1992–93 WFA Cup

1992–93 WFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Doncaster Belles
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1992–93 WFA Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 13 September 1992 and 24 April 1993. It was the 23rd season of the WFA Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Doncaster Belles in the final.^[1]

The tournament consisted eight rounds of competition proper.

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

Group 1

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Corematch	12–0	Thanet United
2	Farnborough	11–0	Sutton United
3	Portsmouth	2–1	Gosport Borough
4	Teynham	3–0	Maidstone United
5	Three Bridges	16–3	Buxted Rangers
Bye: Brighton & Hove Albion, Epsom & Ewell, Hassocks, Havant, Horsham, Isle of Wight, Saltdean United

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Hassocks
2	Corematch	12–1	Three Bridges
3	Havant	3–1	Farnborough
4	Isle of Wight	2–9	Horsham
5	Portsmouth	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Epsom & Ewell
replay	Epsom & Ewell	6–0	Portsmouth
6	Saltdean United	1–2	Teynham

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Epsom & Ewell	3–0	Teynham
2	Havant	0–5	Brighton & Hove Albion
3	Horsham	7–0	Corematch

Group 2

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bristol City	22–1	Bristol Rovers
2	Cardiff	4–0	Clevedon Town
3	Carterton	1–7	Torquay United
4	Crewkerne	3–11	Eastleigh
5	Newbury	H–W	Exeter Rangers
W/O for Newbury
6	Plymouth Pilgrims	4–1	Solent
7	Red Vale United	A–W	Tongwynlais
W/O for Tongwynlais
8	Swansea	H–W	Salisbury
W/O for Swansea
9	Swindon Spitfires	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Frome
10	Truro City	H–W	Corsham Town
W/O for Truro City
Bye: Bournemouth, Bristol Backwell

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bristol City	0–5	Bristol Backwell
2	Newbury	3–1	Torquay United
3	Plymouth Pilgrims	5–0	Eastleigh
4	Swansea	0–3	Swindon Spitfires
5	Tongwynlais	2–3	Cardiff
6	Truro City	6–0	Bournemouth

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Newbury	3–4	Bristol Backwell
2	Swindon Spitfires	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff
replay	Cardiff	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Swindon Spitfires
3	Truro City	4–2	Plymouth Pilgrims

Group 3

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Binfield	4–0	Brentford
2	Bromley Borough	6–0	SE Rangers
3	Collier Row	7–0	Walton & Hersham
4	Crystal Palace	2–3	Palace Eagles
5	Leyton Orient	9–0	Aylesbury United
6	Newham	4–6	Watford
7	Reading	1–6	Hackney
8	St Charles	A–W	Winchester All Stars
W/O for Winchester All Stars
9	Yeading	0–4	Tottenham
Bye: Abbey Rangers, District Line, London Girls

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	1–11	Leyton Orient
2	Collier Row	1–3	Hackney
Collier Row progressed to the next round
3	District Line	26–0	London Girls
4	Palace Eagles	2–9	Binfield
5	Watford	3–1	Tottenham
Tottenham progressed to the next round
6	Winchester All Stars	1–12	Bromley Borough

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	District Line	10–0	Collier Row
2	Leyton Orient	3–2	Binfield
3	Tottenham	2–7	Bromley Borough

Group 4

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Aston Villa	1–5	Tranmere Rovers
2	Bangor City	0–6	Kidderminster
3	Bentley Tigers	0–8	Thame United
4	Crewe	5–1	Launton
5	Runcorn	0–5	Pilkington
6	Worcester City	6–8	Leek Town
Bye: Abbeydale Alvechurch, Birmingham City, Oxford United, Stockport County, Villa Aztecs, Wolverhampton

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeydale Alvechurch	3–0	Stockport County
2	Crewe	3–8	Pilkington
3	Kidderminster	2–5	Oxford United
4	Leek Town	3–0	Thame United
5	Tranmere Rovers	8–2	Birmingham City
6	Villa Aztecs	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Wolverhampton

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeydale Alvechurch	6–0	Tranmere Rovers
2	Leek Town	1–2	Wolverhampton
3	Pilkington	1–2	Oxford United

Group 5

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Atherton Laburnum	0–15	Ashton United
2	Broadoak	3–1	Manchester City
3	Liverpool	A–W	Lever Club
W/O for Lever Club
4	Liverpool Feds	0–7	Preston Rangers
5	Manchester United	5–0	Vernon–Carus
6	Oldham Athletic	10–2	Rossendale
Bye: Bolton, Bury, Leasowe Pacific, Rochdale, St Helens, Wigan

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bolton	0–6	Broadoak
2	Bury	2–1	Preston Rangers
3	Leasowe Pacific	6–0^[3]	Rochdale
4	Manchester United	3–4	Ashton United
5	St Helens	H–W	Lever Club
W/O for St Helens
6	Wigan	7–2	Oldham Athletic

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashton United	4–5	Wigan
2	Broadoak	0–8^[4]	Leasowe Pacific
3	Bury	1–4	St Helens

Group 6

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	City Roses	3–8	Doncaster Town
2	Cleveland	8–2	Bradford City
3	Hull City	1–0	Barnsley
4	Newcastle	11–0	Wiggington Grasshoppers
Wiggington Grasshoppers proceed to the next round
5	Oakland Rangers	2–5	Brighouse
Bye: Cowgate Kestrels, Huddersfield, Middlesbrough, Scarborough, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cleveland	3–9	Sheffield Wednesday
2	Cowgate Kestrels	2–0	Hull City
3	Middlesbrough	13–1	Brighouse
4	Scarborough	A–W	Wakefield
W/O for Wakefield
5	Sunderland	2–4	Huddersfield
6	Wiggington Grasshoppers	0–10	Doncaster Town

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Doncaster Town	1–2	Middlesbrough
2	Huddersfield	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Sheffield Wednesday
replay	Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Huddersfield
3	Wakefield	4–6	Cowgate Kestrels

Group 7

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Calverton	A–W	Rainworth Miners Welfare
W/O for Rainworth Miners Welfare
2	Haigh	7–2	Notts County
3	Leicester City	3–1	Sporting Kesteven
4	Sharley Park	5–1	Grimsby
5	TNT	1–0	Derby City
Bye: Highfield Rangers, Nettleham, Nottingham Argyle

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Highfield Rangers	2–6	Rainworth Miners Welfare
2	Leicester City	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Sharley Park
replay	Sharley Park	3–4	Leicester City
3	Nottingham Argyle	3–0	Haigh
4	TNT	3–2	Nettleham

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–0	Nottingham Argyle
2	TNT	2–0	Leicester City

Group 8

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 13 and 20 September 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chelmsford City	1–2	Colchester United
2	Luton Town	9–1	Beccles
3	Norwich	6–0	Woodham Wanderers
4	Pye	3–4	Harlow Town
5	Southend	4–1	Leighton Linslade
6	Stevenage	1–9	Dunstable
Bye: Milton Keynes, Town & County

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Colchester United	0–10	Dunstable
2	Luton Town	4–0	Harlow Town
3	Southend	1–2	Milton Keynes
4	Town & County	11–3	Norwich

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 November 1992.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Dunstable	1–4	Town & County
2	Luton Town	7–0	Milton Keynes

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 6, 13 and 20 December 1992.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

6 December 1992	Abbeydale Alvechurch (2)	2–3	Millwall Lionesses (1)
		Report

6 December 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion (2)	1–5	Arsenal (1)	Withdean
		Report	Ball Churchman McGloin Pealling	Stadium: Withdean Stadium

6 December 1992	Bromley Borough (3)	3–0	Leyton Orient (3)
		Report

6 December 1992	Cowgate Kestrels (2)	2–3	Wimbledon (1)
		Report

6 December 1992	Doncaster Belles (1)	W–O	Knowsley United (1)
		Report

6 December 1992	Horsham (2)	2–3	Epsom & Ewell (2)
	Beer 50' Lonsdale 67'	Report	Darby 35' Whitton 80' Roberts 87'

6 December 1992	Leasowe Pacific (2)	4–1	Bristol Backwell (2)	Moreton
	Thomas Formston	Report		Stadium: Cuemasters Ground

6 December 1992	Luton Town (3)	0–9	Ipswich Town (1)	Langford
		Report		Stadium: Forde Park

6 December 1992	Middlesbrough (3)	5–0	Truro City (3)
		Report

6 December 1992	Rainworth Miners Welfare (3)	2–0	Oxford United (2)
		Report

6 December 1992	St Helens (2)	W–O	TNT (3)
		Report

6 December 1992	Wigan (3)	3–8	Bronte (1)
	Holland Gorman Leigh 90'	Report

13 December 1992	Stanton Rangers (2)	4–2	Sheffield Wednesday (2)
	Rose Brown Bourne	Report	Callaghan Gray

13 December 1992	Swindon Spitfires (3)	0–4	Maidstone Tigresses (1)
		Report

13 December 1992	Wolverhampton (2)	0–4	Red Star Southampton (1)
		Report

20 December 1992	Town & County (2)	2–6	District Line (2)
		Report

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 7 February 1993.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

7 February 1993	Arsenal (1)	4–1	District Line (2)	Leyton
	Bampton 18' Ball 42' Churchman 47' Wylie 74'	Report	Jones 71'	Stadium: Hare & Hounds Ground Referee: G Pope (London)

7 February 1993	Bronte (1)	2–0	St Helens (2)
		Report

7 February 1993	Epsom & Ewell (2)	0–1	Red Star Southampton (1)
		Report

7 February 1993	Ipswich Town (1)	3–2	Stanton Rangers (1)
	(pen.) 82'	Report	Clay Brown

7 February 1993	Leasowe Pacific (2)	2–5	Wimbledon (1)
	Cann Thomas	Report

7 February 1993	Maidstone Tigresses (1)	2–0	Middlesbrough (3)
		Report

7 February 1993	Millwall Lionesses (1)	0–4	Doncaster Belles (1)
		Report	Walker 30', 80' Coultard Murray 82'

7 February 1993	Rainworth Miners Welfare (3)	1–4	Bromley Borough (3)	Rainworth
	Jones 90'	Report	McCormick 2' 61' Powell (pen.)	Stadium: Welfare Ground

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 7 March 1993.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

7 March 1993	Arsenal (1)	5–1	Red Star Southampton (1)	Leyton
	Bampton Pealling Ball Churchman	Report		Stadium: Hare & Hounds Ground Referee: D. Martin (Nottinghamshire)

7 March 1993	Ipswich Town (1)	2–5	Doncaster Belles (1)
	26' Kemp	Report	Lisserman McQuiggan Borman Walker

7 March 1993	Maidstone Tigresses (1)	1–2	Bronte (1)
		Report

7 March 1993	Wimbledon (1)	1–2	Bromley Borough (1)
		Report

Semi–finals

All games were played on 3 April 1993.^[23]^[24]

3 April 1993	Arsenal (1)	2–0	Bromley Borough (3)	Cambridge
11:00 BST	Bampton 52' Ball 62'	Report		Stadium: City Ground Referee: J Smith (Middlesex)

3 April 1993	Bronte (1)	1–2	Doncaster Belles (1)	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Lonergan 11'	Report	Walker 9' Murray 44'	Stadium: City Ground Referee: N Collins (Surrey)

Final

24 April 1993

14:30 BST

Arsenal	3–0	Doncaster Belles
Curley 45' Ball 45+8' Bampton 80'	Report

Manor Ground, Oxford

Attendance: 3,547

Referee: Mike Cairns (Coventry)

References

↑ "Arsenal on trail of the treble: Shipp stands firm as the Belles rue lack of a finishing touch".
↑ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
↑ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
↑ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
↑ "Arsenal v Middlesbrough – Premier League, Saturday December 19th 1992". The Arsenal Collection. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ "Problems piling up for Belles". Doncaster Free Press. 17 December 1992. p. 54.
↑ "Blank Christmas". Doncaster Free Press. 24 December 1992. p. 70.
↑ "Ladies win after hard cup battle". Surrey Mirror. 10 December 1992. p. 27.
↑ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
↑ "Ladies hammered". Dunstable Gazette. 9 December 1992. p. 53.
↑ "Rangers rule roost". Derby Daily Telegraph. 14 December 1992. p. 31.
↑ "Cup exit for Ladies". Wigan Evening Post. 17 December 1992. p. 13.
↑ "Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – FA Cup 5th Round, Saturday February 13th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ "District Line Gunned out". Middlesex County Times. p. 64.
↑ "Ranger's Cup woe". Derby Daily Telegraph. 8 February 1993. p. 35.
↑ "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
↑ "One step further". Doncaster Free Press. 11 February 1993. p. 63.
↑ Foster, Gordon (10 February 1993). "Brilliant Bromley were something special". Mansfield & North Nottinghamshire Chronicle-Advertiser. p. 109.
↑ "Arsenal v Southampton – Premier League, Saturday March 20th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
↑ "Belles in the semis". Doncaster Free Press. 11 March 1993. p. 61.
↑ "Proctor on sidelines". Maidstone Telegraph. 12 March 1993. p. 31.
↑ "Rainworth made to fight". Mansfield & North Nottinghamshire Chronicle Advertiser. 10 March 1993. p. 110.
↑ "Belles in final". Doncaster Free Press. 8 April 1993. p. 82.
↑ Connolly, Kevin (12 April 1993). "Girls reach the final - and take command in the league". Arsenal vs Aston Villa Matchday Programme: 31.

[1] "Arsenal on trail of the treble: Shipp stands firm as the Belles rue lack of a finishing touch".

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

[3] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.

[4] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.

[5] "Arsenal v Middlesbrough – Premier League, Saturday December 19th 1992". The Arsenal Collection. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[6] "Problems piling up for Belles". Doncaster Free Press. 17 December 1992. p. 54.

[7] "Blank Christmas". Doncaster Free Press. 24 December 1992. p. 70.

[8] "Ladies win after hard cup battle". Surrey Mirror. 10 December 1992. p. 27.

[9] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.

[10] "Ladies hammered". Dunstable Gazette. 9 December 1992. p. 53.

[11] "Rangers rule roost". Derby Daily Telegraph. 14 December 1992. p. 31.

[12] "Cup exit for Ladies". Wigan Evening Post. 17 December 1992. p. 13.

[13] "Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – FA Cup 5th Round, Saturday February 13th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[14] "District Line Gunned out". Middlesex County Times. p. 64.

[15] "Ranger's Cup woe". Derby Daily Telegraph. 8 February 1993. p. 35.

[16] "Leasowe Pacific Match Centre". EFC Statto. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2026.

[17] "One step further". Doncaster Free Press. 11 February 1993. p. 63.

[18] Foster, Gordon (10 February 1993). "Brilliant Bromley were something special". Mansfield & North Nottinghamshire Chronicle-Advertiser. p. 109.

[19] "Arsenal v Southampton – Premier League, Saturday March 20th 1993". The Arsenal Collection. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2026.

[20] "Belles in the semis". Doncaster Free Press. 11 March 1993. p. 61.

[21] "Proctor on sidelines". Maidstone Telegraph. 12 March 1993. p. 31.

[22] "Rainworth made to fight". Mansfield & North Nottinghamshire Chronicle Advertiser. 10 March 1993. p. 110.

[23] "Belles in final". Doncaster Free Press. 8 April 1993. p. 82.

[24] Connolly, Kevin (12 April 1993). "Girls reach the final - and take command in the league". Arsenal vs Aston Villa Matchday Programme: 31.

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