The Women’s FA Cup will resume in late March after its suspension in the New Year. With the new lockdown restrictions in England leading to the suspension of “non-elite” football, most of the early round ties were unable to be played. The FA has now announced that the competition will resume from the 3rd Round on 31st March.
Arsenal enter the competition on the 4th round, which will be played on Sunday, 18th April and the Gunners have been drawn at home to one of Cheltenham Town, Portsmouth, Crawley Wasps or Gillingham. The 5th round, quarter-final, semi-final and final ties will be played at the beginning of next season, with dates to be announced.
Something similar happened at the start of this season, with the 2019-20 FA Cup picking up from the quarter-final stage in September with the final played at the end of October. Arsenal have won the competition a record 14 times and last lifted the trophy in 2016.
The @Vitality_UK #WomensFACup is returning! 🙌
We are pleased to confirm that the 2020-2021 competition will recommence at the end of this month. Full details 👇
— Vitality Women's FA Cup (@VitalityWFACup) March 4, 2021
Well you have to believe we got away lightly there. The Spuds are away to Reading.
That picture brings back the nostalgia.
It must be 2016/2017 season so it’s not that long ago!
You would have thought Tim could have picked a photo with a couple more current players in it; perhaps there aren’t any? (photos that is not players!)
Yes, you are correct. Well, it was before Joe Montemurro was here anyway😞.
We’ve loads of photos of current players but I wanted to choose one of Arsenal winning the cup- we have lots of those too! This one is from the last time we won it in 2016.
It is possible that Round Five could be played this season, according to the FA Website. If that is after the last scheduled League game, it could be in front of fans.