2020–21 Women's FA Cup

For the men's event, see 2020–21 FA Cup.

The 2020–21 Women's FA Cup was the 51st staging of the Women's FA Cup, a knockout cup competition for women's football teams in England. Manchester City were the defending champions, having beaten Everton 3–1 in the previous final.^[1] The draw was split regionally until the fourth round proper.

2020–21 Women's FA Cup

Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	376
Final positions
Champions	Chelsea (3rd title)
Runner-up	Arsenal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	369
Goals scored	1,904 (5.16 per match)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Teams

A total of 376 teams had their entries to the tournament accepted by The Football Association, an increase of 76 from the previous year.^[2] 174 teams from outside the top four divisions will enter at the extra preliminary round with another 109 joining in the preliminary round. The 47 teams that play in the FA Women's National League Division One (tier 4) are given exemption to the second round qualifying, while teams in the Northern and Southern Premier Divisions (tier 3) enter at the second round proper. Teams in the FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship (tiers 1 and 2) are exempted to the fourth round proper.^[3]

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs involved	Winners from previous round	Games played	Goals scored	Prize money
						Winner	Loser
Extra preliminary round	376	174	–	82	520	£300	£75
Preliminary round	290	196	87	95	540	£360	£90
First round qualifying	192	98	98	49	235	£400	£100
Second round qualifying	143	96[a]	49	47	228	£450	£115
Third round qualifying	95	48	48	24	93	£600	£150
First round	71	24	24	12	51	£850	£215
Second round	59	36[b]	12	16	61	£1,000	£250
Third round	41	18	18	9	29	£1,250	£315
Fourth round	32	32[c]	9	16	87	£2,000	£500
Fifth round	16	16	16	8	38	£3,000	£750
Quarter-final	8	8	8	4	17	£4,000	£1,000
Semi-final	4	4	4	2	6	£5,000	£1,250
Final	2	2	2	1	3	£25,000	£15,000

1. 47 FA Women's National League Division One teams added
2. 24 FA Women's National League Premier Division teams added
3. 23 FA Women's Championship and FA WSL teams added

Extra preliminary round

Bristol Rovers (in blue) and Bristol & West prepare to kick off

As a result of 376 teams entering the competition, 174 teams were drawn into an extra preliminary round, which were played on Sunday 6 September 2020.^[4]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Boro Rangers (6) 0–1 Workington Reds (6) 2 Birtley Town (7) 0–3 Bishop Auckland (6) 3 Stanwix (7) 0–6 South Shields (5) 4 Wallsend BC (5) 6–1 Hartlepool United (5) 5 Gateshead Leam Rangers (7) 1–3 CLS Amazons (7) 6 Appleby Frodingham (7) 4–3 South Cave Sporting Club (7) 7 Harworth Colliery (7) 6–1 Silsden (7) 8 Wakefield Trinity (6) 5–0 Hepworth United (6) 9 Harrogate Town (5) 3–1 Farsley Celtic (5) 10 Yorkshire Amateurs (7) A–W Altofts (6) Yorkshire Amateurs withdrew. 11 Rotherham United (5) 3–3 (3–0 p) Oughtbridge WM (5) 12 Crewe Alexandra (5) 1–0 West Didsbury & Chorlton (5) 13 Tranmere Rovers (5) 2–3 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 14 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 5–1 Chester FC (6) 15 Curzon Ashton (6) 7–2 Haslingden (7) 16 Merseyrail (5) 5–0 Mossley AFC (7) 17 Didsbury (6) 1–2 Northwich Vixens (6) 18 FC United of Manchester (5) 13–0 West Kirby (6) 66 19 Mossley Hill (5) 12–0 Ashton United (7) 20 AFC Darwen (6) 9–0 Nelson (7) 21 Grimsby Borough (6) H–W Pride Park (7) Pride Park withdrew. 22 Notts County (6) 4–4 (2–3 p) Lincoln United (6) 23 AFC Leicester (6) 0–5 Woodlands (5) 24 Sherwood (6) H–W HBW United (7) HBW United withdrew. 25 Rise Park (5) 3–0 Asfordby Amateurs (7) 26 Dronfield Town (7) 2–1 Arnold Eagles (6) 27 Arnold Town (6) A–W Allexton & New Parks (7) Arnold Town withdrew. 28 Beaumont Park (6) 6–2 Groby (7) 29 Coalville Town (6) 2–7 Oadby & Wigston (6) 30 Darlaston Town 1874 (7) 2–6 Shifnal Town (6) 31 Kingfisher (6) 0–3 Knowle (6) 32 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 5–0 Coventrians (7) 33 Westfields (7) 2–1 Leamington Lions (6) 34 Shrewsbury Junions (7) 0–5 Lye Town (5) 35 Coventry Sphinx (5) 3–0 Sandwell (6) 36 Tamworth (7) 8–0 Doveridge (7) 37 Solihull Sporting (6) 1–4 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 38 Cookley Sports (6) 2–1 Coundon Court (5) 39 Hereford Pegasus (7) 1–0 Rugby Borough (7) 40 Stourbridge (6) 8–0 Port Vale (6) 41 Walsall Wood (7) 0–6 Redditch United (5) 42 Tamworth Academy (6) 0–15 Worcester City (5) 43 Balls To Cancer (7) 1–9 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 44 Rugby Town (6) 2–6 Sedgley & Gornal United (6)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 45 St Ives Town (5) 12–0 Hartham United (7) 46 Newmarket Town (6) 3–3 (4–2 p) Wymondham Town (5) 47 Whittlesey Athletic (7) 1–3 Peterborough United (5) 48 Wroxham (5) 10–0 Kettering Town (5) 49 Bedford (5) 12–0 Corby Town (6) 50 Henley Athletic (7) 4–4 (4–5 p) March Town (7) 51 Northampton Town (5) 5–0 Haverhill Rovers (7) 52 Aylesford (5) 1–3 Ashford (6) 53 Herne Bay (6) 5–1 Whyteleafe (5) 54 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 6–1 Margate (7) 55 New London Lionesses (6) 4–2 Parkwood (6) 56 Hastings United (7) 0–2 Hackney (6) 57 Tunbridge Wells Foresters (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Ramsgate (6) 58 Runwell Sports (7) 0–6 Harlow Town (5) 59 Rayleigh Town (7) H–W Hoddesdon Town (6) Hoddesdon Town withdrew. 60 Chelmsford City (7) 3–2 Frontiers (7) 61 Colney Heath (5) 2–1 Herts Vipers (7) 62 Hemel Hempstead (7) 1–3 Garston (7) 63 Abingdon Town (6) 0–4 Abingdon United (5) 64 Banbury United (7) 1–2 Swindon Supermarine (6) 65 Woodley United (5) 5–2 Wargrave (7) 66 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (5) 1–1 (6–7 p) Brentford (6) 67 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 4–0 Oxford City (5) 68 Eastbourne United (6) 1–0 Pagham (7) 69 Badshot Lea (7) 7–3 Oakwood (6) 70 Walton Casuals (6) 4–0 AFC Littlehampton (6) 71 Mole Valley (7) 0–11 AFC Acorns (6) 72 Roffey (7) 1–4 Chichester City (7) 73 Seaford Town (7) 1–1 (3–1 p) Newhaven (6) 74 Burgess Hill Town (6) 0–10 Saltdean United (5) 75 AFC Stoneham (7) 10–0 Merley Cobham Sports (7) 76 Eastleigh (6) 1–10 AFC Bournemouth (5) 77 Bournemouth Sports (6) 21–0 Redlands (7) 78 Alton (6) 13–0 Meon Milton (7) 79 Longwell Green (7) 2–2 (5–6 p) Paulton Rovers (7) 80 FC Chippenham (7) 0–6 Oldland Abbotonians (6) 81 Bristol Ladies Union (6) 1–1 (2–4 p) Middlezoy Rovers (5) 82 Downend Flyers (6) 1–2 AEK Boco (6) 83 Bristol Rovers (7) 6–0 Bristol & West (7) 84 Banwell (7) 0–10 Ilminster Town (5) 85 St Agnes (6) 0–1 Saltash United (7) 86 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 21–0 Ottery St Mary (7) 87 AFC St Austell (6) 7–0 Feniton (6)

Preliminary round

98 matches were scheduled for the preliminary round on Sunday 20 September 2020, made up of the 87 winning teams from the extra preliminary round plus the 109 teams that were granted a bye into the preliminary round.^[5]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Lumley (6) 0–1 Spennymoor Town (7) 2 South Shields (5) 3–1 Gateshead Rutherford (7) 3 Blyth Town (6) 7–1 Guisborough Town (7) 4 Washington (6) 0–7 Alnwick Town (5) 5 Sunderland West End (6) 7–0 Carlisle United (6) 6 Durham United (7) 3–4 Workington Reds (6) 7 CLS Amazons (7) 1–2 Penrith AFC (6) 8 Hartlepool Pools Youth (7) 0–9 Wallsend BC (5) 9 Redcar Town (5) 6–1 Bishop Auckland (6) 10 Thackley AFC (7) 3–3 (3–4 p) Ripon City (7) 11 Hull United (6) 2–1 Millmoor Juniors (6) 12 Bradford Park Avenue (6) 1–4 Ossett United (5) 13 Sheffield Wednesday (5) 3–2 Harworth Colliery (7) 14 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 2–2 (3–1 p) Harrogate Town (5) 15 Brighouse Sports (7) 6–1 Appleby Frodingham (7) 16 York City (5) 4–0 Rotherham United (5) 17 Altofts (6) 3–4 Wakefield Trinity (6) 18 Curzon Ashton (6) 2–5 Blackburn Community SC (6) 19 Morecambe (5) 3–0 Salford City Lionesses (6) 20 Rylands (7) 0–14 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 21 AFC Darwen (6) 6–4 Sir Tom Finney FC (6) 22 FC United of Manchester (5) 9–0 Ashton Town (7) 119 23 Altrincham (6) 0–5 Northwich Vixens (6) 24 Mossley Hill (5) 1–2 Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 25 Merseyrail (5) 7–3 Cheadle Town Stingers (5) 26 SK Vipers (7) 0–8 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 27 Crewe Alexandra (5) 14–1 Accrington Stanley Community Trust (6) 28 Leicester City Ladies (5) 7–1 Oakham United (7) 29 Woodlands (5) 0–2 Oadby & Wigston (6) 30 St Joseph's Rockware of Worksop (6) 1–1 (1–3 p) Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 31 Grimsby Town (6) 5–1 Ollerton Town (5) 32 Cleethorpes Town (6) 1–2 Dronfield Town (7) 33 Beaumont Park (6) 2–1 Grimsby Borough (6) 34 Rise Park (5) H–W Allexton & New Parks (7) Allexton & New Parks withdrew. 35 Belper Town (7) 0–3 Sherwood (6) 36 Nottingham Trent University (7) 1–2 Lincoln United (6) 37 Westfields (7) 1–2 Worcester City (5) 38 Stockingford AA Pavilion (5) 0–3 Droitwich Spa (6) 39 AFC Telford United (6) 2–3 Knowle (6) 40 Cookley Sports (6) 2–1 Sedgley & Gornal United (6) 41 Tamworth (7) 3–2 Solihull Ladies United (5) 42 Hereford Pegasus (7) 0–7 Coventry Sphinx (5) 43 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 0–1 Crusaders (5) 44 Lye Town (5) 1–4 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 45 Stourbridge (6) 8–1 Wyrley (6) 46 Shifnal Town (6) 3–3 (3–5 p) Redditch United (5) 47 Desborough (7) 0–10 Netherton United (7) 48 Peterborough United (5) 4–4 (2–4 p) Royston Town (5) 49 Waveney (7) 2–2 (4–5 p) Brett Vale (7)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 50 AFC Sudbury (6) 3–1 Needham Market (6) 51 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 13–1 March Town (7) 52 Histon (6) 2–4 St Ives Town (5) 53 Bedford (5) 1–3 Northampton Town (5) 54 King's Lynn Town (6) 3–7 Wroxham (5) 55 Bungay Town (7) 0–5 Newmarket Town (6) 56 Bexhill United (6) 0–0 (1–4 p) Sutton United (6) 57 Regents Park Rangers (6) 2–1 Phoenix Sports (6) 58 Haringey Borough (5) 1–2 Fulham (5) 59 Comets (6) 1–1 (4–3 p) Herne Bay (6) 60 Millwall Lionesses (6) 0–8 New London Lionesses (6) 61 Islington Borough (6) 1–4 Ashford (6) 62 Dartford (5) 8–0 Ramsgate (6) 63 Hackney (6) 2–6 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 64 Southend United Community SC (7) 1–1 (3–1 p) Houghton Athletic (7) 65 Wodson Park (6) 1–2 Watford Development (6) 66 Chelmsford City (7) 1–2 Leigh Ramblers (6) 67 Rayleigh Town (7) 1–9 Luton Town (5) 68 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 5–0 Garston (7) 69 Colney Heath (5) 3–4 Harlow Town (5) 70 Denham United (5) 2–2 (5–3 p) Queens Park Rangers (5) 71 Ascot United (5) 6–0 Swindon Supermarine (6) 72 Brentford (6) 1–6 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 73 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 2–1 Eversley & California (7) 74 Tilehurst Panthers (6) 7–1 Slough Town (7) 75 Abingdon United (5) 6–0 Newbury (5) 76 Woodley United (5) 5–3 Milton United (7) 77 Steyning Town Community (6) 1–8 Worthing (6) 78 Seaford Town (7) 1–2 Badshot Lea (7) 79 AFC Acorns (6) 2–2 (4–5 p) Lancing (6) 80 Chichester City (7) 0–3 Eastbourne Town (5) 81 Woking (7) H–W Godalming Town (6) Godalming Town withdrew. 82 Eastbourne United (6) 0–2 Dorking Wanderers (7) 83 Walton Casuals (6) 3–5 Saltdean United (5) 84 Sherborne Town (6) 3–0 Bournemouth Sports (6) 85 Alton (6) 2–5 AFC Stoneham (7) 86 Shanklin (7) 0–8 Moneyfields (5) 87 New Milton Town (6) 0–5 Winchester City Flyers (5) 88 United Services Portsmouth (7) 0–9 AFC Bournemouth (5) 89 Pen Mill (6) A–W Ilminster Town (5) Pen Mill withdrew. 90 Weston Super Mare (6) 2–3 Portishead Town (5) 91 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 4–3 Bishops Lydeard (5) 92 Oldland Abbotonians (6) 2–0 Almondsbury (6) 93 Chipping Sodbury Town (6) 2–4 Bristol Rovers (7) 94 AEK Boco (6) 4–3 Paulton Rovers (7) 95 Helston Athletic (7) 5–4 Saltash United (7) 96 Callington Town (5) 2–1 Bideford (5) 97 Torquay United (5) 4–0 RNAS Culdrose (7) 98 AFC St Austell (6) 1–6 Marine Academy Plymouth (5)

First round qualifying

49 matches were scheduled for the first round qualifying on Sunday 4 October 2020, made up of the 98 winning teams from the preliminary round and did not include the introduction of any new teams.^[6]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Penrith AFC (6) 1–2 South Shields (5) 2 FC United of Manchester (5) 4–1 Wakefield Trinity (6) 89 3 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 1–1 (5–4 p) AFC Darwen (6) 4 Brighouse Sports (7) 2–3 Blyth Town (6) 5 Hull United (6) 1–2 Sunderland West End (6) 6 Farsley Celtic Juniors (6) 1–2 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 7 Morecambe (5) 5–2 Workington Reds (6) 8 Blackburn Community SC (6) 3–2 Alnwick Town (5) 9 Wallsend BC (5) 2–1 York City (5) 10 Spennymoor Town (7) 3–3 (4–3 p) Wythenshawe Amateurs (6) 11 Redcar Town (5) 0–4 Ossett United (5) 12 Ripon City (7) 1–4 Merseyrail (5) 13 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 1–0 Lincoln United (6) 14 Worcester City (5) 4–1 Droitwich Spa (6) 15 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (6) 2–3 Beaumont Park (6) 16 Oadby & Wigston (6) 5–2 Rise Park (5) 17 Crusaders (5) 4–0 Cookley Sports (6) 18 Tamworth (7) 1–2 Dronfield Town (7) 19 Leicester City Ladies (5) 0–9 Grimsby Town (6) 20 Sheffield Wednesday (5) 1–1 (4–5 p) Northwich Vixens (6) 21 Crewe Alexandra (5) 1–4 Coventry Sphinx (5) 22 Knowle (6) 0–6 Stourbridge (6) 23 Redditch United (5) 4–0 Sherwood (6) 24 Netherton United (7) 5–4 Leigh Ramblers (6) 25 Northampton Town (5) 0–1 St Ives Town (5)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 26 Bowers & Pitsea (5) 0–1 Harlow Town (5) 27 Royston Town (5) 8–0 Brett Vale (7) 28 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 10–0 Southend United Community SC (7) 29 Luton Town (5) 5–0 Wroxham (5) 30 AFC Sudbury (6) 3–3 (2–4 p) Newmarket Town (6) 31 Dartford (5) 7–1 Winchester City Flyers (5) 32 Ascot United (5) 0–3 Denham United (5) 33 Moneyfields (5) 1–1 (3–4 p) AFC Bournemouth (5) 34 Lancing (6) 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 35 Watford Development (6) 1–9 Ashford (6) 36 Eastbourne Town (5) 2–0 Tilehurst Panthers (6) 37 Badshot Lea (7) 1–6 Saltdean United (5) 38 Comets (6) 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 39 Worthing (6) 6–0 Sutton United (6) 40 Woking (7) 1–2 Abingdon United (5) 41 Regents Park Rangers (6) 0–5 New London Lionesses (6) 42 Dorking Wanderers (7) 1–7 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 43 Fulham (5) 5–0 Woodley United (5) 44 Callington Town (5) 1–2 Ilminster Town (5) 45 Bristol Rovers (7) 1–1 (3–4 p) AEK Boco (6) 46 Torquay United (5) 0–12 Portishead Town (5) 47 Sherborne Town (6) 2–1 Oldland Abbotonians (6) 48 Marine Academy Plymouth (5) 3–5 Helston Athletic (7) 49 Middlezoy Rovers (5) 2–2 (1–3 p) AFC Stoneham (7)

Second round qualifying

48 matches were scheduled for the second round qualifying on Sunday 18 October 2020, made up of the 49 winning teams from the first round qualifying and included the introduction of 47 teams from the fourth-tier FA Women's National League Division One.^[7]

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Merseyrail (5) 3–2 Bolton Ladies (4) 2 Stockport County (4) 0–2 Leeds United (4) 3 Ossett United (5) 0–5 Liverpool Feds (4) 4 Brighouse Town (4) 6–0 Spennymoor Town (7) 5 Warrington Wolves Foundation (6) 2–3 Durham Cestria (4) 6 Blyth Town (6) 0–5 Barnsley (4) 7 Norton & Stockton Ancients (4) 2–5 FC United of Manchester (5) 100 8 Chorley (4) H–W Wallsend BC (5) Wallsend Boys Club withdrew. 9 Chester-le-Street (4) 9–0 South Shields (5) 10 Bradford City (4) 0–2 Sunderland West End (6) 11 Morecambe (5) 1–2 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 12 Newcastle United (4) 11–0 Blackburn Community SC (6) 13 Dronfield Town (7) 1–2 Coventry Sphinx (5) 14 Worcester City (5) 0–5 Stourbridge (6) 15 Sporting Khalsa (4) 4–2 Leafield Athletic (4) 16 Sutton Coldfield Town (5) 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 201[8] 17 Lincoln City (4) 10–1 Burton Albion (4) 18 Oadby & Wigston (6) 2–3 Crusaders (5) 19 Beaumont Park (6) 1–2 Boldmere St. Michaels (4) 20 Solihull Moors (4) 2–2 (3–2 p) Bedworth United (4) 21 Holwell Sports (4) 7–2 Grimsby Town (6) 22 Redditch United (5) 1–1 (4–1 p) Doncaster Rovers Belles (4) 23 Long Eaton United (4) 7–1 Netherton United (7) 24 Northwich Vixens (6) 1–2 Wem Town (4)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 25 Harlow Town (5) 5–1 St Ives Town (5) 26 Newmarket Town (6) 1–5 Norwich City (4) 27 Billericay Town (4) 4–1 Cambridge United (4) 28 Luton Town (5) 1–0 Cambridge City (4) 29 Hashtag United (4) 0–2 Enfield Town (4) 30 Stevenage (4) 3–3 (3–5 p) Royston Town (5) 31 Ipswich Town (4) 10–0 Peterborough Northern Star (5) 32 AFC Wimbledon (4) 6–0 Ashford (6) 33 Actonians (4) 6–2 Saltdean United (5) 34 New London Lionesses (6) 1–1 (3–4 p) Worthing (6) 35 Dartford (5) 1–1 (2–3 p) Eastbourne Town (5) 36 Dulwich Hamlet (5) 0–1 Leyton Orient (4) 582[9] 37 Fulham (5) 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers (5) 38 Maidenhead United (4) 1–0 Denham United (5) 39 Abingdon United (5) 1–3 Chesham United (4) 40 Ashford Town (Middx) (5) 2–2 (4–5 p) Kent Football United (4) 41 AEK Boco (6) 4–3 Larkhall Athletic (4) 42 Portishead Town (5) 2–0 Sherborne Town (6) 43 Cheltenham Town (4) 3–0 Brislington (4) 44 Exeter City (4) 2–1 Swindon Town (4) 45 AFC Stoneham (7) 1–6 Buckland Athletic (4) 46 Ilminster Town (5) 4–1 Poole Town (4) 47 Helston Athletic (7) 0–11 Southampton F.C. Women (4) 48 Southampton Women's F.C. (4) 1–3 AFC Bournemouth (5)

Third round qualifying

24 matches were scheduled for the third round qualifying on Sunday 1 November 2020, made up of the 48 winning teams from the second round qualifying and did not include the introduction of any new teams.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Fleetwood Town Wrens (5) 0–3 Liverpool Feds (4) 2 FC United of Manchester (5) 2–1 Chorley (4) 3 Barnsley (4) 4–1 Leeds United (4) 4 Brighouse Town (4) 3–0 Merseyrail (5) 5 Newcastle United (4) 4–1 Sunderland West End (6) 6 Chester-le-Street (4) 3–2 Durham Cestria (4) 7 Solihull Moors (4) 3–0 Sporting Khalsa (4) 8 Holwell Sports (4) 0–2 Lincoln City (4) 9 Stourbridge (6) 3–0 Crusaders (5) 10 Wem Town (4) 4–3 Coventry Sphinx (5) 11 Long Eaton United (4) 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) 126[8] 12 Redditch United (5) 1–2 Boldmere St. Michaels (4)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 13 Luton Town (5) 1–2 Enfield Town (4) 14 Harlow Town (5) 3–3 (4–2 p) Royston Town (5) 15 Billericay Town (4) 2–1 Chesham United (4) 16 Norwich City (4) 1–3 Ipswich Town (4) 17 Actonians (4) 4–0 Worthing (6) 18 Fulham (5) 1–2 Maidenhead United (4) 19 Kent Football United (4) 3–1 AFC Wimbledon (4) 20 Eastbourne Town (5) 1–4 Leyton Orient (4) 21 Exeter City (4) 7–0 AEK Boco (6) 22 Cheltenham Town (4) 3–1 Portishead Town (5) 23 AFC Bournemouth (5) 3–1 Buckland Athletic (4) 24 Ilminster Town (5) 0–4 Southampton F.C. Women (4)

First round proper

Twelve matches were scheduled for the first round proper, pending a fixture date due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The round was eventually scheduled for Sunday 13 December 2020. The round was made up of the 24 winners from the previous round and did not include the introduction of any new teams.^[10]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	FC United of Manchester (5)	1–2	Liverpool Feds (4)
2	Chester-le-Street (4)	0–3	Brighouse Town (4)
3	Newcastle United (4)	3–1	Barnsley (4)
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)	3–0	Stourbridge (6)
5	Lincoln City (4)	3–1	Solihull Moors (4)
6	Wem Town (4)	4–3	Boldmere St. Michaels (4)
7	Harlow Town (5)	2–9	Ipswich Town (4)
8	Kent Football United (4)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Enfield Town (4)
9	Billericay Town (4)	4–0	Maidenhead United (4)
10	Leyton Orient (4)	2–1	Actonians (4)
11	AFC Bournemouth (5)	0–5	Southampton F.C. Women (4)
12	Exeter City (4)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Cheltenham Town (4)

Second round proper

18 matches were scheduled for the second round proper originally scheduled for Sunday 3 January 2021. The round was made up of the 12 winners from the previous round and included the introduction of 24 teams from the third-tier FA Women's National League Premier Division.^[11] With only one game able to go ahead, the competition was suspended on 4 January 2021 following further government restrictions on non-elite sport due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[12] The competition recommenced on 31 March, with the second-round matches being held on 4 April.^[13]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Sunderland (3)	5–1	Sheffield F.C. (3)
2	Liverpool Feds (4)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town (3)
3	Brighouse Town (4)	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United (4)
4	Middlesbrough (3)	3–1	Hull City (3)
5	Burnley (3)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Fylde (3)
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Nottingham Forest (3)
7	West Bromwich Albion (3)	5–2	Lincoln City (4)
8	Loughborough Foxes (3)	0–6	Derby County (3)
9	Stoke City (3)	A–W	Wem Town (4)
Stoke City withdrew.
10	Crawley Wasps (3)	2–3	Gillingham (3)
11	Billericay Town (4)	2–1	Ipswich Town (4)
12	Hounslow (3)	0–4	Leyton Orient (4)
13	Watford (3)	3–1	MK Dons (3)
14	Chichester & Selsey (3)	3–1	Kent Football United (4)
15	Portsmouth (3)	A–W	Cheltenham Town (4)
Portsmouth won 2–0 but later disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[14]
16	Southampton F.C. Women (4)	3–0	Plymouth Argyle (3)
17	Keynsham Town (3)	0–1	Yeovil United (3)
18	Cardiff City (3)	0–1	Oxford United (3)

Third round proper

Nine matches were played on Sunday 11 April 2021. The round was made up of the 18 winners from the previous round and did not include the introduction of any new teams.^[15]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Huddersfield Town (3)	1–1 (5–3 p)	Brighouse Town (4)
2	Middlesbrough (3)	4–0	Wem Town (4)
3	Burnley (3)	0–0 (3–1 p)	Sunderland (3)
4	Oxford United (3)	3–1	Billericay Town (4)
5	West Bromwich Albion (3)	1–4	Derby County (3)
6	Watford (3)	1–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)
7	Cheltenham Town (4)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Gillingham (3)
8	Southampton F.C. Women (4)	3–0	Yeovil United (3)
9	Leyton Orient (4)	1–2	Chichester & Selsey (3)

Fourth round proper

16 matches were played on the weekend of 18 April 2021. The round was made up of the nine winners from the previous round and introduced 23 teams from the first and second-tier FA Women's Super League and FA Women's Championship.^[16]

Chelsea (1) v London City Lionesses (2)

16 April 2021	Chelsea (1)	5–0	London City Lionesses (2)	Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
19:00	Charles 21' Carter 29' Leupolz 35' Spence 56', 79'	Report		Referee: Chloe Anderson

Manchester City (1) v Aston Villa (1)

17 April 2021	Manchester City (1)	8–0	Aston Villa (1)	Academy Stadium, Manchester
12:00	Kelly 16', 41', 84' White 34' Beckie 50' Stanway 59' Lavelle 72' Mewis 90'	Report

Birmingham City (1) v Coventry United (2)

18 April 2021	Birmingham City (1)	5–1	Coventry United (2)	Damson Park, Solihull
12:30	Walker 3', 77' Murphy 66' Mayling 90+1', 90+3'	Report	Stevens 90+2'

West Ham United (1) v Chichester & Selsey (3)

18 April 2021	West Ham United (1)	11–0	Chichester & Selsey (3)	Victoria Road, Dagenham
13:00	van Egmond 2' (pen.), 6', 20', 23' Dali 10' Flaherty 28' Svitková 45' Mustafa 59' Redisch 71' Longhurst 82' (pen.) Denton 84'	Report		Referee: Sarah Garrett

Leicester City (2) v Liverpool (2)

18 April 2021	Leicester City (2)	1–0	Liverpool (2)	Farley Way Stadium, Quorn
14:00	Cain 72'	Report

Middlesbrough (3) v Sheffield United (2)

18 April 2021	Middlesbrough (3)	0–9	Sheffield United (2)	Bedford Terrace, Billingham
14:00		Report	Lord-Mears 30', 34', 68' Rayner 40' Sweetman-Kirk 45+2', 53', 57' Cusack 63' Watson 86'

Burnley (3) v Manchester United (1)

18 April 2021	Burnley (3)	0–6	Manchester United (1)	County Ground, Leyland
14:00		Report	M. Turner 11' Toone 16' Staniforth 29' A. Turner 44' Hanson 47', 58'	Referee: Jane Simms

Everton (1) v Durham (2)

18 April 2021	Everton (1)	2–1	Durham (2)	Walton Hall Park, Liverpool
14:00	Pattinson 51' Sørensen 90+1'	Report	Sharpe 46'

Huddersfield Town (3) v Derby County (3)

18 April 2021	Huddersfield Town (3)	3–2	Derby County (3)	Storthes Hall, Huddersfield
14:00	Elford 15', 76' Sanderson 72'		Joyce 18' Ward 83'

Reading (1) v Tottenham Hotspur (1)

18 April 2021	Reading (1)	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	Madejski Stadium, Reading
14:00	F. Williams 12' Rowe 49'	Report	Kennedy 20' R. Williams 48' Naz 93'

Oxford United (3) v Charlton Athletic (2)

18 April 2021	Oxford United (3)	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Charlton Athletic (2)	Marsh Lane, Oxford
14:00	Gotch 23' (o.g.)	Report	Lumsden 16' Godden 107'

Arsenal (1) v Gillingham (3)

18 April 2021	Arsenal (1)	10–0	Gillingham (3)	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
14:00	Roord 7', 21', 42' Mead 12', 89' Little 15' Miedema 16' Patten 60' van de Donk 70' Nobbs 72'	Report

Lewes (2) v Southampton F.C. Women (4)

18 April 2021	Lewes (2)	1–2	Southampton F.C. Women (4)	The Dripping Pan, Lewes
14:00	Umotong 62'	Report	Freeland 39' Panting 78'

Brighton & Hove Albion (1) v Bristol City (1)

18 April 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	1–0	Bristol City (1)	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
14:00	Kaagman 64' (pen.)	Report

Crystal Palace (2) v London Bees (2)

18 April 2021	Crystal Palace (2)	3–0	London Bees (2)	Hayes Lane, Bromley
14:00	Wilson 5' Haines 18' Khassal 24'	Report

Wolverhampton Wanderers (4) v Blackburn Rovers (2)

18 April 2021	Wolverhampton Wanderers (4)	2–5	Blackburn Rovers (2)	CKW Stadium, Castlecroft
15:00	Miller 10' Walker 57'	Report	Edwards 26' Jordan 41' Hughes 55' Walters 69' (pen.), 73'

Fifth round proper

Eight matches were scheduled for the fifth round proper and played Sunday 16 May 2021 with the exception of Chelsea who were competing in the 2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final on that day and as such had their FA Cup game against Everton rescheduled to Thursday 20 May 2021. The round was made up of the 16 winners from the previous round.^[17]

Blackburn Rovers (2) v Charlton Athletic (2)

16 May 2021	Blackburn Rovers (2)	0–1	Charlton Athletic (2)	Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge
12:00		Report	King 78'	Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Brighton & Hove Albion (1) v Huddersfield Town (3)

16 May 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	6–0	Huddersfield Town (3)	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
12:00	Heroum 16' Jarrett 26' Davies 36' (o.g.) Gibbons 65' Kerkdijk 68', 78'	Report

Manchester United (1) v Leicester City (2)

16 May 2021	Manchester United (1)	2–3	Leicester City (2)	Leigh Sports Village, Leigh
12:00	Sigsworth 32' Ross 59'	Report	O'Brien 45+1' Cain 69' Flint 71'	Referee: Rebecca Welch

Birmingham City (1) v Southampton F.C. Women (4)

16 May 2021	Birmingham City (1)	3–2	Southampton F.C. Women (4)	Damson Park, Solihull
12:30	Green 37' Murphy 58' Mayling 67'	Report	Morris 84' Pusey 87'

Manchester City (1) v West Ham United (1)

16 May 2021	Manchester City (1)	5–1	West Ham United (1)	Academy Stadium, Manchester
14:00	White 15' Beckie 39' Lavelle 74' Mewis 90+2' Hemp 90+4'	Report	Denton 17'

Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Sheffield United (2)

16 May 2021	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield United (2)	The Hive Stadium, Edgware
14:00	Quinn 30' Graham 109'	Report	Watson 80'	Referee: Abigail Byrne

Arsenal (1) v Crystal Palace (2)

16 May 2021	Arsenal (1)	9–0	Crystal Palace (2)	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
15:00	Little 6' Mead 42' van de Donk 45' Maritz 62', 88' Nobbs 70' Miedema 77' Roord 86' McCabe 90'	Report

Chelsea (1) v Everton (1)

20 May 2021	Chelsea (1)	3–0	Everton (1)	Kingsmeadow, Kingston upon Thames
19:00	Reiten 29' Kerr 77' Spence 86'	Report		Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Quarter-finals

Following a three-month hiatus to the competition during the second round proper from 4 January to 4 April 2021 due to government guidelines, the final stages of 2020–21 Women's FA Cup were delayed until the 2021–22 season. The competition recommenced at the quarter-final stage on Wednesday 29 September 2021.^[18] As a result of playing the competition across two seasons, clubs were able to register new players barring certain restrictions: any player who had not yet featured in the 2020–21 Women's FA Cup could be registered. Up to three players who appeared in the competition for teams that had been eliminated prior to the quarter-final stage could be registered for their new club but no player who appeared for a different team still in the quarter-finals could be registered.

Manchester City (1) v Leicester City (2*)

29 September 2021	Manchester City (1)	6–0	Leicester City (2*)	Academy Stadium, Manchester
19:00	Shaw 46', 61', 85' Losada 53' Greenwood 71' (pen.) Angeldal 88'	Report		Referee: Lucy May
Note: *Leicester City began the competition as a second division team but will contest the latter part as a first division team following promotion at the end of the 2020–21 season.

Birmingham City (1) v Chelsea (1)

29 September 2021	Birmingham City (1)	0–4	Chelsea (1)	St Andrew's, Birmingham
19:45		Report	Kerr 61' Kirby 70', 72' Harder 90+3'	Referee: Elizabeth Simms

Arsenal (1) v Tottenham Hotspur (1)

29 September 2021	Arsenal (1)	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur (1)	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
19:15	Iwabuchi 15' Wubben-Moy 32' Foord 36', 73' Parris 44'	Report	Williams 3'	Attendance: 1,563[19] Referee: Kirsty Dowle

Brighton & Hove Albion (1) v Charlton Athletic (2)

29 September 2021	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	1–0	Charlton Athletic (2)	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
19:00	Gibbons 68'	Report		Referee: Emily Heaslip

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on Sunday 31 October 2021 and both televised by the BBC.^[18]

Manchester City (1) v Chelsea (1)

31 October 2021	Manchester City (1)	0–3	Chelsea (1)	Academy Stadium, Manchester
12:45		Report	Cuthbert 23' Leupolz 28' England 89'	Attendance: 1,343 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Arsenal (1) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1)

31 October 2021	Arsenal (1)	3–0	Brighton & Hove Albion (1)	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
16:45	Little 50' Mead 54' Williamson 76'	Report		Attendance: 1,328[20] Referee: Abigail Byrne

Final

Main article: 2021 Women's FA Cup Final

The final was played at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 5 December 2021.^[18]

Arsenal	0–3	Chelsea
	Report	Kirby 3' Kerr 57', 77'

5 December 2021 (2021-12-05)

15:00 GMT

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 40,942

Referee: Helen Conley (Durham)^[21]

Television rights

Round	BBC	BT	Ref.
Quarter-finals	Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur (BBC Four)		[22]
Semi-finals	Manchester City v Chelsea (BBC One) Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion (BBC Two)		[23]
Final	Arsenal v Chelsea (BBC One and BT Sport 1)		[24]

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