1996–97 FA Women's Cup

1996–97 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Millwall Lionesses
Runner-up	Wembley
	← 1995–96 1997–98 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1996–97 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 8 September 1996 and 4 May 1997. It was the 27th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Millwall Lionesses, who defeated Wembley in the final.^[1]

The tournament consisted of one preliminary round and eight rounds of competition proper.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[2]

Preliminary round

All games were scheduled for 8 September 1996.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Bedford Bells	1–0	Cambridge United
2	Truro City	1–7	Barry Town

First round

All games were scheduled for 29 September 1996.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Abbey Rangers	8–0	Camberwell Old Fallopians
2	Bangor City	5–1	Stockport County
3	Barnet	3–1	Winchester & Ealing
4	Barry Town	3–1	Plymouth Pilgrims
5	Bath City	6–2	Wokingham Town
6	Belper Town	1–7	Tamworth
7	Binfield	W–O	Freeway	Walkover for Binfield
8	Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Barnsley
9	Bracknell Town	1–9	Yate Town
10	Brentford & Hampton	5–0	Luton
11	Cambridge City	3–5	Clacton
12	Canary Racers	1–2	Calverton MW
13	Cardiff County	1–0	Thame United
14	Charlton	4–1	Farnborough Town
15	Chelmsford City	2–1	Leatherhead
16	Chester City	6–0	Brighouse
17	Cinderford Town	0–10	Swindon Town
18	Clapton	3–2	Enfield
19	Clevedon United	0–6	Portsmouth
20	Colchester	0–3	Newcastle Town
21	Collier Row	5–1	Chipstead
22	Darlington	4–2	Runcorn
23	Denham United	6–1	Camberley Town
24	Derby County	3–4	Bedford Bells
25	Doncaster Rovers	8–1	Winsford United
26	Dulwich Hamlet	3–2	Gillingham
27	Dunstable	O–W	Chelsea	Walkover for Chelsea
28	Elmore Eagles	0–4	Cable–Tel (Newport)
29	Exeter Rangers	3–7	Bristol City
30	Hackney	4–1	Aylesbury Stocklake	Match abandoned after 76 minutes due to player injury, result stands.
31	Haslingden	0–7	Oldham Athletic
32	Hassocks	1–2	Harlow Town	AET
33	Hastings Town	1–6	Harlequins
34	Haverhill Rovers	2–3	Shrewsbury Town
35	Kirklees	1–3	Leeds United
36	Leek Town	1–2	Highfield Rangers
37	Leicester City	1–0	Norwich United
38	London Women	9–1	Queens Park Rangers Ladies South
39	Lowestoft Town	12–0	Rea Valley Rovers
40	Manchester Belle Vue	0–1	Middlesbrough
41	Mill Hill United	11–0	Great Wakering Rovers
42	Milton Keynes Athletic	0–3	Coventry City
43	Nettleham	1–2	Birmingham City
44	Newcastle	0–1	Chester Le Street Town
45	Newham	5–0	Redbridge Wanderers
46	Newsham Park Hospital	1–2	Manchester United
47	Okeford United	3–2	Bridgwater Town
48	Preston Rangers	9–0	Whalley Rangers
49	Pye	1–3	Colchester United
50	Radcliffe Borough	6–0	Wrexham
51	Reading Royals	7–0	Frome
52	Rochdale	10–0	Deans
53	Romford	O–W	Slough Town	Walkover for Slough Town
54	Sawbridgeworth Town	4–1	Stanway
55	Scunthorpe Ironesses	2–3	Stockport
56	Sheffield Hallam United	1–2	Warrington Town
57	Sherborne	3–1	Barnstaple Town
58	Sunderland	3–4	Chesterfield	AET
59	Surbiton Town	2–1	Crowborough Athletic
60	Swindon Town Spitfires	10–0	Clevedon Town
61	Teynham Gunners	2–8	St Georges (Eltham)
62	Tottenham Hotspur	11–0	Stevenage
63	Trafford	1–3	Liverpool Feds
64	Wakefield	7–0	York City
65	Watford & Evergreen	3–2	Chesham United
66	West Ham United	1–2	Fulham	AET
67	Wigan	2–1	Hull City
68	Worcester City	8–3	Newton Abbot

Second round

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 November 1996.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Abbey Rangers	4–5	Chelmsford City
2	Barry Town	18–0	Bristol City
3	Bath City	2–2	Okeford United	AET
3 (Replay)	Okeford United	2–1	Bath City
4	Bedford Bells	0–1	Three Bridges	AET
5	Berkhamsted Town	8–0	Lowestoft Town
6	Blackburn Rovers	W–O	Bronte	Walkover for Blackburn Rovers
7	Bradford City	1–2	Blyth Spartans Kestrels
8	Brentford & Hampton	1–3	Whitehawk
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Newham
10	Cardiff County	1–3	Cable–Tel (Newport)
11	Charlton	0–4	Dulwich Hamlet
12	Chesterfield	1–3	Bangor City
13	Colchester United	1–4	Collier Row
14	Coventry City	3–1	Leicester City
15	Doncaster Rovers	2–4	Huddersfield Town	AET
16	Fulham	2–3	Clapton
17	Garswood Saints	2–1	Manchester United
18	Hackney	3–4	Denham United
19	Harlequins	3–1	Clacton
20	Harlow Town	0–4	Mill Hill United
21	Highfield Rangers	4–2	Chester City
22	Ipswich Town	3–0	Surbiton Town
23	Langford	0–1	Chelsea
24	London Women	2–2	Sawbridgeworth Town	AET
25	Middlesbrough	W–O	Chester Le Street Town	Walkover for Middlesbrough
26	Notts County	0–5	Newcastle Town
27	Oldham Athletic	11–3	Warrington Town
28	Portsmouth	0–1	Oxford United
29	Radcliffe Borough	2–3	Preston Rangers
30	Reading Royals	5–0	Swindon Town
31	Rochdale	0–7	Leeds United
32	Sawbridgeworth Town	0–2	London Women
33	Sheffield Wednesday	8–1	Darlington
34	Sherborne	5–2	Yate Town
35	Slough Town	0–6	Swindon Town Spitfires
36	St Georges (Eltham)	2–5	Leyton Orient
37	Stockport	3–0	Liverpool Feds
38	Stourport Swifts	3–1	Shrewsbury Town
39	Tamworth	1–5	Calverton MW
40	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Wimbledon
41	Town & County Diamonds	0–2	Birmingham City
42	Wakefield	8–0	Wigan
43	Watford & Evergreen	1–3	Barnet
44	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–5	Aston Villa
45	Worcester City	0–2	Binfield

Third round

All games were originally scheduled for 1 and 8 December 1996.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Bangor City	2–2	Newcastle Town	AET
1 (Replay)	Newcastle Town	1–1	Bangor City	AET. Bangor City Girls won 5–3 on penalties
2	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Preston Rangers
3	Blyth Spartans Kestrels	1–4	Garswood Saints
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	7–2	Cable–Tel (Newport)
5	Calverton MW	1–2	Stockport
6	Chelmsford City	1–1	Barnet	AET
6 (Replay)	Barnet	2–2	Chelmsford City	AET. Chelmsford won 5–3 on penalties
7	Clapton	1–5	Barry Town
8	Collier Row	3–1	Birmingham City
9	Coventry City	2–3	Huddersfield Town
10	Dulwich Hamlet	1–6	Berkhamsted Town
11	Harlequins	0–12	Tottenham Hotspur
12	Highfield Rangers	1–0	Oldham Athletic
13	Leeds United	2–5	Aston Villa
14	London Women	0–5	Sherborne
15	Middlesbrough	3–2	Stourport Swifts
16	Mill Hill United	0–1	Ipswich Town
17	Okeford United	1–2	Denham United
18	Oxford United	1–4	Reading Royals
19	Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	Wakefield
20	Swindon Town Spitfires	0–1	Chelsea
21	Three Bridges	1–2	Leyton Orient
22	Whitehawk	2–1	Binfield

Fourth round

All games were originally scheduled for 5, 12 and 19 January 1997.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Arsenal	6–0	Barry Town
2	Aston Villa	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
3	Chelmsford City	2–5	Huddersfield Town
4	Chelsea	0–3	Millwall Lionesses
5	Croydon	2–1	Liverpool
6	Doncaster Belles	10–1	Sheffield Wednesday
7	Garswood Saints	3–4	Ilkeston Town
8	Highfield Rangers	2–3	Berkhamsted Town
9	Ipswich Town	0–8	Middlesbrough
10	Preston Rangers	12–0	Denham United
11	Reading Royals	2–1	Leyton Orient
12	Sherborne	0–7	Everton
13	Southampton Saints	4–0	Whitehawk
14	Stockport	2–6	Bangor City
15	Tottenham Hotspur	7–2	Collier Row
16	Tranmere Rovers	1–2	Wembley	AET

Fifth round

All games were played on 2 February 1997.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Arsenal	9–0	Huddersfield Town
2	Bangor City	0–2	Everton
3	Berkhamsted Town	1–1	Southampton Saints	AET
3 (Replay)	Southampton Saints	2–3	Berkhamsted Town
4	Middlesbrough	0–3	Ilkeston Town
5	Millwall Lionesses	3–0	Doncaster Belles
6	Reading Royals	2–4	Aston Villa
7	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Croydon
8	Wembley	1–0	Preston Rangers	AET

Sixth round

All games were played on 2 March 1997.

Tie	Home team	Result	Away team	Notes
1	Berkhamsted Town	0–0	Wembley	AET
1 (Replay)	Wembley	3–1	Berkhamsted Town	AET
2	Croydon	1–0	Everton
3	Ilkeston Town	2–4	Arsenal
4	Millwall Lionesses	4–1	Aston Villa	AET