2011–12 FA Women's Cup

The 2011–12 FA Women's Cup is the 41st season of the association football knockout competition. 276 clubs competed for the years trophy. The winners will not qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League. The current holders are now Birmingham City LFC. They beat Chelsea 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in the final at Ashton Gate.

Teams

Calendar

First Round Proper Results

Sheffield United Community LFC 0 – 1 Middlesbrough LFC 8 January 2012 at Thornaby FC

California Ladies 0 – 8 Durham Wildcats LFC 8 January 2012 at Spennymoor Town FC

Blackpool Wren Rovers LFC 3 – 2 Mossley Hill LFC 8 January 2012 at Mossley Hill Athletics Club, Liverpool

Liverpool Feds LFC 1 – 3 Sheffield Wednesday LFC 18 December 2011 at Herron Eccles Playing Field, Liverpool

Stockport County LFC 2 – 3 South Durham & Cestria LFC 11 December 2011 at Woodley Sports FC

Bradford City LFC 3 – 2 Newcastle United LFC 11 December 2011 at Thackley FC

Crusaders LFC 0 – 3 Coventry Sphinx LFC 11 December 2011 at Cadbury Athletic FC

2012–13 FA Women's Cup

The 2012–13 FA Women's Cup was the 42nd season of the FA Women's Cup, the main domestic knockout Cup competition in English women's football. It lacked a sponsor for the second consecutive season.

283 clubs were accepted into the competition. The first qualifying round commenced on 30 September 2012, with the first round proper played on 9 December 2012. Arsenal Ladies beat Bristol Academy 3-0 in the final on 26 May 2013 at the Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster.

Birmingham City were the defending champions, having beaten Chelsea in last season's final.

Teams

Schedule

The schedule for the 2012–13 FA Cup, as announced by the Football Association, is as follows:

Qualifying rounds

All of the teams entering the competition that are not members of either the FA WSL, FA Women's Premier League National Division, FA Women's Premier League Northern Division or FA Women's Premier League Southern Division had to compete in the qualifying rounds to win a place in the competition proper.

2014–15 FA Women's 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 with kick off at 3pm on 1 August 2015. The match was televised live on BBC One.

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.

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

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.