The weather may have ensured the postponement of six FA Cup games, but it could not disrupt the narrative: that cup upsets in women’s football are disappointingly rare.
Nine games played and nine expected results, with 44 goals scored by the winning teams, an average of 4.9 a game, and Exeter City’s goal the solitary one scored by a losing side. Of the eight games played between teams on different levels of the pyramid it was 42 goals scored for winning sides and the one against.
