{"id":501185,"date":"2026-02-24T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/501185\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:16:08","slug":"fa-cup-shootout-drama-and-an-asian-cup-preview-womens-football-weekly-womens-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/501185\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Cup shootout drama and an Asian Cup preview \u2013 Women\u2019s Football Weekly | Women&#8217;s FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On today\u2019s pod: late drama and penalty shootout chaos in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/23\/womens-fa-cup-talking-points-kerr-shows-the-way-and-liverpool-resurgence-continues\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FA Cup<\/a> as Tottenham edge London City Lionesses in a 17-penalty epic to set up a quarter-final with holders Chelsea. The panel discusses Lize Kop\u2019s heroics, Spurs\u2019 resilience and what the result means for both clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/22\/chelsea-manchester-united-womens-fa-cup-match-report\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea overcome Manchester United after extra time<\/a> in a heavyweight rematch of last year\u2019s final, Liverpool claim Merseyside derby bragging rights, and Birmingham and Charlton keep WSL 2 representation alive in the last eight. The panel also reflects on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/feb\/20\/womens-fa-cup-chatham-birmingham-lowest-ranked-team\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chatham Town\u2019s historic cup run<\/a> and what the growing gap between the WSL and WSL 2 tells us about the current landscape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Plus: Tom Garry explains why the FA\u2019s controversial FA Cup restructuring proposals have been re-assessed, and the panel addresses concerns about domestic and international broadcast access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In part two, attention turns to the international break. The panel previews the Asian Cup in Australia, assesses the Matildas\u2019 chances under Joe Montemurro, highlights Japan and China\u2019s prospects and looks ahead to the start of European World Cup qualification as England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland begin their campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sign up for our women\u2019s football newsletter \u2013 all you need to do is search \u201cMoving the Goalposts sign up\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2022\/mar\/22\/sign-up-for-our-new-womens-football-newsletter-moving-the-goalposts\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Support the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/support.theguardian.com\/contribute\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"London City Lionesses v Tottenham Hotspur - Adobe Women's FA Cup Fifth RoundBROMLEY, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 23: Players of Tottenham Hotspur celebrate following the teams victory in the penalty shootout after the Adobe Women's FA Cup Fifth Round match between London City Lionesses and Tottenham Hotspur at the Copperjax Community Stadium on February 23, 2026 in Bromley, England. (Photo by Sally Rawlins - The FA\/The FA via Getty Images)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3526.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"356.0252410663642\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"\/> Photograph: Sally Rawlins\/The FA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On today\u2019s pod: late drama and penalty shootout chaos in the FA Cup as Tottenham edge London City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-501185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}