# 2009–10 FA Women's Cup

The 2009–10 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 13 September 2009 and 3 May 2010. It was the 39th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Everton, who defeated Arsenal in the final. The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.
The competition began on 13 September 2009 when the 24 lowest-ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round, however only eleven games were played due to the withdrawal of Stokesley, allowing Forest Hall YPC to progress to first qualifying round.
    All match results and dates from the Football Association website.

## Teams

A total of 245 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association. Twenty-four teams entered at the preliminary round stage, while a further 140 joined entered at first round qualifying. Teams that played in the four regional Combination leagues (South West, South East, Midland and Northern) were given an exemption to the first round proper, while teams in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division and FA Women's Premier League Southern Division entered at the third round stage. Teams in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, which at the time was the top flight of women's football in England, were given byes to the fourth round.
| Round | Previous round winners | Entered at this stage | Total entries | Games played | Goals scored | Prize money |
| Preliminary round | – | 24 | 24 | 11 | 64 | £75 |
| First round qualifying | 12 | 140 | 152 | 72 | 327 | £100 |
| Second round qualifying | 76 | – | 76 | 38 | 196 | £150 |
| Third round qualifying | 38 | – | 38 | 19 | 97 | £200 |
| First round | 19 | 45 | 64 | 28 | 137 | £250 |
| Second round | 32 | – | 32 | 16 | 63 | £350 |
| Third round | 16 | 24 | 40 | 20 | 82 | £500 |
| Fourth round | 20 | 12 | 32 | 16 | 73 | £600 |
| Fifth round | 16 | – | 16 | 8 | 27 | £750 |
| Sixth round | 8 | – | 8 | 4 | 20 | £1,250 |
| Semi-finals | 4 | – | 4 | 2 | 6 | £2,500 |
| Final | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | £1,000 (runners-up) £5,000 (winners) |

## Preliminary round

All games were played on 13 September 2009.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Forest Hall YPC | W/O | Stokesley | Tie awarded to Forest Hall, Stokesley withdrew from competition |
| 2 | Newcastle Medics | 0–9 | Gateshead Rutherford Ravens | |
| 3 | Prudhoe Town | 1–3 | Tynedale | |
| 4 | Gateshead Cleveland Hall | 0–7 | North Shields | |
| 5 | Accrington Girls & Ladies | 0–1 | Harraby Catholic Club | |
| 6 | Dearne & District | 2–1 | Brighouse Town | |
| 7 | Tipton Town | 16–0 | Stourport Swifts | |
| 8 | Woodford United | 0–4 | Brackley Sports | |
| 9 | Saffron Walden Town | 1–5 | C&K Basildon | |
| 10 | Runwell Hospital | 2–1 | Hutton | |
| 11 | Eastleigh | 5–0 | Parley Sports | |
| 12 | Christchurch | 3–3 | New Forest | After extra time. New Forest won 4–1 on penalties. |

## First round qualifying

All games were played on 27 September 2009.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Gateshead Rutherford Ravens | 0–3 | Birtley Town | |
| 2 | Forest Hall | 1–5 | North Shields | |
| 3 | Whitley Bay | 7–0 | Redcar Athletic | |
| 4 | Tynedale | 3–0 | Brandon United | |
| 5 | Blyth Spartans | W/O | Peterlee RA | Tie awarded to Peterlee RA. Blyth Spartans withdrew from competition. |
| 6 | Abbeytown | 1–2 | Warrington Town | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 7 | Birkenhead | 2–3 | Middleton Athletic | |
| 8 | Whitehaven | 3–1 | Bury Girls & Ladies | |
| 9 | Chester City | 0–2 | Wigan Athletic | |
| 10 | Harraby Catholic Club | 1–0 | Dalton Girls & Ladies | |
| 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 10–1 | Preston Rangers | |
| 12 | Barnsley | 1–2 | Hull City | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 13 | Dearne & District | 3–1 | Huddersfield Town | |
| 14 | Steel City Wanderers | 2–0 | Sheffield United Junior Blades | |
| 15 | Guiseley AFC Vixens | 1–2 | Sheffield | |
| 16 | Keighley | 1–5 | Sheffield United Community | |
| 17 | Rolls-Royce Leisure | 2–1 | Market Warsop | |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 2–1 | Peterborough Sports | |
| 19 | Sandiacre Town | 4–0 | Retford United | |
| 20 | Friar Lane & Epworth | 2–4 | Long Eaton United | |
| 21 | Peterborough Northern Star | 5–0 | West Bridgford | |
| 22 | Hinckley United | 1–4 | Loughborough Students | |
| 23 | Huntingdon Town | 1–2 | Oadby & Wigston | |
| 24 | Linby CW | 1–7 | Shepshed Dynamo | |
| 25 | Hereford Phoenix | 5–0 | Cottage Farm Rangers | |
| 26 | Tipton Town | 0–4 | Southam United | |
| 27 | Leamington Lions | 3–1 | Cannock | |
| 28 | Hereford Pegasus | 3–2 | Allscott | |
| 29 | Worcester City | 0–1 | Stratford Town | After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes. |
| 30 | Crusaders | W/O | Coventry Ladies Development | Tie awarded to Coventry Ladies Development. Crusaders removed from competition. |
| 31 | Lichfield Diamonds | 1–6 | Dudley United | |
| 32 | Haverhill Rovers | 1–0 | Stalham Town | |
| 33 | Cambridge University | 1–2 | Fakenham Town | |
| 34 | Bungay Town | 0–9 | Woodbridge Town | |
| 35 | AFC Kempston Rovers | 3–0 | Raunds Town | |
| 36 | Daventry Town | 1–3 | Corby S&L | |
| 37 | Bedford | 7–0 | Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe | |
| 38 | Leighton Linslade | 3–0 | Baldock | |
| 39 | Brackley Sports | 0–3 | Arlesey Town | |
| 40 | Kettering Town | 3–0 | Hitchin Hearts | |
| 41 | London Colney | W/O | Brentwood Town | Tie awarded to Brentwood Town. London Colney withdrew from competition. |
| 42 | C&K Basildon | 0–5 | Barking | |
| 43 | Royston Town | 1–2 | Braintree Town | |
| 44 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 3–2 | Billericay Town | |
| 45 | Tring Athletic | 2–1 | Stevenage | |
| 46 | Runwell Hospital | 2–5 | Chelmsford City | |
| 47 | Sawbridgeworth Town | 2–1 | Garston | |
| 48 | Haringey Borough | 4–1 | Wandgas | |
| 49 | Mauritius Sports Association | 4–1 | Manford Way | |
| 50 | Leyton | 0–4 | Panthers | |
| 51 | Tower Hamlets | 3–0 | Westfield | |
| 52 | AFC Wimbledon | 3–1 | Dorking | |
| 53 | Old Actonians | 2–1 | Denham United | |
| 54 | Ashford Girls | 5–1 | Crowborough Athletic | |
| 55 | Rottingdean Village | 0–2 | Canterbury City | |
| 56 | Ramsgate | 0–9 | Maidstone Town | |
| 57 | Bexhill United | 0–3 | Haywards Heath Town | |
| 58 | Eastbourne Town | 5–1 | London Corinthians | |
| 59 | Aldershot Town | 1–0 | Southampton Saints | |
| 60 | Crawley Wasps | 3–0 | Chichester City | |
| 61 | BTC Southampton | W/O | Shanklin | Tie awarded to Shanklin. BTC Southampton withdrew from competition. |
| 62 | Southampton | 1–5 | University of Portsmouth | |
| 63 | Eastleigh | 0–5 | Basingstoke Town | |
| 64 | East Preston | 2–1 | New Forest | |
| 65 | Bracknell Town | 3–0 | Cheltenham Town | |
| 66 | Wycombe Wanderers | 4–1 | Forest of Dean | |
| 67 | Chippenham Town | 3–6 | Stoke Lane Athletic | |
| 68 | Stony Stratford Town | 5–4 | Reading Girls | |
| 69 | MK Wanderers | 0–3 | Oxford United | |
| 70 | Launton | 4–1 | Marlow | |
| 71 | Maidenhead United | 14–0 | Banbury United | |
| 72 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 9–0 | Newent Town | |
| 73 | Reading | 1–3 | Swindon Supermarine | |
| 74 | Poole Town | 0–6 | Keynsham Town Development | |
| 75 | Launceston | 0–2 | Marine Academy Plymouth | |
| 76 | Frome Town | 2–0 | Weymouth | |

## Second round qualifying

All games were played on 11 October 2009.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Birtley Town | 2–10 | Whitley Bay | |
| 2 | Tynedale | 0–2 | Peterlee RA | |
| 3 | North Shields | 1–5 | Harraby Catholic Club | |
| 4 | Warrington Town | 0–8 | Hull City | |
| 5 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | Dearne & District | |
| 6 | Sheffield | 11–0 | Middleton Athletic | |
| 7 | Whitehaven | 0–2 | Wigan Athletic | |
| 8 | Sheffield United Community | 3–1 | Steel City Wanderers | |
| 9 | Peterborough Northern Star | 2–1 | Rolls-Royce Leisure | |
| 10 | Shepshed Dynamo | 1–3 | Loughborough Students | |
| 11 | Sandiacre Town | 3–0 | Mansfield Town | |
| 12 | Long Eaton United | 4–1 | Oadby & Wigston | |
| 13 | Stratford Town | 1–3 | Hereford Phoenix | |
| 14 | Corby S&L | 4–0 | Coventry Ladies Development | |
| 15 | Leamington Lions | 3–0 | Southam United | |
| 16 | Hereford Pegasus | 2–5 | Dudley United | |
| 17 | Bedford | 3–0 | Haverhill Rovers | |
| 18 | Kettering Town | 2–1 | Leyton Linslade | |
| 19 | Woodbridge Town | 3–0 | Fakenham Town | |
| 20 | AFC Kempston Rovers | 1–3 | Arlesey Town | |
| 21 | Brentwood Town | 1–4 | Chelmsford City | |
| 22 | Tring Athletic | 2–3 | Sawbridgeworth Town | After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes. |
| 23 | Mauritius Sports Association | 2–6 | Barking | |
| 24 | Braintree Town | 4–3 | Hemel Hempstead Town | |
| 25 | Panthers | 3–4 | Haringey Borough | |
| 26 | Tower Hamlets | 1–3 | Maidstone Town | |
| 27 | Canterbury City | 2–3 | Haywards Heath Town | |
| 28 | Aldershot Town | 5–0 | AFC Wimbledon | |
| 29 | Old Actonians | 6–0 | Ashford Girls | |
| 30 | Crawley Wasps | 1–2 | Eastbourne Town | |
| 31 | Launton | 1–4 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| 32 | Shanklin | 5–0 | Bracknell Town | |
| 33 | University of Portsmouth | 3–2 | Basingstoke Town | |
| 34 | Oxford United | 7–1 | Stony Stratford Town | |
| 35 | East Preston | 3–2 | Maidenhead United | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 36 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 8–3 | Stoke Lane Athletic | |
| 37 | Keynsham Town Development | 2–4 | Swindon Supermarine | |
| 38 | Frome Town | 0–1 | Marine Academy Plymouth | |

## Third round qualifying

All games were played on 25 October 2009, with the exception of the Harraby Catholic Club v Hull City tie, which was played on 8 November in Hull after twice having been postponed.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Sheffield | 1–2 | Whitley Bay | |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 2–6 | Peterlee RA | |
| 3 | Harraby Cotholic Club | 1–12 | Hull City | Match played in Hull after twice being postponed. |
| 4 | Bolton Wanderers | 0–7 | Sheffield United Community | |
| 5 | Long Eaton United | 2–0 | Peterborough Northern Star | |
| 6 | Leamington Lions | 4–1 | Corby S&L | After extra time. |
| 7 | Hereford Phoenix | 3–5 | Loughborough Students | |
| 8 | Dudley United | 2–1 | Sandiacre Town | |
| 9 | Woodbridge Town | 3–3 | Chelmsford City | After extra time. Woodbridge Town won 8–7 on penalties. |
| 10 | Braintree Town | 0–3 | Sawbridgeworth Town | |
| 11 | Kettering Town | 1–5 | Barking | |
| 12 | Bedford | 2–1 | Arlesey Town | |
| 13 | Aldershot Town | 3–5 | Old Actonians | |
| 14 | Haywards Heath Town | 1–2 | Maidstone Town | |
| 15 | Haringey Borough | 2–1 | Eastbourne Town | |
| 16 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1–7 | East Preston | |
| 17 | Beaconsfield SYCOB | 0–5 | Swindon Supermarine | |
| 18 | Shanklin | 1–0 | Oxford United | |
| 19 | Marine Academy Plymouth | 2–0 | University of Portsmouth | |

## First round

All games were originally scheduled for 8 November 2009. The tie between Cullompton Rangers and Forest Green Rovers was postponed four times, before Cullompton withdrew from the competition, allowing Forest Green to progress to the next round.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Liverpool Feds | 4–0 | Peterlee RA | |
| 2 | Salford | W/O | Darlington RA | Tie awarded to Salford. Darlington RA withdrew. |
| 3 | Stockport County | 3–1 | Bradford City | |
| 4 | Whitley Bay | 7–1 | Blackpool Wren Rovers | |
| 5 | Hull City | 0–9 | Rochdale | |
| 6 | Tranmere Rovers | 1–6 | Rotherham United | |
| 7 | Sheffield United Community | 1–2 | Middlesbrough | |
| 8 | South Durham & Cestria | 1–2 | Wakefield | |
| 9 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1–3 | Sporting Club Albion | |
| 10 | Stoke City | 5–4 | Loughborough Students | After extra time. |
| 11 | Long Eaton United | 0–2 | Coventry City | |
| 12 | Leafield Athletic | 8–0 | Leamington Lions | |
| 13 | Copsewood Coventry | 7–1 | Scunthorpe United | |
| 14 | Leicester City | 2–3 | Loughborough Foxes | After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes. |
| 15 | Dudley United | 2–1 | The New Saints | |
| 16 | Haringey Borough | 3–1 | Barking | |
| 17 | Enfield Town | 3–1 | Maidstone Town | |
| 18 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0–1 | Northampton Town | |
| 19 | East Preston | 2–1 | Ebbsfleet United | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 20 | Cambridge | 5–0 | Sawbridgeworth Town | |
| 21 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3–0 | Old Actonians | |
| 22 | Gillingham | 6–0 | Oxford City | |
| 23 | Lewes | 5–2 | Ipswich Town | |
| 24 | Dagenham & Redbridge | W/O | Norwich City | Tie awarded to Norwich City. Dagenham & Redbridge withdrew. |
| 25 | Welwyn Garden City | W/O | Woodbridge Town | Tie awarded to Woodbridge Town. Welwyn Garden City withdrew. |
| 26 | Bedford | 0–3 | Chesham United | |
| 27 | Shanklin | 0–2 | Havant & Waterlooville | |
| 28 | Plymouth Argyle | 5–1 | Swindon Supermarine | Tie played in Swindon after twice being postponed. |
| 29 | Marine Academy Plymouth | 0–3 | Yeovil Town | Played in Yeovil. |
| 30 | Cullompton Rangers | W/O | Forest Green Rovers | Tie awarded to Forest Green Rovers. Cullompton Rangers withdrew. |
| 31 | Swindon Town | 3–2 | Winscombe | |
| 32 | Reading Town | 1–7 | Newquay | |

## Second round

All games were originally scheduled for 29 November 2009.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Whitley Bay | 2–3 | Rochdale | |
| 2 | Salford | 0–2 | Middlesbrough | Tie played at Middlesbrough after twice being postponed. |
| 3 | Rotherham United | 2–3 | Liverpool Feds | Tie played at Liverpool Feds after twice being postponed. |
| 4 | Stockport County | 1–0 | Wakefield | |
| 5 | Coventry City | 7–0 | Leafield Athletic | |
| 6 | Sporting Club Albion | 4–1 | Loughborough Foxes | |
| 7 | Copsewood Coventry | 2–3 | Stoke City | |
| 8 | Cambridge | 2–1 | Dudley United | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 9 | Norwich City | 3–1 | Chesham United | Match played at Chesham United after twice being postponed. |
| 10 | Lewes | 5–1 | Haringey Borough | |
| 11 | Woodbridge Town | 0–1 | East Preston | |
| 12 | Enfield Town | 0–3 | Gillingham | |
| 13 | Milton Keynes Dons | 2–0 | Northampton Town | |
| 14 | Newquay | 2–0 | Swindon Town | |
| 15 | Plymouth Argyle | 2–5 | Havant & Waterlooville | Tie played at Havant & Waterlooville after twice being postponed. |
| 16 | Yeovil Town | 4–1 | Forest Green Rovers | |

## Third round

All games were originally scheduled for 13 December 2009.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Liverpool Feds | 1–0 | Rochdale | |
| 2 | Liverpool | 4–1 | Preston North End | |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 5–2 | Stockport County | |
| 4 | Middlesbrough | 1–2 | Curzon Ashton | |
| 5 | Leeds City Vixens | 1–0 | Manchester City | |
| 6 | OOH Lincoln Ladies | 2–2 | Newcastle United | After extra time. Lincoln won 3–2 on penalties. |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 3–2 | Sporting Club Albion | |
| 8 | Stoke City | 2–6 | Leicester City | |
| 9 | Luton Town | 4–1 | Cambridge | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. Tie played in Cambridge after three postponements. |
| 10 | Coventry City | 1–4 | Derby County | |
| 11 | Reading | 1–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 0–3 | West Ham United | |
| 13 | Gillingham | 1–4 | Barnet | |
| 14 | Lewes | 0–5 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| 15 | Crystal Palace | 0–0 | WFC Fulham | After extra time. WFC Fulham won 5–4 on penalties. |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3–5 | Norwich City | Tie played in Norwich after three postponements. |
| 17 | Colchester United | 4–0 | East Preston | |
| 18 | Yeovil Town | 3–1 | Newquay | Tie played at Newquay after twice being postponed. |
| 19 | Keynsham Town | 2–3 | Portsmouth | |
| 20 | Havant & Waterlooville | 2–1 | Cardiff City | Tie played in Cardiff after twice being postponed. |

## Fourth round

All games were originally scheduled for 10 January 2010.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Liverpool Feds | 0–5 | Curzon Ashton | |
| 2 | Bristol Academy | 1–2 | West Ham United | |
| 3 | OOH Lincoln Ladies | 3–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 2–1 | Luton Town | |
| 5 | WFC Fulham | 0–6 | Blackburn Rovers | |
| 6 | Everton | 6–2 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| 7 | Reading | 1–1 | Aston Villa | After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes. Aston Villa won 5–4 on penalties. |
| 8 | Liverpool | 1–2 | Chelsea | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 9 | Norwich City | 1–3 | Yeovil Town | |
| 10 | Nottingham Forest | 3–2 | Leeds City Vixens | |
| 11 | Leeds Carnegie | 4–1 | Watford | |
| 12 | Leicester City | 0–3 | Millwall Lionesses | |
| 13 | Arsenal | 4–1 | Sunderland | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |
| 14 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 6–1 | Havant & Waterlooville | |
| 15 | Birmingham City | 4–1 | Derby County | |
| 16 | Colchester United | 2–3 | Barnet | After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes. |

## Fifth round

All games were played on 7 or 14 February 2010.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Blackburn Rovers | 1–0 | OOH Lincoln Ladies | After extra time. 0–0 after 90 minutes. |
| 2 | Curzon Ashton | 1–2 | Aston Villa | |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 0–1 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | |
| 4 | West Ham United | 2–3 | Barnet | After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes. |
| 5 | Yeovil Town | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | |
| 6 | Everton | 7–0 | Portsmouth | |
| 7 | Arsenal | 3–2 | Leeds Carnegie | |
| 8 | Chelsea | 3–1 | Millwall Lionesses | After extra time. 1–1 after 90 minutes. |

## Sixth round

The games at Arsenal and Everton were played on their original scheduled date of 14 February. The ties at Aston Villa and barnet, were scheduled to be played a week later, but snow and waterlogged pitch meant they were not played until 7 March.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Aston Villa | 3–4 | Chelsea | After extra time. 2–2 after 90 minutes. |
| 2 | Barnet | 3–2 | Nottingham Forest | |
| 3 | Arsenal | 5–0 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | |
| 4 | Everton | 2–1 | Blackburn Rovers | |

## Semi-finals

The game at Everton was played on 14 March, while Barnet's tie at Everton took place on 4 April.
| Tie | Home team | Result | Away team | Notes |
| 1 | Everton | 2–0 | Barnet | |
| 2 | Chelsea | 0–4 | Arsenal | |