The draw was conducted on BBC News’ SportsDay show by former Everton, Liverpool and England goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis, alongside host Jane Dougall.

The quarter final draw in its entirety is as follows:

• • London City Lionesses v Arsenal
  • Brighton & Hove Albion v Aston Villa
  • Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
  • Chelsea v Sunderland

The quarter finals will be played across Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 February, with the draw for the semi-finals set for Friday 9 February, again during SportsDay on BBC News.

The final itself will be played on Sunday 31 March 2024 at Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Molineux Stadium, with tickets available to purchase HERE.

With thanks to the FA

The ties will be played either Saturday 13 January or Sunday 14 January 2018:

1. Chelsea                v              Manchester City
2. Reading                v              Arsenal

Here are the results of the first round of matches:

Group One North

Durham Women FC          0-0         Sunderland AFC Ladies*

Liverpool Ladies FC          6-0         Sheffield FC Ladies

Group Two North

Doncaster Rovers               0-3         Everton Ladies FC

Birmingham City Ladies   4-0         Oxford United Women

Group One South

Watford Ladies FC            1-0         Millwall Lionesses

Arsenal                                7-0         London Bees

Group Two South

Tottenham Hotspur FC    2-0         Bristol City Women

Brighton & Hove               4-2         Yeovil Town Ladies FC

*Under the new rules Sunderland earned themselves a bonus point after winning the penalty shoot out as the game was drawn at full tme.

Teams will play each other once at the group stage with each game being played to a conclusion. If the result of a group match is a draw after 90 minutes then a penalty shootout will take place with points distributed as follows:

• Teams will receive three points for winning a group game in 90 minutes
• Teams will receive two points if a group game is tied after 90 minutes and they win the penalty shootout
• Teams will receive one point if a group game is tied after 90 minutes and they lose the penalty shootout

The top two teams in each group progress to the quarter finals and further knockout stages.

#For the first time in women’s football, this season’s Continental Tyres Cup will be introducing the use of a fourth substitute that can be utilised during extra time of the knockout games if the match progresses beyond 90 minutes.

The four groups, two in the north and two in the south are made up as follows:

The Final is set to take place on the weekend of 10/11 March 2018.

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town Ladies have been drawn against Brighton & Hove Albion, Bristol City, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur in Group Two South.  

The four groups are make up as follows:

Group One North
Aston Villa Ladies
Durham Women
Liverpool Ladies
Sheffield FC Ladies
Sunderland AFC Ladies

Group Two North
Birmingham City Ladies
Doncaster Rovers Belles
Everton Ladies
Manchester City Women
Oxford United Women

Group One South
Arsenal Women
London Bees
Millwall Lionesses
Reading FC Women
Watford Ladies

Group Two South
Brighton & Hove Albion Women
Bristol City Women
Chelsea Ladies
Tottenham Hotspur Ladies
Yeovil Town Ladies

Teams will play each other once at the group stage with each game being played to a conclusion. If the result of a group match is a draw after 90 minutes then a penalty shootout will take place with points distributed as follows:

• Teams will receive 3 points for winning a group game in 90 minutes
• Teams will receive 2 points if a group game is tied after 90 minutes and they win the penalty shootout
• Teams will receive 1 point if a group game is tied after 90 minutes and they lose the penalty shootout

The top two teams in each group progress to the quarter finals and further knockout stages.

For the first time in women’s football, this season’s FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup will be introducing the use of a fourth substitute that can be utilised during extra time of the knockout games if the match progresses beyond 90 minutes.

The Final is set to take place on the weekend of 10/11 March 2018.

Report courtesy of the  FA and Yeovil Town Ladies FC

Sunday 02 October 2016

FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup

Manchester City Women               1 – 0       Birmingham City Ladies   AET

FA WPL Northern Division

Derby County Ladies                       3 – 1       Bradford City Womens

Newcastle United Womens FC     0 – 1       Blackburn Rovers Ladies

Nottingham Forest Ladies             2 – 5       Huddersfield Town Ladies

Stoke City Ladies                             3 – 3       Fylde Ladies

West Bromwich Albion                   P – P       Middlesbrough FC Ladies

FA WPL Southern Division

Coventry United Ladies                  2 – 1       Swindon Town Ladies

Crystal Palace Ladies                      2 – 1       Portsmouth Football Club Ladies

Queens Park Rangers Ladies         1 – 4       Cardiff City Ladies

Tottenham Hotspur Ladies            1 – 1       C & K Basildon Ladies

West Ham United Ladies               0 – 2       Charlton Athletic Womens First

FA WPL Northern Division One

Blackpool Wren Rovers Ladies     2 – 3       Hull City Ladies First

Brighouse Town Ladies                  2 – 2       Chester le Street Town Ladies

Chorley Ladies                                  1 – 4       Guiseley Vixens Women

Leeds Ladies                                     1 – 1       Tranmere Rovers Ladies

Liverpool Marshall Feds Ladies     3 – 0       Morecambe Ladies

Mossley Hill Athletic Ladies           4 – 5       Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC

FA WPL Midlands Division One (Cup)

Caterpillar Juniors ladies              P – P       Loughborough Students Women’s

Desford Women                              0 – 15     Loughborough Foxes Women

FA WPL Midlands Division One (League)

Leicester City Ladies                       0 – 2       Sporting Khalsa Women

Radcliffe Olympic Ladies 2 – 1       Birmingham & West Midlands Ladies

The New Saints LFC                         2 – 0       Steel City Wanderers F.C. Ladies

Wolverhampton Wanderers         6 – 1       Solihull Ladies

FA WPL South East Division One

AFC Wimbledon Ladies                   4 – 0       Stevenage Ladies

Actonians Ladies                              5 – 4       Norwich City Ladies

Denham United Ladies                   1 – 5       Cambridge United Women

Enfield Town Ladies                        0 – 5       Luton Town Ladies

Gillingham FC Ladies                       5 – 1       Lowestoft Town FC Ladies

Milton Keynes Dons FC Ladies      5 – 3       Ipswich Town Ladies F.C.

FA WPL South West Division One

Basingstoke Town Ladies              7 – 2       Shanklin Ladies

Larkhall Athletic Ladies                  2 – 1       Exeter City Ladies

Maidenhead United FC Ladies      2 – 1       Cheltenham Town Ladies

Plymouth Argyle Ladies                  5 – 1       Brislington Ladies

St Nicholas Ladies                           0 – 9       Chichester City Ladies

The above photo of Steph Houghton is from the 2014 Continental Tyres Cup Final when Steph was player of the match – that honour went to Lucy Bronze today.

Photo by Gino D’Andrea

Sadly, Birmingham City Ladies team was a step too far for an amateur side already diminished by injuries as they went down 0-4 at the Hive.

The Bees keeper, Beth Davies, kept the side in the competition as Bees started slowly and because of an inability to retain the ball were constantly under pressure.  Half way through the first half, Birmingham made the breakthrough as Kirsty Linnett stooped to head a cross into the net and relieve the Birmingham nerves.

Towards the end of the half Bees created some pressure of their own and many felt Birmingham were lucky not to be penalised when their keeper took out Jo Wilson with a robust challenge which prevented Wilson being through on goal, but nothing was given.

Bees’ Jo Wilson being challenged by Ann-Katrin Berger (Photo: Gino D’Andrea)

Just after the break Kerys Harrop doubled the score for Birmingham and then Charlie Wellings added the best score of the day with a 30 yard belter.

Bees also lost their captain Ashleigh Goddard early in the second half, to a dislocated shoulder, to add to their injury woes.

Late on Birmingham got the fourth goal after a fumble from Beth Davies, who until that point had played a really good game. The harsh reality of being a goalkeeper.

Possibly Bees showed their opponents a little too much respect or were daunted by the occasion and the being in touching distance of the final created too much pressure, but they should be really proud of their achievement they have unlocked some of their potential and will hopefully continue to improve..

Photo: Gino D’Andrea

Meanwhile Birmingham City Ladies, defeated finalists in 2011 and 2012 to Arsenal Ladies, may be relieved that they will meet Manchester City women in the final this year and will definitely be hoping it is third time lucky – we wish them well!

Before the match began there was a minute’s applause in memory of Zoe Tynan who tragically lost her life this week.

The WPL League Cup results are also listed below.

Saturday 03 September 2016

FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup

London Bees 0-4 Birmingham City Ladies

Sunday 04 September 2016

FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup

Manchester City Women 1-0 Arsenal Ladies FC

WPL – League Cup Fixtures – 4 September 2016

AFC Wimbledon Ladies 3-2 Plymouth Argyle Ladies

Basingstoke Town Ladies 3-0 Cheltenham Town Ladies

Blackburn Rovers Ladies 19-0 Rotherham United Ladies

Blackpool Wren Rovers Ladies 5-0 Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC

C & K Basildon Ladies 7-0 St Nicholas Ladies

Cambridge United Women 3-3 Lewes FC Ladies – Cambridge win 4-2 on penalties

Charlton Athletic Womens First 8-1 Shanklin Ladies

Chichester City Ladies 6-2 Actonians Ladies

Coventry United Ladies 9-0 Maidenhead United FC Ladies

Denham United Ladies 2-1 Swindon Town Ladies

Derby County Ladies 7-0 Steel City Wanderers F.C. Ladies

Enfield Town Ladies 3-1 Exeter City Ladies

Huddersfield Town Ladies 1-2 Fylde Ladies

Hull City Ladies First 3-0 Guiseley Vixens Women

Ipswich Town Ladies F.C. 0-5 Cardiff City Ladies

Keynsham Town Ladies 1-2 Crystal Palace Ladies

Leeds Ladies H-W Nuneaton Town Ladies FC

Long Eaton United Ladies 13-0 Loughborough Students Women’s

Loughborough Foxes Women 9-3 Leicester City Ladies

Luton Town Ladies 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons FC Ladies

Morecambe Ladies 0-3 Middlesbrough FC Ladies

Mossley Hill Athletic Ladies 0-5 Brighouse Town Ladies

Newcastle United Womens FC 2-1 Leicester City Womens (AET)

Nottingham Forest Ladies 3-1 Chorley Ladies (AET)

Portsmouth Football Club Ladies 8-2 Lowestoft Town FC Ladies

Queens Park Rangers Ladies 2-3 Norwich City Ladies

Southampton Saints Girls & Ladies 0-4 Gillingham FC Ladies

Sporting Khalsa Women 2-4 Chester le Street Town Ladies

Stevenage Ladies 0-3 Larkhall Athletic Ladies

Stoke City Ladies 13-0 Birmingham & West Midlands Ladies

The New Saints LFC 3-0 Solihull Ladies

Tranmere Rovers Ladies 0-5 Liverpool Marshall Feds Ladies

West Bromwich Albion Womens 2-1 Bradford City Womens

West Ham United Ladies 0-10 Tottenham Hotspur Ladies

Wolverhampton Wanderers Womens 3-2 Radcliffe Olympic Ladies

Full line up here:

Friday 05 August 2016

FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup

Arsenal Ladies FC                             3-2           Notts County Ladies FC
(Stoney, Smith & Williams (P))                      (Whelan & Clarke)

Sunday 07 August 2016

FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup

14:00     Birmingham City Ladies                1-0             Liverpool Ladies FC  – AET

14:00     Manchester City Women               4-1             Doncaster Rovers Belles

14:00     Sheffield FC Ladies                          0-2             London Bees

Page will be updated with results as they come in.

Yeovil Town (Photo: Terry Fisher)

Clubs are being asked to Tweet a picture of their team celebrating to @FAWSL, using #SheWhoDares, to be in with a chance of winning.

The selected club will host the Semi-Final draw, which will take place on Monday 8 August, and will also receive a coaching session and a visit from an England player before the draw.

Clubs have until 9am on Monday 1 August to enter the competition.

This year’s Final will take place at The Academy Stadium in Manchester on Sunday 2 October (3pm KO).

Tickets are on sale now, priced £7 for adults and £3 for concessions. A family ticket (two adults and two children) is available at £15 and group booking and Charter Standard discounts apply.

Felix Ziegler, Continental Tyres sponsorship activation coordinator, said “We’re extremely proud to sponsor The FA WSL Continental Tyres Cup, and with the new look knock-out format, it makes each round incredibly exciting to watch.

“We urge as many grassroots clubs as possible to get involved in this competition as it’s a fantastic opportunity to play a huge role themselves in the tournament by hosting the last draw”

The competition’s remaining eight clubs will compete for a place in the Semi-Finals on the weekend of 7/8 August. There is a repeat of last year’s Final with holders Arsenal taking on Notts County and Manchester City will play Doncaster Rovers Belles. Birmingham City will host Liverpool and in an all FA WSL 2 tie, Sheffield FC will play London Bees.

Tickets for the Final can be purchased here.

Report courtesy of the FA