2018–19 FA Women's National League Cup explained

FA Women's National League Cup
Year:2018–19
Country:England
Num Teams:72
Matches:70
Goals:307
Prevseason:2017–18
Nextseason:2019–20
Updated:19:55, 28 April 2019 (UTC)

The 2018–19 FA Women's National League Cup is the 28th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the first since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football by The Football Association. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's National League, and for the fifth season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the National League Plate.[1]

All 72 National League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the National League Plate tournament. Blackburn Rovers is the reigning champions, having defeated Leicester City 3–1 the previous season.

Results

All results listed are published by The Football Association.[2] Games are listed by round in chronological order, and then in alphabetical order of the home team where matches were played simultaneously.

The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (S)=Southern Division; (N)=Northern Division; (SW1)=Division One South West; (SE1)=Division One South East; (M1)=Division One Midlands; (N1)=Division One North.

Qualifying rounds

Determining round

The competition begins with a Determining Round, which consisted of all 72 teams in the FA Women's National League being drawn in pairs. The winners of these 36 games progress to the next stage of the competition, while the losers qualify for the 2018–19 FA Women's National League Plate.[3]

Competition proper

First round

With 36 teams progressing from the determining round, four needed to be eliminated to allow a single-elimination knockout tournament to take place. Twenty eight of the winners from the determining round were given byes to the second round, with eight teams being drawn against each other in first round ties.

Third round

Final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About the FA WPL . https://archive.today/20151129104659/http://www.thefa.com/wpl/about-the-fa-wpl . dead . 29 November 2015 . The Football Association . 12 July 2016 .
  2. Web site: FA WPL Cup 2018 - 2019 . Full Time . The Football Association . 14 August 2018.
  3. Web site: #FAWNLCup : Determining Round draw made . She Kicks . 14 August 2018 . 14 August 2018.