 Colney Heath (5) 68 Houghton Athletic (7) 0–1 AFC Dunstable (5) 69 Hartham United (7) 0–5 St Albans (7) 70 Luton Town (5) 7–0 Leigh Ramblers (6) 71 Abbey Rangers (6) 4–3 (a.e.t.) Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 72 Queens Park Rangers Development (5) 11–0 Wargrave (7) 73 Banbury United (7) 1–2 Walton Casuals (7) 74 Abingdon United (5) 7–0 Brentford (7) 10875 Ascot United (5) 2–3 Abingdon Town (6) 76 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 5–2 Oxford City (5) 77 Wantage Town (7) 0–14 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 78 Steyning Town (7) 1–5 Newhaven (6) 79 Oakwood (7) 6–1 AFC Littlehampton (7) 80 Pagham (7) 2–3 Worthing (6) 81 Godalming Town (6) 1–2 Eastbourne Town (5) 82 Milford & Witley (7) 1–5 Tunbridge Wells Foresters (7) 83 Burgess Hill Town (7) 2–4 (a.e.t.) Saltdean United (5) 84 Mole Valley (7) 7–0 Bexhill United (7) 85 New Milton Town (6) 3–1 Newbury (5) 5086 Shanklin (7) 1–0 Alton (6) 3787 Bournemouth Sports (6) 1–3 (a.e.t.) Winchester City Flyers (5) 88 Eastleigh (6) 1–2 Moneyfields (5) 89 AFC Bournemouth (5) 6–0 Feniton (6) 90 Almondsbury (6) 2–0 Longlevens (7) 91 Weston Super Mare (6) 1–4 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 92 AEK Boco (6) 0–4 Ilminster Town (5) 93 Sherborne Town (6) 10–0 Keynsham Town Development (5) 94 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (5) 7–0 Chipping Sodbury Town (6) 95 Swindon Spitfires (6) 1–7 Portishead Town (5) 5196 Bideford (5) 5–2 St Agnes (6) 97 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 1–0 (a.e.t.) AFC St Austell (7) 98 Torquay United (5) 3–0 RNAS Culdrose (7)
First round qualifying Forty-nine matches were scheduled for the first round qualifying, the majority of which were played on Sunday 22 September 2019. Morecambe's tie against FC United of Manchester was postponed on this date, as was the re-arranged fixture a week later, leading to the tie being reversed and Morecambe losing their home advantage. Worthing's tie against Whyteleafe was played on 29 September, having been delayed a week due to Millwall Lionesses (who had been due to play in this match) being expelled from the competition. The round was made up solely of the winners from the previous round and did not include the introduction of any new teams.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Harrogate Town (5) 5–0 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 2 Redcar Town (5) 2–0 Bishop Auckland (7) 3 Yorkshire Amateur (7) 0–5 Hartlepool United (5) 4 FC United of Manchester (5) 4–1 Morecambe (5) 78 Tie reversed after two postponements at Morecambe.5 Altrincham (6) 4–2 Didsbury (6) 536 Hepworth United (6) 1–8 Blackburn Community (6) 7 Farsley Celtic (5) 2–1 Merseyrail (5) 8 Bridlington Rovers (6) 0–7 Ossett United (5) 9 Sunderland West End (6) Mossley Hill (5) 10 Blyth Town (6) 0–1 South Shields (5) 11 Droitwich Spa (6) 0–3 Shifnal Town (6) 12 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 1–5 Coventry Sphinx (5) 7213 Shrewsbury Town (6) 1–3 Leek Town (5) 14 Sutton Coldfield Town (6) 5–0 Solihull Sporting (6) 15 Arnold Eagles (6) 2–3 Northwich Vixens (6) 16 Oadby & Wigston (6) 2–3 Crewe Alexandra (5) 6017 Chesterfield (6) 2–0 Cookley Sports (6) 18 Peterborough United (5) 3–0 Oughtbridge WM (5) 19 Woodlands (5) 2–1 Hykeham Town (6) 20 Rise Park (5) 3–2 Grimsby Borough (6) 21 Leicester City Ladies (5) 3–2 Port Vale (6) 4022 Solihull Ladies United (5) 2–1 Loughborough Students (5) 23 Mansfield Town (5) 4–2 Crusaders (5) 24 Harlow Town (5) 3–1 King's Lynn Town (6) 25 Watford Ladies Development (6) 0–2 Newmarket Town (6) 26 Histon (6) 0–4 St Albans (7) 27 Colney Heath (5) 2–5 Royston Town (5)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 28 AFC Dunstable (5) Bowers & Pitsea (5) 29 Luton Town (5) 6–0 Bungay Town (7) 6430 Wroxham (5) 3–2 Wymondham Town (5) 10831 Victoire (6) 0–4 Islington Borough (7) 32 Clapton Community (7) 2–3 Oakwood (7) 33 Fulham (5) 5–1 Mole Valley (7) 34 Ashford (6) 4–1 Eastbourne Town (5) 3035 Dartford (5) 4–0 Newhaven (6) 14336 Regents Park Rangers (7) 0–3 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 37 Queens Park Rangers Development (5) 8–0 Abbey Rangers (6) 38 Whyteleafe (5) 0–1 Worthing (6) 39 Abingdon United (5) 2–1 Aylesford (5) 8740 Tunbridge Wells Foresters (7) 1–4 Phoenix Sports (6) 41 Abingdon Town (6) 4–3 Walton Casuals (7) 42 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 0–1 Saltdean United (5) 43 Shanklin (7) 0–12 Sherborne Town (6) 44 AFC Bournemouth (5) 10–0 New Milton Town (6) 45 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (5) 8–0 Torquay United (5) 46 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 1–0 Almondsbury (6) 47 Portishead Town (5) 3–1 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 48 Winchester City Flyers (5) 9–2 Bideford (5) 6049 Ilminster Town (5) 1–4 Moneyfields (5)
Second round qualifying Forty-eight matches in the second round qualifying were played on Sunday 6 October 2019. The round was made up of the 49 winners from the previous round and the introduction of all 47 FA Women's National League Division One teams.