1996–97 FA Women's Cup

For the men's event, see 1996–97 FA Cup.

1996–97 FA Women's Cup

Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Millwall Lionesses
Runners-up	Wembley
Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1996–97 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 8 September 1996 and 4 May 1997. It was the 27th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Millwall Lionesses, who defeated Wembley in the final.

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.

Preliminary round

All games were scheduled for 8 September 1996.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bedford Bells	1–0	Cambridge United
2	Truro City	1–7	Barry Town

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 29 September 1996.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Abbey Rangers	8–0	Camberwell Old Fallopians
2	Bangor City	5–1	Stockport County
3	Barnet	3–1	Winchester & Ealing
4	Barry Town	3–1	Plymouth Pilgrims
5	Bath City	6–2	Wokingham Town
6	Belper Town	1–7	Tamworth
7	Binfield	H–W	Freeway
Walkover for Binfield
8	Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Barnsley
9	Bracknell Town	1–9	Yate Town
10	Brentford & Hampton	5–0	Luton
11	Cambridge City	3–5	Clacton
12	Canary Racers	1–2	Calverton MW
13	Cardiff County	1–0	Thame United
14	Charlton	4–1	Farnborough Town
15	Chelmsford City	2–1	Leatherhead
16	Chester City	6–0	Brighouse
17	Cinderford Town	0–10	Swindon Town
18	Clapton	3–2	Enfield
19	Clevedon United	0–6	Portsmouth
20	Colchester	0–3	Newcastle Town
21	Collier Row	5–1	Chipstead
22	Darlington	4–2	Runcorn
23	Denham United	6–1	Camberley Town
24	Derby County	3–4	Bedford Bells
25	Doncaster Rovers	8–1	Winsford United
26	Dulwich Hamlet	3–2	Gillingham
27	Dunstable	A–W	Chelsea
Walkover for Chelsea
28	Elmore Eagles	0–4	Cable–Tel (Newport)
29	Exeter Rangers	3–7	Bristol City
30	Hackney	4–1	Aylesbury Stocklake
Match abandoned after 76 minutes due to player injury, result stands.
31	Haslingden	0–7	Oldham Athletic
32	Hassocks	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Harlow Town
33	Hastings Town	1–6	Harlequins
34	Haverhill Rovers	2–3	Shrewsbury Town
35	Kirklees	1–3	Leeds United
36	Leek Town	1–2	Highfield Rangers
37	Leicester City	1–0	Norwich United

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
38	London Women	9–1	Queens Park Rangers Ladies South
39	Lowestoft Town	12–0	Rea Valley Rovers
40	Manchester Belle Vue	0–1	Middlesbrough
41	Mill Hill United	11–0	Great Wakering Rovers
42	Milton Keynes Athletic	0–3	Coventry City
43	Nettleham	1–2	Birmingham City
44	Newcastle	0–1	Chester Le Street Town
45	Newham	5–0	Redbridge Wanderers
46	Newsham Park Hospital	1–2	Manchester United
47	Okeford United	3–2	Bridgwater Town
48	Preston Rangers	9–0	Whalley Rangers
49	Pye	1–3	Colchester United
50	Radcliffe Borough	6–0	Wrexham
51	Reading Royals	7–0	Frome
52	Rochdale	10–0	Deans
53	Romford	A–W	Slough Town
Walkover for Slough Town
54	Sawbridgeworth Town	4–1	Stanway
55	Scunthorpe Ironesses	2–3	Stockport
56	Sheffield Hallam United	1–2	Warrington Town
57	Sherborne	3–1	Barnstaple Town
58	Sunderland	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Chesterfield
59	Surbiton Town	2–1	Crowborough Athletic
60	Swindon Town Spitfires	10–0	Clevedon Town
61	Teynham Gunners	2–8	St Georges (Eltham)
62	Tottenham Hotspur	11–0	Stevenage
63	Trafford	1–3	Liverpool Feds
64	Wakefield	7–0	York City
65	Watford & Evergreen	3–2	Chesham United
66	West Ham United	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Fulham
67	Wigan	2–1	Hull City
68	Worcester City	8–3	Newton Abbot

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 November 1996.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Abbey Rangers	4–5	Chelmsford City
2	Barry Town	18–0	Bristol City
3	Bath City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Okeford United
replay	Okeford United	2–1	Bath City
4	Bedford Bells	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Three Bridges
5	Berkhamsted Town	8–0	Lowestoft Town
6	Blackburn Rovers	H–W	Bronte
Walkover for Blackburn Rovers
7	Bradford City	1–2	Blyth Spartans Kestrels
8	Brentford & Hampton	1–3	Whitehawk
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Newham
10	Cardiff County	1–3	Cable–Tel (Newport)
11	Charlton	0–4	Dulwich Hamlet
12	Chesterfield	1–3	Bangor City
13	Colchester United	1–4	Collier Row
14	Coventry City	3–1	Leicester City
15	Doncaster Rovers	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Huddersfield Town
16	Fulham	2–3	Clapton
17	Garswood Saints	2–1	Manchester United
18	Hackney	3–4	Denham United
19	Harlequins	3–1	Clacton
20	Harlow Town	0–4	Mill Hill United
21	Highfield Rangers	4–2	Chester City

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
22	Ipswich Town	3–0	Surbiton Town
23	Langford	0–1	Chelsea
24	London Women	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Sawbridgeworth Town
replay	Sawbridgeworth Town	0–2	London Women
25	Middlesbrough	H–W	Chester Le Street Town
Walkover for Middlesbrough
26	Notts County	0–5	Newcastle Town
27	Oldham Athletic	11–3	Warrington Town
28	Portsmouth	0–1	Oxford United
29	Radcliffe Borough	2–3	Preston Rangers
30	Reading Royals	5–0	Swindon Town
31	Rochdale	0–7	Leeds United
32	Sheffield Wednesday	8–1	Darlington
33	Sherborne	5–2	Yate Town
34	Slough Town	0–6	Swindon Town Spitfires
35	St Georges (Eltham)	2–5	Leyton Orient
36	Stockport	3–0	Liverpool Feds
37	Stourport Swifts	3–1	Shrewsbury Town
38	Tamworth	1–5	Calverton MW
39	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	Wimbledon
40	Town & County Diamonds	0–2	Birmingham City
41	Wakefield	8–0	Wigan
42	Watford & Evergreen	1–3	Barnet
43	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–5	Aston Villa
44	Worcester City	0–2	Binfield

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 1 and 8 December 1996.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bangor City	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle Town
replay	Newcastle Town	1–1 (3–5 p)	Bangor City
2	Blackburn Rovers	0–3	Preston Rangers
3	Blyth Spartans Kestrels	1–4	Garswood Saints
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	7–2	Cable–Tel (Newport)
5	Calverton MW	1–2	Stockport
6	Chelmsford City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Barnet
replay	Barnet	2–2 (3–5 p)	Chelmsford City
7	Clapton	1–5	Barry Town
8	Collier Row	3–1	Birmingham City
9	Coventry City	2–3	Huddersfield Town
10	Dulwich Hamlet	1–6	Berkhamsted Town

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
11	Harlequins	0–12	Tottenham Hotspur
12	Highfield Rangers	1–0	Oldham Athletic
13	Leeds United	2–5	Aston Villa
14	London Women	0–5	Sherborne
15	Middlesbrough	3–2	Stourport Swifts
16	Mill Hill United	0–1	Ipswich Town
17	Okeford United	1–2	Denham United
18	Oxford United	1–4	Reading Royals
19	Sheffield Wednesday	3–2	Wakefield
20	Swindon Town Spitfires	0–1	Chelsea
21	Three Bridges	1–2	Leyton Orient
22	Whitehawk	2–1	Binfield

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 5, 12 and 19 January 1997.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Arsenal	6–0	Barry Town
2	Aston Villa	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
3	Chelmsford City	2–5	Huddersfield Town
4	Chelsea	0–3	Millwall Lionesses
5	Croydon	2–1	Liverpool
6	Doncaster Belles	10–1	Sheffield Wednesday
7	Garswood Saints	3–4	Ilkeston Town
8	Highfield Rangers	2–3	Berkhamsted Town
9	Ipswich Town	0–8	Middlesbrough
10	Preston Rangers	12–0	Denham United
11	Reading Royals	2–1	Leyton Orient
12	Sherborne	0–7	Everton
13	Southampton Saints	4–0	Whitehawk
14	Stockport	2–6	Bangor City
15	Tottenham Hotspur	7–2	Collier Row
16	Tranmere Rovers	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Wembley

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 2 February 1997.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Arsenal	9–0	Huddersfield Town
2	Bangor City	0–2	Everton
3	Berkhamsted Town	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Southampton Saints
replay	Southampton Saints	2–3	Berkhamsted Town
4	Middlesbrough	0–3	Ilkeston Town
5	Millwall Lionesses	3–0	Doncaster Belles
6	Reading Royals	2–4	Aston Villa
7	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Croydon
8	Wembley	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Preston Rangers

Quarter-finals

All games were played on 2 March 1997.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Berkhamsted Town	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Wembley
replay	Wembley	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Berkhamsted Town
2	Croydon	1–0	Everton
3	Ilkeston Town	2–4	Arsenal
4	Millwall Lionesses	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa

Semi–finals

Millwall Lionesses v Croydon

30 March 1997	Millwall Lionesses	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p)	Croydon	East Dulwich
	Osborn 120'	Report	Davis 116'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 539
	Penalties
	Lorton Ede Phillip Cope Lindsay		Powell Bampton Sempare Mapes

Wembley v Arsenal

30 March 1997	Wembley	1–0	Arsenal	Borehamwood
	Koch 81'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 289

Final

Main article: 1997 FA Women's Cup final

4 May 1997

15:00 BST

Millwall Lionesses	1–0	Wembley
Waller 51'	Report

Upton Park, London

Attendance: 3,015

Referee: Clive Wilkes (Gloucestershire)