2004–05 FA Women's Cup

The 2004–05 FA Women's Cup was the 35th edition of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. It was sponsored by Nationwide, and known as The FA Women's Cup in partnership with Nationwide for sponsorship purposes. 210 clubs were accepted into the tournament.

National Division side Arsenal were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by Everton in the semi-finals. Charlton Athletic won their first FA Women's Cup title after a 1–0 win over Everton in the final.

Teams Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round New entriesthis round Leagues entering at this round First round proper 114 80 36 44 Midland CombinationNorthern CombinationSouth East CombinationSouth West Combination Second round proper 74 40 40 none none Third round proper 54 44 20 24 FA WPL Northern DivisionFA WPL Southern Division Fourth round proper 32 32 22 10 FA WPL National Division Fifth round proper 16 16 16 none none Quarter-finals 8 8 8 none none Semi-finals 4 4 4 none none Final 2 2 2 none none

Prize money Round No. of Clubsreceive fund Prize fundper club First round qualifying winners 60 £100 Second round qualifying winners 36 £150 First round proper winners 40 £250 Second round proper winners 20 £350 Third round proper winners 22 £500 Fourth round proper winners 16 £600 Fifth round proper winners 8 £750 Quarter-final winners 4 £1,250 Semi-final winners 2 £2,500 Final runners-up 1 £1,000 Final winner 1 £5,000Total £71,000

First round qualifying The matches were played on Sunday 5 September 2004, the only exception being Luton Town Belles v Brentford, which took place on Monday 6 September 2004.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Stockport Celtic A–W Gateshead Cleveland Hall Walkover for Gateshead Cleveland Hall. 2 Wigan Athletic 4–1 York City 3 Windscale 1–5 Leeds City Vixens 4 Blyth Spartans 1–3 Huddersfield Town 5 Morley Spurs 6–1 Darwen 6 Bolton Wanderers 9–0 Ossett Albion 7 Liverpool Manweb Feds 11–0 Chew Moor Brook 8 Garswood Saints 4–2 Killingworth YPC 9Cleator Moor Celtic Durham City10 Bradford City 5–2 Penrith Sapphires11 Macclesfield Town 2–3 Lumley12Blyth Town 4–2 Thorpe United13South Durham Royals 4–2 Crook Town14 Kirklees 2–1 Hopwood15 Loughborough Dynamo 2–7 Kirkley16 Stoke City 12–0 Heelands Rangers17 Cosford 3–2 Rea Valley18 Derby County 8–0 Barwell19 Belper Town 0–11 Leicester City 20 Colchester Town 0–8 Buxton21 Valiant 0–10 Peterborough Azure22 Cambridge United 21–0 Bradwell Belles23 Solihull Glades 1–5 A.F.C. Telford United 24 Southam United 4–1 Birmingham University25 The New Saints 7–1 Birstall United26 Colchester United 13–0 Rushcliffe Eagles27 Dudley United 0–5 Stratford Town28 Dynamo North London Slough29 Dagenham & Redbridge H–W Maidstone MavrixWalkover for Dagenham & Redbridge.30 AEI Gravesend 7–0 Wycombe Wanderers

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 31 Ashdown Rovers 11–2 Southampton Women32 Brentwood Town 3–2 Haywards Heath Town33 Hampton & Richmond Borough 15–0 FC London34 Haringey Borough 1–7 Chelmsford City35 London Women 9–0 Hoddesdon Owls36 Carterton 1–5 Clapton Orient37 Panthers 2–1 Woodbridge Town38 Redhill 4–0 Hitchin Town39 Redbridge A–WHenley TownWalkover for Henley Town.40 Thatcham Town 6–2 Eastbourne Town41 Luton Borough A–W Hastings UnitedWalkover for Hastings United. 42 Woking 7–1 Hendon43 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Banbury United44 Leighton Linslade 0–1 Billericay45 MK Wanderers 2–4 Viking46 AFC Newbury 7–2 Morden United47 Woodstock 1–3 Royston Town48 Bowers & Pitsea 3–4 Dover Athletic49 Saffron Walden Town 2–6 Crowborough Athletic50 Aylesbury United 8–3 Abbey Rangers51 Lewes H–W Basildon TownWalkover for Lewes.52 CEFI Haywood United53 Yeovil Town 9–2 Swindon Spitfires54Ross Town 4–3 Penzance55 Madron H–W Reading GirlsWalkover for Madron.56 Bath City 7–1 Launceston57 Alphington 0–3 Isca Vikings58 Team Bath 1–2 Newquay AFC59 Aldershot Town 3–1 St Peter's60 Luton Town Belles 5–6 Brentford

Second round qualifying All matches were played on Sunday 26 September 2004.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Bolton Wanderers 2–1 Lumley 2 Leeds City Vixens 3–0 Huddersfield Town 3 Liverpool Manweb Feds 3–4 Garswood Saints 4 Bury Barnsley 5 Gateshead Cleveland Hall 0–5 Darlington RA 6 Wigan Athletic 5–3 Blyth Town 7 Kirklees 0–1 South Durham Royals 8 Durham City 0–6 Morley Spurs 9 Bradford City 10–0 Bolton Ambassadors 10 AFC Telford United 2–5 Derby County 11 Buxton 2–0 Kettering Town 12 Stoke City 4–3 Cosford 13 Cambridge United 7–0 Kirkley 14 Whittington 0–14 The New Saints 15 Walsall 2–7 Colchester United 16 Peterborough Azure 2–1 Southam United 17 Stratford Town 2–7 Leicester City 18 CEFI 4–3 Woking

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 19 Crowborough Athletic 1–3 London Women 20 Lordswood 3–1 Chelmsford City 21 AFC Newbury 2–4 Brentford 22 Dagenham & Redbridge 3–0 Royston Town 23 Panthers 4–0 Brentwood Town 24 Lewes 3–1 Viking 25 Henley Town 7–2 Billericay 26 Dover Athletic 0–2 AEI Gravesend 27 Thatcham Town 2–1 Aylesbury United 28 Hastings United 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur 29 Redhill 5–2 Hampton & Richmond Borough 30 Dynamo North London 2–1 Clapton Orient 31 Yeovil Town 7–0 Buckfastleigh Rangers 32 Exeter City 1–7 Newquay AFC 33 Ross Town 8–0 Madron 34 AFC Bournemouth 6–2 Gloucester City 35 Isca Vikings 3–6 Bath City 36 Ashdown Rovers 3–2 Aldershot Town

First round proper The draw took place on Monday 27 September 2004. The matches were scheduled to be played on Sunday 24 October 2004. Fourteen matches (Bath City v Swindon Town, Bolton Wanderers v Doncaster Parklands Rovers, Buxton v Ilkeston Town, Cardiff City Bluebirds v AFC Bournemouth, CEFI v Reading, Crewe Alexandra v Scunthorpe United, Garswood Saints v Bradford City, Lewes v Brentford, Plymouth Argyle v Ashdown Rovers, Preston North End v Bury, Redhill v Chesham United, Shrewsbury Town v Leicester City Ladies, Wembley v Thatcham Town and Wigan Athletic v Blackpool Wren Rovers) were postponed and rescheduled for the following Sunday (31 October 2004). One match (Newton Abbot v Forest Green Rovers) was played on Monday 8 November 2004.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Barnet (3) 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur (4)2 Bedford Town Bells (3) 4–1 Stoke City (4)3 Cambridge City (4)0–2Nottingham Forest (3)4 Chester City (3)2–0Darlington RA (4)5 Chester-le-Street (3) 0–1 Newcastle United (3)6 Colchester United (4)2–1The New Saints (4)7 Dagenham & Redbridge (4) Gillingham (3)8 Keynsham Town (3)5–2Newquay (4)9 Launton (3)2–1AEI Gravesend (4)10 Leafield Athletic (3) 2–0 Derby County (4)11 Leicester City (4)7–0Stafford Rangers (3)12 Leyton Orient (3)0–1 Queens Park Rangers (3)13 Lichfield Diamonds (3)3–4Chesterfield (3)14 London Women (4)1–3 Sophtlogic (3)15 Lordswood (6)3–0Barking (3)16 Morley Spurs (4)1–3Leeds City Vixens (4)17 Northampton Town (3)3–1Loughborough Students (3)18 Oxford City (3) H–WHenley Town (4) Walkover for Oxford City.19 Peterborough Azure (n)2–4Norwich City (3)20 Reading Royals (3)10–1Panthers (7)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 21 Rushden & Diamonds (3)2–3Long Eaton Villa (3)22 South Durham Royals (5)2–1Manchester United (3)23 West Ham United (3)3–0Dynamo North London (7)24 Yeovil Town (5)1–2Cleveden Town (3)25 Bath City (4)0–4 Swindon Town (3)26 Bolton Wanderers (4)2–3Doncaster Parklands Rovers (3)27 Buxton (7) Ilkeston Town (3)28 Cardiff City Bluebirds (3) 5–1AFC Bournemouth (4)29 CEFI (5)6–2Reading (3)30 Crewe Alexandra (3)4–0Scunthorpe United (3)31 Garswood Saints (4) Bradford City (4) 32 Lewes (4)3–2Brentford (4)33 Plymouth Argyle (3)9–1 Ashdown Rovers (5)34 Preston North End (3) 3–0 Bury (5)35 Redhill (4)0–5 Chesham United (3)36 Shrewsbury Town (3) 0–5 Leicester City Ladies (3)37 Wembley (3) 1–3 Thatcham Town (5)38 Wigan Athletic (5) 0–8 Blackpool Wren Rovers (3)39 Newton Abbot (3) Forest Green Rovers (3)BYE: Ross Town (4)

Second round proper The matches were played on Sunday 14 November 2004, the only exception being Norwich City v Colchester United, which took place on Sunday 21 November 2004.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Barnet (3) 9–3 Launton (3)2 Cardiff City Bluebirds (3) 8–1 Ross Town (4)3 Chesterfield (3) 2–1 Garswood Saints (4)4 CEFI (5) 1–3 Lordswood (6)5 Crewe Alexandra (3) 2–3 Leeds City Vixens (4) 6 Doncaster Parklands Rovers (3) 2–4 Newcastle United (3)7 Gillingham (3)0–3 Reading Royals (3)8 Ilkeston Town (3) 0–9 Northampton Town (3)9 Leafield Athletic (3) 1–0 Bedford Town Bells (3)10 Long Eaton Villa (3) 0–1 Leicester City Ladies (3)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 11 Newton Abbot (3) 1–4 Keynsham Town (3)12 Nottingham Forest (3) 6–0Leicester City (4)13 Oxford City (3) 2–3 Plymouth Argyle (3)14 Preston North End (3) Blackpool Wren Rovers (3) 15 Sophtlogic (3) 2–1 Lewes (4)16 South Durham Royals (5)2–3 Chester City (3)17 Swindon Town (3) 2–1 Cleveden Town (3)18 Thatcham Town (5) 0–4 Queens Park Rangers (3)19 West Ham United (3) 4–2 Chesham United (3)20 Norwich City (3) 4–3Colchester United (4)

Third round proper The draw was held on Monday 15 November 2004. All matches were played on Sunday 5 December 2004.

Watford won 5–2 against Cardiff City. However, Watford played an ineligible player and the match was awarded to Cardiff City.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 AFC Wimbledon (2) 2–0 Norwich City (3)2 Blackburn Rovers (2) 6–0 Newcastle United (3)3 Blackpool Wren Rovers (3) 0–1 Middlesbrough (2)4 Cardiff City Bluebirds (3) 6–1Plymouth Argyle (3)5 Chelsea (2) 1–0 Barnet (3)6 Leafield Athletic (3)3–2 Chesterfield (3)7 Lordswood (6) 1–6 Ipswich Town (2)8 Manchester City (2) 1–2 Sunderland (2) 9 Millwall Lionesses (2) Keynsham Town (3) 10 Nottingham Forest (3) 0–2 Leicester City Ladies (3)11 Oldham Curzon (2) 7–1Leeds City Vixens (4)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 12 Queens Park Rangers (3) 4–1 Enfield Town (2)13 Reading Royals (3)3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion (2)14 Sheffield Wednesday (2)7–1 Lincoln City (2)15 Sophtlogic (3) 0–4 Northampton Town (3)16 Southampton Saints (2) 0–5Portsmouth (2)17 Stockport County] (2) 2–0 Chester City (3)18 Swindon Town (3) 1–2 Langford (2)19 Tranmere Rovers (2)3–1 Aston Villa (2)20 Watford (2) A–W Cardiff City (2)Cardiff City go through. Watford fielded an ineligible player.21 West Ham United (3) 1–0 Crystal Palace (2)22 Wolverhampton Wanderers (2) 5–0 Coventry City (2)

Fourth round proper The draw was held on Monday 6 December 2004. All matches were played on Sunday 9 January 2005.

Fifth round proper The draw was held on Monday 10 January 2005. All matches were played on Sunday 30 January 2005.

Quarter-finals The draw was held on Monday 31 January 2005. The matches were played on Sunday 13 February 2005, the only exception being Birmingham City v Arsenal, which took place on Sunday 20 February 2005.

Semi-finals All matches were played on Sunday 20 March 2005.

Final

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