1993–94 FA Women's Cup

1993–94 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Doncaster Belles
Runners-up	Knowsley United
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1993–94 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 19 September 1993 and 24 April 1994. It was the 24th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Doncaster Belles, who defeated Knowsley United in the final.^[1]

The tournament consisted eight rounds of competition proper.

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

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 19 September 1993.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashington East North	0–5	Newcastle
2	Bangor City	0–5	Preston Rangers
3	Barnsley	2–3	Cleveland
4	Bournemouth	3–2	Aylesbury United
5	Bradford City	11–1	Sheffield Hallam United
6	Broadoak	12–1	Bolton
7	Bury	6–4	Warrington Town
8	Carterton	0–3	Havant
9	Cheltenham YMCA	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Truro City
replay	Truro City	4–4 (2–0 p)	Cheltenham YMCA
10	City Roses	3–0	Wiggington Grasshoppers
11	Colchester United	0–5	Pye
12	Collier Row	3–0	Enfield
13	Crowborough Athletic	2–5	Palace Eagles
14	Dunstable	9–0	Stevenage Town
15	Edenbridge Town	0–4	SE Rangers
16	Farnborough	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Launton
17	Gillingham	2–17	Brentford
18	Haslingden	2–0	Vernon–Carus
19	Huddersfield Town	22–0	Grimsby
20	Inter Cardiff	2–1	Frome
21	Isle of Wight	0–9	Binfield
22	Lambeth	5–3	Barnet
23	Leicester City	3–2	Highfield Rangers
24	Leyton Orient	23–0	Tonbridge Angels
25	Manchester City	2–0	Manchester United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
26	Nettleham	1–3	Derby County
27	Nottingham Forest	1–9	Birmingham City
28	Oldham Athletic	3–4	Manchester Belle Vue
29	Pagham	1–9	Corematch
30	Plymouth Pilgrims	2–0	Clevedon Town
31	Portsmouth	1–2	Gosport Borough
32	Reading Royals	0–1	Newbury
33	Rugby	1–7	Rainworth Miners Welfare
34	Runcorn	1–7	Newsham
35	St Germaine	2–0	Peterborough Pythons
36	Sutton Athletic	1–2	Abbey Rangers
37	Swansea	4–6 (a.e.t.)	Bristol City
38	TNT	3–1	Derby City
39	Tongwynlais	2–1	Swindon Spitfires
40	Tottenham Hotspur	4–0	Chislehurst
41	Tranmere Rovers	8–2	Rd. Stockport
42	Wakefield	10–3	Brighouse
43	Walton & Hersham	4–0	Teynham Gunners
44	Welwyn Garden City	1–10	Colchester Royals
45	Whitehawk	17–0	Reading
46	Wigan	10–0	Liverpool Feds
47	Winchester All Stars	0–7	Charlton
48	Worcester City	16–0	Stratford
49	Yate Town	3–0	Cardiff Institute

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 17 October 1993.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	1–7	Queens Park Rangers
2	Abbeydale Alvechurch	0–5	Wolverhampton
3	Amble Town	0–6	Sheffield Wednesday
4	Bournemouth	10–0	Chailey Mavericks
5	Bristol	13–0	Bristol Rovers
6	Bronte	4–2	Bradford City
7	Bury	4–1	Manchester City
8	Chesterfield	3–1	TNT
9	City Roses	0–4	Kilnhurst
10	Cleveland	0–9	Wakefield
11	Colchester Royals	2–6	St Germaine
12	Collier Row	4–0	Sittingbourne
13	Corematch	0–6	Whitehawk
14	Cowgate Kestrels	2–1	Newcastle
15	Dunstable	4–1	Langford
16	Gosport Borough	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion
17	Hackney	2–3	Bromley Borough
18	Haslington	1–5	Tranmere Rovers
19	Hassocks	H–W	Havant
Walkover for Hassocks
20	Hemel Hempstead	3–0	Brentford
21	Huddersfield Town	14–1	Middlesbrough
22	Inter Cardiff	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Bristol City

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
23	Kidderminster Harriers	13–0	Sporting Kesteven
24	Lambeth	9–2	Palace Eagles
25	Leicester City	1–7	Villa Aztecs
26	Leyton Orient	3–2	Drayton Wanderers
27	Liverpool District	0–5	Wigan
28	Maidstone Tigresses	1–2	Epsom & Ewell
29	Manchester Belle Vue	1–2	Broadoak
30	Newbury	5–2	Launton
31	Nottingham Argyle	3–2	Birmingham City
32	Oxford United	3–0	Binfield
33	Plymouth Pilgrims	4–5 (a.e.t.)	Worcester City
34	Preston Rangers	3–2	Leek Town
35	Pye	5–0	Leighton Linslade
36	Rainworth Miners Welfare	5–0	Derby County
37	SE Rangers	1–13	Tottenham Hotspur
38	Shoreham	0–5	Horsham
39	St Helens	5–1	Newsham
40	Stockport County	1–0	Rochdale
41	Torquay United	2–5	Truro City
42	Town & County	9–0	Bedford Bells
43	Walton & Hersham	2–3	Charlton
44	Yate Town	0–6	Tongwynlais

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 14, 21 and 28 November 1993.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Broadoak	0–2	Wakefield
2	Bromley Borough	7–0	Collier Row
3	Bronte	1–2	Villa Aztecs
4	Chesterfield	2–1	Bury
5	Cowgate Kestrels	4–1	Kilnhurst
6	Epsom & Ewell	2–1	Bournemouth
7	Horsham	3–2	Bristol
8	Lambeth	0–1	Charlton
9	Leyton Orient	16–0	Queens Park Rangers
10	Newbury	1–2	Brighton & Hove Albion
11	Oxford United	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Inter Cardiff

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
12	Pye	0–3	Dunstable
13	Rainworth Miners Welfare	2–4	Huddersfield Town
14	St Helens	2–10	Wolverhampton
15	Stockport County	2–1	Nottingham Argyle
16	Tongwynlais	2–5	Truro City
17	Tottenham Hotspur	0–0 (a.e.t.)	St Germaine
replay	St Germaine	1–3	Tottenham Hotspur
18	Town & County	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Hemel Hempstead
19	Tranmere Rovers	2–4	Sheffield Wednesday
20	Whitehawk	8–2	Hassocks
21	Wigan	2–5	Preston Rangers
22	Worcester City	1–6	Kidderminster Harriers

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 5 and 12 December 1993.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	8–0^[3]	Sheffield Wednesday
2	Charlton	0–7^[4]	Leasowe Pacific
3	Chesterfield	1–2	Wakefield
4	Doncaster Belles	9–0	Millwall Lionesses
5	Epsom & Ewell	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Wimbledon
replay	Wimbledon	1–2	Epsom & Ewell
6	Horsham	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion
7	Huddersfield Town	6–0	Whitehawk
8	Kidderminster Harriers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cowgate Kestrels
9	Leyton Orient	2–7	Knowsley United
10	Preston Rangers	6–2	Villa Aztecs
11	Red Star Southampton	1–3	Bromley Borough
12	Stanton Rangers	6–0	Dunstable
13	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Inter Cardiff
14	Town & County	4–1	Ipswich Town
15	Truro City	1–0	Stockport County
16	Wembley	2–0	Wolverhampton

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 16 January and 2 February 1994.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Truro City
2	Doncaster Belles	10–1	Bromley Borough
3	Epsom & Ewell	7–0	Inter Cardiff
4	Kidderminster Harriers	0–6	Preston Rangers
5	Knowsley United	5–2	Huddersfield Town
6	Leasowe Pacific	7–0^[5]	Town & County
7	Wakefield	1–3	Stanton Rangers
8	Wembley	2–4^[6]	Arsenal

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 13 February 1994.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

13 February 1994	Arsenal	0–1	Knowsley United	Enfield
		Report	Gore 25'	Stadium: Southbury Road

13 February 1994	Doncaster Belles	5–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Borman 90' Walker Jackson 76' (pen.)	Report	Cottier

13 February 1994	Epsom & Ewell	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Leasowe Pacific	Dorking
	Leggett 64' Darby 85'	Report	Thomas 9' Mallon Collins	Stadium: Meadowbank

13 February 1994	Preston Rangers	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Stanton Rangers
	Webb Matthews 100'	Report	Brown 87' Plinston 118' Clay 119'

Semi–finals

All games were played on 6 March 1994.^[13]^[14]

6 March 1994	Leasowe Pacific	0–6	Doncaster Belles	Blowick
		Report	Walker 11' Coulthard 22', 50', 63' Murray 39' Broadhurst 57'	Stadium: Haig Avenue

6 March 1994	Stanton Rangers	0–1	Knowsley United	Ilkeston
		Report	Burke 11'	Stadium: New Manor Ground

Final

24 April 1994

Doncaster Belles	1–0	Knowsley United
Walker 38'	Report

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe

Attendance: 1,674

Referee: Ian Hemley (Ampthill)

References

^ "Football: Belles bring class to bear: Doncaster dominate women's FA Cup final".
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
^ "Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday – Premier League, Sunday December 12th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers – FA Cup 4th Round Replay, Wednesday February 9th 1994". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers – Premier League, Saturday February 26th 1994". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Belles earn semi-final place". Doncaster Free Press. 17 February 1994. p. 68.
^ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
^ "Cup dreams dashed by extra time goal". Surrey Mirror. 17 February 1994. p. 19.
^ "Rangers' late, late show". Derby Daily Telegraph. 14 February 1994. p. 20.
^ "Women's football". Nottingham Evening Post. 17 February 1994. p. 43.
^ "Belles through with no trouble". Doncaster Free Press. 10 March 1994. p. 61.
^ "Freak goal ends Rangers' hope of final appearance". Derby Daily Telegraph. 7 March 1994. p. 19.

[1] "Football: Belles bring class to bear: Doncaster dominate women's FA Cup final".

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2025.

[3] "Arsenal v Sheffield Wednesday – Premier League, Sunday December 12th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[4] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[5] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[6] "Arsenal v Bolton Wanderers – FA Cup 4th Round Replay, Wednesday February 9th 1994". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[7] "Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers – Premier League, Saturday February 26th 1994". The Arsenal Collection. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[8] "Belles earn semi-final place". Doncaster Free Press. 17 February 1994. p. 68.

[9] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 6 March 2026.

[10] "Cup dreams dashed by extra time goal". Surrey Mirror. 17 February 1994. p. 19.

[11] "Rangers' late, late show". Derby Daily Telegraph. 14 February 1994. p. 20.

[12] "Women's football". Nottingham Evening Post. 17 February 1994. p. 43.

[13] "Belles through with no trouble". Doncaster Free Press. 10 March 1994. p. 61.

[14] "Freak goal ends Rangers' hope of final appearance". Derby Daily Telegraph. 7 March 1994. p. 19.

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1993–94 in European women's football (UEFA)
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League cups	England Scotland
International competitions	1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualification