Manchester United Women will take on Wolverhampton Wanderers in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
The current holders had to work hard out but eventually crushed West Bromwich Albion last Saturday evening.
The Red Devils came out on top 7-0 with Rachel Williams bagging a hat trick and Ella Toone scoring her first goal of the season.
The club’s official website reports that United will travel to face Wolves on the weekend beginning the 8th February, with the official date and time yet to be finalised.
“Next month’s match will be our women’s team’s first-ever competitive meeting with the Wanderers,” the report notes.
Like last round’s opponents West Brom, Wolves play their league football in the third tier of the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division.
The Black Country side are well positioned in the table, just one point off the top and have only lost one of their 11 league matches.
They have been in free-flowing form in the cup, “as they entered this season’s FA Cup in the first round proper and recorded high-scoring victories over Asfordby Amateurs (7-1), Sporting Khalsa (8-1) and Shrewsbury Town (14-0).”
They then later booked their place alongside United in the fifth round by beating Cheltenham Town 2-0 last weekend.
United Women are set to embark on a busy January where they will face Manchester City this Sunday evening in the league.
They will then host their city rivals at home in the league cup quarter finals just three days later.
Marc Skinner’s side will close out the month with a tough-looking home match against fifth placed Brighton and Hove Albion as they chase a Champions League spot via a top three finish in the Women’s Super League.
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Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Proud owner of such niche shirts such as Kleberson, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Gary Neville. Grew up pretending to be Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the back garden, with little success.
