Chelsea join Arsenal in Women’s FA Cup semi-finals after thrashing Birmingham

Chelsea Women v Birmingham City Women: Vitality Women's FA Cup Quarter Final
The FA via Getty Images
Marc Mayo20 March 2022

Chelsea, West Ham and Arsenal will compete in the Women’s FA Cup semi-finals after victories over the weekend.

The Gunners got the ball rolling on Friday by downing lower-league Coventry United, ahead of West Ham seeing off third-tier Ipswich.

Monday’s draw will match the capital trio up against Manchester City, who saw off Everton as they look to land a second domestic title after winning the Conti Cup.

Chelsea produced a superb second-half display to thrash Birmingham 5-0 at Kingsmeadow. The first-half was tight but last season's double winners did not look back after Magdalena Eriksson opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time.

Drew Spence doubled the lead before Beth England added a brace and Niamh Charles also got on the scoresheet. Jonna Andersson headed against the bar late on in a dominant showing.

City cruised through with Lauren Hemp twice on target in a 4-0 rout of Everton at the City Football Academy.

Hemp netted either side of half-time, first smashing in from close range and then flicking in at the near post from a corner, after Lucy Bronze had earlier hit the post.

Caroline Weir added a third with a brilliant long-range strike before Ellen White wrapped up the scoring in stoppage time.

A Lisa Evans effort proved the difference as the Hammers edged past National League Southern Premier Division leaders Ipswich 1-0. Evans struck in the 31st minute to settle a tight contest after Lucy Parker had earlier hit the bar for the Londoners.

Additional reporting by PA Media.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in