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

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

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
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

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

All played 16 December.

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

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]

Everton1–0Arsenal
Kane 7' Report
Attendance: 5,008
Referee: Matt McLaughlin
Everton
Arsenal
GK1 Danielle Hill
DF2 Becky Easton 88'
DF3 Rachel Unitt
MF4 Fara Williams
DF5 Emily Westwood
DF6 Lindsay Johnson
MF7 Jody Handley (c)
MF8 Jill Scott
FW9 Natasha Dowie 77'
MF10 Amy Kane
MF11 Michelle Evans
Substitutes:
MF12 Leanne Duffy
MF14 Michelle Hinnigan 88'
FW15 Toni Duggan 77'
MF16 Kelly McDougall
FW17 Karen Boyle
Manager:
Mo Marley
GK1 Emma Byrne
DF2 Alex Scott
MF4 Jayne Ludlow
DF6 Faye White (c) 86'
FW8 Kelly Smith
FW9 Lianne Sanderson 64'
FW10 Julie Fleeting
MF11 Rachel Yankey
MF14 Karen Carney
DF18 Anita Asante
DF23 Mary Phillip
Substitutes:
DF3 Yvonne Tracy
MF7 Ciara Grant 64'
MF12 Gemma Davison 86'
GK13 Rebecca Spencer
DF15 Gilly Flaherty
Manager:
Vic Akers

See also

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