2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup

The FA Women's Premier League Cup 2007–08 was the 17th staging of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 36 women's football clubs.

The tournament was won by Everton L.F.C., who beat previous holders Arsenal L.F.C. 1–0 in the final; this was Everton's first title.

Preliminary round

All played on 2 September.

Home team	Score	Away team
Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.	1 - 3	Lincoln City L.F.C.
Fulham L.F.C.	6 - 1	Team Bath L.F.C.
Newcastle United W.F.C.	6 - 3	Sheffield Wednesday L.F.C.
Nottingham Forest L.F.C.	0 - 1	Sunderland A.F.C. Women

First round

All played 30 September, except Liverpool vs. Leeds United and Cardiff City vs. Arsenal, both on 7 October. Charlton Athletic forfeited due to economic problems and Sunderland thus won by walkover.

Home team	Score	Away team
Aston Villa L.F.C.	1 - 4	Birmingham City L.F.C.
Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.	8 - 0	Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.
Cardiff City L.F.C.	0 - 4	Arsenal L.F.C.
Colchester United L.F.C.	4 - 2	Tranmere Rovers L.F.C.
Crewe Alexandra L.F.C.	1 - 9	Chelsea L.F.C.
Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.	2 - 0	Crystal Palace L.F.C.
Everton L.F.C.	6 - 0	Barnet L.F.C.
Liverpool L.F.C.	2 - 0	Leeds United L.F.C.
Newquay A.F.C. Ladies	4 - 3	Keynsham Town L.F.C.
Reading Royals L.F.C.	0 - 9	West Ham United L.F.C.
Rotherham United L.F.C.	3 - 3	Portsmouth L.F.C.
Watford L.F.C.	4 - 0	Manchester City L.F.C.
Stockport County L.F.C.	1 - 3	Lincoln City L.F.C.
Preston North End W.F.C.	2 - 1	Fulham L.F.C.
Newcastle United W.F.C.	0 - 3	Bristol Academy W.F.C.
Sunderland A.F.C. Women	w/o	Charlton Athletic L.F.C.

Second round

Home team	Score	Away team
Birmingham City L.F.C.	3 - 0	Portsmouth L.F.C.
Preston North End W.F.C.	3 - 4	Sunderland A.F.C. Women
Watford L.F.C.	3 - 2	Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.
Colchester United L.F.C.	2 - 3 a.e.t.	Liverpool L.F.C.
Chelsea L.F.C.	5 - 1	Lincoln City L.F.C.
Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.	2 - 1	Bristol Academy W.F.C.
West Ham United L.F.C.	1 - 4	Everton L.F.C.
Newquay A.F.C. Ladies	1 - 11	Arsenal L.F.C.

Quarter finals

All played 4 November.

Home team	Score	Away team
Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.	2 - 3	Liverpool L.F.C.
Watford L.F.C.	3 - 2	Birmingham City L.F.C.
Arsenal L.F.C.	3 - 1	Chelsea L.F.C.
Everton L.F.C.	3 - 0	Sunderland A.F.C. Women

Semi finals

All played 16 December.

Home team	Score	Away team
Arsenal L.F.C.	4 - 0	Liverpool L.F.C.
Watford L.F.C.	1 - 2	Everton L.F.C.

Final

In a shock result, Everton won the final with an early goal from Amy Kane, securing their first trophy since the 1997–98 FA Women's Premier League. Arsenal's defeat was their first in 58 domestic matches, a run stretching back two years to their humbling by Charlton Athletic in the 2005–06 final of the same competition.^[1]

28 February 2008

19:35

Everton L.F.C.	1 – 0	Arsenal L.F.C.
Kane 7'	Report

Matchroom Stadium, London

Attendance: 5,008

Referee: Matt McLaughlin

Everton

Arsenal


GK	1	Danielle Hill
DF	2	Becky Easton		88'
DF	3	Rachel Unitt
MF	4	Fara Williams
DF	5	Emily Westwood
DF	6	Lindsay Johnson
MF	7	Jody Handley (c)
MF	8	Jill Scott
FW	9	Natasha Dowie	77'
MF	10	Amy Kane
MF	11	Michelle Evans
Substitutes:
MF	12	Leanne Duffy
MF	14	Michelle Hinnigan		88'
FW	15	Toni Duggan		77'
MF	16	Kelly McDougall
FW	17	Karen Boyle
Manager:
Mo Marley


GK	1	Emma Byrne
DF	2	Alex Scott
MF	4	Jayne Ludlow
DF	6	Faye White (c)	86'
FW	8	Kelly Smith
FW	9	Lianne Sanderson	64'
FW	10	Julie Fleeting
MF	11	Rachel Yankey
MF	14	Karen Carney
DF	18	Anita Asante
DF	23	Mary Phillip
Substitutes:
DF	3	Yvonne Tracy
MF	7	Ciara Grant	64'
MF	12	Gemma Davison	86'
GK	13	Rebecca Spencer
DF	15	Gilly Flaherty
Manager:
Vic Akers

References

^ Leighton, Tony (28 February 2008). "Everton stun Gunners to win cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links

FA Women's Premier League Cup history - TheFA.com

[1] Leighton, Tony (28 February 2008). "Everton stun Gunners to win cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

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