TNT Sports selection announced for Adobe Women’s FA Cup second-round proper - Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City to be shown live on November 21
By Tom Masters
Updated 03/11/2025 at 18:16 GMT
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TNT Sports has selected Wolverhampton Wanderers v Stoke City as its Adobe Women’s FA Cup second-round proper pick. The Midlands clash will be the first second-round proper match to be broadcast live in the competition's history and will take place at 19:30 UK time on November 21, with all the action coming live on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+. Wolves have triumphed 2-1 over Stoke twice this season.
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TNT Sports has selected Wolverhampton Wanderers versus Stoke City as its Adobe Women’s FA Cup second-round proper pick.
As part of a landmark broadcast deal between the Adobe Women’s FA Cup and TNT Sports, the Midlands clash will be the first second-round proper match to be broadcast live in the competition's history.
The match will be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ on Friday, November 21, with kick-off coming at 19:30 UK time.
Wolves defeated Rugby Borough 2-1 in the first round, with Amy Sims and Georgia Marshall on the scoresheet for The Old Gold to advance to the second round.
They are second in the FA Women’s National League Northern Division, having won seven and drawn one of their opening eight matches, sitting behind leaders Burnley by a point and with a game in hand.
Their opponents Stoke have not enjoyed such a positive start to their league season, winning only three of their opening eight matches and they are in seventh in the standings.
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Amber Hughes has enjoyed facing up against Stoke in the past.
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In the Adobe Women’s FA Cup, though, The Potters eased into the second round with a thumping 7-0 win over Sutton Coldfield Town.
Layla Kennerley scored four goals for Stoke, with a brace either side of half-time, with further goals coming from Shannon Stamps, Emelia Wilson and captain Lucia Molinari in a comfortable afternoon for Sarah Richardson’s side.
The two sides have met twice already this season in the FAWNL Cup and then in the FA Women’s National League Northern Division, meaning a meeting in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup will be the third clash between the two teams already this term.
Wolves won both of those clashes 2-1, with a stoppage-time winner from Amber Hughes seeing them steal the win in their opening group game of the FAWNL Cup.
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Charlotte Greengrass had scored earlier in the game but saw her effort cancelled out by Wilson for The Potters, before Hughes got on the end of Louanne Worsey’s dangerous cross in the dying embers of the game.
In the league, it was Wolves again who came out 2-1 winners at SEAH Stadium, in a game which saw Hughes score her 100th goal for The Old Gold after setting Beth Merrick up earlier in the contest.
The third-round proper sees teams from the Women's Championship enter the competition, while Women's Super League sides such as Chelsea and European champions Arsenal join battle in the fourth round.
TNT Sports will be bringing 19 Women's FA Cup clashes to your screens throughout the 2025/26 campaign as part of a three-year deal, which will garner greater exposure for women's football clubs across the pyramid. TNT Sports will also broadcast a second-round fixture, which will be another first for the Women's FA Cup.
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