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, 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   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

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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