The 2017–18 Women's FA Cup (also known as the SSE Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 48th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten Birmingham City 4–1 in the previous final.
Teams A total of 276 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. One hundred and eighty-five 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 second round proper. Teams in the FA WSL were exempted to the fourth round proper.
Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money First round qualifying 276 174 – 82 475 £350 Second round qualifying 189 98 87 47 270 £450 Third round qualifying 140 96 49 47 244 £500 First round 92 48 48 23 53 £800 Second round 68 48 24 24 103 £900 Third round 44 24 24 12 56 £1,000 Fourth round 32 32 12 16 68 £2,000 Fifth round 16 16 16 8 36 £3,000 Quarter-Final 8 8 8 4 21 £4,000 Semi-Final 4 4 4 2 5 £5,000 The Final 2 2 2 1 4 £15,000 (runners-up)£25,000 (winners)
The first round qualifying saw five ties cancelled due to the withdrawal of one of the teams, with two additional ties awarded to the losing teams after the winning teams were disqualified. The second round qualifying saw two ties cancelled as a result of withdrawals, while the third round qualifying saw one withdrawal with one additional tie awarded to the losing team after disqualification. The first round proper saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal of Basingstoke Town after an initial postponement.
First round qualifying Eighty seven matches were scheduled for the first qualifying round. Most matches were played on Sunday 3 September 2017, the only exception being Buckland Athletic v Exeter City, which took place on the following Sunday after the match was initially postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Alnwick Town Juniors (7) 3–2 Washington (7) 532 Blyth Town Lions (6) 0–3 South Shields (6) 3 RACA Tynedale (5) A–W Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 4 Penrith (6) 4–2 South Park Rangers (7) 5 Workington Reds (6) 1–2 Redcar Town (7) 6 Prudhoe Town (6) 2–5 Chester-Le-Street SCFC (7) 7 Bishop Auckland (7) 4–2 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 8 Carlisle United (6) 3–1 Wallsend Boys Club (5) 489 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 2–1 Yorkshire Amateur (7) 10 Altofts (6) H–W Bradford Park Avenue (8) 11 Malet Lambert (6) 4–5 Wakefield (5) 12 Ossett Albion (6) 0–5 Farsley Celtic (5) 13 Dronfield Town (7) 0–5 Harworth Colliery (7) 14 Nelson (8) 0–14 Blackpool (5) 15 Merseyrail Bootle (5) 4–2 Stockport County (5) 16 Wigan Athletic (5) 7–0 Accrington (5) 17 FC United Of Manchester (6) 13–1 Altrincham (6) 18 West Didsbury & Chorlton (6) 3–2 Warrington Wolverines (6) 19 Manchester Stingers (5) 2–1 Blackburn Community Sports Club (5) 20 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 0–6 Burnley (5) 21 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 4–3 Cosby United (6) 22 Loughborough Students (5) 4–2 Mansfield Town (5) 2023 AFC Leicester (6) 0–2 Leicester City Women Development (5) 24 Rise Park (5) 7–3 Teversal (6) 25 Market Warsop (6) 0–5 Nettleham (5) 26 Eastwood (5) 3–0 Arnold Town (5) 27 Leafield Athletic (5) 5–1 Knowle (5) 3928 Leek Town (6) 2–1 Solihull United (6) 6829 Wyrley (6) 0–3 Lye Town (5) 30 Redditch United (6) 2–1 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 31 Shrewsbury Town (6) 4–2 Wolverhampton Sporting Community (5) 6832 Solihull Sporting (6) 0–8 Coventry Sphinx (6) 33 Crusaders (5) 6–2 Abbey Hulton United (7) 3034 Shrewsbury Juniors (6) 0–3 Brereton Town (6) 35 Coundon Court (5) 2–6 Goldenhill Wanderers (6) 4236 Rugby Town (6) 1–4 Worcester United (5) 37 Sutton Coldfield Town (6) 0–4 Bedworth United (5) 38 Gornal (6) H–W Stone Dominoes (6) 39 Newmarket Town (7) 4–2 Histon (6) 8540 Kettering Town (5) 10–0 Woodford United (8) 3541 Sprowston (7) 0–4 Wymondham Town (6) 42 Roade (7) 0–1 St Ives Town (7) 43 Oadby & Wigston (6) 1–3 King's Lynn Town (6) 44 Peterborough Northern Star (5) H–W Netherton United (7)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 45 Cambridge City (5) 8–2 Moulton (7) 46 Riverside (6) 2–1 Corby Town (6) 47 March Town United (7) 0–5 Peterborough United (6) 8048 Acle United (5) 4–1 Thrapston Town (6) 8549 Colchester Town (5) 2–4 Bungay Town (7) 50 Harlow Town (6) 4–0 Little Thurrock Dynamos (6) 51 Brentwood Town (5) 6–0 Corringham Cosmos (7) 52 AFC Sudbury (5) 4–3 Writtle (5) 53 Billericay Town (5) 8–0 Chelmsford City (7) 54 Milton Keynes City (5) 2–4 Bedford (5) 5055 Sandy (7) A–W Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 56 AFC Dunstable (5) 5–0 Houghton Athletic (7) 57 Royston Town (5) 7–0 Watford Ladies Development (5) 8058 Hertford Town (6) 0–1 Bishop's Stortford (6) 59 Garston (7) 1–4 Colney Heath (5) 60 Brentford (7) 1–7 Chesham United (5) 2561 Headington (7) 0–17 Ashford Town (Middx) (7) 62 Ascot United (5) Newbury (5) 7363 Benson Lionesses (6) 4–2 Wargrave (6) 64 Fleet Town (6) 1–8 Alton (6) 65 Oxford City (5) A–W Woodley United (6) 66 Chinnor (7) 0–12 New London Lionesses (7) 67 Queens Park Rangers Girls (6) 0–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 68 Meridian (6) 2–1 Fulham Foundation (5) 69 Ashford (6) 2–3 Aylesford (5) 2570 Kent Football United (6) 0–4 London Kent Football United (5) 3071 Worthing (6) 1–2 Godalming Town (7) 72 Eastbourne Town (5) 7–0 Dartford (7) 73 Worthing Town (8) 1–7 Parkwood Rangers (5) 74 Victoire (6) Burgess Hill Town (7) 75 Whyteleafe (6) 1–0 Bexhill United (6) 76 Abbey Rangers (8) 1–2 Eastbourne (6) 77 Carshalton Athletic (5) A–W Herne Bay (6) 3578 Frampton Rangers (7) 2–3 New Milton Town (5) 79 Buckland Athletic (5) 9–2 Exeter City (5) 80 AEK Boco (5) 0–9 Downend Flyers (5) 81 FC Chippenham (6) 4–3 Team Solent (5) 82 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 1–7 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 2083 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (6) 2–5 AFC Bournemouth (6) 84 Warsash Wasps (6) 4–0 Ilminster Town (5) 5485 Winchester City Flyers (5) 5–0 Frome Town (6) 86 Bournemouth Sports (7) 3–1 Keynsham Town Development (5) 87 Eastleigh (6) 0–6 Torquay United (5)
Second round qualifying Forty nine matches were scheduled for the second qualifying round. The 98 teams taking part consisted of 11 teams exempted to this stage, plus the 87 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 17 September 2017, the only exception being Woodley United v Alton, which was delayed for a week due to the late disqualification of Oxford City.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Alnwick Town Juniors (7) 1–0 Redcar Town (7) 572 Cramlington United (6) 1–7 Carlisle United (6) 3 Bishop Auckland (7) 1–6 South Shields (6) 484 Chester-Le-Street SCFC (7) 0–9 Hartlepool United (5) 5 Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 3–2 Penrith (6) 1506 Worksop Town (8) 3–5 Farsley Celtic (5) 7 Altofts (6) 4–3 Sheffield Wednesday (6) 8 Wakefield (5) 4–3 Harworth Colliery (7) 9 Blackpool (5) West Didsbury & Chorlton (6) 5210 CMB Ladies (5) 2–1 Tranmere Rovers (5) 4011 Burnley (5) 4–3 Merseyrail Bootle (5) 4012 Manchester Stingers (5) 0–6 MSB Woolton (5) 13 Wigan Athletic (5) 1–0 FC United Of Manchester (6) 14 Eastwood (5) 4–0 Rise Park (5) 15 Loughborough Students (5) 6–3 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 2516 Leicester City Women Development (5) 2–3 Nettleham (5) 4517 Shrewsbury Town (6) 5–2 Leek Town (6) 18 Redditch United (6) 5–1 Goldenhill Wanderers (6) 19 Leafield Athletic (5) 1–2 Lye Town (5) 20 Bedworth United (5) 2–0 Gornal (6) 6221 Worcester United (5) 2–8 Coventry Sphinx (6) 22 Brereton Town (6) 2–1 Crusaders (5) 23 Newmarket Town (7) 4–3 King's Lynn Town (6) 24 Acle United (5) H–W Riverside (6) 25 Cambridge City (5) 5–2 Kettering Town (5)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 26 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 4–2 Peterborough United (6) 27 Wymondham Town (6) 7–1 St Ives Town (7) 28 Frontiers (7) 1–8 AFC Sudbury (5) 4929 Harlow Town (6) 3–2 Bungay Town (7) 4530 Brentwood Town (5) 2–3 Billericay Town (5) 31 Colney Heath (5) 0–4 Royston Town (5) 32 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–12 Bedford (5) 33 AFC Dunstable (5) 7–1 Bishop's Stortford (6) 34 Benson Lionesses (6) 1–12 Ashford Town (Middx) (7) 35 New London Lionesses (7) 2–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 36 Ascot United (5) 0–2 Chesham United (5) 37 Woodley United (6) 2–1 Alton (6) 3538 Eastbourne Town (5) 5–2 Aylesford (5) 39 Godalming Town (7) 3–2 Eastbourne (6) 40 Meridian (6) 2–3 London Kent Football United (5) 2041 Hassocks (6) 5–1 Margate (7) 42 Herne Bay (6) 1–3 Parkwood Rangers (5) 3243 Whyteleafe (6) 6–0 Burgess Hill Town (7) 44 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) A–W Buckland Athletic (5) 45 FC Chippenham (6) 2–1 Bournemouth Sports (7) 46 New Milton Town (5) 5–4 Downend Flyers (5) 5047 Pen Mill (7) 1–4 Forest Green Rovers (5) 7648 Torquay United (5) 1–0 AFC Bournemouth (6) 49 Winchester City Flyers (5) 5–1 Warsash Wasps (6)
Third round qualifying Forty eight matches were scheduled for the third qualifying round. The 96 teams taking part consisted of 47 teams from the FA Women's Premier League Division One exempted to this stage, plus the 49 match winners from the previous round. Most matches were played on Sunday 8 October 2017, except two which were postponed to the following week.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Alnwick Town Juniors (7) 5–0 Rotherham United (4) 822 Farsley Celtic (5) H–W Hartlepool United (5) 3 Burnley (5) 4–1 Wigan Athletic (5) 354 West Didsbury & Chorlton (6) 6–3 MSB Woolton (5) 5 Brighouse Town (4) 6–1 Wakefield (5) 1046 Altofts (6) 1–5 Chorley (4) 7 Chester-Le-Street Town (4) 2–1 Barnsley (4) 8 Crewe Alexandra (4) 1–4 Hull City (4) 329 South Shields (6) 0–3 Norton & Stockton Ancients (5) 10 CMB Ladies (5) 2–5 Bolton Wanderers (4) 4211 Liverpool Marshalls Feds (4) 7–0 Mossley Hill (4) 12 Steel City Wanderers (4) 2–1 Morecambe (4) 4013 Sheffield United (4) Leeds United (4) 14 Newcastle United (4) 9–1 Carlisle United (6) 15 Redditch United (6) 5–2 Solihull Moors (4) 16 Sporting Khalsa (4) 6–1 Lye Town (5) 4017 The New Saints (4) 3–1 Shrewsbury Town (6) 18 Eastwood (5) 5–3 Coventry Sphinx (6) 19 Long Eaton United (4) 3–1 Leicester City Ladies (4) 20 Bedworth United (5) 2–1 Birmingham & West Midlands (4) 5321 Radcliffe Olympic (4) A–W Loughborough Foxes (4) 22 Loughborough Students (5) 3–0 Brereton Town (6) 8323 Burton Albion (4) 0–4 Nettleham (5) 3024 Milton Keynes Dons (4) 2–0 Actonians (4) 76
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 25 Cambridge City (5) 1–5 Ipswich Town (4) 26 Maidenhead United (4) 0–1 Luton Town (4) 27 Cambridge United (4) 4–0 Norwich City (4) 4828 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 1–3 Acle United (5) 29 Harlow Town (6) 1–0 Denham United (4) 9030 Wymondham Town (6) 9–2 Newmarket Town (7) 17531 Enfield Town (4) 1–0 AFC Sudbury (5) 32 Godalming Town (7) 5–0 Haringey Borough (4) 33 Ashford Town (Middx) (7) 6–4 London Kent Football United (5) 34 AFC Dunstable (5) 2–0 Eastbourne Town (5) 4935 New London Lionesses (7) 3–1 Parkwood Rangers (5) 36 Leyton Orient (4) 7–0 Billericay Town (5) 20737 Hassocks (6) 0–8 Stevenage (4) 38 Bedford (5) 2–3 Royston Town (5) 39 Chesham United (5) 2–1 Whyteleafe (6) 40 AFC Wimbledon (4) 14–1 Woodley United (6) 5041 Cheltenham Town (4) 1–4 Southampton Saints (4) 42 FC Chippenham (6) 1–6 Basingstoke Town (4) 43 Poole Town (4) 2–5 Plymouth Argyle (4) 3444 St Nicholas (4) 0–1 Keynsham Town (4) 5545 New Milton Town (5) 1–4 Buckland Athletic (5) 6046 Winchester City Flyers (5) 0–7 Southampton (4) 47 Forest Green Rovers (5) 0–3 Larkhall Athletic (4) 48 Brislington (4) Torquay United (5) 63
First round proper Twenty four matches were scheduled for the first round proper. Twenty three matches were played on Sunday 12 November 2017, with Plymouth Argyle v Basingstoke Town postponed to the following Sunday before being awarded to Plymouth following Basingstoke's withdrawal.