2008–09 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2008–09 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Defending champions	Everton
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal
Runners-up	Doncaster Rovers Belles

The 2008–09 FA Women's Premier League Cup was the 18th 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 Arsenal, who beat Doncaster Rovers Belles 5–0 in the final; this was Arsenal's tenth title.^[1]^[2]

Preliminary round

All played on 31 August 2008.

31 August 2008	Colchester United	5–6	Portsmouth
	Bass	Report	Crewe Hillier Langrish Rutherford Thorp Ritchie

31 August 2008	Newcastle United	1–2	Preston North End
	Reay	Report	Cafferkey Cadwallader

31 August 2008	Reading	0–2	Barnet
		Report	Sandow Sowden

31 August 2008	Sunderland	4–1	Sheffield Wednesday
	Danby Gutteridge Stokes O'Brien	Report	Skeemer

First round

All played 14 September, except Tranmere Rovers vs. Doncaster Rovers Belles on 21 September.

14 September 2008	Arsenal	6–2	Charlton Athletic	Borehamwood
14:00	Yankey 1', 82', 84' Flaherty 13' Little 39' K. Smith 39'	Report	Dixson 70' Webb	Stadium: Meadow Park

14 September 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	Truro City
	Parkinson Stenning Waine	Report	Dennett Lapham

14 September 2008	Bristol Academy	3–0	Keynsham Town
	Green Green	Report

14 September 2008	Cardiff City	1–2	Fulham
	Harding	Report	Fraser Lloyd

14 September 2008	Millwall Lionesses	7–1	Ipswich Town
	Eagles Gurr Whitter	Report	Harwood

14 September 2008	Watford	3–0	Crystal Palace
		Report

14 September 2008	Blackburn Rovers	7–2	Rotherham United
	Anderton Harding McDougall Preston	Report	Longstone Needham

14 September 2008	Everton	2–1	Birmingham City
	J. Scott Westwood 65'	Report	McCann 46'

14 September 2008	Leeds Carnegie	1–0	Manchester City
	Clarke	Report

14 September 2008	Leicester City	6–2	Aston Villa
	Allen Jones H. Smith Fellows	Report	Davies Farrow

14 September 2008	Nottingham Forest	4–2	Liverpool
	Bell Clarke Lawson	Report

14 September 2008	West Ham United	1–2	Portsmouth
	Morgan	Report	Langrish Murphy

14 September 2008	Chelsea	4–0	Barnet
	Rafferty Sanderson Susi	Report

14 September 2008	Preston North End	5–3	Curzon Ashton
	Berry Bateman Cafferkey Cadwallader	Report	Dean Goodwin Stebbings

14 September 2008	OOH Lincoln	3–1	Sunderland
	Barr Michalska Wallis	Report	Danby

21 September 2008	Tranmere Rovers	1–6	Doncaster Rovers Belles
	Cartmel	Report	Holmes Rich Williams Hansen

Second round

All played 5 October, except the games at Nottingham Forest, Fulham and Millwall: all played on 12 October.^[3]

5 October 2008	OOH Lincoln	2–3	Watford
	Little Ward	Report	Nicholson Hincks Clarke 88'

5 October 2008	Blackburn Rovers	4–4 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Portsmouth
	Anderton 70' Preston	Report	Ritchie 120' Langrish

5 October 2008	Arsenal	3–1	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00	Carney 38' (pen.) Little 43', 48'	Report	Williams 78'	Stadium: Meadow Park

5 October 2008	Preston North End	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Cafferkey	Report

5 October 2008	Chelsea	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Leeds Carnegie
	Bradley og' Chaplen Aluko 94'	Report	Cantrell S. Smith

12 October 2008	Nottingham Forest	0–4	Doncaster Rovers Belles
		Report	Exley Hansen Williams

12 October 2008	Fulham	4–2	Bristol Academy
	Burns Phillips	Report	Manley Yorston

12 October 2008	Millwall Lionesses	1–3	Leicester City
		Report	Allen Fellows

Quarter–finals

All played 2 November, except Leicester City vs. Arsenal on 9 November.^[4]

2 November 2008	Portsmouth	0–1	Preston North End
		Report	Watson 50'

2 November 2008	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3–0	Watford
	Heckler Exley Williams 67'	Report

2 November 2008	Chelsea	3–0	Fulham
	Rafferty 19' Owen 66' Sanderson 90'	Report

9 November 2008	Leicester City	0–7	Arsenal	Leicester
14:00		Report	Yankey 15' K. Smith 37' (pen.) Fleeting 40', 62', 74' Impey 50' (o.g.) C. Grant 83'	Stadium: Leicestershire Scouts HQ

Semi–finals

Both played 7 December.^[5]

7 December 2008	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3–1	Preston North End
	Williams 6' Heckley 7' Davies 46'	Report	Bateman 39'

7 December 2008	Chelsea	0–4	Arsenal	East Molesey
14:00		Report	Perry 19' (o.g.) Fleeting 56', 88' Ludlow 79'	Stadium: Imber Court

Final

25 February 2009

14:00

Arsenal	5–0	Doncaster Rovers Belles
K. Smith 6', 31', 58' A. Scott 66' S. Grant 88'	Report

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe

Attendance: 2,753

Referee: Steve Rowntree

References

^ Taylor, Declan (26 February 2009). "League Cup Final: Doncaster 0–5 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ "Smith seals cup win on Arsenal farewell". UEFA. 26 February 2009.
^ "Four off in League Cup thriller". 5 October 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
^ "Belles & Chelsea through to semis". 2 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
^ "Arsenal to meet Belles in final". 7 December 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

External links

Results (archived) at The FA.com

[1] Taylor, Declan (26 February 2009). "League Cup Final: Doncaster 0–5 Arsenal". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

[2] "Smith seals cup win on Arsenal farewell". UEFA. 26 February 2009.

[3] "Four off in League Cup thriller". 5 October 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

[4] "Belles & Chelsea through to semis". 2 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

[5] "Arsenal to meet Belles in final". 7 December 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2025.

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