Peterborough United Women and Portishead both defeated higher division opposition in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup 1st Round Proper.
Fourth-tier Peterborough United knocked out third tier Real Bedford 4-1, as Jess Rousseau hit a hat-trick.
Portishead Town also overcame a similar difference in division to edge out Billericay Town. Phoebe Tate scoring the dramatic stoppage-time winner, after which both sides saw red.
SCENES!#GetBehindPosset ⚪️⚫️ @AdobeWFACup @swsportsnews pic.twitter.com/oxhn2vBPgb
— Portishead Town Ladies FC (@PTFCLadies) October 26, 2025
Sutton United edged out league rivals Brentford after a 1-1 deadlock, the first time the Bees have failed to win this term.
Chatham Town went through 4-2 in the shoot-out after sharing six goals at AFC Wimbledon, Ponteland United levelled at Bolton Wanderers before eliminating them on spot-kicks.
Bridgwater United were taken all the way to sudden-death penalties before seeing off Southern League Wycombe Wanderers, Sporting Khalsa similarly caused the exit of Loughborough Lightning, also Oxford United away to Hashtag United.
Eastern League Stevenage pushed Norwich City hard but eventually lost out 4-3 to a 90th-minute Natasha Snelling volley in off the underside of the crossbar.
Cambridge United needed a second goal from Abby Jackson to overcome East Midlands League side University of Nottingham.
Wolves nearly squandered a two-goal lead against Rugby Borough, with Alex Brooks tipping the ball onto the Wanderers’ bar in the 90th minute as they held on for a 2-1 victory.
Torquay United had a record crowd of 1,010 but bowed out 6-0 to Exeter City, who play two tiers above.
Middlesbrough saw off Cheadle in Saturday’s televised tie, Becky Ferguson converting a penalty at the end of the first half, Olivia Watt netting a volley, with Lauren Robson and Erin Nelson scoring in stoppage time.
Olivia Watt unleashes a ferocious volley after a goalmouth scramble to double Middlesbrough’s lead 💥
📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/DxeNFcAPLF
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) October 25, 2025
Middlesbrough 4-0 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 169)
Durham Cestria 6-1 Dronfield Town (Att: 95)
Leeds United 5-1 FC St Helens (Att: 180)
Huddersfield Town 4-2 Wythenshawe
Penrith 2-3 Altrincham
Bolton Wanderers 1-1 Ponteland United (Ponteland won 4-2 on pens) (Att: 250)
Burnley 12-0 Blackburn Rovers
Stockport County 3-0 Tranmere Rovers
Liverpool Feds 4-1 Chester Le Street Town (Att: 203)
Manchester Laces 1-3 Wallsend BC
Halifax 1-4 Hull City
York City 1-0 Leeds Modernians (Att: 280)
South Shields 0-5 AFC Fylde (Att: 150)
Mancunian Unity 3-2 i2i International Soccer Academy
Sporting Khalsa 1-1 Loughborough Lightning (Khalsa won 5-4 on pens)
Hednesford Town 2-1 SJR Worksop
Crewe Alexandra 1-2 Boldmere St Michaels
Wroxham 3-0 Lye Town (Att: 100)
Coventry Sphinx 0-6 Derby County
Lincoln United 1-3 Stourbridge
Northampton Town 3-2 AFC Sudbury
Luton Town 3-0 Mansfield Town
Leafield Athletic 8-0 Redditch United
Royston Town 1-0 Coundon Court (Att: 196)
Stevenage 3-4 Norwich City
University of Nottingham 1-2 Cambridge United
Stoke City 7-0 Sutton Coldfield Town (Att: 89)
Solihull Moors 0-3 West Bromwich Albion
Port Vale 1-2 Worcester City
In to the hat for the next round 🎩@AdobeWFACup #pufc pic.twitter.com/rmuFmSfw52
— The Posh Women (@theposhwomen) October 26, 2025
Peterborough United 4-1 Real Bedford
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Rugby Borough (Att: 453)
Kidderminster Harriers 1-0 Redditch Borough
Brentford 1-1 Sutton United (Sutton won 4-3 on pens) (Att: 267)
AFC Wimbledon 3-3 Chatham Town (Chatham won 4-2 on pens) (Att: 514)
Lewes 4-0 Corsham Town (Att: 455)
Winchester City Flyers 0-4 Gwalia United
Haringey Borough 0-3 Bristol Rovers
Actonians 0-5 Watford (Att: 124)
London Bees 5-3 Barking (Att: 92)
Oxford City 4-2 Sherborne Town
Millwall Lionesses 0-2 Cheltenham Town (Att: 130)
Worthing 4-1 Abingdon United
Keynsham Town 1-0 Bournemouth Sports (Att: 55)
AFC Portchester 6-2 Gloucester City (Att: 210)
Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Bridgwater United (Bridgwater won 7-6 on pens) (Att: 225)
Fulham 5-0 South London
Swindon Town 1-0 Dulwich Hamlet
Saltdean United 1-0 Bromley
Portishead Town 1-0 Billericay Town (Att: 74)
Hashtag United 1-1 Oxford United (Oxford won 5-4 on pens)
Farnham Town 0-8 Leyton Orient
Plymouth Argyle 7-0 Maidstone United (Att: 932)
Torquay United 0-6 Exeter City (Att: 1,010)
Bowers & Pitsea 3-2 Wimborne Town (Att: 206)
Dartford 5-1 Forest Green Rovers
Millbrook 0-11 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 411)
The Second Round Proper draw will take place on Monday 27 October at 7pm across the Adobe Women’s FA Cup YouTube channel, as well as those of TNT Sports Football and Channel 4 Sport.
