Albion will travel to Arsenal in the semi-final of the Vitality Women’s FA Cup after safely negotiating their last-eight tie.

Fliss Gibbons crashed home a superb finish midway through the second half to secure a 1-0 home win over Charlton in the last eight.

Gibbons, best known these days as a left-back, showed all the goalscoring instincts of her former role up front as she settled a hard fought tie.

Albion will visit the Gunners on Sunday, October 31 to contest a place in the delayed 2020-21 final.

Arsenal have won the cup a record 14 times, most recently in 2016 when current Albion striker Danielle Carter scored the only goal versus Chelsea.

The other semi sees Manchester City take on Chelsea in what is a high quality last four.

 

 

It will be Albion’s first appearance in the semis.

Albion boss Hope Powell said: “We knew Charlton would make it very difficult for us and I was impressed with how they played.

“But we got a bit of control in the second half and managed the game pretty well after going in front."

Albion, who made line-up changes, had one late scare – when Megan Walsh made a fine save to maintain the lead right at the end.