2009–10 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2009–10 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Defending champions	Arsenal
Final positions
Champions	Leeds United
Runners-up	Everton

The 2009–10 FA Women's Premier League Cup was the 19th edition of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a cup tournament for teams at both levels of the FA Women's Premier League (level 1, the National Division, and level 2, the Northern and Southern Divisions). The 2010 cup final was won by Leeds United, who defeated Everton 3–1.^[1]

This was the last season of the Women's Premier League Cup as a top-level competition, before the formation of the FA Women's Super League in 2011 as the new top flight. Subsequently, three of the four semi-finalist teams in 2009–10 (Arsenal, Chelsea and runners-up Everton) moved to the Super League and did not compete in the next season's FA WPL. The WPL Cup in 2010–11 was contested by clubs at women's levels 2 and 3.

Preliminary round

All matches were played on the 23 August 2009.

23 August 2009	Derby County	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Curzon Ashton
	Morgan	Report	Goodwin Hayes
Note: Despite Curzon Ashton winning, records show that Derby County progress to the next round.

23 August 2009	OOH Lincoln	3–1	Newcastle United
	Aisthorpe Michalska	Report	Crooks

23 August 2009	Barnet	5–0	Colchester United
	O'Leary Sandow Sowden Rudman	Report

23 August 2009	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Portsmouth
	Found	Report	McGee Nash Thorp

First round

All matches were played on the 13 September 2009.^[2]

13 September 2009	Blackburn Rovers	4–2	Manchester City
	Sheen 5' Brewer 33' Anderton Walker	Report	Worth 15' Farrell 31'

13 September 2009	Birmingham City	6–2	OOH Lincoln
	Bird 5' Bartlett Potter Larkin Gauntlett	Report	Michalska 15'

13 September 2009	Cardiff City	0–4	Bristol Academy
		Report	Passariello Dykes Stewart

13 September 2009	Chelsea	6–2	Barnet
	Whitter 11' Susi	Report	Sowden

13 September 2009	Leeds Carnegie	1–0	Nottingham Forest
	Smith 30'	Report

13 September 2009	Leeds City Vixens	0–5	Doncaster Rovers Belles
		Report	Simpkins Exley (pen.) Leat Bright

13 September 2009	Sheffield Wednesday	0–5	Everton
		Report	Harries 2' Dowie 60' 90+2' (pen.) Handley

13 September 2009	Aston Villa	3–0	Derby County
	Clarke Davies Vaughan	Report

13 September 2009	Leicester City	3–2	Preston North End
	Jones Meade Sweetman-Kirk	Report	Cadwallader Taberner

13 September 2009	Sunderland	5–1	Liverpool
	Gutteridge Nobbs Staniforth Stokes	Report	Traynor

13 September 2009	Portsmouth	5–2	Fulham
	Lorton McGee Nash Thorp	Report	Benhem

13 September 2009	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Luton Town
	Coombes	Report

13 September 2009	Keynsham Town	7–1	Crystal Palace
		Report

13 September 2009	Reading	3–0	Queens Park Rangers
	Fletcher Hines Shaw	Report

13 September 2009	Watford	1–4	Arsenal	Northwood
14:00	Wade 3' (pen.)	Report	Little 4', 26', 55' Lander 90'	Stadium: The Skyline Stadium

13 September 2009	West Ham United	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Millwall Lionesses
		Report

Second round

All matches were played on the 4 October 2009.

4 October 2009	Portsmouth	0–1	Chelsea
		Report	Sanderson

4 October 2009	Millwall Lionesses	0–2	Arsenal	Beckenham
14:00		Report	Beattie 8' Ludlow 85'	Stadium: Eden Park Avenue

4 October 2009	Keynsham Town	3–1	Charlton Athletic
	Andjelkovic Reinecke Sage	Report

4 October 2009	Bristol Academy	w/o	Reading
		Report

4 October 2009	Everton	4–0	Sunderland
	Dowie Williams Scott Handley	Report

4 October 2009	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3–1	Leicester City
	Exley Hansen Williams	Report	Robson

4 October 2009	Birmingham City	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Blackburn Rovers
	Torkildsen	Report	Anderton Harding

4 October 2009	Aston Villa	2–4	Leeds Carnegie
	Farrow	Report	Allen Holtham Moore White

Quarter–finals

All matches were played on 1 November 2009, apart from Leeds Carnegie vs Blackburn Rovers, which was played on the 8 November 2009.^[3]^[4]

1 November 2009	Arsenal	4–0	Keynsham Town	Borehamwood
14:00	Fleeting 25', 42' Chapman 45' Little 78'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

1 November 2009	Chelsea	8–0	Bristol Academy
	Stoney 14' (o.g.) Sanderson 80' (pen.) Susi Perry Whitter	Report

1 November 2009	Everton	3–0	Doncaster Rovers Belles
	Dowie 24', 65' Duggan 64'	Report

8 November 2009	Leeds Carnegie	5–0	Blackburn Rovers
	White 26', 81' Smith Cantrell 52'	Report

Semi–finals

Matches were played on the 6 and 13 December 2009.^[5]^[6]

6 December 2009	Everton	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Arsenal	Crosby
12:30	Dowie 3' Westwood 108'	Report	Little 36' (pen.)	Stadium: Rossett Park Referee: Emma Hock

13 December 2009	Chelsea	0–2	Leeds Carnegie
		Report	Cantrell 71' Bradley 86'

Final

11 February 2010

19:00 GMT

Everton	1–3	Leeds Carnegie
Williams 49'	Report	Holtham 15' White 21', 85'

Spotland, Rochdale

Attendance: 3,000

References

^ Frith, Wilf (17 April 2020). "Look back to 2009-10 FA Women's Premier League season that preceded the WSL". She Kicks. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Cup holders Arsenal beat Watford". 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
^ "Fleeting inspires Arsenal victory". 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
^ "Arsenal comeback seals fine win". 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
^ "Everton clinch spot in cup final". 2009-12-06. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
^ "Leeds beat Chelsea to reach final". 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[1] Frith, Wilf (17 April 2020). "Look back to 2009-10 FA Women's Premier League season that preceded the WSL". She Kicks. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[2] "Cup holders Arsenal beat Watford". 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[3] "Fleeting inspires Arsenal victory". 2009-11-01. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[4] "Arsenal comeback seals fine win". 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[5] "Everton clinch spot in cup final". 2009-12-06. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

[6] "Leeds beat Chelsea to reach final". 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2025-05-24.

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