#WomensFACup 2RQ: Regional League quartet cause shocks

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Peterborough United won at Stevenage
Peterborough United won away to Stevenage. (Photo: Gary Reed Photography)

AFC Bournemouth, Bowers & Pitsea, Moneyfields and Peterborough United all knocked FA WNL sides out of The Women’s FA Cup 2nd Round Qualifying.

1st Round Qualifying

FC United of Manchester 4-1 Morecambe

2nd Round Qualifying

Hartlepool United 4-3 Blackburn Community Sports Club
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Newcastle United
Redcar Town P-P Norton & Stockton Ancients
Harrogate Town 0-2 Chorley
Barnsley 5-1 Bradford City

Bradford City v Barnsley
Bradford City clear the ball against Barnsley. (Photo: Julian Barker)

Chester-Le-Street Town 4-2 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Leeds United 4-1 South Shields
Mossley Hill P-P Stockport County
Durham Cestria 5-1 Ossett United

Durham Cestria's four-goal Michelle Third.
Durham Cestria’s four-goal Jen Knowles. (Photo: @DurhamCetria)

Farsley Celtic A-A Liverpool Feds (waterlogged pitch)
Burton Albion P-P Leicester United
Woodlands P-P Rise Park
Mansfield Town 0-6 Birmingham & West Midlands
Leek Town 6-0 Leicester City Ladies
Wolverhampton Wanderers 10-0 Shifnal Town (Att: 140)
Lincoln City 7-0 Solihull Moors
Chesterfield 1-3 Bedworth United
Northwich Vixens P-P Altrincham
Leafield Athletic 2-5 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 94)
Sutton Coldfield Town 3-2 Solihull Ladies United
Coventry Sphinx 0-5 Crewe Alexandra
The New Saints 6-1 Long Eaton United
Stevenage 1-2 Peterborough United (Att: 111)
Newmarket Town 0-4 Luton Town
Harlow Town 4-3 (aet) Wroxham
Norwich City P-P Cambridge United
Cambridge City P-P St Albans
Ipswich Town P-P Royston Town
Wycombe Wanderers 3-1 Worthing
Kent Football United 1-3 Actonians
Dartford 0-7 Billericay Town (Att: 118)
Ashford LFC 0-7 AFC Wimbledon
QPR Girls Development 9-1 Oakwood
Enfield Town 4-0 Islington Borough
Maidenhead United 1-2 Bowers & Pitsea

Bowers & Pitsea caused a cup shock
Bowers & Pitsea won at higher division opposition. (Photo: Nash Photography)

Fulham 1-1 (aet) Saltdean United (Fulham won on 3-0 pens)
Abingdon Town 0-4 Chesham United
AFC Basildon 8-2 Phoenix Sports
Abingdon United 1-4 Leyton Orient
Exeter City 7-1 Sherborne Town (Att: 58)
Portishead Town 1-0 Royal Wootton Bassett Town
Winchester City Flyers 2-3 Poole Town
Marine Academy Plymouth 0-2 Southampton Women’s
Southampton FC P-P Buckland Athletic
Moneyfields 2-2 (aet) Larkhall Athletic (Moneyfields won 4-2 on pens)
Cheltenham Town 5-0 Brislington
Swindon Town 2-3 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 58)

Two Southern League sides beat tier four teams as AFC Bournemouth pulled off a 3-2 win at Swindon Town as Erin Thickett scored twice and Moneyfields eliminated Larkhall Athletic in a shoot-out.

Moneyfields won on penalties
Moneyfields delight after winning shoot-out. (Photo: www.jamesprickett.co.uk)

Eastern League Bowers & Pitsea went through 2-1 at Maidenhead United, a deflected Sophie Dowman effort proving decisive.

East Midlands League Peterborough United progressed 2-1 at Stevenage, Megan Parrett with the decider on 78 minutes.

Hartlepool United twice came from behind in edging Blackburn CSC in a seven-goal thriller, Jussy Robinson netting twice.

Fulham fought back after conceding an early own-goal to force extra-time and then penalties against Saltdean United, eventually winning 3-0 on spot-kicks.

Harlow Town reached the next round with a similar score but only after extra-time against Wroxham, despite having beaten the same opponents 4-1 away in the league last month.

Kent Football United’s chances of battling back against Actonians were made harder by a red card on the hour mark, as the visitors went on to win 3-1.

Durham Cestria beat Ossett Unitd in the Women's FA Cup
Aerial battle between Ossett United and Durham Cestria. (Photo: Colin Lock)

Durham Cestria captain Jen Knowles got four of her side’s five goals against Ossett United from right back.

There was a four goal haul too for Chloe Sampson in QPR’s 9-1 scoreline at home to Oakwood but Wolves top-scored with ten against Shifnal Town which featured a first-half hat-trick by Jade Cross.

The tie between Farsley Celtic and Liverpool Feds was abandoned at half-time following a first-half deluge that left the pitch waterlogged. Feds were 1-0 up at the time.

1st Round Qualifying

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