1995–96 FA Women's Cup

1995–96 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Croydon
Runners-up	Liverpool
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1995–96 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 10 September 1995 and 28 April 1996. It was the 26th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Croydon, who defeated Liverpool in the final.^[1]

The tournament consisted of one preliminary round and eight rounds of competition proper.

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

Preliminary round

All games were scheduled for 10 September 1995.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Blackpool Wren Rovers	0–4	Scunthorpe Ironesses
2	Chesham United	2–5	Thames Valley
3	Deans	0–4	Runcorn
4	Drayton Wanderers	0–4	Chelsea
5	Dulwich Hamlet	8–1	Hackney
6	Hereford United	1–5	Cable–Tel (Newport)
7	Hull City	4–2	Blackburn Rangers
8	Manchester Rangers	A–W	Winsford United
Walkover for Winsford United
9	Royal Strikers	A–W	Lowestoft Town
Walkover for Lowestoft Town
10	Sherborne	12–0	Tuffley Athletic
11	West Ham United	5–0	Great Wakering Rovers

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1995.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Accrington Stanley	1–2	Doncaster Rovers
2	Amble Town	7–0	Cleveland
3	Bedford Bells	4–1	Lowestoft Town
4	Binfield	3–0	Portsmouth
5	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Derby County
6	Bournemouth	3–0	Bow Brickhill
7	Bracknell Town	6–2	Slough Town
8	Brighouse	3–5	Wakefield
9	Brislington	2–8	Sherborne
10	Cable–Tel (Newport)	1–5	Plymouth Pilgrims
11	Cambridge City	2–4	Birmingham City
12	Canary Racers	4–0	Pye
13	Charlton	2–5	Whitehawk
14	Chelsea	8–0	Hassocks
15	Cheltenham YMCA	12–1	Freeway
16	Clacton	H–W	Crystal Palace
Walkover for Clacton
17	Clevedon United	0–6	Swindon Town Spitfires
18	Colchester	3–2	Romford
19	Collier Row	4–2	Abbey Rangers
20	Crowborough Athletic	2–3	Barnet
21	Darlington Spraire	3–13	Newcastle
22	Denham United	3–1	Newbury
23	Dulwich Hamlet	2–1	Surbiton Town
24	Edenbridge Town	3–4	Colchester Royals
25	Elmore Eagles	0–7	Frome
26	Enfield	2–0	Sutton United
27	Exeter Rangers	2–8	Worcester City
28	Gillingham	3–7	Harlow Town
29	Gosport Borough	2–5	Thame United
30	Highfield Rangers	4–2	Calverton MW
31	Inter Cardiff	15–0	Clevedon Town
32	Kirklees	4–4 (a.e.t.)	Barnsley
replay	Barnsley	1–0	Kirklees
33	Leatherhead	4–1	Aylesbury United
34	Leek Town	2–3	Bangor City
35	Leighton Linslade	H–W	Atherstone
Walkover for Leighton Linsdale
36	Lincoln United	0–4	Kilnhurst

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
37	Liverpool Feds	4–3	Rainworth Miners Welfare
38	Manchester Belle Vue	10–1	Newsham Park Hospital
39	Manchester City	0–1	Oldham Athletic
40	Manchester United	7–0	Vernon–Carus
41	Middlesbrough	3–1	South Shields
42	Mill Hill United	6–0	Redbridge Wanderers
43	Milton Keynes Athletic	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Dunstable
replay	Dunstable	3–0	Milton Keynes Athletic
44	Nettleham	1–2	Wrexham
45	Newcastle Town	4–5	Stockport County
46	Newton Abbot	1–3	Barry Town
47	Palace Eagles	1–0	West Ham United
48	Preston Rangers	3–2	Hull City
49	Radcliffe Borough	12–0	Chester City
50	Rea Valley Rovers	1–4	Cambridge United
51	Reading Royals	1–2	Farnborough Town
52	Rochdale	4–1	Wigan
53	Rugby	0–12	Coventry City
54	Scunthorpe Ironesses	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Bradford City
replay	Bradford City	5–1	Scunthorpe Ironesses
55	Sheffield Hallam United	4–1	Haslingden
56	Sittingbourne	0–7	Newham
Match abandoned after 86 minutes, result stands.
57	St George's	5–0	Teynham Gunners
58	Stockport	10–1	Runcorn
59	Sunderland	2–1	Leeds United
60	Swindon Town	H–W	Cardiff Institute
Walkover for Swindon Town
61	Tamworth	1–2	Leicester City
62	Thames Valley	H–W	Sturminster Newton
Walkover for Thames Valley
63	Tottenham Hotspur	9–0	Winchester & Ealing
64	Truro City	1–0	Yate Town
65	Warrington Town	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Chesterfield
66	Watford	1–4	Fulham
67	Winchester City	0–9	Camberley Town
68	Winsford United	1–5	Whalley Rangers

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 15 October 1995.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Amble Town	1–5	Huddersfield Town
2	Barnet	4–3	St George's
3	Bedford Bells	3–1	Collier Row
4	Berkhamsted Town	5–0	Fulham
5	Bournemouth	0–2	Thame United
6	Bracknell Town	1–7	Binfield
7	Brentford	2–3	Leyton Orient
8	Bristol City	2–3	Southampton Saints
9	Bronte	3–2	Preston Rangers
10	Camberley Town	1–7	Dulwich Hamlet
11	Cambridge United	0–1	Newham
12	Canary Racers	6–0	Harlow Town
13	Cheltenham YMCA	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Barry Town
replay	Barry Town	2–1	Cheltenham YMCA
14	Clacton	1–5	Brighton & Hove Albion
15	Colchester	3–7	Langford
16	Coventry City	2–1	Chesterfield
17	Denham United	14–0	Leighton Linslade
18	Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Middlesbrough
19	Dunstable	2–4	Blackburn Rovers
20	Frome	3–0 (a.e.t.)	Thames Valley
21	Garswood / St Helens United	3–0	Bradford City

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
22	Inter Cardiff	2–1	Kidderminster Harriers
23	Ipswich Town	3–1	Three Bridges
24	Kilnhurst	5–1	Barnsley
25	Leicester City	1–5	Oldham Athletic
26	Liverpool Feds	7–5 (a.e.t.)	Birmingham City
27	Mill Hill United	4–2	Colchester Royals
28	Notts County	1–3	Manchester Belle Vue
29	Palace Eagles	3–1	Leatherhead
30	Plymouth Pilgrims	3–0	Swindon Town
31	Radcliffe Borough	1–4	Bangor City
32	Rochdale	0–9	Tranmere Rovers
33	RTM Newcastle Kestrels	0–1	Newcastle
34	Sheffield Wednesday	6–0	Sheffield Hallam United
35	Sherborne	18–0	Worcester City
36	Stockport County	2–1	Stockport
37	Sunderland	0–2	Wakefield
38	Swindon Town Spitfires	3–1	Farnborough Town
39	Tottenham Hotspur	5–4	Enfield
40	Town & County	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Chelsea
41	Truro City	0–1	Oxford United
42	Whalley Rangers	0–4	Highfield Rangers
43	Whitehawk	1–0	Wimbledon
44	Wrexham	1–3	Manchester United

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 12 November 1995.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bangor City	1–6	Huddersfield Town
2	Barnet	0–4	Whitehawk
3	Bedford Bells	0–6	Berkhamsted Town
4	Blackburn Rovers	1–3	Manchester United
5	Brighton & Hove Albion	6–0	Dulwich Hamlet
6	Bronte	1–3	Stockport County
7	Canary Racers	2–1	Mill Hill United
8	Chelsea	3–1	Palace Eagles
9	Coventry City	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday
10	Frome	1–4	Binfield
11	Inter Cardiff	3–0	Sherborne
12	Ipswich Town	7–3	Denham United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
13	Kilnhurst	2–4	Highfield Rangers
14	Leyton Orient	2–3	Langford
15	Middlesbrough	2–1	Manchester Belle Vue
16	Newcastle	2–1	Wakefield
17	Newham	0–6	Tottenham Hotspur
18	Oldham Athletic	1–0	Liverpool Feds
19	Oxford United	3–0	Thame United
20	Plymouth Pilgrims	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Barry Town
replay	Barry Town	4–3	Plymouth Pilgrims
21	Swindon Town Spitfires	2–3	Southampton Saints
22	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Garswood / St Helens United

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1995.^[3]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	10–0	Manchester United
2	Binfield	0–9	Doncaster Belles
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Ipswich Town
4	Canary Racers	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Barry Town
replay	Barry Town	1–4	Canary Racers
5	Chelsea	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle
replay	Newcastle	3–0	Chelsea
6	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Berkhamsted Town
7	Ilkeston Town	5–0	Highfield Rangers
8	Inter Cardiff	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
9	Liverpool	3–0	Garswood / St Helens United
10	Millwall Lionesses	5–0	Langford
11	Oldham Athletic	2–4	Croydon
12	Oxford United	3–6	Everton
13	Sheffield Wednesday	2–3	Middlesbrough
14	Southampton Saints	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Whitehawk
15	Stockport County	0–9	Wembley
16	Tottenham Hotspur	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Villa Aztecs

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 21 January 1996.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	2–1	Wembley
2	Canary Racers	1–3	Ipswich Town
3	Croydon	2–0	Inter Cardiff
4	Huddersfield Town	5–5^[4]	Everton
replay	Everton	1–2^[5]	Huddersfield Town
5	Ilkeston Town	2–0	Millwall Lionesses
6	Liverpool	7–1	Middlesbrough
7	Villa Aztecs	1–5	Doncaster Belles
8	Whitehawk	1–0	Newcastle

Quarter–finals

All games were scheduled to be played on 18 February 1996.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

3 March 1996	Croydon	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Belles	East Dulwich
	McGloin 118'	Report		Stadium: Champion Hill
Note: Croydon's match with Doncaster Belles was postponed until 3 March 1996 due to a waterlogged pitch.^[10]

18 February 1996	Huddersfield Town	0–9	Liverpool	Emley
		Report	Harper 17' 33' Hanley Burke Easton Holland Hewitt Nunn (o.g.)	Stadium: Welfare Ground

25 February 1996	Ilkeston Town	1–2	Arsenal	Ilkeston
15:00 GMT	Saggers 70'	Report	Britton 32' Hastings 88'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 411
Note: Ilkeston Town's tie with Arsenal was rearranged for 25 February 1996.^[11]

18 February 1996	Whitehawk	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Ipswich Town
		Report

25 February 1996 Replay	Ipswich Town	2–1	Whitehawk
		Report

Semi–finals

All games were played on 24 March 1996.^[12]^[13]^[14]

24 March 1996	Croydon	5–0	Ipswich Town	East Dulwich
	Proctor Davis	Report		Stadium: Champion Hill

24 March 1996	Liverpool	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Arsenal	Runcorn
		Report		Stadium: Canal Street Referee: T. Massey
	Penalties
	Formston		Few Slee Broadhurst Williams Pealling

Final

28 April 1996

Croydon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
Powell 38'	Report	Burke 22'
Penalties
Powell Proctor Sempare Mapes	3–2	Burke Thomas Handley Duffy Formston

New Den

Attendance: 2,110

Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire)

References

^ O'Neill, Jen (4 December 2021). "SHE KICKS BACK: Looking back at Liverpool's 1996 Cup Final heartbreak with Gayle 'Fez' Formston". SheKicks. Retrieved 17 May 2025.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
^ "Women's FA Cup: fourth round". The Birmingham Post. 2 December 1995. p. 19.
^ "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
^ "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
^ "Super sub secures semis spot". Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter. 8 March 1996. p. 38.
^ "Silverware is proving elusive". Doncaster Free Press. 7 March 1996. p. 61.
^ Lockwood, David (20 February 1996). "Town Ladies blown away". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 15.
^ "Town's agony". Derby Daily Telegraph. 26 February 1996. p. 36.
^ "Date for cup clash". Doncaster Free Press. 29 February 1996. p. 70.
^ "New cup date". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 February 1996. p. 47.
^ "Alex Cottier". Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter. 29 March 1996. p. 34.
^ Forde, Sarah (30 March 1996). "Spot-on heroes book a final place". Liverpool Echo. p. 51.
^ Stocks, Claire (26 March 1996). "Formston holds her nerve". Liverpool Daily Post. p. 35.

[1] O'Neill, Jen (4 December 2021). "SHE KICKS BACK: Looking back at Liverpool's 1996 Cup Final heartbreak with Gayle 'Fez' Formston". SheKicks. Retrieved 17 May 2025.

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 24 April 2025.

[3] "Women's FA Cup: fourth round". The Birmingham Post. 2 December 1995. p. 19.

[4] "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[5] "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2026.

[6] "Super sub secures semis spot". Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter. 8 March 1996. p. 38.

[7] "Silverware is proving elusive". Doncaster Free Press. 7 March 1996. p. 61.

[8] Lockwood, David (20 February 1996). "Town Ladies blown away". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. p. 15.

[9] "Town's agony". Derby Daily Telegraph. 26 February 1996. p. 36.

[10] "Date for cup clash". Doncaster Free Press. 29 February 1996. p. 70.

[11] "New cup date". Derby Daily Telegraph. 21 February 1996. p. 47.

[12] "Alex Cottier". Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter. 29 March 1996. p. 34.

[13] Forde, Sarah (30 March 1996). "Spot-on heroes book a final place". Liverpool Echo. p. 51.

[14] Stocks, Claire (26 March 1996). "Formston holds her nerve". Liverpool Daily Post. p. 35.

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