Leyton Orient Women vs AFC Bournemouth Women – Adobe Women’s FA Cup 2nd round
Sunday 23rd November 2025 – 1pm Kick Off
BetWright Stadium – Brisbane Road
Another game hits Brisbane Road this weekend as Leyton Orient Women host South Coast side AFC Bournemouth in the 2nd round of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup. The O’s are looking to pull off a cup upset as they host The Cherries who sit 4 tiers above them. Leyton Orient swept aside higher tier side Dussindale and Hellesdon 5-1 in the FA Cup Second Qualifying Round to set up a tie against today’s opponents. Both sides have been high-flying in their divisions this campaign with AFC Bournemouth currently sitting 2nd place and are unbeaten with a game in hand. Whilst Leyton Orient have been smashing home the goals with over 100 this season and sit top of Tier 7.
Leyton Orient are the lowest ranked team left in the competition but that doesn’t mean anything when it comes to the FA Cup as we have seen in the past. Leyton Orient know a win against a team 4 tiers higher than them will give the squad the confidence to push on and make history within the club.
The away side won convincingly away from home in the previous round against Millbrook Ladies FC coming out as 11-0 winners to take them through to the Second Round Proper. Cherries forward Sophie Quirk is looking to add to her tally after grabbing a goal in the last round. Kenni Thompson is another player Leyton Orient should be looking out for, recently being on the scoresheet in the league and being called up to the Bermuda National Team.
AFC Bournemouth comes into the game full of confidence after an unbeaten start this season. Winger Charlotte Harris knows how important it is to have a quick start if they want to advance to the next round ‘It’s going to be very important for us to have a fast start on Sunday. Since Leyton Orient are an unknown entity to us, it will give us great confidence if we can figure them out and break them down early.’
Only being appointed at the beginning of the campaign it is definitely the start AFC Bournemouth manager Helen Bleazard would have wanted as they look to gain promotion into the 2nd tier of Women’s football. Harris’ spoke ahead of the clash and what Bleazard’s main message to the squad is ‘to keep the standards high, she expects us to play our best and stick to the game plan but still play with freedom with the FA cup meaning a lot to her and the club it is important we get through to the next round’
This is going to be an entertaining clash for both sides going into this game and with the form both teams are on it is one to definitely keep your eyes on as they look to progress into the next round.