The 2020–21 Women's FA Cup was the 51st staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten Everton 3–1 in the previous final. The draw was split regionally until the fourth round proper.
Teams A total of 376 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association, an increase of 76 from the previous year. 174 teams from outside the top four divisions will enter at the extra preliminary round with another 109 joining in the preliminary round. The 47 teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) are given exemption to the second round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) enter at the second round proper. Teams in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship (tiers 1 and 2) are exempted to the fourth round proper.
Round Clubsremaining Clubsinvolved Winners fromprevious round Games played Goals scored Prize money Winner Loser Extra preliminary round 376 174 – 82 520 £300 £75 Preliminary round 290 196 87 95 540 £360 £90 First round qualifying 192 98 98 49 235 £400 £100 Second round qualifying 143 9647 FA Women's National League Division One teams added 49 47 228 £450 £115 Third round qualifying 95 48 48 24 93 £600 £150 First round 71 24 24 12 51 £850 £215 Second round 59 3624 FA Women's National League Premier Division teams added 12 16 61 £1,000 £250 Third round 41 18 18 9 29 £1,250 £315 Fourth round 32 3223 FA Women's Championship and FA WSL teams added 9 16 87 £2,000 £500 Fifth round 16 16 16 8 38 £3,000 £750 Quarter-final 8 8 8 4 17 £4,000 £1,000 Semi-final 4 4 4 2 6 £5,000 £1,250 Final 2 2 2 1 3 £25,000 £15,000
Extra preliminary round
As a result of 376 teams entering the competition, 174 teams were drawn into an extra preliminary round, which were played on Sunday 6 September 2020.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Boro Rangers (6) 0–1 Workington Reds (6) 2 Birtley Town (7) 0–3 Bishop Auckland (6) 3 Stanwix (7) 0–6 South Shields (5) 4 Wallsend BC (5) 6–1 Hartlepool United (5) 5 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 1–3 CLS Amazons (7) 6 Appleby Frodingham (7) 4–3 South Cave Sporting Club (7) 7 Harworth Colliery (7) 6–1 Silsden (7) 8 Wakefield Trinity (6) 5–0 Hepworth United (6) 9 Harrogate Town (5) 3–1 Farsley Celtic (5) 10 Yorkshire Amateurs (7) A–W Altofts (6) Yorkshire Amateurs withdrew.11 Rotherham United (5) 3–3 (3–0 p) Oughtbridge WM (5) 12 Crewe Alexandra (5) 1–0 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 13 Tranmere Rovers (5) 2–3 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 14 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 5–1 Chester FC (6) 15 Curzon Ashton (6) 7–2 Haslingden (7) 16 Merseyrail (5) 5–0 Mossley AFC (7) 17 Didsbury (6) 1–2 Northwich Vixens (6) 18 FC United of Manchester (5) 13–0 West Kirby (6) 6619 Mossley Hill (5) 12–0 Ashton United (7) 20 AFC Darwen (6) 9–0 Nelson (7) 21 Grimsby Borough (6) H–W Pride Park (7) Pride Park withdrew.22 Notts County (6) 4–4 (2–3 p) Lincoln United (6) 23 AFC Leicester (6) 0–5 Woodlands (5) 24 Sherwood (6) H–W HBW United (7) HBW United withdrew.25 Rise Park (5) 3–0 Asfordby Amateurs (7) 26 Dronfield Town (7) 2–1 Arnold Eagles (6) 27 Arnold Town (6) A–W Allexton & New Parks (7) Arnold Town withdrew.28 Beaumont Park (6) 6–2 Groby (7) 29 Coalville Town (6) 2–7 Oadby & Wigston (6) 30 Darlaston Town 1874 (7) 2–6 Shifnal Town (6) 31 Kingfisher (6) 0–3 Knowle (6) 32 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 5–0 Coventrians (7) 33 Westfields (7) 2–1 Leamington Lions (6) 34 Shrewsbury Junions (7) 0–5 Lye Town (5) 35 Coventry Sphinx (5) 3–0 Sandwell (6) 36 Tamworth (7) 8–0 Doveridge (7) 37 Solihull Sporting (6) 1–4 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 38 Cookley Sports (6) 2–1 Coundon Court (5) 39 Hereford Pegasus (7) 1–0 Rugby Borough (7) 40 Stourbridge (6) 8–0 Port Vale (6) 41 Walsall Wood (7) 0–6 Redditch United (5) 42 Tamworth Academy (6) 0–15 Worcester City (5) 43 Balls To Cancer (7) 1–9 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 44 Rugby Town (6) 2–6 Sedgley & Gornal United (6)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 45 St Ives Town (5) 12–0 Hartham United (7) 46 Newmarket Town (6) 3–3 (4–2 p) Wymondham Town (5) 47 Whittlesey Athletic (7) 1–3 Peterborough United (5) 48 Wroxham (5) 10–0 Kettering Town (5) 49 Bedford (5) 12–0 Corby Town (6) 50 Henley Athletic (7) 4–4 (4–5 p) March Town (7) 51 Northampton Town (5) 5–0 Haverhill Rovers (7) 52 Aylesford (5) 1–3 Ashford (6) 53 Herne Bay (6) 5–1 Whyteleafe (5) 54 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 6–1 Margate (7) 55 New London Lionesses (6) 4–2 Parkwood (6) 56 Hastings United (7) 0–2 Hackney (6) 57 Tunbridge Wells Foresters (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Ramsgate (6) 58 Runwell Sports (7) 0–6 Harlow Town (5) 59 Rayleigh Town (7) H–W Hoddesdon Town (6) Hoddesdon Town withdrew.60 Chelmsford City (7) 3–2 Frontiers (7) 61 Colney Heath (5) 2–1 Herts Vipers (7) 62 Hemel Hempstead (7) 1–3 Garston (7) 63 Abingdon Town (6) 0–4 Abingdon United (5) 64 Banbury United (7) 1–2 Swindon Supermarine (6) 65 Woodley United (5) 5–2 Wargrave (7) 66 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (5) 1–1 (6–7 p) Brentford (6) 67 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 4–0 Oxford City (5) 68 Eastbourne United (6) 1–0 Pagham (7) 69 Badshot Lea (7) 7–3 Oakwood (6) 70 Walton Casuals (6) 4–0 AFC Littlehampton (6) 71 Mole Valley (7) 0–11 AFC Acorns (6) 72 Roffey (7) 1–4 Chichester City (7) 73 Seaford Town (7) 1–1 (3–1 p) Newhaven (6) 74 Burgess Hill Town (6) 0–10 Saltdean United (5) 75 AFC Stoneham (7) 10–0 Merley Cobham Sports (7) 76 Eastleigh (6) 1–10 AFC Bournemouth (5) 77 Bournemouth Sports (6) 21–0 Redlands (7) 78 Alton (6) 13–0 Meon Milton (7) 79 Longwell Green (7) 2–2 (5–6 p) Paulton Rovers (7) 80 FC Chippenham (7) 0–6 Oldland Abbotonians (6) 81 Bristol Ladies Union (6) 1–1 (2–4 p) Middlezoy Rovers (5) 82 Downend Flyers (6) 1–2 AEK Boco (6) 83 Bristol Rovers (7) 6–0 Bristol & West (7) 84 Banwell (7) 0–10 Ilminster Town (5) 85 St Agnes (6) 0–1 Saltash United (7) 86 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 21–0 Ottery St Mary (7) 87 AFC St Austell (6) 7–0 Feniton (6)
Preliminary round 98 matches were scheduled for the preliminary round on Sunday 20 September 2020, made up of the 87 winning teams from the extra preliminary round plus the 109 teams that were granted a bye into the preliminary round.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Lumley (6) 0–1 Spennymoor Town (7) 2 South Shields (5) 3–1 Gateshead Rutherford (7) 3 Blyth Town (6) 7–1 Guisborough Town (7) 4 Washington (6) 0–7 Alnwick Town (5) 5 Sunderland West End (6) 7–0 Carlisle United (6) 6 Durham United (7) 3–4 Workington Reds (6) 7 CLS Amazons (7) 1–2 Penrith AFC (6) 8 Hartlepool Pools Youth (7) 0–9 Wallsend BC (5) 9 Redcar Town (5) 6–1 Bishop Auckland (6) 10 Thackley AFC (7) 3–3 (3–4 p) Ripon City (7) 11 Hull United (6) 2–1 Millmoor Juniors (6) 12 Bradford Park Avenue (6) 1–4 Ossett United (5) 13 Sheffield Wednesday (5) 3–2 Harworth Colliery (7) 14 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 2–2 (3–1 p) Harrogate Town (5) 15 Brighouse Sports (7) 6–1 Appleby Frodingham (7) 16 York City (5) 4–0 Rotherham United (5) 17 Altofts (6) 3–4 Wakefield Trinity (6) 18 Curzon Ashton (6) 2–5 Blackburn Community SC (6) 19 Morecambe (5) 3–0 Salford City Lionesses (6) 20 Rylands (7) 0–14 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 21 AFC Darwen (6) 6–4 Sir Tom Finney FC (6) 22 FC United of Manchester (5) 9–0 Ashton Town (7) 11923 Altrincham (6) 0–5 Northwich Vixens (6) 24 Mossley Hill (5) 1–2 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 25 Merseyrail (5) 7–3 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 26 SK Vipers (7) 0–8 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 27 Crewe Alexandra (5) 14–1 Accrington Stanley Community Trust (6) 28 Leicester City Ladies (5) 7–1 Oakham United (7) 29 Woodlands (5) 0–2 Oadby & Wigston (6) 30 St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop (6) 1–1 (1–3 p) Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 31 Grimsby Town (6) 5–1 Ollerton Town (5) 32 Cleethorpes Town (6) 1–2 Dronfield Town (7) 33 Beaumont Park (6) 2–1 Grimsby Borough (6) 34 Rise Park (5) H–W Allexton & New Parks (7) Allexton & New Parks withdrew.35 Belper Town (7) 0–3 Sherwood (6) 36 Nottingham Trent University (7) 1–2 Lincoln United (6) 37 Westfields (7) 1–2 Worcester City (5) 38 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 0–3 Droitwich Spa (6) 39 AFC Telford United (6) 2–3 Knowle (6) 40 Cookley Sports (6) 2–1 Sedgley & Gornal United (6) 41 Tamworth (7) 3–2 Solihull Ladies United (5) 42 Hereford Pegasus (7) 0–7 Coventry Sphinx (5) 43 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 0–1 Crusaders (5) 44 Lye Town (5) 1–4 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 45 Stourbridge (6) 8–1 Wyrley (6) 46 Shifnal Town (6) 3–3 (3–5 p) Redditch United (5) 47 Desborough (7) 0–10 Netherton United (7) 48 Peterborough United (5) 4–4 (2–4 p) Royston Town (5) 49 Waveney (7) 2–2 (4–5 p) Brett Vale (7)
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 50 AFC Sudbury (6) 3–1 Needham Market (6) 51 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 13–1 March Town (7) 52 Histon (6) 2–4 St Ives Town (5) 53 Bedford (5) 1–3 Northampton Town (5) 54 King's Lynn Town (6) 3–7 Wroxham (5) 55 Bungay Town (7) 0–5 Newmarket Town (6) 56 Bexhill United (6) 0–0 (1–4 p) Sutton United (6) 57 Regents Park Rangers (6) 2–1 Phoenix Sports (6) 58 Haringey Borough (5) 1–2 Fulham (5) 59 Comets (6) 1–1 (4–3 p) Herne Bay (6) 60 Millwall Lionesses (6) 0–8 New London Lionesses (6) 61 Islington Borough (6) 1–4 Ashford (6) 62 Dartford (5) 8–0 Ramsgate (6) 63 Hackney (6) 2–6 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 64 Southend United Community SC (7) 1–1 (3–1 p) Houghton Athletic (7) 65 Wodson Park (6) 1–2 Watford Development (6) 66 Chelmsford City (7) 1–2 Leigh Ramblers (6) 67 Rayleigh Town (7) 1–9 Luton Town (5) 68 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 5–0 Garston (7) 69 Colney Heath (5) 3–4 Harlow Town (5) 70 Denham United (5) 2–2 (5–3 p) Queens Park Rangers (5) 71 Ascot United (5) 6–0 Swindon Supermarine (6) 72 Brentford (6) 1–6 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 73 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 2–1 Eversley & California (7) 74 Tilehurst Panthers (6) 7–1 Slough Town (7) 75 Abingdon United (5) 6–0 Newbury (5) 76 Woodley United (5) 5–3 Milton United (7) 77 Steyning Town Community (6) 1–8 Worthing (6) 78 Seaford Town (7) 1–2 Badshot Lea (7) 79 AFC Acorns (6) 2–2 (4–5 p) Lancing (6) 80 Chichester City (7) 0–3 Eastbourne Town (5) 81 Woking (7) H–W Godalming Town (6) Godalming Town withdrew.82 Eastbourne United (6) 0–2 Dorking Wanderers (7) 83 Walton Casuals (6) 3–5 Saltdean United (5) 84 Sherborne Town (6) 3–0 Bournemouth Sports (6) 85 Alton (6) 2–5 AFC Stoneham (7) 86 Shanklin (7) 0–8 Moneyfields (5) 87 New Milton Town (6) 0–5 Winchester City Flyers (5) 88 United Services Portsmouth (7) 0–9 AFC Bournemouth (5) 89 Pen Mill (6) A–W Ilminster Town (5) Pen Mill withdrew.90 Weston Super Mare (6) 2–3 Portishead Town (5) 91 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 4–3 Bishops Lydeard (5) 92 Oldland Abbotonians (6) 2–0 Almondsbury (6) 93 Chipping Sodbury Town (6) 2–4 Bristol Rovers (7) 94 AEK Boco (6) 4–3 Paulton Rovers (7) 95 Helston Athletic (7) 5–4 Saltash United (7) 96 Callington Town (5) 2–1 Bideford (5) 97 Torquay United (5) 4–0 RNAS Culdrose (7) 98 AFC St Austell (6) 1–6 Marine Academy Plymouth (5)
First round qualifying 49 matches were scheduled for the first round qualifying on Sunday 4 October 2020, made up of the 98 winning teams from the preliminary round and did not include the introduction of any new teams.