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The Vitality Women’s FA Cup

       Southampton FC Women are one of three FA Women's National
       League teams still remaining in the Vitality Women's FA Cup, and they
       reached the last sixteen with a 1-0 extra time victory over FA Women's
       Championship side Bristol City.
              In front of attendance of 3,638 at the St
       Mary's Stadium, Ella Morris scored the only goal
       of the game in the opening minute of extra time to
       take the Saints into the Fifth Round for the first
       time (see match report).
              The  draw  has  guaranteed  that  at  least
       one  FAWNL  side  will  be  the  quarter  finals,  for
       Southampton  have  been  paired  with  Ipswich
       Town, who have been title rivals throughout the
       season. The Tractor Girls made it through to the
       last sixteen for the second time in three seasons,
       thanks to a 1-0 victory away to Newcastle Utd.
       Lucy  O'  Brien  has  been  in  good  form  in  recent
       weeks  and  her  third  minute  goal  proved  to  be  Southampton FC Women celebrate their winning goal
       enough  to  give  Ipswich  the  win  against  a  plucky  against Bristol City  (Will Cheshire).
       Magpies side.
              West Bromwich Albion are the other
       side  from  outside  the  top  two  flights  in  the  Fifth
       Round,  as  they  came  through  a  penalty  shootout
       against Exeter City. The Devon side have had a
       magnificent season to date in Cup competitions but
       a well contested tie was to end goalless and Albion
       triumphed 4-2 from the spot.
              Albion will be at home again in the next
       round, to Coventry Utd who also triumphed on
       penalties following a 1-1 draw against Billericay
       Town. The game was goalless at ninety minutes,
       with  Coventry  taking  the  lead  during  extra  time
       thanks to Katie Wilkinson. Billericay hit back and
       Lucy  Jones  slotted  home  a  penalty  with  four
       minutes  remaining  to  take  the  game  into  the
       shootout, where Jay Bradford's side won 4-2 with Georgia Stanway scores against Nottingham Forest to
       Natalie Haigh scoring the winning kick.  make herself Manchester City’s all time top scorer
              Chelsea's defence of the trophy began on    (Julian Barker).
       Saturday  with  a  3-1  victory  away  to  Aston  Villa.
       Guro Reiten gave Chelsea an eighteenth minute lead and Pernille Harder doubled their lead from
       the penalty spot on the half hour. Reiten secured the win with her second goal after the break,
       before Villa grabbed an injury time consolation through Ramona Petzelberger.
              Chelsea will be at home in the last sixteen, to Leicester City who progressed with a
       stunning 3-1 success at Tottenham Hotspur. Angela Addison put Spurs in front on the hour
       mark and they looked to be on their way to victory until Shannon O'Brien sent the game into extra
       time when she equalised with eight minutes remaining. Sophie Howard then put Leicester in front
       within a minute of the restart and Esmee de Graaf struck late on to seal one of the best results of
       the day for her side.
              Manchester Utd safely negotiated their trip to Bridgwater Utd with a 2-0 victory in
       front of a sellout crowd at Fairfax Park. Hayley Ladd opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute
       but Bridgwater kept themselves in the game until eight minutes from time, when Ella Toone added
       the second goal.
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