The teams observed the Remembrance Silence under beautiful blue sky pre kick-off.
Here is your Reds team for this Womens FA Cup 1st round proper fixture, with Foye, Marsden, Millard and Jex Oldfield all starting

This is the first time that Darwen FC Ladies have made the First round proper

14:00 Kick off: Barnsley in their away shirts this afternoon
2' GOAL A shot from Pierrepont leads to the keeper parrying the ball into Marsdens path who taps it in
5’ Shot from Darwen but it hits the side netting.
6’ Neither team keeping hold of the ball for long
8’ A shot from Foye from outside of the box goes just wide
9’ Great link up play between Pierrepont and Gompertz leads to a cross from Watson but it’s headed out for a corner
10’ Cross from Pierrepont but is cleared
12’ Barnsley attacking again. Marsden plays a ball in but keeper catches it
13’ Good link up play again from Pierrepont and Gompertz leads to a shot from Foye but it’s blocked
14’ Strike from Pierrepont but is wide of the post
16’ Fantastic feet from Pierrepont as she drives into forward and plays a ball into the box
17’ Shaw finds herself one on one with the keeper but is off side
19’ A dangerous ball across the box from a Darwen player, but the header is saved by Clarke
20’ Free kick to Barnsley, but goes straight out for a goal kick
21’ Stoppage in play as Jexoldfield is down
25' GOAL. Great run by Gompertz. She crosses and finds Maddy Foye who volleys first time.
29’ Shot from Marsden saved
30' GOAL Marsden combo with Gompertz. Marsden plays a ball across the box and Becky G is clinical.
35' GOAL Quality work from Pierrepont leads to a Millard goal
41’ SUB Ashton replaces goal scorer Gompertz
42’ Marshall calm and collected at the back clearing away danger
44’ Shot from Pierrepont saved by the keeper
45+' Shaw shoots but saved by the keeper, leads to a corner. Corner cleared .
45+’ GOAL One back for Darwen
A classy and dominant performance from Barnsley

Back underway for the 2nd half
60' SUB Amy Beck replaces Rebecca Fevers
61' Great play from Pierrepont who sets up Shaw who shoots wide
66' SUB Courtney Csomor replaces Nat Shaw
83' Still 4 - 1 Barnsley. Very scrappy second half
84' great work from Pierrepont draws save from the Keeper
85’ GOAL Csomor makes it 5

Full-time A 5-1 win sees us through to the next round of the @VitalityWFACup, where we face Newcastle Utd Women at St James Park