The 2014–15 Women's FA Cup was the 45th staging of the FA Women's Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Arsenal were the defending champions, having beaten Everton 2–0 in the previous final, but lost in the quarter-finals to Chelsea. The 2015 Final took place at Wembley Stadium for the first time, and was held on 1 August 2015. The match was televised live on BBC One.[1]
Teams
A total of 257 teams entered the 2014–15 FA Women's Cup, with the level of league football played by each team determining the stage of the competition where they were inserted. Teams which played in WSL1, the highest level of league football for women in England, entered in the fifth round.
Round
Previous round winners
Entered at this stage
Total teams competing
Games played
Goals scored
Preliminary round
–
64
64
31
181
First round qualifying
32
108
140
69
415
Second round qualifying
70
–
70
34
136
Third round qualifying
35
41
76
37
199
First round
38
2
40
20
69
Second round
20
24
44
21
106
Third round
22
10
32
16
70
Fourth round
16
–
16
8
31
Fifth round
8
8
16
8
33
Sixth round
8
–
8
4
15
Semi-finals
4
–
4
2
4
Final
2
–
2
1
1
The preliminary round, first, second and third qualifying rounds, and the second round proper each saw one tie cancelled due to the withdrawal or disqualification of one of the teams.
64 teams entered this stage, with the matches being played on 7 September 2014 and the winners receiving £125. The draw was made on 29 August 2014.[3][4][5]
Tie
Home team
Result
Away team
Notes
1
Rutherford
4–1
Prudhoe Town
Tie awarded to Prudhoe Town, Rutherford removed from competition
Tie awarded to Torquay United after Kidlington withdrew from competition.
35
Truro City
1–3
Swindon Spitfires
Third round qualifying
45 clubs belonging to the Women's Premier League division one's Midlands, North, South and South West leagues entered at this stage of the competition.[9][10]
The draw for the first round was made on 3 November 2014. All ties with the exception of the matches at Chorley and C&K Basildon were played on 6 December 2014. The remaining two took place on 14 December 2014.[11][12][13]
After 90 minutes & extra time. Swindon Town won 5–4 on penalties.
Second round
The FA Women's Premier League teams entered at this stage. All matches were played on 11 January 2015.[14][15] The ties between Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall and Swindon Town and Carshalton Athletic were postponed with the later facing a FA investigation.[16] Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool Marshall eventually played the match on 25 January after postponements due to a waterlogged and frozen pitches.[17][18][19] Carhalton Athletic were awarded a walkover as Swindon Town were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player in the 3rd round of qualifying.[20]
The draw for the 3rd round was made at Wembley on 12 January 2015. Sides from the FA WSL 2 league enter the competition at this stage. All ties were played on 1 February 2015, with the exception of Doncaster's tie which was staged the day before. The winners of each match received £400.[22][23] Six matches were rearranged for 8 February due to adverse weather conditions.[24]
The eight winners of round four are joined by the eight 2014 FA WSL teams. The draw was held on 9 March 2015. Besides the eight WSL 1 teams, there remain four WSL 2 and four teams from the Premier League (Level 3) teams: Charlton Athletic, Coventry City, Sheffield, Tottenham.[28] Matches played on 22 March.[29]
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 13 April 2015.[32] The Everton v Notts County game was played on 3 May at Goodison Park.[33] The Chelsea v Manchester City game took place on 4 May at Adams Park.[33]
The final of the FA Women's Cup was held for the first time at Wembley Stadium. It was played on 1 August 2015. The match was broadcast live on BBC One.
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