1987–88 WFA Cup

1987–88 WFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Doncaster Belles
Runners-up	Leasowe
	← 1986–87 1988–89 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1987–88 WFA Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 6 September 1987 and 1 May 1988. It was the 18th season of the WFA Cup and was won by Doncaster Belles, who defeated Leasowe in the final.

The tournament consisted seven rounds of competition proper.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[1]

Group A

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Crewe	2–1	Ingol Belles
2	Fodens	0–15	Birmingham City
3	Sandwell	1–2	Abbeydale
Bye: BYC Argyle (Burwell Youth Club), Droitwich St. Andrews, Preston Rangers

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeydale	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Crewe
2	Birmingham City	3–0	Preston Rangers
3	BYC Argyle (Burwell Youth Club)	2–8	Droitwich St. Andrews

Group B

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	2–3	Milton Keynes
2	Chelsea	H–W	Northwood
Northwood withdrew
3	Hemel Hempstead	5–0	Maidstone
4	Islington	4–0	Vixens
5	Vicarage Wanderers	3–3	Walton & Hersham
replay	Walton & Hersham	8–1	Vicarage Wanderers
Bye: Gallaher

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chelsea	7–2	Gallaher
2	Islington	1–8	Walton & Hersham
3	Milton Keynes	7–3	Hemel Hempstead

Group C

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Beccles	7–0	Diss Town
2	Launton	1–7	Spondon Leisure Centre
3	Leighton Linslade	0–7	Watford
4	Oxford & County	1–4	Biggleswade
5	Suffolk Bluebirds	3–1	Dunstable
Bye: Luton Daytel, Norwich

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Beccles	4–0	Watford
2	Luton Daytel	2–1	Suffolk Bluebirds
3	Norwich	A–W	Biggleswade
Norwich withdrew
Bye: Spondon Leisure Centre

Group D

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Crewkerne	1–4	Keynsham
2	Exeter	1–0	Truro City
3	Exeter Rangers	1–6	Plymouth Pilgrims
4	Ottery	1–7	Frome
5	Pelynt	3–1	Taunton Trident
Bye: Cardiff

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cardiff	4–2	Plymouth Pilgrims
2	Exeter	2–1	Frome
3	Keynsham	8–0	Pelynt

Group E

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chesterfield	H–W	Leicester
Leicester withdrew
2	Rainworth Miners Welfare	2–0	Boots Athletic
3	Sheffield	8–0	G.E.C. / A.E.I.
Bye: Ilkeston (Bilborough), Kilnhurst, Town & County

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Chesterfield	0–3	Town & County
2	Ilkeston (Bilborough)	0–1	Rainworth Miners Welfare
3	Sheffield	2–1	Kilnhurst

Group F

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Newbury	4–0	Cove Krakatoa
2	Red Star Southampton	9–1	Chingford
3	Solent	7–0	Swindon Spitfires
4	Spurs	7–8	Hightown
5	Tottenham	2–1	District Line
Bye: Bournemouth

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bournemouth	0–3	Solent
2	Newbury	5–3	Hightown
3	Red Star Southampton	5–0	Tottenham

Group G

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Filey Flyers	4–2	Reckitts
2	Whitehouse Rovers	3–1	Rowntree
3	Whitley Bay	5–2	Leeds
4	Wigan	2–4	Rossendale
Bye: Broadoak, Bronte

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Broadoak	3–1	Whitley Bay
2	Filey Flyers	2–1	Whitehouse Rovers
3	Rossendale	0–7	Bronte

Group H

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 6 and 20 September 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashford Town	5–0	Southwick
2	Crawley	0–7	Maidstone Tigresses
3	Horsham	2–4	Worthing
4	Medway	A–W	Hassocks Beacon
Medway withdrew
Bye: Gillingham, Reigate

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 4 and 11 October 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ashford Town	0–6	Hassocks Beacon
2	Gillingham	0–8	Reigate
3	Maidstone Tigresses	4–1	Worthing

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 1 November 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeydale	4–3	Beccles
2	Bronte	4–0	Spondon Leisure Centre
3	Doncaster Belles	2–1	Millwall Lionesses
4	Droitwich St. Andrews	4–1	Rainworth Miners Welfare
5	Exeter	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff
replay	Cardiff	1–2	Exeter
6	Filey Flyers	1–3	Birmingham City
7	Friends of Fulham	6–1	Town & County
8	Keynsham	2–4	C&C Sports
9	Leasowe Pacific	5–3	Biggleswade
10	Luton Daytel	0–8	Red Star Southampton
11	Maidstone Tigresses	1–2	Hassocks Beacon
12	Milton Keynes	0–2	Broadoak
13	Newbury	1–0	Chelsea
14	Reigate	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Cleveland Spartans
replay	Cleveland Spartans	4–3	Reigate
15	Sheffield	1–2	Solent
16	Walton & Hersham	4–2	Solihull

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 6 and 13 December 1987.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Birmingham City	7–1	Walton & Hersham
2	C&C Sports	0–1	Red Star Southampton
3	Doncaster Belles	6–0	Broadoak
4	Droitwich St. Andrews	0–1	Cleveland Spartans
5	Exeter	1–6	Abbeydale
6	Hassocks Beacon	1–7	Friends of Fulham
7	Leasowe Pacific	3–2	Solent
8	Newbury	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Bronte
replay	Bronte	?–?	Newbury

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 7 February 1988.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbeydale	0–12	Doncaster Belles
2	Cleveland Spartans	1–2	Birmingham City
3	Leasowe Pacific	6–0	Bronte
4	Red Star Southampton	1–3	Friends of Fulham

Semi–finals

All games were played on 13 March 1988.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Birmingham City	0–4	Doncaster Belles
2	Friends of Fulham	2–5	Leasowe

Final

1 May 1988

Leasowe Pacific	1–3	Doncaster Belles
Jackson (pen.)	Report	Walker Coultard Sherrard

Gresty Road, Crewe

Attendance: 800

Referee: Philip Wright (Crewe)

References

↑ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

[1] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2025.

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