2009–10 FA Women's Cup

2009–10 FA Women's Cup
	Everton celebrate winning the 2010 FA Women's Cup final
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Teams	245
Final positions
Champions	Everton
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	235
Goals scored	1,097 (4.67 per match)
	← 2008–09 2010–11 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2009–10 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 13 September 2009 and 3 May 2010. It was the 39th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Everton, who defeated Arsenal in the final.^[1] The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

The competition began on 13 September 2009 when the 24 lowest-ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round, however only eleven games were played due to the withdrawal of Stokesley, allowing Forest Hall YPC to progress to first qualifying round.

All match results and dates from the Football Association website.^[2]

Teams

A total of 245 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association.^[3] Twenty-four teams entered at the preliminary round stage, while a further 140 joined entered at first round qualifying. Teams that played in the four regional Combination leagues (South West, South East, Midland and Northern) were given an exemption to the first round proper, while teams in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division and FA Women's Premier League Southern Division entered at the third round stage. Teams in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, which at the time was the top flight of women's football in England, were given byes to the fourth round.

Round	Previous round winners	Entered at this stage	Total entries	Games played	Goals scored	Prize money^[4]
Preliminary round	–	24	24	11	64	£75
First round qualifying	12	140	152	72	327	£100
Second round qualifying	76	–	76	38	196	£150
Third round qualifying	38	–	38	19	97	£200
First round	19	45	64	28	137	£250
Second round	32	–	32	16	63	£350
Third round	16	24	40	20	82	£500
Fourth round	20	12	32	16	73	£600
Fifth round	16	–	16	8	27	£750
Sixth round	8	–	8	4	20	£1,250
Semi-finals	4	–	4	2	6	£2,500
Final	2	–	2	1	5	£1,000 (runners-up) £5,000 (winners)

Preliminary round

All games were played on 13 September 2009.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Forest Hall YPC	W/O	Stokesley	Tie awarded to Forest Hall, Stokesley withdrew from competition
2	Newcastle Medics	0–9	Gateshead Rutherford Ravens
3	Prudhoe Town	1–3	Tynedale
4	Gateshead Cleveland Hall	0–7	North Shields
5	Accrington Girls & Ladies	0–1	Harraby Catholic Club
6	Dearne & District	2–1	Brighouse Town
7	Tipton Town	16–0	Stourport Swifts
8	Woodford United	0–4	Brackley Sports
9	Saffron Walden Town	1–5	C&K Basildon
10	Runwell Hospital	2–1	Hutton
11	Eastleigh	5–0	Parley Sports
12	Christchurch	3–3	New Forest	After extra time. New Forest won 4–1 on penalties.

First round qualifying

All games were played on 27 September 2009.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Gateshead Rutherford Ravens	0–3	Birtley Town
2	Forest Hall	1–5	North Shields
3	Whitley Bay	7–0	Redcar Athletic
4	Tynedale	3–0	Brandon United
5	Blyth Spartans	W/O	Peterlee RA	Tie awarded to Peterlee RA. Blyth Spartans withdrew from competition.
6	Abbeytown	1–2	Warrington Town	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
7	Birkenhead	2–3	Middleton Athletic
8	Whitehaven	3–1	Bury Girls & Ladies
9	Chester City	0–2	Wigan Athletic
10	Harraby Catholic Club	1–0	Dalton Girls & Ladies
11	Bolton Wanderers	10–1	Preston Rangers
12	Barnsley	1–2	Hull City	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
13	Dearne & District	3–1	Huddersfield Town
14	Steel City Wanderers	2–0	Sheffield United Junior Blades
15	Guiseley AFC Vixens	1–2	Sheffield
16	Keighley	1–5	Sheffield United Community
17	Rolls-Royce Leisure	2–1	Market Warsop
18	Mansfield Town	2–1	Peterborough Sports
19	Sandiacre Town	4–0	Retford United
20	Friar Lane & Epworth	2–4	Long Eaton United
21	Peterborough Northern Star	5–0	West Bridgford
22	Hinckley United	1–4	Loughborough Students
23	Huntingdon Town	1–2	Oadby & Wigston
24	Linby CW	1–7	Shepshed Dynamo
25	Hereford Phoenix	5–0	Cottage Farm Rangers
26	Tipton Town	0–4	Southam United
27	Leamington Lions	3–1	Cannock
28	Hereford Pegasus	3–2	Allscott
29	Worcester City	0–1	Stratford Town	After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes.
30	Crusaders	W/O	Coventry Ladies Development	Tie awarded to Coventry Ladies Development. Crusaders removed from competition.
31	Lichfield Diamonds	1–6	Dudley United
32	Haverhill Rovers	1–0	Stalham Town
33	Cambridge University	1–2	Fakenham Town
34	Bungay Town	0–9	Woodbridge Town
35	AFC Kempston Rovers	3–0	Raunds Town
36	Daventry Town	1–3	Corby S&L
37	Bedford	7–0	Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe
38	Leighton Linslade	3–0	Baldock
39	Brackley Sports	0–3	Arlesey Town
40	Kettering Town	3–0	Hitchin Hearts
41	London Colney	W/O	Brentwood Town	Tie awarded to Brentwood Town. London Colney withdrew from competition.
42	C&K Basildon	0–5	Barking
43	Royston Town	1–2	Braintree Town
44	Hemel Hempstead Town	3–2	Billericay Town
45	Tring Athletic	2–1	Stevenage
46	Runwell Hospital	2–5	Chelmsford City
47	Sawbridgeworth Town	2–1	Garston
48	Haringey Borough	4–1	Wandgas
49	Mauritius Sports Association	4–1	Manford Way
50	Leyton	0–4	Panthers
51	Tower Hamlets	3–0	Westfield
52	AFC Wimbledon	3–1	Dorking
53	Old Actonians	2–1	Denham United
54	Ashford Girls	5–1	Crowborough Athletic
55	Rottingdean Village	0–2	Canterbury City
56	Ramsgate	0–9	Maidstone Town
57	Bexhill United	0–3	Haywards Heath Town
58	Eastbourne Town	5–1	London Corinthians
59	Aldershot Town	1–0	Southampton Saints
60	Crawley Wasps	3–0	Chichester City
61	BTC Southampton	W/O	Shanklin	Tie awarded to Shanklin. BTC Southampton withdrew from competition.
62	Southampton	1–5	University of Portsmouth
63	Eastleigh	0–5	Basingstoke Town
64	East Preston	2–1	New Forest
65	Bracknell Town	3–0	Cheltenham Town
66	Wycombe Wanderers	4–1	Forest of Dean
67	Chippenham Town	3–6	Stoke Lane Athletic
68	Stony Stratford Town	5–4	Reading Girls
69	MK Wanderers	0–3	Oxford United
70	Launton	4–1	Marlow
71	Maidenhead United	14–0	Banbury United
72	Beaconsfield SYCOB	9–0	Newent Town
73	Reading	1–3	Swindon Supermarine
74	Poole Town	0–6	Keynsham Town Development
75	Launceston	0–2	Marine Academy Plymouth
76	Frome Town	2–0	Weymouth

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 11 October 2009.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Birtley Town	2–10	Whitley Bay
2	Tynedale	0–2	Peterlee RA
3	North Shields	1–5	Harraby Catholic Club
4	Warrington Town	0–8	Hull City
5	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Dearne & District
6	Sheffield	11–0	Middleton Athletic
7	Whitehaven	0–2	Wigan Athletic
8	Sheffield United Community	3–1	Steel City Wanderers
9	Peterborough Northern Star	2–1	Rolls-Royce Leisure
10	Shepshed Dynamo	1–3	Loughborough Students
11	Sandiacre Town	3–0	Mansfield Town
12	Long Eaton United	4–1	Oadby & Wigston
13	Stratford Town	1–3	Hereford Phoenix
14	Corby S&L	4–0	Coventry Ladies Development
15	Leamington Lions	3–0	Southam United
16	Hereford Pegasus	2–5	Dudley United
17	Bedford	3–0	Haverhill Rovers
18	Kettering Town	2–1	Leyton Linslade
19	Woodbridge Town	3–0	Fakenham Town
20	AFC Kempston Rovers	1–3	Arlesey Town
21	Brentwood Town	1–4	Chelmsford City
22	Tring Athletic	2–3	Sawbridgeworth Town	After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes.
23	Mauritius Sports Association	2–6	Barking
24	Braintree Town	4–3	Hemel Hempstead Town
25	Panthers	3–4	Haringey Borough
26	Tower Hamlets	1–3	Maidstone Town
27	Canterbury City	2–3	Haywards Heath Town
28	Aldershot Town	5–0	AFC Wimbledon
29	Old Actonians	6–0	Ashford Girls
30	Crawley Wasps	1–2	Eastbourne Town
31	Launton	1–4	Wycombe Wanderers
32	Shanklin	5–0	Bracknell Town
33	University of Portsmouth	3–2	Basingstoke Town
34	Oxford United	7–1	Stony Stratford Town
35	East Preston	3–2	Maidenhead United	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
36	Beaconsfield SYCOB	8–3	Stoke Lane Athletic
37	Keynsham Town Development	2–4	Swindon Supermarine
38	Frome Town	0–1	Marine Academy Plymouth

Third round qualifying

All games were played on 25 October 2009, with the exception of the Harraby Catholic Club v Hull City tie, which was played on 8 November in Hull after twice having been postponed.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Sheffield	1–2	Whitley Bay
2	Wigan Athletic	2–6	Peterlee RA
3	Harraby Cotholic Club	1–12	Hull City	Match played in Hull after twice being postponed.
4	Bolton Wanderers	0–7	Sheffield United Community
5	Long Eaton United	2–0	Peterborough Northern Star
6	Leamington Lions	4–1	Corby S&L	After extra time.
7	Hereford Phoenix	3–5	Loughborough Students
8	Dudley United	2–1	Sandiacre Town
9	Woodbridge Town	3–3	Chelmsford City	After extra time. Woodbridge Town won 8–7 on penalties.
10	Braintree Town	0–3	Sawbridgeworth Town
11	Kettering Town	1–5	Barking
12	Bedford	2–1	Arlesey Town
13	Aldershot Town	3–5	Old Actonians
14	Haywards Heath Town	1–2	Maidstone Town
15	Haringey Borough	2–1	Eastbourne Town
16	Wycombe Wanderers	1–7	East Preston
17	Beaconsfield SYCOB	0–5	Swindon Supermarine
18	Shanklin	1–0	Oxford United
19	Marine Academy Plymouth	2–0	University of Portsmouth

First round

All games were originally scheduled for 8 November 2009. The tie between Cullompton Rangers and Forest Green Rovers was postponed four times, before Cullompton withdrew from the competition, allowing Forest Green to progress to the next round.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Liverpool Feds	4–0	Peterlee RA
2	Salford	W/O	Darlington RA	Tie awarded to Salford. Darlington RA withdrew.
3	Stockport County	3–1	Bradford City
4	Whitley Bay	7–1	Blackpool Wren Rovers
5	Hull City	0–9	Rochdale
6	Tranmere Rovers	1–6	Rotherham United
7	Sheffield United Community	1–2	Middlesbrough
8	South Durham & Cestria	1–2	Wakefield
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	Sporting Club Albion
10	Stoke City	5–4	Loughborough Students	After extra time.
11	Long Eaton United	0–2	Coventry City
12	Leafield Athletic	8–0	Leamington Lions
13	Copsewood Coventry	7–1	Scunthorpe United
14	Leicester City	2–3	Loughborough Foxes	After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes.
15	Dudley United	2–1	The New Saints
16	Haringey Borough	3–1	Barking
17	Enfield Town	3–1	Maidstone Town
18	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Northampton Town
19	East Preston	2–1	Ebbsfleet United	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
20	Cambridge	5–0	Sawbridgeworth Town
21	Milton Keynes Dons	3–0	Old Actonians
22	Gillingham	6–0	Oxford City
23	Lewes	5–2	Ipswich Town
24	Dagenham & Redbridge	W/O	Norwich City	Tie awarded to Norwich City. Dagenham & Redbridge withdrew.
25	Welwyn Garden City	W/O	Woodbridge Town	Tie awarded to Woodbridge Town. Welwyn Garden City withdrew.
26	Bedford	0–3	Chesham United
27	Shanklin	0–2	Havant & Waterlooville
28	Plymouth Argyle	5–1	Swindon Supermarine	Tie played in Swindon after twice being postponed.
29	Marine Academy Plymouth	0–3	Yeovil Town	Played in Yeovil.
30	Cullompton Rangers	W/O	Forest Green Rovers	Tie awarded to Forest Green Rovers. Cullompton Rangers withdrew.
31	Swindon Town	3–2	Winscombe
32	Reading Town	1–7	Newquay

Second round

All games were originally scheduled for 29 November 2009.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Whitley Bay	2–3	Rochdale
2	Salford	0–2	Middlesbrough	Tie played at Middlesbrough after twice being postponed.
3	Rotherham United	2–3	Liverpool Feds	Tie played at Liverpool Feds after twice being postponed.
4	Stockport County	1–0	Wakefield
5	Coventry City	7–0	Leafield Athletic
6	Sporting Club Albion	4–1	Loughborough Foxes
7	Copsewood Coventry	2–3	Stoke City
8	Cambridge	2–1	Dudley United	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
9	Norwich City	3–1	Chesham United	Match played at Chesham United after twice being postponed.
10	Lewes	5–1	Haringey Borough
11	Woodbridge Town	0–1	East Preston
12	Enfield Town	0–3	Gillingham
13	Milton Keynes Dons	2–0	Northampton Town
14	Newquay	2–0	Swindon Town
15	Plymouth Argyle	2–5	Havant & Waterlooville	Tie played at Havant & Waterlooville after twice being postponed.
16	Yeovil Town	4–1	Forest Green Rovers

Third round

All games were originally scheduled for 13 December 2009.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Liverpool Feds	1–0	Rochdale
2	Liverpool	4–1	Preston North End
3	Sheffield Wednesday	5–2	Stockport County
4	Middlesbrough	1–2	Curzon Ashton
5	Leeds City Vixens	1–0	Manchester City
6	OOH Lincoln Ladies	2–2	Newcastle United	After extra time. Lincoln won 3–2 on penalties.
7	Aston Villa	3–2	Sporting Club Albion
8	Stoke City	2–6	Leicester City
9	Luton Town	4–1	Cambridge	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. Tie played in Cambridge after three postponements.
10	Coventry City	1–4	Derby County
11	Reading	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
12	Charlton Athletic	0–3	West Ham United
13	Gillingham	1–4	Barnet
14	Lewes	0–5	Queens Park Rangers
15	Crystal Palace	0–0	WFC Fulham	After extra time. WFC Fulham won 5–4 on penalties.
16	Milton Keynes Dons	3–5	Norwich City	Tie played in Norwich after three postponements.
17	Colchester United	4–0	East Preston
18	Yeovil Town	3–1	Newquay	Tie played at Newquay after twice being postponed.
19	Keynsham Town	2–3	Portsmouth
20	Havant & Waterlooville	2–1	Cardiff City	Tie played in Cardiff after twice being postponed.

Fourth round

All games were originally scheduled for 10 January 2010.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Liverpool Feds	0–5	Curzon Ashton
2	Bristol Academy	1–2	West Ham United
3	OOH Lincoln Ladies	3–1	Sheffield Wednesday
4	Portsmouth	2–1	Luton Town
5	WFC Fulham	0–6	Blackburn Rovers
6	Everton	6–2	Queens Park Rangers
7	Reading	1–1	Aston Villa	After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes. Aston Villa won 5–4 on penalties.
8	Liverpool	1–2	Chelsea	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
9	Norwich City	1–3	Yeovil Town
10	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Leeds City Vixens
11	Leeds Carnegie	4–1	Watford
12	Leicester City	0–3	Millwall Lionesses
13	Arsenal	4–1	Sunderland	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.
14	Doncaster Rovers Belles	6–1	Havant & Waterlooville
15	Birmingham City	4–1	Derby County
16	Colchester United	2–3	Barnet	After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes.

Fifth round

All games were played on 7 or 14 February 2010.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	OOH Lincoln Ladies	After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes.
2	Curzon Ashton	1–2	Aston Villa
3	Birmingham City	0–1	Doncaster Rovers Belles
4	West Ham United	2–3	Barnet	After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes.
5	Yeovil Town	0–1	Nottingham Forest
6	Everton	7–0	Portsmouth
7	Arsenal	3–2	Leeds Carnegie
8	Chelsea	3–1	Millwall Lionesses	After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes.

Sixth round

The games at Arsenal and Everton were played on their original scheduled date of 14 February. The ties at Aston Villa and barnet, were scheduled to be played a week later, but snow and waterlogged pitch meant they were not played until 7 March.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Aston Villa	3–4	Chelsea	After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes.
2	Barnet	3–2	Nottingham Forest
3	Arsenal	5–0	Doncaster Rovers Belles
4	Everton	2–1	Blackburn Rovers

Semi-finals

The game at Everton was played on 14 March, while Barnet's tie at Everton took place on 4 April.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Everton	2–0	Barnet
2	Chelsea	0–4	Arsenal

Final

3 May 2010

15:00 BST^[5]

Arsenal	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Everton
Kim Little 43' (pen.) Julie Fleeting 54'	Report	Natasha Dowie 16', 119' Faye White 45' (o.g.)

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 17,505

Referee: Una Hong^[6] (South Korea)

References

^ "Everton Ladies v Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal Football Club. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "The FA Women's Cup past results". The Football Association. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
^ "FA Women's Cup list of entries accepted" (PDF). The Football Association. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "FA Women's Cup prize fund payments" (PDF). The Football Association. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ "FA Women's Cup Final Preview". She Kicks. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
^ "Everton upset Arsenal to win FA Women's Cup". BBC Sport. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

[1] "Everton Ladies v Arsenal Ladies". Arsenal Football Club. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[2] "The FA Women's Cup past results". The Football Association. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

[3] "FA Women's Cup list of entries accepted" (PDF). The Football Association. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[4] "FA Women's Cup prize fund payments" (PDF). The Football Association. 30 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2015.

[5] "FA Women's Cup Final Preview". She Kicks. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

[6] "Everton upset Arsenal to win FA Women's Cup". BBC Sport. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

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