2014–15 Welsh Women's Cup Explained

FAW Women's Cup
Year:	2014–15
Other Title:	The Welsh Women's Cup
Country:	Wales
Num Teams:	30
Champions:	Swansea City
Runner-Up:	Cardiff City
Prevseason:	2013–14
Nextseason:	2015–16

The 2014–15 FAW Women's Cup is the 23rd season of Wales' national women's association football knock-out competition. 30 teams took part in the competition. Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. were the defending champions.

Format

Play is a straight knock-out. First two rounds are drawn on a regional basis. Both finalists from last season receive a bye to the second round.

Results

First round

Drawn on 21 August 2014.^[1] Played on 19 October 2014. Hafren United, Cambrian & Clydach, Llanyrafon Ladies and Caerphilly Castle withdraw.

Central
	1–5	Wrexham Ladies
		Llanfair United Ladies
North
Caernarfon Town Women	1–3	Denbigh Town Ladies FC
Kinmel Bay Ladies	6–0	Prestatyn Town Ladies
Llandudno Ladies FC	6–5	Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies
South
Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies	0–6	Pontardawe Town Ladies FC
Camrose Ladies	0–1	Landore Colts Ladies
	2–1	Port Talbot Town Ladies
Cyncoed Ladies	13–1	Vale Ladies & Girls
Llanyrafon Ladies	w/o	Cwmbran Celtic Ladies FC
Merthyr Town Ladies FC	w/o	Cambrian & Clydach Ladies
Newcastle Emlyn Ladies	6–0	Dafen Welfare Ladies FC
Penybont Ladies	1–4	Pontypridd Town Ladies
PILCS Ladies FC	w/o	Caerphilly Castle Ladies & Girls

Second round

Cardiff Met. and Swansea City are joined by 14 winners from the first round. Played 16 November 2014.^{[2] [3]}

Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C.	5–0	PILCS Ladies FC
	1–5	Swansea City
Cyncoed Ladies	4–3	Landore Colts Ladies
Kinmel Bay Ladies	0–4	Denbigh Town Ladies FC
Llanfair United Ladies	1–5	Llandudno Ladies FC
Merthyr Town Ladies FC	0–7	Cardiff City FC Women
Pontardawe Town Ladies FC	2–5	Pontypridd Town Ladies
Wrexham Ladies	3–0	Newcastle Emlyn Ladies

Quarter-finals

Played on 15 February 2015.^{[4] [5]} Three non Premier League teams remain, Denbigh, Cyncoed and Pontypridd.

Cardiff City	5–0	Denbigh Town Ladies
	1–3 a.e.t.	Cyncoed Ladies
Wrexham Ladies	3–2 a.e.t.	Pontypridd Town Ladies
Swansea City	1–0	Cardiff Met.

Semi-finals

Draw held on 16 February 2015.^[6] Games will be played at a neutral venue on 22 March 2015.

	1–4 a.e.t.	Cardiff City
Swansea City	5–0	Cyncoed Ladies

Final

External links

• Cup at faw.org.uk
• Cup at welshpremier.co.uk

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three All-Welsh Premier Women's League Ties. faw.org.uk. 8 September 2014. 21 August 2014.
2. Web site: She Kicks – News Section: Welsh Cup 2nd Round Draw . 21 October 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102305/http://shekicks.net/news/view/10786 . dead .
3. Web site: She Kicks - News Section: Welsh Cup Round Up . www.shekicks.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205081835/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/10893 . 2014-12-05.
4. Web site: She Kicks - News Section: Welsh Cup Quarter-final Draw . www.shekicks.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205081632/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/10908 . 2014-12-05.
5. Web site: She Kicks - News Section: Swansea Knock Holders Out Of Welsh Cup . www.shekicks.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216192815/http://www.shekicks.net/news/view/11269 . 2015-02-16.
6. Web site: FAW Women's Cup Semi-finals Draw – Welsh Premier League . 28 February 2015 . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153739/http://www.welshpremier.co.uk/news/FAW-Womenand39;s-Cup-Semi-finals-Draw-/99182/ . dead .