Ashridge Park’s Women’s FA Cup run continues as Broadhurst seals Kidlington win

­­Thames Valley Counties Women’s Football League Division One Ashridge Park will take on their toughest test yet after upsetting the odds to reach the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Third Qualifying Round.

Ashridge will face FA Women’s National League South East Division One side South London and got their courtesy of goals from Georgia Boonham, Chloe Barton and match winner Lauren Broadhurst – a contender for last season’s Female Player of the Season at the Berkshire Football Awards.

The Wokingham-based side have entered for the last two seasons and the Third Qualifying Round is the furthest Ashridge have progressed in the competition.

Reading FC Women v Brentford: Adobe Women’s FA Cup Third Qualifying Round draw

Last season Park finished fifth in the table with former Wokingham & Emmbrook attacker Broadhurst top-scoring with 20 goals. They were knocked out of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup with a 5-2 defeat at Newport Pagnell Town in the Second Qualifying Round.

This season the competition included a Preliminary Round as the number of entries rose from 514 to 538.

Ashridge Park in the 2025/26 Women’s FA Cup

• Preliminary Round – Bye
• First Qualifying Round – Highworth Town 10-0 (H)
• Second Qualifying Round – Kidlington 3-2 (A)

Adobe Women’s FA Cup Third Qualifying Round draw for Berkshire: Actonians v Ascot United, Maidenhead United v Worthing, Reading v Brentford, South London v Ashridge Park.

Women’s FA Cup Third Qualifying Round matches are due to take place on the weekend of Sunday 5th October 2025.