2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Defending champions	Arsenal
Final positions
Champions	Everton
Runners-up	Arsenal

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.

2 September 2007	Millwall Lionesses	1–3	Lincoln City
14:00	Douglas	Report	Harris Michalska

2 September 2007	Fulham	6–1	Team Bath
14:00	Farmer Heatherson Jones	Report	King

2 September 2007	Newcastle United	6–3	Sheffield Wednesday
14:00	Carter Deine Sutcliffe Bennett	Report	Donohoe Hobson Gingell

2 September 2007	Nottingham Forest	0–1	Sunderland
14:00		Report	O'Brien

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.

30 September 2007	Aston Villa	1–4	Birmingham City
14:00	Davies	Report	Bassett Bird Ward

30 September 2007	Blackburn Rovers	8–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
14:00	Anderton Daniel Penny Williams Dixon	Report

7 October 2007	Cardiff City	0–4	Arsenal	Cwmbran
14:00		Report	Carney Chapman Yankey Sanderson	Stadium: Cwmbran Stadium

30 September 2007	Colchester United	4–2	Tranmere Rovers
14:00	Bass Redford	Report	Hooley Pryce

30 September 2007	Crewe Alexandra	1–9	Chelsea
14:00	Harkin	Report	Aluko Buet Cooper Larkin Perry J. Smith Stoney Susi

30 September 2007	Doncaster Rovers Belles	2–0	Crystal Palace
14:00	Hopper Owen	Report

30 September 2007	Everton	6–0	Barnet
14:00	McDougall Westwood Unitt	Report

7 October 2007	Liverpool	2–0	Leeds United
14:00		Report

30 September 2007	Newquay	4–3	Keynsham Town
14:00	Dennett Hegarty Hopson Lapham	Report	Andjelkovic Rocha

30 September 2007	Reading Royals	0–9	West Ham United
14:00		Report	Crimean Hoy Ling Amess

30 September 2007	Rotherham United	3–3	Portsmouth
14:00	Davies Hanson	Report	Clark Hillier Laws Nash

30 September 2007	Watford	4–0	Manchester City
14:00	Burrows Thomas	Report

30 September 2007	Stockport County	1–3	Lincoln City
14:00	Jackson	Report	Harris Michalska K. Smith

30 September 2007	Preston North End	2–1	Fulham
14:00	Bailey Dransfield	Report

30 September 2007	Newcastle United	0–3	Bristol Academy
14:00		Report	Bartlett Harries Britton

30 September 2007	Sunderland	w/o	Charlton Athletic
14:00		Report

Second round

Matches were played on the 14th and 21st October.

14 October 2007	Birmingham City	3–0	Portsmouth
14:00	Archer Bassett Horwood	Report

14 October 2007	Preston North End	3–4	Sunderland
14:00	Dransfield McCrea	Report	Danby

14 October 2007	Watford	3–2	Doncaster Rovers Belles
14:00	Hincks Lander	Report	Exley

14 October 2007	Colchester United	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Liverpool
14:00	Bass Smith	Report

14 October 2007	Chelsea	5–1	Lincoln City
14:00	Aluko Owen Rafferty E. White	Report	Michalska

14 October 2007	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	Bristol Academy
14:00	Anderton Shepherd	Report	Watts

21 October 2007	West Ham United	1–4	Everton
14:00	Ling	Report	Williams Kane Handley

21 October 2007	Newquay	1–11	Arsenal	Truro
14:00	Wood	Report	Yankey Ludlow Sanderson Marsh Wicks	Stadium: Truro City Stadium Attendance: 1,200

Quarter finals

All played 4 November.

4 November 2007	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	Liverpool
14:00	Penny Preston	Report

4 November 2007	Watford	3–2	Birmingham City
14:00	Daniels Lander	Report

4 November 2007	Arsenal	3–1	Chelsea
14:00	Carney 43' Ludlow 78' Sanderson 84'	Report	F. White 62' (o.g.)

4 November 2007	Everton	3–0	Sunderland
14:00	Williams Evans	Report

Semi finals

All played 16 December.

16 December 2007	Arsenal	4–0	Liverpool	Borehamwood
14:00	Ludlow 8' Sanderson 42' Yankey 68' Tracy 84'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

16 December 2007	Watford	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Everton
14:00	Beckett 65'	Report	J. Scott 23' Duggan 118'

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	1–0	Arsenal
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