A wet and windy Kingsmeadow proved the backdrop to the final act of the women’s season as, fittingly, Chelsea finished the campaign on a high.
Although Everton made them work hard at times, goals from Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr and Drew Spence ensured Emma Hayes’s side booked their place in the last eight of the FA Cup. It may seem strange to break for the summer immediately after a rescheduled fifth-round tie but Covid-prompted postponements have dictated that the competition’s latest edition straddles two seasons, with the quarter-finals not taking place until late September.
