The Football Association has release the early round fixtures for the 2026/27 Women’s FA Cup Preliminary and First Qualifying rounds.
The Women’s FA Cup Preliminary and First Qualifying Round draws take in a selection of teams from Tier 6 and 7 – in Berkshire, that is from the First Division’s North and South of the Southern Region Women’s Football League and Division One of the Thames Valley Counties Women’s Football League.
2026/27 Women’s FA Cup Preliminary Round draw
Matches to be played on the weekend of Sunday 23rd August 2026. Prize money: Winners – £1,000, Losers – £400.
- Ashridge Park v Slough Town
- Finchampstead v Whitchurch United
- Melksham Town or Caversham United
- Mudeford Phoenix v Windsor & Eton
- Wallingford & Crowmarsh v Basingstoke Town
2026/27 Women’s FA Cup First Qualifying Round draw
Matches to be played on the weekend of Sunday 6th September 2026. Prize money: Winners – £1,800, Losers – £450.
- Corsham Town v Finchampstead or Whitchurch United
- Wallingford & Crowmarsh or Basingstoke Town v Melksham Town or Caversham United
- Mudeford Phoenix or Windsor & Eton v Bournemouth Manor or Andover New Street
- Ashridge Park or Slough Town v Marlborough Town or Barton United
Women’s FA Cup exemptions
For the 2026/27 Adobe Women’s FA Cup, 90 teams are exempt until the Second Qualifying Round – those at Tier 5 of the English Women’s Football Pyramid. That includes Reading FC Women and Woodley United.
Ascot United and Maidenhead United, as Tier 4 sides, are exempt with 48 other teams until the Third Qualifying Round.
Full details of Women’s FA Cup round dates and prize funds round by round is here.
