England (Women) 1970/71

FA Cup 1970/71

Group Stage

Scotland

Round ?
[Dec ?]
Aberdeen Prima Donnas       -  Stewarton Thistle  

Final [date ?]     
Stewarton Thistle          bt  Manchester Corinthians

East Midlands Alliance (1?)

[Nov 1]
Leicester City Supporters   -  Wandering Angels (Lichfield) 

Final [date ?]
Hull Ladies                3-5 Emgals (Leicester)
 
East Midlands Alliance (2?)

Final [date ?]
Nuneaton Wanderers         6-3 Bantams Ladies (Coventry)
 
East Midland Alliance (3?)

Winners: Kays Ladies (Worcester)
 
Home Counties League

Preliminary Round
Amersham Angels            bye

[Nov 29]
Amersham Angels            5-3 Luton Ladies  
Final [date ?]
Chiltern Valley            lt  Amersham Angels
 
NB: other teams from Luton were Arland, Daytel and Farley United 
 
Kent League

Winners: Thanet United
 
South and East of England League

Winners: White Ribbon (London)
 
Knock-out Stage

Qualified for quarterfinals:
  Stewarton Thistle                               [Scotland] [later Lees Ladies, now Kilmarnock FC Women]
  Emgals [= East Midlands Gas Boards] (Leicester) [Midlands League]  
  Kays Ladies (Worcester)                         [Midlands League]
  Nuneaton Wanderers                              [Midlands League]
  Amersham Angels                                 [Home Counties League]
  Thanet United                                   [Kent League]
  White Ribbon (London)                           [South and East of England League]
  Southampton Women FC                            [Southampton & District League]
 
Quarterfinals [Woodside stadium, Watford]
[Apr 25]
Nuneaton Wanderers         bt  Kays Ladies (Worcester)
[dates?]
Southampton Women FC      23-0 White Ribbon (London)
Emgals (Leicester)         bt  Thanet United or Amersham Angels  
Southampton Women FC       bt  Amersham Angels or Thanet United
 
Semifinals [Woodside stadium, Watford, one-day tournament with the quarterfinals]
Southampton Women FC      11-0 Emgals (Leicester)         [also reported 8-0] 
Nuneaton Wanderers         2-9 Stewarton Thistle          [second half lasted one hour and a half 
                                                           instead of 40 minutes]
Third Place Match [May 9]
Emgals (Leicester)         3-3 Nuneaton Wanderers         [Wanderers on pen]
 
Final [May 9, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London]
Southampton Women FC       4-1 Stewarton Thistle
  [Pat Davies (3), Dot Cassell; Rose Reilly]


data 1917-1938

1971/72

list of champions

list of cup finals

list of league cup finals


About this document

Sources: https://historyofsoccer.info/first-womens-fa-cup-final https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970%E2%80%9371_WFA_Cup https://books.google.at/books?id=7KUkEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 16 Aug 2022

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