2000–01 FA Women's Cup

2000–01 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Fulham
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2000–01 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 10 September 2000 and 7 May 2001. It was the 31st season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Fulham in the final.^[1] The tournament consisted of two qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

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

Extra preliminary round

All games were played on 10 and 17 September 2000.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Preston	1–6	Scunthorpe United
2	Aldershot Town	0–2	Rushden & Diamonds
3	Ambassadors in Sport	1–2	Preston North End
4	Barnet Copthall	8–0	Maidstone United
5	Belper Town	6–0	Worksop Town
6	Billericay Town	2–0	Basingstoke Town
7	Cambridge United	0–4	Crystal Palace (Bromley)
8	Carlisle Wanderers	0–1	Stockport Celtic
9	Caversham	9–3	Woodbridge Town
10	Chaffoteaux	2–0	Billesley United
11	Chorley	0–2	Barnsley
12	Corfe Hills United	3–0	North Molton Sports
13	Crewe Alexandra	2–6	Kettering Amazons
14	Croydon Postal	7–1	Hackney
15	Deans	0–4	Windscale
16	Elmore Eagles	4–2	Dorchester
17	Exeter Rangers	1–3	Cogan Coronation
18	Gravesend & Northfleet	1–11	Gillingham
19	Great Wyrley	4–4 (2–3 p)	Nettleham
20	Gresley Rovers	4–4 (3–4 p)	Atherstone United
21	Haringey Borough	5–3	London Ladies
22	Haverhill Rovers	9–0	Thame United
23	Haywards Heath Town	3–2	Abbey Rangers
24	Hereford United	3–1	Bristol United
25	Hull City	2–4	Killingworth YPC
26	King's Lynn	4–0	Romford
27	Launceston	1–10	Keynsham Town
28	Leighton Linslade	0–3	Slough

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
29	Lichfield Diamonds	11–0	ES Barwell
30	Lincoln City	6–0	North Staffs
31	Loughborough Dynamo	0–8	Leicester City
32	Loughborough Students	6–1	Wem Town Raiders
Wem Town Raiders awarded the tie. Loughborough Students fielded 12 ineligible players.
33	Luton	0–6	Chesham United
34	Marjons	20–1	Madron
35	Morley Spurs	3–3 (3–4 p)	Billingham
36	Newport Pagnell Town	4–1	Woodham Radars
37	Newsham Park Hospital	4–3	Bolton Wanderers (Supporters)
38	Penrith Sapphires	5–0	Corwen
39	Real Maghull	0–12	Chester City
40	Royston Town	0–6	Redbridge Raiders
41	Stockport County	13–1	Newton Aycliffe
42	Tamworth	2–3	Kidderminster Harriers
43	Thorpe United	5–2	Broughton Aerospace
Broughton Airspace awarded the tie. Thorpe United fielded 2 ineligible players.
44	Tipton Town	1–2	Grantham Town
45	Tottenham Hotspur	5–1	Colney Heath
46	Trafford	5–3	Bury
47	Viking Rangers	6–6 (1–3 p)	Hastings Town
48	Warminster Town	0–11	Okeford United
49	Warrington Grange	6–4 (a.e.t.)	Wigan
50	Wendron	0–8	Penzance
51	West Ham United	7–0	Tring Athletic
52	Willenhall Town	1–4	Steel City Wanderers
53	Wimborne Town	4–1	Swindon Spitfires
54	Wisbech Town	0–7	Bishop's Stortford
55	Witton Albion	9–0	Greyhound Gunners
56	Wycombe Wanderers	1–3	Malling

Preliminary round

All games were played on 24 September and 1 October 2000.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barnet Copthall	2–6	Chesham United
2	Barnsley	1–0	Windscale
3	Brentford	2–13	Rushden & Diamonds
4	Broughton Aerospace	1–1 (3–4 p)	Wakefield
5	Caversham	5–2	Launton
6	Croydon Postal	1–2	Crystal Palace (Bromley)
7	Elburton Villa	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Corfe Hills United
8	Elmore Eagles	6–1	Keynsham Town
9	Grantham Town	2–4	Belper Town
10	Great Wyrley	1–3	Chaffoteaux
11	Haringey Borough	4–1	Billericay Town
12	Haverhill Rovers	2–1	Bishop's Stortford
13	Haywards Heath Town	1–0	Newport Pagnell Town
14	Kidderminster Harriers	0–4	Lincoln City
15	Lichfield Diamonds	6–1	Leicester City
16	Malling	3–2	Woking
17	Marjons	0–5	Okeford United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
18	Mond Rangers	1–3	Chester City
19	Penrith Sapphires	2–5	Scunthorpe United
20	Penzance	2–1	Cogan Coronation
21	Preston North End	2–0	Stockport Celtic
Match abandoned after 78 minutes. Replayed
21 (Replay)	Preston North End	7–0	Stockport Celtic
22	Redbridge Raiders	0–1 (a.e.t.)	West Ham United
23	Redbridge Wanderers	0–12	Gillingham
24	Silsden	4–5	Witton Albion
25	Slough	4–0	King's Lynn
26	Steel City Wanderers	2–4	Kettering Amazons
27	Stockport County	2–7	Billingham
28	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Hastings Town
29	Trafford	5–2	Newsham Park Hospital
30	Warrington Grange	1–3	Killingworth YPC
31	Wem Town Raiders	3–4	Atherstone United
32	Wimborne Town	5–2	Hereford United

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 29 October and 5, 10, 12 and 19 November 2000.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Atherstone United	0–3	Walsall
2	Blackpool Wren Rovers	6–0	Newcastle
3	Chester City	4–1	Scunthorpe United
4	Chester Le Street Town	H–W	Three Bridges
Walkover to Chester–le–Street.
5	Chesterfield	8–2	Kettering Amazons
6	Clevedon	0–9	Bristol Rovers
7	Corfe Hills United	3–0	Elmore Eagles
8	Crowborough Athletic	0–7	West Ham United
9	Darlington	2–4	Billingham
10	Denham United	1–5	Malling
11	Doncaster Rovers	3–4	Bradford City
12	Enfield	4–0	Caversham
13	Fulham	14–0	Crystal Palace (Bromley)
14	Gillingham	5–1	Bedford Town Bells
15	Haringey Borough	1–7	Tottenham Hotspur
16	Haverhill Rovers	1–3	Charlton
17	Highfield Rangers	5–1	Lichfield Diamonds
18	Ilkeston	1–2	Parkgate
19	Killingworth YPC	1–2	Blackburn Rovers
20	Manchester City	4–1	Manchester United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
21	Mansfield Town	3–3 (3–4 p)	Chaffoteaux
22	Middlesbrough	2–3	Leeds City Vixens
23	Oxford United	1–6	Bristol City
24	Peterborough United	0–2	Derby County
25	Portsmouth	9–2	Okeford United
26	Preston North End	4–2	Barnsley
27	Racers	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Chesham United
Abandoned in extra time due to player injury. Replay to be played at Chesham.
27 (Replay)	Chesham United	7–1	Racers
28	Reading	2–2 (8–7 p)	Yeovil Town
29	Rushden & Diamonds	3–0	Watford
30	Saltash Pilgrims	1–4	Cheltenham Town
31	Shrewsbury Town	3–2	Lincoln City
32	Slough	0–4	Chelmsford City
33	Southampton	3–1	Penzance
34	Stafford Rangers	5–3	Arnold Town
35	Stowmarket	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Hampton
36	Swindon Town	9–0	Wimborne Town
37	Telford United	1–0	Belper Town
38	Wakefield	H–W	Trafford
Walkover to Wakefield.
39	Whitehawk	3–2	Haywards Heath Town
40	Witton Albion	1–2	Stockport Hatters

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3, 12, 19 and 26 November and 3 and 17 December 2000.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Blackburn Rovers	3–5	Parkgate
2	Bradford City	1–4	Leeds City Vixens
3	Bristol City	0–4	Bristol Rovers
4	Charlton	1–19	Fulham
5	Cheltenham Town	3–2	Portsmouth
6	Chesham United	6–5	Highfield Rangers
7	Chester City	7–1	Wakefield
8	Chester Le Street Town	5–3	Billingham
9	Corfe Hills United	3–3 (0–2 p)	Reading
10	Enfield	15–0	Malling

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	Gillingham	6–2	Tottenham Hotspur
12	Mansfield Town	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Chesterfield
13	Preston North End	2–3	Blackpool Wren Rovers
14	Shrewsbury Town	1–4	Derby County
15	Stockport Hatters	0–3	Manchester City
16	Stowmarket	3–0	Chelmsford City
17	Swindon Town	3–0	Southampton
18	Telford United	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Rushden & Diamonds
19	Walsall	1–1 (3–2 p)	Stafford Rangers
20	Whitehawk	0–6	West Ham United

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 10 and 17 December 2000 and 7 and 14 January 2001.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aston Villa	1–0	Bangor City
2	Barking	0–11	Barnet
3	Berkhamsted Town	2–0	Reading Royals
4	Birmingham City	2–0	Oldham Curzon
5	Blackpool Wren Rovers	3–0	Newcastle Town
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Gillingham
7	Bristol Rovers	7–0	Cheltenham Town
8	Chesham United	2–4	Newport County
9	Chester Le Street Town	2–0	Sheffield Wednesday
10	Coventry City	0–3	Chester City
11	Derby County	1–0	Telford United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
12	Ilkeston Town	1–0	Leeds City Vixens
13	Ipswich Town	0–10	Fulham
14	Langford	0–3	Chelsea
15	Leeds United	8–0	Huddersfield Town
16	Manchester City	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Walsall
17	Mansfield Town	2–2 (4–3 p)	Parkgate
18	Reading	0–2	Enfield
19	Stowmarket	1–2	Swindon Town
20	West Ham United	3–0	Wembley Mill Hill
21	Wimbledon	6–0	Cardiff City
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Garswood Saints

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 7, 14 and 21 and 28 January 2001.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	5–3^[3]	Leeds United
2	Berkhamsted Town	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
3	Birmingham City	1–2	Aston Villa
4	Blackpool Wren Rovers	1–7	Barnet
5	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Mansfield Town
6	Chelsea	5–3	Barry Town
7	Derby County	0–8	Wolverhampton Wanderers
8	Fulham	8–0	Manchester City
9	Liverpool	3–0	Chester City
10	Millwall Lionesses	1–4^[4]	Everton
11	Newport County	3–3 (2–4 p)	Chester Le Street Town
12	Sunderland	1–3	Charlton Athletic
13	Swindon Town	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Enfield
14	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Doncaster Belles
15	West Ham United	1–4	Ilkeston Town
16	Wimbledon	0–4	Southampton Saints

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 28 January and 11 February 2001.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barnet	3–0	Enfield
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Aston Villa
3	Bristol Rovers	4–3	Chester-Le-Street Town
4	Chelsea	0–10^[5]	Arsenal
5	Doncaster Belles	8–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
6	Everton	1–2^[6]	Charlton Athletic
7	Ilkeston Town	1–4	Southampton Saints
8	Liverpool	0–8	Fulham

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 18 February 2001.^[7]

18 February 2001	Arsenal	1–0	Doncaster Belles	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Spacey 31'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

18 February 2001	Bristol Rovers	1–0	Aston Villa	Bristol
	Curtis 80'	Report		Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,362

18 February 2001	Fulham	5–0	Barnet
	Pettersen 53', 88' Rahmann McArthur Chapman	Report

18 February 2001	Southampton Saints	3–2	Charlton Athletic
	Osborne 4' (o.g.) Ritchie 12' Brown 24'	Report	Lorton 35' Moore 90+3'

Semi–finals

All games were played on 23 February 23.

25 March 2001	Bristol Rovers	0–3	Arsenal	Bristol
		Report	Banks 65' Ludlow 70' Grant 82'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 3,306 Referee: J Farries (Bicester)

25 March 2001	Fulham	5–0	Southampton Saints	Kingston upon Thames
	Duncan 1' Poore 20' (o.g.) Haugenes Rahman 40'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 951 Referee: M Ford (Epsom)

Final

7 May 2001

Arsenal	1–0	Fulham
Banks 54'	Report

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 13,824

Referee: T Parkes (Birmingham)

References

^ Cocozza, Paula (8 May 2001). "Banks keeps Arsenal on treble trail". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
^ "Arsenal Ladies". www.arsenal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
^ "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
^ "Arsenal Ladies". www.arsenal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
^ "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
^ "Arsenal see off Belles challenge". 18 February 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[1] Cocozza, Paula (8 May 2001). "Banks keeps Arsenal on treble trail". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2025.

[3] "Arsenal Ladies". www.arsenal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[4] "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[5] "Arsenal Ladies". www.arsenal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[6] "Everton Women Match Centre". EFC Statto. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[7] "Arsenal see off Belles challenge". 18 February 2001. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

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League cups	England Scotland
Supercups	England
International competitions	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualification