England (Women) 1970/71

FA Cup 1970/71

Group Stage

Scotland (Group 1A)

Round 1
[Nov 29]
Aberdeen Prima Donnas    0-15 Stewarton Thistle  

Final [Feb 7]    
Stewarton Thistle         5-3 Manchester Corinthians

East Midlands Alliance (Group 2)

[Nov 1]
Leicester City Supporters 8-0 Wandering Angels (Lichfield) 

Final [Jan 10]
Hull Ladies               3-5 EMGALS (Leicester)        
 
East Midlands Alliance (Group 3)

Final [Feb 7]
Nuneaton Wanderers        6-3 Bantams Ladies (Coventry)
 
East Midland Alliance (Group 4)

Final [Feb 7]
Kays Ladies (Worcester)   5-2 Aston Villa
 
Home Counties League (Group 5)

Preliminary Round
Amersham Angels           bye

Round 2 [Dec 19]
Amersham Angels           5-3 Luton Ladies  

Final [Feb 7]
Chiltern Valley           0-1 Amersham Angels
 
NB: other teams from Luton were Arland, Daytel and Farley United 
 
Kent League (Group 7)

Final [Feb 7]
Thanet United             5-1 Medway
 
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)
Southampton Women FC     23-0 White Ribbon (London)
EMGALS (Leicester)        2-1 Amersham Angels  
Stewarton Thistle         8-1 Thanet United

Semifinals [Woodside stadium, Watford, Apr 25; one-day tournament with 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        [EMGALS 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: http://womensfacup.co.uk, 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

Prepared and maintained by Hans Schöggl for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Hans Schöggl
Last updated: 8 Jan 2025