Oxford United Women pulled off a dramatic late comeback to defeat Middlesbrough in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Fourth Round.
Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Leicester City (Att: 1,062)
Charlton Athletic 10-0 Swindon Town
AFC Bournemouth 0-6 Manchester City (Att: 2,089)
Ipswich Town 1-2 Sheffield United (Att: 491)
Oxford United 3-1 Middlesbrough (Att: 477)
Chatham Town 3-0 York City (Att: 1,671)
Manchester United 5-0 Burnley
Southampton 1-2 (aet) Bristol City
London Bees 0-6 Liverpool (Att: 881)
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0 Nottingham Forest (Att: 916)
Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa (Att: 2,722)
Hull City 2-6 Birmingham City (Att: 745)
Middlesbrough’s Becky Ferguson broke the deadlock on the break, Maisy Barker levelled the score for Oxford United with just 5 minutes left in regular time. Riva Casley’s header from a Grace Palmer corner had Oxford 2-1 up at 90 minutes, and Holly Manders sealed it with their third from distance.
Arsenal gained the advantage over Aston Villa early in the second half, as Stina Blackstenius swept in from Kim Little’s cut-back. Little got the second herself when following up an effort against the crossbar.
Khadija Shaw headed Manchester City into the lead, with Lauren Hemp doubling the advantage and Laura Coombs adding two goals in as many minutes before the break. Vivianne Miedema added a second-half brace.
Beth England put Spurs ahead and later set up Drew Spence for their second goal against Leicester, while Lenna Gunning-Williams wrapped it up in added time.
Brighton’s Madison Haley put away a penalty in first-half added time after Kiko Seike was taken down by Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Emily Batty. Jelena Čanković made sure of progress for the Seagulls past the WSL 2 team in stoppage time.
Michaela McAlonie made the breakthrough for Southampton before the break but Bristol City equalised from Emily Syme’s free kick to force extra time. Bristol completed the comeback as Syme scored from long-range with just two minutes remaining.
Manchester United’s Maya Le Tissier scored from outside the box after only two minutes. Julia Zigiotti Olme and Simi Awujo extended the advantage by the interval. Lea Schüller headed home the fourth soon after the restart, Layla Drury found the net from outside the area.
Liverpool’s new signings Denise O’Sullivan and Martha Thomas both scored in the first half, Mia Enderby netting inbetween. Gemma Bonner made it 4-0 after the resumption, Alice Bergström and Alejandra Bernabé got one each during stoppage time.
Charlie Devlin’s early goal for Sheffield United was cancelled out by Ipswich’s Lucy O’Brien. Devlin restored the Blades’ lead midway through the second period with what proved to be the decider.
Hull were behind just two minutes into the game after a Birmingham goal by Chelsea Cornet. Lily Crosthwaite, Lotta Lindström, and Veatriki Sarri all added one each by the midpoint. Shanade Hopcroft made it 5-0 within a couple of minutes of the second half starting. Ellie Tanser and Sophie Haywood got goals back for Hull but the Blues scored a sixth goal through Asato Miyagawa.
Jodie Hutton and Amalie Thestrup’s double came in a seven-minute spell for Charlton, on the way to a big win over Swindon. Karin Muya scored the fourth, Thestrup completed her hat-trick from the spot, Emma Bissell and doubles by Katie Lockwood and Gillian Kenney took the tally to 10.
Ellie Jeffkins’ opener and an Amelia Woodgate brace saw Chatham defeat fellow fourth-tier side York.
Celebrating Ellie J’s opener pic.twitter.com/RHwtLxmWos
— Chatham Town Women (@ChathamTownWFC) January 18, 2026
When is the Fifth Round Draw?
This will take place on Monday 19 January at 7pm across YouTube channels for the Adobe Women’s FA Cup, TNT Sports Football and Channel 4 Sport.
