Manchester City won the game with three second-half goals from Keira Walsh, Georgia Stanway and Lauren Hemp to record their second Women's FA Cup victory in three seasons.

Brianna Visalli put West Ham ahead after the break before Canadian international Leon scored her second goal of the game to secure a 3–1 victory.

[7] Jane Ross scored the only goal of a 1–0 quarter-final win over Championship side Aston Villa to send West Ham through to the team's semi–final appearance.

3–3 after five penalties each, the shoot-out entered sudden death: Anna Moorhouse saved Reading captain Jade Moore's weak attempt before South Korean international Cho So-hyun stepped up and stroked the ball into the top corner to book the Hammers' place at Wembley.

[9] The latter portion of West Ham's FA Cup run featured heavily in the BBC behind-the-scenes documentary Britain's Youngest Football Boss.

[10] West Ham asked the Premier League that their men's fixture against Southampton at the London Stadium be moved from a 15:00 kick-off to 12:30 so fans attending that match could also make it to Wembley to watch the final.