2007–08 FA Women's Cup

2007–08 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	249
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Leeds United
	Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.

The 2007–08 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 2 September 2007 and 5 May 2008. It was the 38th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Leeds United in the final.^[1]^[2]^[3] The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

The competition began on 2 September 2007 when the 34 lowest–ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.^[4]

Preliminary round

All games were played on 7, 14 and 21 September 2007

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Banbury United	0–2	Brize Norton
2	Bexhill United	0–4	Canterbury City
3	Bolton Ambassadors	1–5	Penrith United
4	Bury Girls & Ladies	3–1	Windscale
5	Carterton	5–0	Aylesbury United
6	Chichester City United	A–W	Abbey Rangers
W/O for Abbey Rangers
7	Copsewood Coventry	15–0	Tamworth Lionesses
8	Crowborough Athletic	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Haywards Heath Town
9	Durham City	0–1	Team Northumbria
10	Eastbourne Town	0–6	Rottingdean Village
11	Kingsthorpe	0–9	Bedford
12	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Heather St.Johns
13	Penzance	7–1	Launceston
14	Rayleigh Raiders	1–7	Brentwood Town
15	Saffron Walden Town	3–2	Garston
16	Tooting & Mitcham United	0–4	Havant & Waterlooville
17	Worcester City	0–1	Bourne United

First round qualifying

All games were played on 16 and 23 September 2007.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Abbey Rangers	0–6	Aldershot Town
2	Acton Sports Club	3–1	Corinthian Casuals
3	Arlesey Town	2–0	Kings Sports Luton
4	Ashford	2–6	Ebbsfleet United
5	Barking	2–0	Tring Athletic
6	Barnsley	3–1	Ossett Albion
7	Battersea & Wandsworth	2–0	Brentford
8	Bedford	3–2	Kettering Town
9	Billericay Town	2–0	Chelmsford City
10	Blackpool Wren Rovers	4–0	Denton Town
11	Bolton Wanderers	2–4	Liverpool Feds
12	Bourne United	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Birmingham Athletic
13	Bracknell Town	3–1	MK Wanderers
14	Braintree Town	6–0	Harlow Athletic
15	Brandon United	3–0	Lumley
16	Brentwood Town	5–1	Saffron Walden Town
17	Bury Girls & Ladies	4–1	Wirral
18	Cambridge United	11–0	March Town United
19	Cambridge University	4–0	Haverhill Rovers
20	Canterbury City	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Rottingdean Village
21	Carterton	2–1	Stoke Lane Athletic
22	Chesterfield	A–W	Friar Lane & Epworth
W/O for Friar Lane & Epworth
23	Chinnor	1–2	Burnham
24	Copsewood Coventry	6–0	Allscott
25	Corby Stewarts & Lloyds	12–0	Thorplands United
26	Cullompton Rangers	8–0	St Blazey
27	Darlington Railway Athletic	11–2	Glendale
28	Dover Athletic	1–3	Eastbourne Borough
29	Fairfield Villa	4–1	Rugby Town
30	Forest Hall	1–4	Blyth Spartans
31	Gloucester City	0–2	Oxford City
32	Great Berry	4–2	C&K Basildon
Abandoned after 83 mins due to serious injury – result stands
33	Hampstead	1–3	Long Lane
34	Havant & Waterlooville	8–0	Upper Beeding
35	Haywards Heath Town	H–W	Sheerness East
W/O for Haywards Heath
36	Hemel Hempstead Town	0–1	Dagenham & Redbridge
37	Henley Town	3–0	Woodley Saints
38	Horley Town	3–3 (3–1 p)	East Preston

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
39	Huddersfield Town	2–1	Sheffield
40	Huncote Sports & Social	3–3 (3–4 p)	Buxton
41	Keighley AFC	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Morley Spurs
42	Keynsham Town Development	1–3	Ilminster Town
43	Kirklees	H–W	Pudsey Juniors
W/O for Kirklees
44	Larkhall Athletic	8–0	Barnstaple Town
45	Leighton Linslade	1–4	Daventry Town
46	Lichfield Diamonds	H–W	AFC Telford United
W/O for Lichfield
47	Linby CW	1–2	West Bridgford
48	London Colney	5–0	Stevenage Borough
49	London Women	3–2	The Comets
50	Marlow	2–6	Beaconsfield SYCOB
51	Newbury	11–1	Brize Norton
52	Norwich City	3–1	Woodbridge Town
53	Nottingham Forest	6–5	Mansfield Town
54	Oadby Town	2–0	Shepshed Dynamo
55	Penrith United	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Wigan
56	Penzance	8–1	Saltash United
57	Peterborough Sports	4–3	West Lynn
58	Petts Wood	3–1	Dynamo North London
59	Poole Town	5–2	Alphington
60	Rise Park	5–1	Sandiacre Town
61	Rolls Royce Leisure	4–2	Loughborough Foxes
62	Royston Town	2–3	Hannakins
63	Runwell Hospital	1–3	Hoddesdon Owls
64	Solihull	4–1	Dudley United
65	Staines Town	3–4	Tottenham Hotspur
66	Stratford Town	3–1	Leamington Lions
67	Taunton Town	6–1	Weymouth
68	Team Northumbria	4–0	Gateshead Cleveland Hall
69	Thurrock & Tilbury	2–2 (?–? p)	Harpenden Colts
70	Tower Hamlets	1–3	Denham United
71	Whitley Bay	4–1	Pelton Newfield
72	Wingate & Finchley	3–3 (3–4 p)	Haringey Borough
73	Winterton Rangers	3–4	Radcliffe Olympic
74	Woking	2–2 (?–? p)	Salisbury City
75	Wycombe Wanderers	8–0	Tetbury Town
76	York City	6–1	Norton & Stockton Ancients

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 30 September 2007.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Acton Sports Club	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur
2	Aldershot Town	1–6	Horley Town
3	Arlesey Town	4–0	Daventry Town
4	Barking	7–2 (a.e.t.)	West
5	Battersea & Wandsworth	0–2	Long Lane
6	Billericay Town	0–1	Brentwood Town
7	Birmingham Athletic	2–2 (?–? p)	Fairfield Villa
8	Brandon United	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Blyth Spartans
9	Brighouse Town	1–5	Barnsley
10	Burnham	1–6	Newbury
11	Bury Girls & Ladies	1–6	Blackpool Wren Rovers
12	Cambridge United	0–5	Peterborough Sports
13	Canterbury City	0–1	Ebbsfleet United
14	Carterton	0–6	Bracknell Town
15	Copsewood Coventry	3–1	Stratford Town
16	Corby Stewarts & Lloyds	3–3 (?–? p)	Bedford
17	Cullompton Rangers	6–0	Taunton Town
18	Dagenham & Redbridge	11–0	Great Berry
19	Darlington Railway Athletic	3–1	York City
20	Denham United	7–0	London Women

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
21	Eastbourne Borough	3–1	Haywards Heath Town
22	Harpenden Colts	0–3	Braintree Town
23	Huddersfield Town	2–7	Morley Spurs
24	Ilminster Town	0–3	Poole Town
25	Liverpool Feds	3–2	Wigan
26	London Colney	8–3	Hoddesdon Owls
27	Norwich City	4–2	Cambridge University
28	Nottingham Forest	1–6	Friar Lane & Epworth
29	Oxford City	4–0	Henley Town
30	Penzance	6–0	Larkhall Athletic
31	Radcliffe Olympic	7–1	Oadby Town
32	Rise Park	2–0	Buxton
33	Salisbury City	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Havant & Waterlooville
34	Solihull	3–3 (?–1? p)	Lichfield Diamonds
35	Team Northumbria	0–2	Whitley Bay
36	West Bridgford	0–8	Rolls Royce Leisure
37	Wingate & Finchley	1–4	Petts Wood
38	Wycombe Wanderers	A–W	Beaconsfield SYCOB
W/O for Beaconsfield SYCOB

Third round qualifying

All games were played on 7 October 2007

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barking	1–1 (3–1 p)	Arlesey Town
2	Barnsley	0–1	Radcliffe Olympic
3	Birmingham Athletic	0–2	Friar Lane & Epworth
4	Blackpool Wren Rovers	3–0	Blyth Spartans
5	Bracknell Town	3–4	Acton Sports Club
6	Braintree Town	1–4	Denham United
7	Brentwood Town	2–4	London Colney
8	Copsewood Coventry	6–1	Solihull
9	Cullompton Rangers	3–3 (3–4 p)	Penzance
10	Dagenham & Redbridge	2–1	Corby Stewarts & Lloyds

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	Darlington Railway Athletic	3–3 (6–7 p)	Whitley Bay
12	Ebbsfleet United	2–0	Beaconsfield SYCOB
13	Morley Spurs	1–0	Liverpool Feds
14	Newbury	2–4	Long Lane
15	Peterborough Sports	1–3	Norwich City
16	Petts Wood	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Horley Town
17	Poole Town	0–6	Oxford City
18	Rolls Royce Leisure	1–4	Rise Park
19	Salisbury City	6–1	Eastbourne Borough

First round proper

All games were scheduled for 28 October 2007.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Bournemouth	1–2	Plymouth Argyle
2	AFC Wimbledon	5–4	Barking
3	Blackpool Wren Rovers	2–0	Whitley Bay
4	Bradford City	1–2	Peterlee RA
5	Chesham United	7–1	Petts Wood
6	Copsewood Coventry	4–0	Alfreton Town
7	Coventry City	2–1	Leicester City Ladies
8	Curzon Ashton	9–3	Hull City
9	Denham United	2–2 (?–? p)	Acton Sports Club
10	Enfield Town	3–0	Ebbsfleet United
11	Forest Green Rovers	1–0	Southampton Saints
12	Friar Lane & Epworth	1–6	Derby County
13	Frome Town	2–0	Penzance
14	Gillingham	1–0	Ipswich Town
15	Hereford Pegasus	0–4	TNS

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
16	Leafield Athletic	0–7	Leicester City
17	Leeds City Vixens	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Rochdale
18	London Colney	1–9	Lewes
19	Long Lane	1–5	Luton Town
20	Loughborough Students	2–0	Rushden & Diamonds
21	Morley Spurs	1–5	Scunthorpe United
22	Northampton Town	4–0	Rise Park
23	Norwich City	0–4	West Bromwich Albion
24	Oxford City	8–1	Salisbury City
25	Queens Park Rangers	3–1	Reading Women
26	Salford	0–1	Middlesbrough
27	Welwyn Garden City	2–0	Dagenham & Redbridge
28	West Auckland Town	2–1	Chester City
29	Whitehawk	1–0	Bedford Town Bells
30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–3	Radcliffe Olympic
31	Yeovil Town	3–1	Team Western

Second round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 11 and 18 November.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Blackpool Wren Rovers	2–2 (?–? p)	West Auckland Town
2	Chesham United	3–3 (6–5 p)	Gillingham
3	Coventry City	2–1	Derby County
4	Frome Town	0–1	Forest Green Rovers
5	Lewes	1–5	Welwyn Garden City
6	Luton Town	2–2 (3–2 p)	Enfield Town
7	Middlesbrough	5–0	Radcliffe Olympic
8	Northampton Town	0–4	Leicester City
9	Peterlee RA	3–4	Rochdale
10	Plymouth Argyle	3–1	Oxford City
11	Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Acton Sports Club
12	Scunthorpe United	0–4	Curzon Ashton
13	TNS & Shrewsbury Town	2–3	Copsewood Coventry
14	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Loughborough Students
15	Whitehawk	3–0	AFC Wimbledon
16	Yeovil Town	4–4 (3–4 p)	Swindon Town

Third round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 2, 9 and 16 December 2007.

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	AFC Team Bath	1–2	Newquay
2	Aston Villa	2–1	West Bromwich Albion
3	Barnet	10–2	Reading Town
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	Welwyn Garden City
5	Chesham United	0–5	Portsmouth
6	Colchester United	3–1	Luton Town
7	Copsewood Coventry	0–1	Crewe Alexandra
8	Coventry City	0–1	Lincoln City
9	Forest Green Rovers	3–3 (3–2 p)	Keynsham Town
10	Leicester City	1–0	Nottingham Forest

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
11	Millwall Lionesses	2–1	Crystal Palace
12	Newcastle United	1–0	Stockport County
13	Preston North End	5–1 (a.e.t.)	Curzon Ashton
14	Rotherham United	6–3	Rochdale
15	Sheffield Wednesday	0–2	Middlesbrough
16	Sunderland AFC	5–1	Tranmere Rovers
17	Swindon Town	1–1 (7–6 p)	Plymouth Argyle
18	West Auckland Town	1–4	Manchester City
19	West Ham United	5–0	Queens Park Rangers
20	Whitehawk	1–5	WFC Fulham

Fourth round proper

All games were originally scheduled for 6 and 13 January 2008.^[5]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Arsenal	11–1	Newquay
2	Aston Villa	0–6	Lincoln City
3	Barnet	0–9	Everton	120 or 91
4	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
5	Bristol Academy	1–1 (3–4 p)	Leeds United
6	Charlton Athletic	0–3	WFC Fulham
7	Chelsea	5–2	Middlesbrough
8	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Cardiff City
9	Liverpool	6–0	Forest Green Rovers
10	Manchester City	1–4 (a.e.t.)	Watford
11	Millwall Lionesses	0–1	Leicester City
12	Preston North End	1–3	Newcastle United
13	Rotherham United	3–4	Portsmouth
14	Sunderland AFC	1–4	Birmingham City
15	Swindon Town	0–5	Doncaster Rovers Belles
16	West Ham United	7–0	Colchester United

Fifth round proper

All games were played on 27 January 2008.^[6]

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Arsenal	8–1	West Ham United
2	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Liverpool
3	Cardiff City	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Doncaster Rovers Belles
4	Chelsea	1–1 (6–7 p)	Leeds United
5	Leicester City	0–3	Everton
6	Lincoln City	5–1	Portsmouth
7	Watford	3–3 (1–2 p)	Newcastle United
8	WFC Fulham	0–2	Birmingham City

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 17 and 24 February 2008.^[7]

24 February 2008	Arsenal	5–1	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Fleeting 33' Sanderson 37', 65' A. Scott 60' Carney 75'	Report	Hall 20'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 230

24 February 2008	Cardiff City	1–5	Leeds United	Cwmbran
		Report		Stadium: Cwmbran Stadium

17 February 2008	Lincoln City	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Blackburn Rovers	Collingham
		Report		Stadium: Collingham Sports Club Attendance: 350

24 February 2008	Newcastle United	1–3	Everton	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Furness 86'	Report	Williams 12' (pen.) Unitt 16', 78'	Stadium: Coach Lane Sports Centre Attendance: 330

Semi–finals

All games were played on 16 March 2008.^[8]

16 March 2008	Everton	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Leeds United	Southport
		Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 572 Referee: Ross Joyce
	Penalties
	Dowie Kane Handley Williams Unitt		Emmanuel Walton Holtham Barr Smith

16 March 2008	Lincoln City	1–5	Arsenal	Lincoln
15:00 BST	Barker 34'	Report	Smith 8', 26' Sanderson 14', 21' Ludlow 80'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Amy Rayner

Final

5 May 2008

13:00 BST

Arsenal	4–1	Leeds United
Smith 54', 83' Ludlow 59' Sanderson 60'	Report	Clarke 69'

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 24,582

Referee: Saša Ihringová (Shropshire)

References

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^ Aikman, Richard (5 May 2008). "Arsenal 4-1 Leeds United". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
^ Leighton, Tony (6 May 2008). "Smith inspires Arsenal to record ninth cup triumph". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
^ "Birmingham take last FA Cup place". 13 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
^ "Newcastle women earn fine Cup win". 27 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
^ "Arsenal and Everton ease to semis". 24 February 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
^ "Arsenal face Leeds in Cup final". 16 March 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[1] "FA Cup win secures Arsenal Double". 5 May 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2025.

[2] Aikman, Richard (5 May 2008). "Arsenal 4-1 Leeds United". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[3] Leighton, Tony (6 May 2008). "Smith inspires Arsenal to record ninth cup triumph". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[4] "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.

[5] "Birmingham take last FA Cup place". 13 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[6] "Newcastle women earn fine Cup win". 27 January 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[7] "Arsenal and Everton ease to semis". 24 February 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[8] "Arsenal face Leeds in Cup final". 16 March 2008. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

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