Page 31 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No10 2020/21

The Football Association is pleased to confirm that following the
Government's recent roadmap announcement which will see the safe
return of grassroots football from 29th March, the 2020-21 Vitality
Women's FA Cup will recommence at the end of this month.
The competition was paused in January at the Second Round
after the country went into its third lockdown, with all ‘non-elite'
football suspended as a result.
With the recent announcement that the suspension will be lifted in a few weeks, the FA is
in a position to reschedule the first four rounds of the competition - with one tie still to be played
in the First Round and 17 in the Second Round, before the Third and Fourth Rounds can be played.
The rescheduled dates - subject to ongoing Government guidance as we follow the
roadmap out of lockdown - are as follows:
● First Round - 31 March 2021
● Second Round - 4 April 2021
● Third Round - 11 April 2021
● Fourth Round - 18 April 2021
The FA must also acknowledge FIFA's support for completing the later rounds of the
competition. Conversations concerning a date for the Fifth Round, which will be completed this
season, are ongoing. Following the Fifth Round, up to three rounds, including the Final held at
Wembley Stadium connected by EE, can be completed next season, with dates to be confirmed.
Meanwhile the draws for the Third and Fourth Rounds have been made, they are as follows:
Third Round:
Huddersfield Town v Brighouse Town or Newcastle United
Middlesbrough or Hull City v Stoke City or Wem Town Ladies
Burnley FC Women or Fylde Women v Sunderland or Sheffield FC
Cardiff City Ladies or Oxford Utd v Billericay Town or Ipswich Town
West Bromwich Albion or Lincoln City v Loughborough Foxes or Derby County
Watford or MK Dons v Wolverhampton Wanderers or Nottingham Forest
Portsmouth or Cheltenham Town v Crawley Wasps or Gillingham
Southampton FC Women or Plymouth Argyle v Keynsham Town or Yeovil Utd
Hounslow Women or Leyton Orient v Chichester & Selsey or Kent Football Utd or Enfield Town
Fourth Round:
Leicester City v Liverpool
Middlesbrough or Hull or Stoke or Wem Town v Sheffield Utd
Birmingham City v Coventry Utd
Burnley or Fylde or Sunderland or Sheffield FC v Manchester Utd
Everton v Durham Women
Manchester City v Aston Villa
Watford or MK Dons or Wolves or Nottm Forest v Blackburn Rovers
Huddersfield or Brighouse or Newcastle Utd v West Bromwich Albion or Lincoln City or
Loughborough Foxes or Derby County
Reading FC Women v Tottenham Hotspur
Cardiff City or Oxford or Billericay or Ipswich v Charlton Athletic
Arsenal v Portsmouth or Cheltenham or Crawley Wasps or Gillingham
Chelsea v London City Lionesses
Lewes v Southampton or Plymouth or Keynsham or Yeovil
Brighton & Hove Albion v Bristol City
West Ham United v Hounslow or Leyton Orient or Chichester & Selsey or Kent Football United or
Enfield Town
Crystal Palace v London Bees
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