Match Report - FA Cup 5th Round
Birmingham City Women 8-0 Chatham Town Ladies
Adobe Women’s FA Cup - Fifth Round | Saturday 21 February 2026 (17:15) | St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
Match info
- Venue: St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Birmingham
- Referee: Lucy May
- Attendance: Not listed in the main published match data I can access for this fixture; reporting noted around 200 travelling Chatham fans.
Goalscorers (minutes)
- Océane Hurtré 26’, 59’, 68’
- Veatriki Sarri 53’
- Batcheba Louis 65’, 89’
- Lee Geum-min 70’
- Wilma Leidhammar 76’
Full match report
Birmingham City Women powered into the quarter-finals of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup with an emphatic 8-0 win over Chatham Town at St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.
For official competition information and results, see the Women’s FA Cup results page.
For all the eventual scoreline, the early story was Chatham’s resilience and goalkeeper Simone Eligon producing a string of saves to keep the tie alive. Birmingham dominated territory and chances but needed a moment of quality - and a touch of fortune - to break through. On 26 minutes, Océane Hurtré delivered from wide and the ball looped over Eligon and into the far corner to make it 1-0.
Chatham dug in and restricted the damage before the break, but Birmingham’s pressure only intensified after half-time. The floodgates opened on 53 minutes when Veatriki Sarri finished from close range after good work and service from Lucy Quinn, doubling the lead.
From there, the tie ran away from the visitors. A turnover was punished as Hurtré struck again on 59 minutes for 3-0, before substitute Batcheba Louis made an immediate impact, scoring on 65 minutes to turn control into a rout. Hurtré completed her hat-trick on 68 minutes with a finish from range, making it 5-0.
Birmingham kept their standards high and continued to create. Lee Geum-min added the sixth on 70 minutes, Wilma Leidhammar scored on 76 minutes, and Louis rounded things off late on 89 minutes to complete an 8-0 victory.
The numbers underlined the one-way nature of the contest as Birmingham repeatedly pinned Chatham back in their own half and maintained control through sustained attacking pressure.