2014–15 FA Women's Cup

For the men's event, see 2014–15 FA Cup.

The 2014–15 Women's FA Cup was the 45th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Arsenal were the defending champions, having beaten Everton 2–0 in the previous final, but lost in the quarter-finals to Chelsea. The 2015 Final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time, and was held on 1 August 2015. The match was televised live on BBC One.^[1]

2014–15 FA Women's Cup

Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	257
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (1st title)
Runners-up	Notts County
Tournament statistics
Matches played	251
Goals scored	1,260 (5.02 per match)
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Teams

A total of 257 teams entered the 2014–15 FA Women's Cup, with the level of league football played by each team determining the stage of the competition where they were inserted. Teams which played in WSL1, the highest level of league football for women in England, entered in the fifth round.

Round	Previous round winners	Entered at this stage	Total teams competing	Games played	Goals scored
Preliminary round	–	64	64	31	181
First round qualifying	32	108	140	69	415
Second round qualifying	70	–	70	34	136
Third round qualifying	35	41	76	37	199
First round	38	2	40	20	69
Second round	20	24	44	21	106
Third round	22	10	32	16	70
Fourth round	16	–	16	8	31
Fifth round	8	8	16	8	33
Sixth round	8	–	8	4	15
Semi-finals	4	–	4	2	4
Final	2	–	2	1	1

The preliminary round, first, second and third qualifying rounds, and the second round proper each saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal or disqualification of one of the teams.

Prize fund

Round	Prize money[2]
Preliminary round	£125
First round qualifying	£150
Second round qualifying	£200
Third round qualifying	£225
First round	£250
Second round	£300
Third round	£400
Fourth round	£500
Fifth round	£600
Sixth round	£1,000
Semi-finals	£2,000
Final	Winner: £5,000 Runner-up: £2,000

Preliminary round

64 teams entered this stage, with the matches being played on 7 September 2014 and the winners receiving £125. The draw was made on 29 August 2014.^[3][4][5]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Rutherford 4–1 Prudhoe Town Tie awarded to Prudhoe Town, Rutherford removed from competition 2 Lowick United 6–7 (a.e.t.) Blyth Town Lions 3 Birtley St Joseph 2–7 Tynedale 4 Brighouse Town 10–1 Keighley Oaks 5 Wakefield 3–5 Malet Lambert 6 Carlisle United 2–3 CMB 7 Rise Park 1–5 Long Eaton United 8 Nettleham 13–0 Arnold Town 9 Oadby & Wigston 2–1 Dronfield Town 10 Coventrians 0–4 The New Saints 11 March Town United 1–7 Roade 12 Raunds Town 4–2 (a.e.t.) Kettering Town 13 Sandy 0–1 Rothwell Corinthians 14 AFC Sudbury 1–12 Lowestoft Town 15 Colchester Town H–W Takeley Tie awarded to Colchester Town. Takeley withdrew from competition. 16 Bury Town 1–1 (3–4 p) Brentwood Town

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 17 Sawbridgeworth Town 1–0 Stevenage 18 KIKK United 2–3 Barking 19 Chesham United 0–8 Old Actonians 20 Leverstock Green 6–0 Headington 21 London Corinthians 12–1 South Park 22 Burgess Hill Town 4–2 Abbey Rangers 23 Surrey Eagles 1–2 Battersea & Wandsworth 24 Regents Park Rangers 0–5 Carshalton Athletic 25 Hassocks 0–1 Eastbourne 26 Poole Town 4–0 Aldershot Town 27 Southampton 2–3 Fleet Town 28 Brislington 0–2 Downend Flyers 29 Bristol Ladies Union 0–1 Truro City 30 Wootton Bassett Town 2–4 Ilminster Town 31 Frome Town 2–0 Cheltenham Civil Service 32 Bridgwater Town 6–0 Launceston

N.B. the team progressing to the next round is shown in bold.

First round qualifying

The draw was made on 29 August 2014.^[3][6][7]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Kader 0–6 York City 2 Tynedale 12–0 Forest Hall 3 Peterlee RA 4–2 Prudhoe Town 4 Birtley Town 4–2 Middlesbrough Lionesses 5 Boldon 4–3 Blyth Town Lions 6 Whitley Bay 6–0 Ashington Woodhorn Lane 7 Ossett Albion 3–8 (a.e.t.) Wetherby Athletic 8 Malet Lambert 0–3 Farsley 9 Sheffield Wednesday 4–1 Handsworth 10 Brighouse Athletic 0–2 Brighouse Town 11 Hull City 12–0 Bradford Park Avenue 12 Woolton 2–1 Middleton Athletic 13 Blackpool Wren Rovers 10–1 CMB Ladies 14 Bury Girls & Ladies 2–8 Burnley 15 Merseyrail Bootle 10–0 Chester City 16 Mersey Girls 2–1 Workington Reds 17 Blackpool 2–3 (a.e.t.) Penrith 18 City of Manchester 4–8 Accrington Girls & Ladies 19 Crewe Alexandra 5–2 Birkenhead 20 Ruddington Village 6–5 Oadby & Wigston 21 Sandiacre Town 0–5 Nettleham 22 West Bridgford 0–3 Long Eaton United 23 Teversal 0–7 Ellistown 24 Walsall 3–0 Malvern Town 25 Leamington Lions 1–3 The New Saints 26 Allscott 5–4 (a.e.t.) Lye Town 27 Stone Dominoes 3–4 Bilbrook 28 Brereton Town 2–3 Crusaders 29 Kenilworth Town 1–0 Coventry Development Ladies 30 Wyrley 2–2 (3–2 p) Folly Lane 31 Burton Albion 10–1 Bedworth United 32 Newmarket Town 0–2 Wymondham Town 33 Rothwell Corinthians 0–3 Peterborough Northern Star 34 Great Shelford 7–3 Roade 35 Bar Hill 4–0 Huntingdon Town

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 36 Fulbourn Institute 2–4 Raunds Town 37 Stewarts & Lloyds Corby 1–2 Burton Park Wanderers 38 Brentwood Town 2–1 West Billericay 39 Southendian 2–3 Colchester Town 40 Lowestoft Town 8–3 Billericay Town 41 Haringey Borough 2–4 Long Lane 42 Barking 5–1 Sherrardswood 43 Garston 1–3 Colney Heath 44 Royston Town 4–0 Sawbridgeworth Town 45 Offley & Stopsley 6–0 Harvesters 46 Banbury United 0–3 Oxford City 47 Woodley United 1–3 Old Actonians 48 Brentford 9–2 Hemel Hempstead Town 49 Wealdstone 3–2 AFC Dunstable Ladies 50 Colne Valley 1–6 Maidenhead United 51 Newbury 1–0 Ascot United 52 Kidlington 5–3 Marlow 53 Leighton United Vixens 2–0 Leverstock Green 54 Bexhill United 0–2 Carshalton Athletic 55 AFC Wimbledon 4–7 Fulham Foundation 56 London Corinthians 6–0 Eastbourne 57 Crawley Wasps 9–0 Worthing Town 58 AFC Wimbledon Development 3–0 Rottingdean Village 59 Parkwood Rangers 2–1 Aylesford 60 Dartford Royals 6–0 Chertsey Town 61 Maidstone United H–W Battersea & Wandsworth Tie awarded to Maidstone United. Battersea & Wandsworth failed to fulfil fixture. 62 Herne Bay 3–1 Anchorians 63 Eastbourne Town 7–0 Burgess Hill Town 64 Parley Sports 10–3 New Forest 65 Christchurch 2–1 Fleet Town 66 Poole Town 4–3 (a.e.t.) Basingstoke Town 67 Torquay United 5–1 Ilminster Town 68 Frome Town 2–4 Truro City 69 Swindon Spitfires 2–1 (a.e.t.) Downend Flyers 70 Pen Mill 0–5 Bridgwater Town

Second round qualifying

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Boldon 1–2 Peterlee RA 2 Birtley Town 0–5 Tynedale 3 York City 0–1 Whitley Bay 4 Blackpool Wren Rovers 3–0 Merseyrail Bootle 5 Accrington Girls & Ladies 5–3 Wetherby Athletic 6 Hull City 2–0 Brighouse Town 7 Farsley 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday 8 Woolton 1–0 Penrith 9 Burnley 2–1 Mersey Girls 10 Crewe Alexandra 3–1 Nettleham 11 The New Saints 3–1 Walsall 12 Ellistown 4–3 (a.e.t.) Wyrley 13 Raunds Town 0–2 Crusaders 14 Allscott 0–1 Burton Albion 15 Bilbrook 3–0 Kenilworth Town 16 Long Eaton United 1–5 Ruddington Village 17 Wymondham Town 2–0 Great Shelford 18 Colchester Town 2–0 Brentwood Town

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 19 Burton Park Wanderers 4–1 Offley & Stopsley 20 Leighton United Vixens 4–1 Colney Heath 21 Lowestoft Town 8–0 Wealdstone 22 Barking 4–0 (a.e.t.) Royston Town 23 Peterborough Northern Star 1–2 Bar Hill Tie replayed after original result (2–1 to Bar Hill) was declared void.[8] 23 (Replay) Peterborough Northern Star 2–0 (a.e.t.) Bar Hill 24 Long Lane 5–4 Brentford 25 London Corinthians 3–2 Fulham Foundation 26 Carshalton Athletic 5–2 Maidstone United 27 Eastbourne Town 3–1 Parkwood Rangers 28 Crawley Wasps 0–1 Herne Bay 29 AFC Wimbledon Development 3–0 Dartford Royals 30 Maidenhead United 2–2 (3–2 p) Old Actonians 31 Poole Town 1–2 (a.e.t.) Oxford City 32 Christchurch 1–4 Parley Sports 33 Bridgwater Town 4–2 Newbury 34 Torquay United H–W Kidlington Tie awarded to Torquay United after Kidlington withdrew from competition. 35 Truro City 1–3 Swindon Spitfires

Third round qualifying

45 clubs belonging to the Women's Premier League division one's Midlands, North, South and South West leagues entered at this stage of the competition.^[9][10]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Morecambe 4–3 (a.e.t.) Burnley 2 Steel City Wanderers 3–4 Mossley Hill 3 Hull City 4–1 Chester-le-Street Town 4 Whitley Bay 1–2 Liverpool Marshall Feds 5 Guiseley H–W Peterlee RA Tie awarded to Guiseley. Peterlee unable to fulfil fixture. 6 Chorley 10–1 Tynedale 7 Sheffield United Community 2–0 Woolton 8 Leeds 2–0 Tranmere Rovers 9 Stockport County 4–0 Accrington Girls & Ladies 10 Curzon Ashton 2–6 Norton & Stockton Ancients 11 Blackpool Wren Rovers 6–2 Middlesbrough 12 Rotherham United 8–0 Sheffield Wednesday 13 Ruddington Village 2–13 Loughborough Foxes 14 The New Saints 2–0 Leafield Athletic 15 Crewe Alexandra 3–5 Loughborough Students 16 Burton Park Wanderers 0–1 (a.e.t.) Leicester City Ladies 17 FC Reedswood 4–0 Burton Albion 18 Leicester City Women 7–0 Crusaders 19 Radcliffe Olympic 5–0 Ellistown

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 20 Mansfield Town 2–1 Billbrook 21 C&K Basildon 3–1 Barking 22 Norwich City 1–5 Lowestoft Town 23 Ipswich Town 2–1 Colchester Town 24 Peterborough Northern Star 1–2 Milton Keynes Dons 25 Wymondham Town 1–4 (a.e.t.) Cambridge 26 Leighton United Vixens 1–6 Luton Town 27 Crystal Palace 3–1 (a.e.t.) AFC Wimbledon Development 28 Long Lane 0–4 Herne Bay 29 Enfield Town 3–3 (0–3 p) Carshalton Athletic 30 Maidenhead United 3–0 Shanklin 31 London Corinthians 4–0 Denham United 32 Eastbourne Town 5–0 Gosport Borough 33 Forest Green Rovers 10–1 Oxford City 34 Larkhall Athletic 5–0 Bridgwater Town 35 Cheltenham Town 2–1 St. Nicholas 36 Parley Sports 3–5 Exeter City 37 Southampton Saints 2–0 Swindon Spitfires 38 Torquay United 2–4 Swindon Town

First round

The draw for the first round was made on 3 November 2014. All ties with the exception of the matches at Chorley and C&K Basildon were played on 6 December 2014. The remaining two took place on 14 December 2014.^[11][12][13]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Chorley	5–2	Rotherham United
2	Liverpool Marshall Feds	3–0	Stockport County
3	Morecambe	5–2	Norton & Stockton Ancients
4	Blackpool Wren Rovers	2–3	Sheffield United Community
5	Hull City	3–2	Mossley Hill
6	Leeds	1–0	Guiseley
7	Loughborough Students	0–1	Leicester City Women
8	The New Saints	5–2	Loughborough Foxes
9	Radcliffe Olympic	3–1	Mansfield Town
10	Leicester City Ladies	1–4	FC Reedswood
11	Crystal Palace	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons
12	Bedford	0–1	Ipswich Town
13	Luton Town	1–0	Cambridge
14	Eastbourne Town	1–1 (5–4 p)	Chichester City
15	London Corinthians	2–3	Lowestoft Town
16	C&K Basildon	5–2	Maidenhead United
17	Herne Bay	0–1	Carshalton Athletic
18	Forest Green Rovers	2–0	Southampton Saints
19	Cheltenham Town	1–2	Exeter City
20	Larkhall Athletic	0–0 (4–5 p)	Swindon Town

Second round

The FA Women's Premier League teams entered at this stage. All matches were played on 11 January 2015.^[14][15] The ties between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall and Swindon Town and Carshalton Athletic were postponed with the later facing a FA investigation.^[16] Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall eventually played the match on 25 January after postponements due to a waterlogged and frozen pitches.^[17][18][19] Carhalton Athletic were awarded a walkover as Swindon Town were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player in the 3rd round of qualifying.^[20]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Morecambe	4–2	Sheffield United Community
2	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Preston North End
3	Coventry City	3–1	Leeds
4	Radcliffe Olympic	3–1	Hull City
5	Sporting Club Albion	0–2	Stoke City
6	Blackburn Rovers	13–2	Liverpool Marshall Feds
7	The New Saints	3–5	Derby County
8	Chorley	2–3	FC Reedswood
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Newcastle United
10	Bradford City	3–2	Huddersfield Town
11	Leicester City Women	0–8	Sheffield
12	Charlton Athletic	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City
13	Forest Green Rovers	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Keynsham Town
14	Gillingham	0–5	Portsmouth
15	Lowestoft Town	2–1	Luton Town
16	Crystal Palace	2–0	Ipswich Town
17	Eastbourne Town	1–0	Queens Park Rangers
18	Swindon Town	A–W	Carshalton Athletic
Tie awarded to Carshalton Athletic. Swindon disqualified for fielding ineligible player in earlier round.[21]
19	Plymouth Argyle	2–3	C&K Basildon
20	Exeter City	1–3	Lewes
21	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Copsewood Coventry
22	Brighton & Hove Albion	6–2	West Ham United

Third round

The draw for the 3rd round was made at Wembley on 12 January 2015. Sides from the FA WSL 2 league enter the competition at this stage. All ties were played on 1 February 2015, with the exception of Doncaster's tie which was staged the day before. The winners of each match received £400.^[22][23] Six matches were rearranged for 8 February due to adverse weather conditions.^[24]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Oxford United	0–3	Coventry City
2	Blackburn Rovers	4–5	Portsmouth
3	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3–0	London Bees
4	Yeovil Town	4–1	Lewes
5	Radcliffe Olympic	2–0	Durham
6	Bradford City	5–0	FC Reedswood
7	Aston Villa	2–1	Sunderland
8	Morecambe	2–3	Stoke City
9	Carshalton Athletic	2–5	Keynsham Town
10	Millwall Lionesses	3–0	Lowestoft Town
11	Crystal Palace	0–3	Reading
Tie awarded to Crystal Palace due to Reading fielding two ineligible players.[25]
12	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
13	C&K Basildon	0–5	Sheffield
14	Eastbourne Town	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Derby County
15	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Preston North End
16	Watford	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion

Fourth round

The draw for the fourth round was made on 2 February.^[26] Matches played on 8 March 2015.^[27]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Watford	2–1	Keynsham Town
2	Charlton Athletic	3–3 (4–2 p)	Crystal Palace
3	Sheffield	4–0	Radcliffe Olympic
4	Stoke City	1–3	Coventry City
5	Aston Villa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Yeovil Town
6	Portsmouth	1–4	Millwall Lionesses
7	Bradford City	1–2	Doncaster Rovers Belles
8	Derby County	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur

Fifth round

The eight winners of round four are joined by the eight 2014 FA WSL teams. The draw was held on 9 March 2015. Besides the eight WSL 1 teams, there remain four WSL 2 and four teams from the Premier League (Level 3) teams: Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Sheffield, Tottenham.^[28] Matches played on 22 and 24 March.^[29]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Chelsea	6–0	Watford
2	Coventry City	1–2	Charlton Athletic
3	Manchester City	3–1	Doncaster Rovers Belles
4	Millwall Lionesses	0–7	Arsenal
5	Birmingham City	3–1	Liverpool
6	Aston Villa	2–0	Sheffield
7	Notts County	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur
8	Everton	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Bristol Academy

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 23 March 2015.^[30] Matches were played on 12 April.^[31]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Manchester City	3–1	Birmingham City
2	Everton	1–1 (5–4 p)	Charlton Athletic
3	Notts County	5–1	Aston Villa
4	Arsenal	1–2	Chelsea

Semi-finals

The draw for the semi-finals was made on 13 April 2015.^[32] The Everton v Notts County game was played on 3 May at Goodison Park.^[33] The Chelsea v Manchester City game took place on 4 May at Adams Park.^[33]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Everton	0–3	Notts County
2	Chelsea	1–0	Manchester City

Final

Chelsea vs Notts County before the Women's FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium.

Main article: 2015 FA Women's Cup Final

The final of the FA Women's Cup was held for the first time at Wembley Stadium. It was played on 1 August 2015. The match was broadcast live on BBC One.

1 August 2015

15:00 BST

Chelsea	1–0	Notts County
Ji 37'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 30,710

Referee: Amy Fearn (Derbyshire)^[34]