1978–79 WFA Cup

1978–79 WFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Southampton
Runners-up	Lowestoft
	← 1977–78 1979–80 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1978–79 WFA Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 8 October 1978 and 6 May 1979. It was the 9th season of the WFA Cup and was won by Southampton, who defeated Lowestoft in the final.

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

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[1]

Preliminary round

All games were scheduled for 8 October 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	County Canaries	0–8	BYC Argyle (Burwell Youth Club)
2	East Herts College	H–W	Wealdstone
Wealdstone withdrew, walkover for East Herts College.
3	Flackwell Heath	1–29	Amersham Angels
4	Rowntree	0–3	Bronte
5	Solihull	2–0	Birmingham City
6	Teynham Strykers	6–4	Gillingham

Group A

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Exmouth	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Redruth YC
2	Pelynt	0–4	Exeter
3	Plymouth Pilgrims	H–W	Nat West Exeter
Nat West withdrew. Walkover for Plymouth Pilgrims.
4	Torbay United	9–0	Kingsteignton

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Exeter	1–3 (aet)	Plymouth Pilgrims
2	Redruth YC	P–P	Torbay United
2	Redruth YC	?–?	Torbay United

Group B

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chard	0–4	Tiverton
2	Elmore	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Top Rank
replay	Top Rank	?–? (3–4 p)	Elmore
3	RNSTS Bath	0–1	Bath City
4	Warminster Wanderers	4–3	East Avon

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bath City	1–6	Tiverton
2	Warminster Wanderers	11–0	Elmore

Group C

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cove Krakatoa	3–20	Newbury
2	Kingston Grasshoppers	4–2	Totton
3	Southampton	14–1	Basingstoke
4	Swindon Spitfires	0–2	Romsonian

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Newbury	1–9	Southampton
2	Romsonian	4–3	Kingston Grasshoppers

Group D

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Courthope	0–7	Horam Mudlarks
2	Havant	3–2	Shoreham
3	Prism	1–4	C&C Sports
4	Waterlooville	2–0	Marmion Centre

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	C&C Sports	1–5	Waterlooville
2	Havant	5–2	Horam Mudlarks

Group E

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashford Town	6–3	Thanet Bluebirds
2	Dartford College	1–2	Teynham Strykers
3	Diamond	0–5	Millwall Lionesses
4	Herne Bay	0–14	Maidstone Mote United

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashford Town	1–7	Maidstone Mote United
2	Millwall Lionesses	H–W	Teynham Strykers
Teynham Strikers withdrew

Group F

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Droitwich St. Andrews	3–2	Worcester
2	Dursley Town	0–2	Chippenham Moonrakers
3	Newport	2–5	Llanedeyrn
4	Tildawn	0–7	Cope Chat

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Droitwich St. Andrews	1–3	Cope Chat
2	Llanedeyrn	2–1	Chippenham Moonrakers

Group G

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Amersham Angels	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Aylesbury Harlequins
replay	Aylesbury Harlequins	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Amersham Angels
2	Bedford Town	0–4	Bracknell
3	Bracknell Bullets	4–1	Town & County
4	Thame	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Reading
replay	Reading	5–3	Thame

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bracknell Bullets	1–4	Bracknell
2	Reading	0–8	Aylesbury Harlequins

Group H

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Luton	4–3	Luton Daytel
2	Papworth Pendragons	12–0	Arlesey
3	Sandridge	5–2	Northwood
4	Stevenage	0–3	Watford

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Sandridge	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Luton
replay	Luton	4–2	Sandridge
2	Watford	6–0	Papworth

Group I

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Lowestoft	15–0	Colchester Swifts
2	Romford	H–W	Thurrock
Thurrock withdrew
3	Southend	3–1	Andrews Birdies
4	Suffolk Bluebirds	6–1	Costessey

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Southend	0–4	Romford
2	Suffolk Bluebirds	1–8	Lowestoft

Group J

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bedworth United	1–3	Coventry Bantams
2	Hamstead Birmingham	0–11	Coventry Athletic
3	Leicester	1–5	EMGALS
4	Warley	4–5	Solihull

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Coventry Bantams	7–5	Solihull
2	EMGALS	3–2	Coventry United

Group K

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Doncaster	13–0	Syston Swifts
2	Doncaster Belles	1–2	BYC Argyle (Burwell Youth Club)
3	Kilnhurst	4–0	Rotherham
4	Star Inn	0–19	Notts Rangers

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	BYC Argyle (Burwell Youth Club)	1–5	Kilnhurst
2	Doncaster	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Notts Rangers
replay	Notts Rangers	3–0	Doncaster

Group L

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Crewe	A–W	Broadoak
Crewe withdrew
2	Macclesfield	18–1	Urmston
3	Manchester Corinthians	1–5	Fodens
4	Zorbit	0–19	Ashton

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Fodens	7–1	Broadoak
2	Macclesfield	3–1	Ashton

Group M

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Prestatyn	4–2	Rossendale
2	Preston Rangers	10–1	Lostock Rangers
3	St Helens	3–1	Prescot
4	Victoria Hospital	0–13	Preston North End

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Preston North End	P–P	Prestatyn
1	Preston North End	?–?	Prestatyn
2	St Helens	P–P	Preston Rangers
2	St Helens	?–?	Preston Rangers

Group N

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bronte	12–1	Aycliffe Echoes
2	Reckitts	4–2	Cleveland Rangers
3	Sunderland	1–2	Hull Brewery
4	Wallsend	1–6	Cleveland Spartans

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bronte	P–P	Cleveland Spartans
1	Bronte	?–?	Cleveland Spartans
2	Cleveland Rangers	2–6	Hull Brewery

Group O

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chelsea Supporters	17–0	BOC Morden
2	Friends of Fulham	5–3	Molesey
3	Hampton	11–0	Lewisham Deaf
4	Shoreline	8–0	Millwall

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Friends of Fulham	4–3	Chelsea Supporters
2	Hampton	0–8	Shoreline

Group P

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Gallaher	5–5	Fulham
replay	Fulham	3–2	Gallaher
2	Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Shelburne
3	West Ham United	3–7	Spurs
4	Willesden	5–0	East Herts College

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Queens Park Rangers	4–1	Willesden
2	Spurs	6–0	Fulham

Regional finals

All games were originally scheduled for 14 January 1979.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bracknell	1–3	Aylesbury Harlequins
2	Cope Chat	?–?	Llanedeyrn
3	EMGALS	4–2	Coventry Bantams
4	Friends of Fulham	2–1	Shoreline
5	Havant	0–3	Waterlooville
6	Hull Brewery	0–1	Bronte
7	Macclesfield	?–?	Fodens
8	Millwall Lionesses	3–4	Maidstone Mote United
9	Notts Rangers	3–2	Kilnhurst
10	Plymouth Pilgrims	4–2	Torbay United
11	Romford	0–6	Lowestoft
12	Romsonian	0–16	Southampton
13	Spurs	2–3	Queens Park Rangers
14	St Helens	?–?	Preston North End
15	Tiverton	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Warminster Wanderers
replay	Warminster Wanderers	4–2	Tiverton
16	Watford	4–1	Luton

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 February 1979.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bronte	?–?	Queens Park Rangers
2	Fodens	2–7	Southampton
3	Friends of Fulham	?–?	Aylesbury Harlequins
4	Maidstone Mote United	1–3	Lowestoft
5	Notts Rangers	?–?	Cope Chat
6	St Helens	?–?	Waterlooville
7	Warminster Wanderers	?–?	EMGALS
8	Watford	?–?	Plymouth Pilgrims

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 5 March 1979.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aylesbury Harlequins	4–2	Warminster Wanderers
Aylesbury fielded an inelligible player and a replay was ordered.
replay	Warminster Wanderers	1–0	Aylesbury Harlequins
2	Lowestoft	3–1	Queens Park Rangers
3	Notts Rangers	4–2	Plymouth Pilgrims
4	Southampton	6–4 (a.e.t.)	St Helens

Semi–finals

All games were played on 1 April 1979.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Notts Rangers	1–4	Southampton
2	Warminster Wanderers	2–3	Lowestoft

Final

6 May 1979

15:00 BST

Southampton	1–0	Lowestoft
Chapman 6'	Report

Jubilee Park, Waterlooville

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: A. Robinson

References

^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

[1] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 7 May 2025.

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