The women’s football calendar finally resumed over the weekend after the winter break when the fourth round of this season’s FA Cup began.
However, a number of teams were forced to spend another week off the field due to freezing cold and adverse weather conditions resulting in numerous postponements across the country.
Only nine of the 16 scheduled fourth-round matches actually took place, with the remaining seven postponed until later in the month.
WSL teams Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Aston Villa were in action and secured their place in the fifth round. Chelsea comfortably beat Charlton Athletic 4-0, while United ended up scoring seven goals against National League side West Bromwich Albion at Leigh Sports Village.
Elsewhere, London City Lionesses secured a 5-0 triumph over Fulham, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition, while Newcastle United booked their place in the next round with a narrow 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest. The draw for the fifth round will take place at Wembley Stadium on Monday evening and is due to start at around 18:30. Those meetings will be scheduled for February.
The games that have been postponed include Liverpool’s visit to West Ham, with the pitch at the Chigwell Construction Stadium thought to be frozen. Leicester City were due to face Stoke City at Notts County’s Meadow Lane, but a pitch inspection on Saturday afternoon found icy weather conditions had made the surface unplayable.
Tottenham Hotspur were also due to face Everton at Walton Hall Park on Sunday, but that too was postponed due to a frozen pitch. ArsenalThe meeting with Bristol City at Meadow Park was also among those postponed.
Below, 90 min gives you a full overview of all the postponed matches for the weekend and when the postponed matches are set…
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