FAWPL Cup and Plate Round-Up and Women’s FA Cup Shocks

Blackburn, Brighton, Nottingham Forest, Spurs and Stoke reach the FAWPL Cup quarter-finals, Stoke converting two penalties after a Bradford miss. Coventry, Gillingham, Keynsham and the Loughborough pair of Foxes and Students are through to the Plate last eight, while Blackburn, Bradford, Cardiff and Crystal Palace make the Reserve Cup semi-finals. The SSE Women’s FA Cup first round produces shocks: East Midlands Premier side Long Eaton United beat Premier League Wolves 3-2, and Fulham Foundation of the London and South East league take Enfield Town to penalties and win the shoot-out 3-1. London Corinthians came close to defeating Gillingham for the second time in weeks before bowing out 4-3 after extra time.