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2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup

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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, who beat previous holders Arsenal 1–0 in the final; this was Everton's first title.

Preliminary round

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All played on 2 September.

Home team Score Away team
Millwall Lionesses 1–3 Lincoln City
Fulham 6–1 Team Bath
Newcastle United 6–3 Sheffield Wednesday
Nottingham Forest 0–1 Sunderland

First round

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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 1–4 Birmingham City
Blackburn Rovers 8–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Cardiff City 0–4 Arsenal
Colchester United 4–2 Tranmere Rovers
Crewe Alexandra 1–9 Chelsea
Doncaster Rovers Belles 2–0 Crystal Palace
Everton 6–0 Barnet
Liverpool 2–0 Leeds United
Newquay 4–3 Keynsham Town
Reading Royals 0–9 West Ham United
Rotherham United 3–3 Portsmouth
Watford 4–0 Manchester City
Stockport County 1–3 Lincoln City
Preston North End 2–1 Fulham
Newcastle United 0–3 Bristol Academy
Sunderland w/o Charlton Athletic

Second round

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

Quarter finals

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All played 4 November.

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

Semi finals

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All played 16 December.

Home team Score Away team
Arsenal 4–0 Liverpool
Watford 1–2 Everton

Final

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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]

Everton1–0Arsenal
Kane 7' Report
Attendance: 5,008
Everton
Arsenal
GK 1 England Danielle Hill
DF 2 England Becky Easton downward-facing red arrow 88'
DF 3 England Rachel Unitt
MF 4 England Fara Williams
DF 5 England Emily Westwood
DF 6 England Lindsay Johnson
MF 7 England Jody Handley (c)
MF 8 England Jill Scott
FW 9 England Natasha Dowie downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 10 England Amy Kane
MF 11 England Michelle Evans
Substitutes:
MF 12 England Leanne Duffy
MF 14 England Michelle Hinnigan upward-facing green arrow 88'
FW 15 England Toni Duggan upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 16 England Kelly McDougall
FW 17 England Karen Boyle
Manager:
England Mo Marley
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Emma Byrne
DF 2 England Alex Scott
MF 4 Wales Jayne Ludlow
DF 6 England Faye White (c) downward-facing red arrow 86'
FW 8 England Kelly Smith
FW 9 England Lianne Sanderson downward-facing red arrow 64'
FW 10 Scotland Julie Fleeting
MF 11 England Rachel Yankey
MF 14 England Karen Carney
DF 18 England Anita Asante
DF 23 England Mary Phillip
Substitutes:
DF 3 Republic of Ireland Yvonne Tracy
MF 7 Republic of Ireland Ciara Grant upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 12 England Gemma Davison upward-facing green arrow 86'
GK 13 England Rebecca Spencer
DF 15 England Gilly Flaherty
Manager:
England Vic Akers

See also

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References

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