1989–90 WFA Cup

1989–90 WFA Cup
Tournament details
Country	England & Wales
Final positions
Champions	Doncaster Belles
Runners-up	Friends of Fulham
	← 1988–89 1990–91 → Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 1989–90 WFA Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 17 September 1989 and 28 April 1990. It was the 20th season of the WFA Cup and was won by Doncaster Belles, who defeated Friends of Fulham in the final.^[1]

The tournament consisted eight rounds of competition proper.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[2]

Group A

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Burnley	2–6	Ladyblues
2	Leek Town	5–3	Leeside
3	Manchester United	8–2	North End
4	St Helens	3–0	Daresbury
5	Wigan	7–2	Manchester City
6	Wythenshawe	H–W	Rossendale
Rossendale withdrew

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Ladyblues	1–2	St Helens
2	Wigan	5–2	Leek Town
3	Wythenshawe	0–3	Manchester United

Group B

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bristol	9–0	Exeter Rangers
2	Frome	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Cardiff
replay	Cardiff	5–0	Frome
3	Plymouth Pilgrims	1–4	Taunton Trident
4	Truro City	6–0	Crewkerne

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bristol	7–0	Taunton Trident
2	Truro City	1–0	Cardiff

Group C

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Birmingham City	3–1	Wolverhampton
2	Holly Lane	4–8	Abbeydale
3	Leicester	1–3	Crewe
4	Villa Aztecs	2–3	Preston Rangers
Bye: Bennetts Bank, Droitwich St. Andrews\|

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Birmingham City	11–0	Bennetts Bank
2	Crewe	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Abbeydale
3	Preston Rangers	10–1	Droitwich St. Andrews

Group D

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Doncaster Town	2–4	Filey Flyers
2	Leeds	3–1	Whitehouse Rovers
3	Notts County	2–0	Chesterfield
4	Oakland Rangers	0–3	Rainworth Miners Welfare
5	Sheffield	0–3	Cleveland Spartans
Bye: Whitley Bay

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Filey Flyers	10–0	Notts County
2	Leeds	0–4	Whitley Bay
3	Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–3	Cleveland Spartans

Group E

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Basildon	1–10	Spondon Leisure Centre
2	Ipswich Town	4–1	Leyton Orient
3	Romford	3–1	SJP Chelmsford
Bye: Canary Rangers, Pye

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Canary Rangers	0–6	Ipswich Town
2	Romford	8–1	Pye
Bye: Spondon Leisure Centre

Group F

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	District Line	9–0	Hackney
2	Maidstone Tigresses	7–1	Tottenham
3	Maidstone United	2–1	Chelsea
4	Sutton	A–W	Arsenal
Sutton disqualified
5	Walton & Hersham	2–1	Reigate
6	Watford	H–W	Brentford
Brentford disqualified
Bye: Spurs

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Maidstone Tigresses	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Spurs
2	Maidstone United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Walton & Hersham
3	Watford	0–4	Arsenal
Bye: District Line

Group G

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Broadbridge Heath	3–1	Bournemouth
2	C&C Sports	H–W	Ashford Town
Ashford Town withdrew
3	Cove Krakatoa	6–0	Leeds Fastmet
4	Saltdean United	0–5	Hassocks Beacon
5	Solent	4–2	Worthing
Bye: Handcross, Hightown

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Cove Krakatoa	5–3	Hassocks Beacon
2	Handcross	0–15	Solent
3	Hightown	0–4	Broadbridge Heath
Bye: C&C Sports

Group H

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 17 September 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Leighton Linslade	0–4	Hertford Town
2	Newbury	1–0	Hemel Hempstead
3	Nino Ladies Bracknell	3–1	Stevenage
4	Swindon Spitfires	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Oxford & County
replay	Oxford & County	2–0	Swindon Spitfires
Bye: Milton Keynes

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 8 October 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Hertford Town	3–5	Newbury
2	Milton Keynes	1–4	Oxford & County
Bye: Nino Ladies Bracknell

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 5 November 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Bronte	2–0	Whitley Bay
2	Cleveland Spartans	1–3	Leasowe Pacific
3	District Line	5–0	Broadbridge Heath
4	Doncaster Belles	4–0	Red Star Southampton
5	Friends of Fulham	4–0	Crewe
6	Maidstone Tigresses	1–0	Notts Rangers
7	Maidstone United	3–1	C&C Sports
8	Manchester United	1–4	Ipswich Town
9	Millwall Lionesses	18–0	Cove Krakatoa
10	Newbury	3–4	Birmingham City
11	Oxford & County	0–1	Wigan
12	Romford	2–5	Preston Rangers
13	Scarborough	0–7	Arsenal
14	Solent	0–4	St Helens
15	Spondon Leisure Centre	1–0	Bristol
16	Truro City	2–4	Nino Ladies Bracknell

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 3 December 1989.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	4–0	Wigan
2	Bronte	1–2	Friends of Fulham
3	District Line	1–0	Maidstone Tigresses
4	Doncaster Belles	3–2	Millwall Lionesses
5	Leasowe Pacific	7–0	Birmingham City
6	Maidstone United	1–1	St Helens
Original match postponed at half–time at 1–1 due to fog
replay	St Helens	4–1	Maidstone United
7	Nino Ladies Bracknell	3–3 (aet)	Preston Rangers
replay	Preston Rangers	H–W	Nino Ladies Bracknell
Walkover for Preston Rangers
8	Spondon Leisure Centre	2–4	Ipswich Town

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 4, 10 and 11 March 1990.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	0–4	Friends of Fulham
2	Doncaster Belles	5–0	Leasowe Pacific
3	Preston Rangers	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ipswich Town
4	St Helens	2–1 (a.e.t.)	District Line

Semi–finals

All games were played on 21 April 1990.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Doncaster Belles	7–0	St Helens
2	Preston Rangers	0–3	Friends of Fulham

Final

28 April 1990

Doncaster Belles	1–0	Friends of Fulham
Coultard 61'	Report

Baseball Ground, Derby

Attendance: 3,111

Referee: D.T. Phillips (Barnsley)

References

↑ womensfootballarchive (25 May 2015). "Baseball Ground, Derby 28 April 1990 – Doncaster Belles 1–0 Friends of Fulham". Women's Football Archive. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
↑ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

[1] womensfootballarchive (25 May 2015). "Baseball Ground, Derby 28 April 1990 – Doncaster Belles 1–0 Friends of Fulham". Women's Football Archive. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

[2] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2025.

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