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second half but the Hammers fought back late on and Dagny Brynjarsdottir bundled home
the equalsier deep into injury time.
Extra time could not produce a winner but to force another 30 minutes, but neither
side could find a winner. This gave way to an epic penalty shootout with both sides regularly
finding the net with one miss each until it came down to the goalkeepers, Hannah Hampton
converting hers before her counterpart Mackenzie Arnold missed for the Hammers.
Quarter final draw:
Reading FC Women v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Manchester City
Lewes v Manchester United
Birmingham City v Brighton & Hove Albion
The FA is pleased to confirm that over 40,000 tickets have now been issued for this
season’s Vitality Women’s FA Cup Final.
The showpiece event, which will be held on Sunday 14th May at Wembley Stadium
Connected by EE, has seen over 10,000 tickets issued in the last five weeks since the 30k
mark was reached, highlighting the appetite fans have for the match, with the Finalists due
to be confirmed in April.
A record 49,094 fans witnessed Chelsea’s victory over Manchester City in last year’s
Final, with both clubs still in the competition following this past weekend’s Fifth Round.
Tickets for this year’s Final can be purchased via wembleystadium.com/tickets. For
accessible tickets please call 0800 093 0824.

Bristol City played their game in hand on London City Lionesses in
midweek, and opened up a lead of three points at the top of the table, thanks
to a 1-0 victory away to Lewes. The Robins faced an awkward trip to the
Dripping Pan, where the home side had booked their place in the quarter
finals of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup a few days earlier, but a goal from
Shania Hayles just before the hour mark settled a tight match and saw her
side regain the leadership, whilst returning herself to the top of the division’s
goalscoring charts.
Crystal Palace continued their upsurge in form and cemented themselves in the top
half of the table by beating Sheffield Utd 2-1 on Sunday. A win would have taken the Blades
out of the bottom two but after Hollie Olding had
given Palace the lead just after the hour mark, Crystal Palace 2 (Olding 62, Haines 80)
and Rebecca Rayner had equalised, it was Coral- Sheffield Utd 1 (Rayner 75)
Jade Haines who settled matters in Palace’s -
favour with the winning goal, ten minutes from Lewes 0
time. Bristol City 1 (Hayles 58)

BARCLAYS CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
BRISTOL CITY 14 10 3 1 23 7 33 16
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 14 9 3 2 30 11 30 19 LEADING SCORERS
SOUTHAMPTON F.C. 14 7 5 2 16 9 26 Shania HAYLES Bristol City 9
7
BIRMINGHAM CITY 13 7 1 5 20 14 22 Sarah EWENS London City Lionesses 8
6
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 7 1 4 20 15 22 Saffron JORDAN Blackburn Rovers 7
5
CRYSTAL PALACE 14 7 0 7 16 21 21 Emily SCARR Sunderland 7
-5
LEWES 13 4 4 5 10 15 16 Jade PENNOCK Birmingham City 6
-5
DURHAM WFC 13 4 3 6 16 17 15 Rio HARDY Durham Women 5
-1
BLACKBURN ROVERS 13 3 5 5 12 19 14 -7
SUNDERLAND 14 4 1 9 17 21 13 -4
SHEFFIELD UTD 14 3 2 9 17 17 11 0
COVENTRY UTD 14 2 0 12 13 44 6 -31
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