Birmingham City host Sporting Khalsa in third round of Women's FA Cup, sixth tier Altrincham face York City
By Tom Masters
Updated 24/11/2025 at 20:58 GMT
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Birmingham City will host Sporting Khalsa in the third round of the Women’s FA Cup. The 2012 winners are one of the 12 sides from WSL 2 entering the competition and they face Women’s National League’s Sporting Khalsa, who beat Hednesford Town 2-0 in the second round. Charlton will face either Watford or Saltdean United, while sixth tier Altrincham will face York City.
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Birmingham City will host Sporting Khalsa in the third round of the Adobe's Women’s FA Cup.
The 2012 winners are one of the 12 sides from WSL 2 entering the competition, and they will face Women’s National League’s Sporting Khalsa, who beat Hednesford Town 2-0 in the second round.
Altrincham, the lowest-ranked team remaining in the competition in the sixth tier North West Women’s Regional Football League Division 1 South, face York City at home as they look to spring another surprise.
They managed to beat Ponteland United 1-0 away from home and will now have the chance to play in front of their fans in the third round.
Unbeaten WSL 2 leaders Charlton Athletic will take on the winners of Watford’s clash with Saltdean United, while fourth place Newcastle United will host Liverpool Feds.
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Nottingham Forest will travel to Wolves, while there are two all-WSL 2 clashes between Bristol City and Portsmouth and Durham and Sheffield United.
Struggling Ipswich will head to either AFC Porchester or Worthing, while Hull City, who defeated Stourbridge 7-1 in the second round, will travel to Mancunian Unity.
Southampton will play Royston Town, while Crystal Palace will travel to Lewes.
Sunderland are also on the road, and will face Derby County.
Middlesbrough, who impressed with a 3-0 win over Northampton Town, will face AFC Fylde, who won 4-0 against Kidderminster Harriers, in a game that promises goals.
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Penalty heroes Chatham Town travel to Sutton United after their victory over Exeter City, while Leeds and West Brom clash.
The draw took place on TNT Sports’ YouTube channel, as well as on Channel 4 and the Adobe Women’s FA Cup channel and was presented by Flo Lloyd-Hughes, with Mollie Kmita and Rosie Kmita alongside her and FA Cup winner Carly Telford there to conduct the draw.
Fixtures will played across the weekend of December 13 and 14.
Teams will earn £35,000 for a win and £9,000 for a defeat at this stage of the competition.
Sides from the Women's Super League, the top level in England, will enter in the fourth round of the competition.
Women's FA Cup Third Round draw
Group One (Northern)
- Middlesbrough v AFC Fylde
- Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
- Durham v Sheffield United
- Burnley v Peterborough United or Wallsend
- Newcastle United v Liverpool Feds
- Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion
- Birmingham City v Sporting Khalsa
- Mancunian Unity v Hull City
- Derby County v Sunderland
- Altrincham v York City
Group Two (Southern)
- Sutton United v Chatham Town
- Southampton v Royston Town
- Dartford v London Bees
- Bristol City v Portsmouth
- AFC Bournemouth v Fulham
- AFC Porchester or Worthing v Ipswich Town
- Oxford United v Plymouth Argyle
- Charlton Athletic v Watford or Saltdean United
- Leafield Athletic v Swindon Town
- Lewes v Crystal Palace
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