2003–04 FA Women's Cup

2003–04 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	206
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Charlton Athletic
	← 2002–03 2004–05 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2003–04 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 7 September 2003 and 3 May 2004. It was the 34th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Charlton Athletic 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]

First round qualifying

All games were played on 7 September 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aylesbury United	1–0	Redhill
2	Billericay Town	1–4	Southwark Town United
3	Birstall United	2–1	Kettering Town
4	Blyth Spartans	2–1 (a.e.t.)	York City
5	Bolton Ambassadors	2–1	Corwen
6	Brentford	3–2	Carterton Rangers
7	Brentwood Town	1–4	Whitehawk
8	Bristol Manor Farm	1–2	Bath City
9	Buckfastleigh Rangers	6–1	Cogan Coronation
10	Bury	7–2	Stockport Celtic
11	Buxton	5–3 (a.e.t.)	Atherstone United
12	Cambridge United	7–1	Southam United
13	Chelmsford City	5–6	Caversham
14	Crowborough Athletic	7–1	Maidstone Mavrix
15	Dagenham & Redbridge	17–0	Harlow Town
16	Darlington Railway Athletic	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Blyth Town
17	Derby County	4–0	Cosford
18	Durham City	3–1	Windscale
19	Dynamo North London	3–3 (5–4 p)	Hastings Town
20	Haringey Borough	5–1	Basildon United
21	Haywards Heath Town	1–4	Luton Town Belles
22	Hendon	2–2 (3–4 p)	Leighton Linslade
23	Hitchin Town	2–2 (7–6 p)	Bushley Rangers
24	Hopwood	13–0	Greyhound Gunners
25	Huddersfield Town	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Crook Town
26	Hull City	3–4 (a.e.t.)	North Ferriby United
27	Keynsham Town	12–0	Marazion Blues
28	Kirklees	0–13	Chester Le Street Town
29	Launceston	0–5	Team Bath

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
30	Leicester City	12–1	Kidderminster Harriers
31	Lewes	7–1	Thatcham Town
32	Liverpool Feds	1–8	Darwen
33	London Colney	3–1	Haywood United
34	London Women	2–3	Woking
35	Lordswood	1–4	London Ladies
36	Loughborough Dynamo	3–2	Walsall
37	Lumley	10–3	Gateshead Cleveland Hall
38	Luton Borough	1–4	Tring Athletic
39	Macclesfield Town	0–3	Bolton Wanderers
40	Madron	0–7	Alphington
41	Morley Spurs	2–4	Killingworth YPC
42	Northampton Town	0–0 (3–4 p)	Wollaston Victoria
43	Ossett Albion	0–5	Wardley Eagles
44	Penzance	3–1	Newquay
45	Plymouth Oak Villa	7–3	Ashdown Rangers
46	Preston North End	9–1	Penrith Sapphires
47	Redbridge Raiders	H–W	Mansfield Road
Walkover for Redbridge Raiders.
48	South Normanton Athletic	0–5	Leafield Athletic
49	Sporting Links (Caistor)	2–3	Eye United
50	Swindon Spitfires	H–W	Caldicote Town
Walkover for Swindon Spitfires.
51	Telford	0–2	Stone Dominoes
52	The New Saints	H–W	Cambridge City
Walkover for TNS Ladies.
53	Thurrock & Tilbury	1–11	Tottenham Hotspur
54	US Valerio Vixens	3–0	Barwell
55	Viking Rangers	2–5	MK Wanderers
56	Wigan	A–W	Thorpe United
Walkover for Thorpe United.
57	Wycombe Wanderers	4–2	Clapton Orient

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 28 September and 4 October 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	4–0	Whitstable Town
2	Alphington	3–2	Gloucester City
3	Birstall United	4–0	Solihull Glades
4	Blyth Spartans	3–0	North Ferriby United
5	Bolton Ambassadors	2–3	Preston North End
6	Bolton Wanderers	7–1	Huddersfield Town
7	Bradford City	4–1	Thorpe United
8	Brentford	10–1	MK Wanderers
9	Bury	7–4	Durham Royals
10	Buxton	0–7	Leicester City
11	Caversham	2–1	Woodbridge Town
12	Chester Le Street Town	3–1	Lumley
13	Dagenham & Redbridge	5–1	Aylesbury United
14	Darwen	4–0	Darlington Railway Athletic
15	Derby County	6–0	Loughborough Dynamo
16	Durham City	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Killingworth YPC
17	Dynamo North London	0–1	Crowborough Athletic
18	Edgware Town	0–3	Redbridge Raiders

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
19	Eye United	3–8	Leafield Athletic
20	Haringey Borough	0–7	Tottenham Hotspur
21	Hopwood	5–2	Wardley Eagles
22	Lewes	5–1	Leighton Linslade
23	Leyton Orient	6–0	Tring Athletic
24	London Colney	8–1	London Ladies
25	Penzance	4–0	Swindon Spitfires
26	Peterborough United	3–1	Stone Dominoes
27	Plymouth Oak Villa	8–6	Keynsham Town
28	Southampton	0–3	Bath City
29	Southwark Town United	7–1	Royston Town
30	Team Bath	1–0	Buckfastleigh Rangers
31	The New Saints	10–0	US Valerio Vixens
32	Whitehawk	5–0	Woodstock
33	Woking	5–1	Hitchin Town
34	Wollaston Victoria	0–1	Cambridge United
35	Wycombe Wanderers	2–3	Luton Town Belles

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 26 October 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bath City	3–5	Alphington
2	Birstall United	3–0	Stafford Rangers
3	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Newcastle
4	Blyth Spartans	2–4	Bury
5	Bolton Wanderers	1–5	East Durham
6	Bradford City	1–3 (a.e.t.)	The New Saints
7	Brentford	5–5 (8–7 p)	Gillingham
8	Brook House	2–3	Reading Royals
9	Cambridge United	1–0	Peterborough United
10	Caversham	0–3	Whitehawk
11	Chester City	2–0	Barnsley
12	Colchester United	2–0	Barking
13	Crewe Vagrants	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Chester Le Street Town
14	Crowborough Athletic	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Abbey Rangers
15	Crystal Palace	1–0	Southwark Town United
16	Dagenham & Redbridge	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur
17	Darwen	H–W	Ilkeston Town
Walkover for Darwen.
18	Denham United	2–4	Queens Park Rangers
19	Derby County	3–5	Leafield Athletic
20	Doncaster Parkland Rovers	5–0	Leeds City Vixens

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
21	Exeter City	1–3	Clevedon
22	Forest Green Rovers	7–3	Rover Oxford
23	Killingworth YPC	1–2	Hopwood
24	Leicester City	2–1	Bedford Town Bells
25	Lewes	1–0	Norwich City
26	Leyton Orient	2–1	Woking
27	Lichfield Diamonds	3–8	Coventry City
28	London Colney	2–5	West Ham United
29	Loughborough Students	2–0	Luton Town Belles
30	Manchester United	2–0	Newsham Park Hospital
31	Newton Abbot	4–0	Plymouth Argyle
32	Nottingham Forest	3–2	Rushden & Diamonds
33	Plymouth Oak Villa	7–6	Swindon Town
34	Preston North End	5–4	Rotherham United
35	Reading	3–3 (4–2 p)	Stowmarket Sophtlogic
36	Redbridge Raiders	3–5	Chesham United
37	Scunthorpe United	1–2	Blackpool Wren Rovers
38	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Garswood Saints
39	Team Bath	1–5	Cardiff City
40	Yeovil Town	0–1	Penzance

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 9 and 16 November 2003.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Accrington Stanley Community Trust	0–2	Leicester City
2	Alphington	0–3	Reading Royals
3	Birstall United	1–5	Coventry City
4	Blackpool Wren Rovers	1–0	Doncaster Parkland Rovers
5	Bury	0–7	Blackburn Rovers
6	Cambridge United	1–5	Loughborough Students
7	Cardiff City	5–1	Chesham United
8	Clevedon	4–1	Plymouth Oak Villa
9	Crystal Palace	7–1	Crowborough Athletic
10	Darwen	3–2	Chester City

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	East Durham	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Preston North End
12	Garswood Saints	1–4	Manchester United
13	Gillingham	4–4 (4–2 p)	Lewes
14	Hopwood	0–5	Crewe Alexandra
15	Leyton Orient	3–1	Colchester United
16	Newton Abbot	2–2	Reading
Match abandoned at 90' due to waterlogged pitch. Result stands with winner to be determined in replay.
16 (replay)	Reading	4–1	Newton Abbot
17	Nottingham Forest	2–0	The New Saints
18	Penzance	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Forest Green Rovers
19	Queens Park Rangers	5–4	Tottenham Hotspur
20	Whitehawk	1–1 (3–4 p)	West Ham United

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 7 December 2003

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barnet	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff City
2	Bristol City	0–3	Reading Royals
3	Chelsea	6–3	Gillingham
4	Chesterfield	1–2	Manchester United
5	Clevedon	1–3	Millwall Lionesses
6	Coventry City	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Southampton Saints
7	Darwen	2–5	Sheffield Wednesday
8	East Durham	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Oldham Curzon
9	Enfield Town	0–0 (2–4 p)	Crystal Palace
10	Leicester City	2–3	Sunderland AFC
11	Leyton Orient	4–2	Ipswich Town

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
12	Lincoln City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Manchester City
13	Loughborough Students	6–2	Blackpool Wren Rovers
14	Middlesbrough	2–0	Bangor City
15	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Crewe Vagrants
16	Portsmouth	3–2	Forest Green Rovers
17	Queens Park Rangers	0–2	Merthyr Tydfil
18	Reading	0–3	AFC Wimbledon
19	Stockport County	2–1	Blackburn Rovers
20	Watford	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion
21	West Ham United	1–1 (3–4 p)	Langford
22	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 January 2004.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	3–0	Stockport County
2	Birmingham City	1–0	Loughborough Students
3	Bristol Rovers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Aston Villa
4	Cardiff City	3–1	Merthyr Tydfil
5	Charlton Athletic	3–0	Portsmouth
6	Chelsea	2–0	Manchester United
7	Doncaster Rovers Belles	2–1	Leeds United
8	Everton	2–1	Langford
9	Fulham	5–0	Sunderland AFC
10	Lincoln City	1–3	Leyton Orient
11	Middlesbrough	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Southampton Saints
12	Nottingham Forest	3–0	Oldham Curzon
13	Reading Royals	2–1	Millwall Lionesses
14	Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Crystal Palace
15	Tranmere Rovers	5–3	Brighton & Hove Albion
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6–2	AFC Wimbledon

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 25 January 2004.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cardiff City	2–1	Everton
2	Charlton Athletic	2–1	Fulham
3	Chelsea	3–3 (1–3 p)	Nottingham Forest
4	Doncaster Rovers Belles	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
5	Leyton Orient	1–6	Birmingham City
6	Middlesbrough	1–6	Arsenal
7	Reading Royals	1–9	Bristol Rovers
8	Tranmere Rovers	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 8 February 2004.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	11–1	Cardiff City
2	Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–1	Charlton Athletic
3	Nottingham Forest	0–3	Bristol Rovers
4	Tranmere Rovers	2–3	Birmingham City

Semi–finals

All games were played on 14 March 2004.

14 March 2004	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Arsenal	Bristol
		Report	Fleeting 74' White 77'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,382

14 March 2004	Birmingham City	0–1	Charlton Athletic	Solihull
		Report	Walker 60'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 1,234

Final

3 May 2004

13:00 BST

Arsenal	3–0	Charlton Athletic
Fleeting 23', 25', 83'	Report

Loftus Road, London

Attendance: 12,244

Referee: Amy Rayner

References

^ "Arsenal 3-0 Charlton". 3 May 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[1] "Arsenal 3-0 Charlton". 3 May 2004. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2025.

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