The 2016–17 Women's FA Cup (also known as the SSE Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 47th 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 Chelsea 1–0 in the previous final. Manchester City won the cup by beating Birmingham City 4–1 in the final.
Teams A total of 254 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. One hundred and sixty-two teams entered at the first or second round qualifying. Teams that play in the FA Women's Premier League Division One were given exemption to the third round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Division entered at the first round proper. Teams in the FA WSL 2 were exempted to the third round proper, with teams in the FA WSL 1 entering at the fifth round proper. Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money First round qualifying 254 4 – 2 3 £350 Second round qualifying 252 160 2 72 389 £450 Third round qualifying 172 128 80 64 357 £500 Fourth round qualifying 108 64 64 32 175 £600 First round 76 56 32 26 96 £800 Second round 48 28 28 14 54 £900 Third round 34 24 14 11 45 £1,000 Fourth round 22 12 12 6 14 £2,000 Fifth round 16 16 6 8 38 £3,000 Sixth round 8 8 8 4 12 £4,000 Semi-Final 4 4 4 2 3 £5,000 The Final 2 2 2 1 5 £15,000 (runners-up)£25,000 (winners) The second round qualifying saw eight ties cancelled due to the withdrawal of one of the teams, the first round proper saw two ties cancelled due to the resignation of Nuneaton Town and Forest Green Rovers before the season started, and the third round proper saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal of Watford.
First round qualifying There were only two first round qualifying matches, both of which were played on 4 September 2016. Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 South Shields (6) 2–0 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 252 Wigan Athletic (5) 1–0 MSB Woolton (5)
Second round qualifying Eighty matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round. The 160 teams taking part consisted of 158 teams exempted to this stage, plus the two match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 18 September 2016, the only exception being Bishop's Stortford v Bungay Town, which took place on the preceding Saturday.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Wallsend Boys Club (5) 5–2 Boldon CA Villa (7) 422 South Shields (6) Cramlington United (6) 303 South Park Rangers (7) H–W Kendal Town (6) 4 Penrith (6) 1–0 Bishop Auckland (7) 5 RACA Tynedale (5) H–W Rutherford (7) 6 Workington Reds (6) 2–1 Birtley Town (7) 7 Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 7–0 Carlisle United (6) 1508 Prudhoe Town (6) 0–9 Hartlepool United (6) 509 Boldon CA (5) 3–1 Blyth Town Lions (6) 10 Ossett Albion (6) 1–0 Malet Lambert (6) 3911 Wakefield (5) 0–7 Farsley Celtic (6) 12 Bradford Park Avenue (7) 1–8 Sheffield United (5) 13 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 4–0 Brighouse Athletic (7) 14 Accrington (5) 11–2 Curzon Ashton (6) 8515 FC United of Manchester (6) 2–1 Bolton Wanderers (5) 16 CMB (5) 0–4 Stockport County (5) 17 Burnley (7) 0–7 Wigan Athletic (5) 18 Merseyrail Bootle (6) 4–1 City of Manchester (5) 19 Chorltonians (6) 0–2 Warrington Wolverines (6) 20 Rise Park (5) Arnold Town (5) 21 Leicester City Women Development (6) 3–0 Winterton Rangers (6) 22 Dronfield Town (7) Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 1523 Nettleham (5) 16–0 Teversal (6) 24 Market Warsop (7) 5–1 AFC Leicester (6) 25 Stourbridge (6) 2–1 Stockingford AA Pavilion (6) 6826 Coundon Court (5) 9–0 Bilbrook (6) 27 Leamington Lions (5) Wolverhampton Sporting Community (5) 5828 Bedworth United (5) 7–0 Stone Dominoes (6) 29 Coleshill Town (6) 0–3 Coventry Ladies Development (6) 5930 Shrewsbury Town (6) 2–4 Wyrley (6) 31 Bradwell Belles (7) 1–5 Shrewsbury Juniors (6) 7032 Knowle (5) 1–2 Leek Town (6) 33 Crusaders (5) Gornal (7) 3034 Burton Albion (5) 3–1 Lye Town (5) 35 Rubery (6) 2–3 Boldmere St Michaels (7) 36 Moulton (7) 2–5 Histon (5) 37 Riverside (6) 9–0 Woodford United (7) 3538 Oadby & Wigston (6) 2–0 Roade (7) 10039 Peterborough United (6) 0–1 Cambridge City (6) 40 Acle United (5) 2–0 Netherton United (7) 75
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 41 ICA Sports (7) A–W Peterborough Northern Star (5) 42 Newmarket Town (7) 2–7 Wymondham Town (6) 43 Park (7) 0–14 Northampton Town (6) 44 Kettering Town (5) 4–0 Thrapston Town (7) 5045 Colchester Town (5) 0–3 AFC Sudbury (5) 46 Brandon Town (7) H–W Great Wakering Rovers (5) 47 Little Thurrock Dynamos (6) 1–2 Brentwood Town (5) 48 Harlow Town (7) 2–3 Billericay Town (5) 49 Writtle (5) 0–3 Leyton Orient (5) 50 Haringey Borough (5) 12–0 Chelmsford City (7) 51 Bishop's Stortford (7) 1–3 Bungay Town (7) 52 Hertford Town (6) H–W Garston (7) 53 Houghton Athletic (7) 2–1 Sherrardswood (7) 54 AFC Dunstable (5) 8–0 Sandy (7) 55 Colney Heath (6) 1–3 Royston Town (5) 56 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 2–1 Bedford (5) 6057 Queens Park Rangers Development (6) 5–0 Wargrave (6) 58 Marlow (5) 2–4 Oxford City (5) 59 Ascot United (6) 3–2 Milton Keynes City (5) 6060 Newbury (5) 6–2 Chinnor (7) 61 Brentford (7) 0–8 Chesham United (5) 62 Carshalton Athletic (5) 1–3 Aylesford (5) 5363 Meridian (6) 2–0 Eastbourne (6) 64 Haywards Heath & Wivelsfield (7) 1–5 Cowfold (7) 65 Burgess Hill Town (7) 0–4 Regents Park Rangers (6) 66 Long Lane (6) 2–3 Fulham (5) 67 Margate (7) 1–10 Bexhill United (6) 68 Herne Bay (5) Parkwood Rangers (6) 8269 London Corinthians (5) 6–0 Victoire (7) 70 Abbey Rangers (6) 1–7 Crawley Wasps (5) 71 Worthing Town (7) H–W Rottingdean Village (6) 72 Warsash Wasps (7) 1–2 Poole Town (5) 73 Fleet Town (6) 6–0 Team Solent (5) 74 New Milton Town (6) 1–0 AFC Bournemouth (7) 75 Bournemouth Sports (7) 0–12 Southampton (5) 76 Middlezoy Rovers (5) Ilminster Town (6) 77 AEK Boco (6) 3–1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (7) 78 Buckland Athletic (6) H–W Cheltenham Civil Service (6) 79 Downend Flyers (5) 7–1 Pen Mill (7) 80 Keynsham Town Development (5) A–W Torquay United (5)
Third round qualifying Sixty four matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round. The 128 teams taking part consisted of 48 teams from the FA Women's Premier League Division One, plus the 80 match winners from the previous round. All 64 matches were played on Sunday 9 October 2016.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Wallsend Boys Club (5) 3–2 Wigan Athletic (5) 682 Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 2–1 FC United of Manchester (6) 3003 Leeds (4) 6–1 South Park Rangers (7) 1044 Farsley Celtic (6) 2–4 Merseyrail Bootle (6) 5 Penrith (6) 4–2 Boldon CA (5) 6 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 1–6 Warrington Wolverines (6) 7 Crewe Alexandra (4) Morecambe (4) 8 Steel City Wanderers (4) 1–4 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 9 Mossley Hill (4) 0–4 Liverpool Marshall Feds (4) 6010 Guiseley AFC Vixens (4) 7–2 Rotherham United (4) 11 Chester-le-Street Town (4) 0–1 Sheffield United (5) 3012 Hartlepool United (6) 7–1 Ossett Albion (6) 13 Accrington (5) 3–0 Tranmere Rovers (4) 5314 Stockport County (5) 1–2 Brighouse Town (4) 4015 Blackpool Wren Rovers (4) Chorley (4) 16 Hull City (4) 4–2 South Shields (6) 17 Workington Reds (6) 1–5 RACA Tynedale (5) 18 Wyrley (6) 1–6 Radcliffe Olympic (4) 19 Leamington Lions (5) 0–4 Burton Albion (5) 20 Sporting Khalsa (4) 7–0 Coundon Court (5) 21 Arnold Town (5) Coventry Ladies Development (6) 4122 Bedworth United (5) 2–6 Leicester City Women Development (6) 6023 Leicester City Ladies (4) 2–3 Birmingham & West Midlands (4) 24 Loughborough Foxes (4) 2–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 25 Shrewsbury Juniors (6) 2–6 The New Saints (4) 5026 Boldmere St Michaels (7) 2–8 Long Eaton United (4) 27 Stourbridge (6) 1–2 Gornal (7) 10928 Oadby & Wigston (6) 0–6 Solihull Ladies (4) 29 Market Warsop (7) 3–4 Nettleham (5) 30 Loughborough Students (4) 1–3 Leek Town (6) 31 Norwich City (4) 10–0 Riverside (6) 32 Lowestoft Town (4) 2–0 Enfield Town (4)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 33 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 4–0 Actonians (4) 34 Histon (5) 0–5 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 35 Northampton Town (6) 2–3 Cambridge City (6) 36 Denham United (4) 4–1 Ipswich Town (4) 20037 Cambridge United (4) 3–0 Wymondham Town (6) 38 AFC Sudbury (5) 2–3 Luton Town (4) 39 Kettering Town (5) 6–0 Brandon Town (7) 4040 Bungay Town (7) 3–6 Acle United (5) 11041 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 2–0 Herne Bay (5) 6542 AFC Dunstable (5) 4–1 Meridian (6) 43 Houghton Athletic (7) 0–3 Brentwood Town (5) 44 Haringey Borough (5) 2–8 Chichester City (4) 45 Crawley Wasps (5) 0–2 Oxford City (5) 46 Newbury (5) 2–1 Hertford Town (6) 47 Leyton Orient (5) 16–0 Ascot United (6) 48 Billericay Town (5) 1–2 Basingstoke Town (4) 49 Fulham (5) 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Development (6) 50 Worthing Town (7) 0–15 Stevenage (4) 5151 Cowfold (7) 1–2 Aylesford (5) 4052 Chesham United (5) 2–1 London Corinthians (5) 53 Bexhill United (6) 0–6 AFC Wimbledon (4) 54 Royston Town (5) 2–3 Regents Park Rangers (6) 3555 Gillingham (4) 4–0 Maidenhead United (4) 56 Southampton (5) 5–1 Fleet Town (6) 57 Shanklin (4) 3–2 St Nicholas (4) 58 Buckland Athletic (6) 2–3 Keynsham Town (4) 59 Torquay United (5) 2–4 Brislington (4) 60 Poole Town (5) 3–0 AEK Boco (6) 61 Ilminster Town (6) 0–4 Plymouth Argyle (4) 62 Southampton Saints (4) 8–2 Downend Flyers (5) 63 Larkhall Athletic (4) 9–1 Cheltenham Town (4) 2564 New Milton Town (6) 1–2 Exeter City (4)
Fourth round qualifying Thirty two matches were scheduled for the fourth qualifying round. Most matches were played on Sunday 13 November 2016, except three which were postponed to the following Sunday due to waterlogged pitches.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Sheffield United (5) 3–1 Merseyrail Bootle (6) 2 Penrith (6) 0–4 Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 3 Guiseley AFC Vixens (4) 7–1 Nettleham (5) 4 Liverpool Marshall Feds (4) 7–1 Warrington Wolverines (6) 5 RACA Tynedale (5) 2–1 Crewe Alexandra (4) 6 Brighouse Town (4) 5–0 Blackpool Wren Rovers (4) 7 Hartlepool United (6) 7–1 Accrington (5) 8 Hull City (4) 6–0 Leeds (4) 9 Wallsend Boys Club (5) 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 10 Sporting Khalsa (4) 2–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 11 Solihull (4) 3–0 Burton Albion (5) 12 Radcliffe Olympic (4) 8–0 Gornal (7) 5413 Leek Town (6) 1–2 Leicester City Women Development (6) 14 The New Saints 2–5 Birmingham & West Midlands (4) 15 Long Eaton United (4) 7–1 Coventry Ladies Development (6) 16 Acle United (5) 3–0 Brentwood Town (5) 68
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 17 Norwich City (4) Lowestoft Town (4) 18 Cambridge United (4) 3–0 Stevenage (4) 19 Kettering Town (5) 0–3 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 5020 Leyton Orient (5) 3–1 Cambridge City (6) 21 Luton Town (4) 6–1 Oxford City (5) 6122 Chesham United (5) 2–4 Regents Park Rangers (6) 23 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 2–0 AFC Dunstable (5) 10024 AFC Wimbledon (4) 4–2 Denham United (4) 25 Aylesford (5) 0–7 Gillingham (4) 26 Queens Park Rangers Development (6) 1–6 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 27 Brislington (4) 8–0 Poole Town (5) 28 Southampton Saints (4) 10–0 Exeter City (4) 29 Larkhall Athletic (4) 8–1 Newbury (5) 30 Plymouth Argyle (4) 3–1 Basingstoke Town (4) 4331 Shanklin (4) 0–3 Southampton (5) 32 Chichester City (4) 1–2 Keynsham Town (4)
First round proper Twenty eight matches were scheduled for the first round proper. The 56 teams taking part consists of 24 FA Women's National League teams exempted to this stage, plus the 32 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 4 December 2016, the only exception being Southampton Women v Swindon Town, which was postponed to the following Sunday.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition WSL 1 WSL 2 Premier Division Division One Regional & County Total Second round proper Fourteen matches were scheduled for the second round proper. All 14 matches were played on Sunday 8 January 2017.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition WSL 1 WSL 2 Premier Division Division One Regional & County Total