Football tournament season
2008–09 FA Women's Cup Country England Wales Teams 307 Champions Arsenal Runners-up Sunderland
Penalty shoot-outs do not count towards the total number of goals.
The 2008–09 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 7 September 2008 and 4 May 2009. It was the 39th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal , who defeated Sunderland in the final .[ 1] [ 2] The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.
The competition began on 7 September 2008 when the 118 lowest–ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round.
All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website. [ 3]
Preliminary round
All games were played on 7, 14 and 21 September 2008
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Abbey Rangers 0–18 Shanklin
2 Alphington 1–7 Frome Town
3 Arlesey Town 8–2 Daventry Town
4 Braintree Town 2–0 Tring Athletic
5 Cambridge University 1–0 Histon Hornets
6 Cheltenham Town 5–0 Newbury
7 Chichester City 4–2 Merstham
8 Crawley Wasps 1–3 Crowborough Athletic
9 East Preston 1–3 Wandgas
10 Eastleigh 0–5 Aldershot Town
11 Fairfield Villa 0–3 Stoke City
12 Ferndale 2–5 Leamington Lions
13
Friar Lane & Epworth
9–0
Huncote Sports & Social
14 Great Berry 5–7 Royston Town
15
Guiseley AFC Vixens
3–2
Sheffield United Community
16
Harlow Athletic
A–W
Sawbridgeworth Town
W/O for Sawbridgeworth Town
17
Haverhill Rovers
0–5
West Lynn
18
Heather St.Johns
1–0
Oadby & Wigston
19
Hemel Hempstead Town
5–2
Billericay Town
20
Hereford Phoenix
14–0
Tipton Town
21
Hitchin Hearts
6–0
Runwell Hospital
22
Hoddesdon Owls
0–2
Dagenham & Redbridge
23
Horley Town
3–2
Bisley
24
Hutton
1–2
Hawkwell Athletic
25
Keighley AFC
4–1
Brighouse Town
26
Kettering Town
11–0
Woodford United
27
Lancaster City
1–10
Wigan Athletic
28
Leighton Linslade
0–6
Bedford
29
Leighton United Vixens
6–2
Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe
30
London Corinthians
4–0
Aylesford
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
31
Long Eaton United
0–4
Loughborough Foxes
32
Maidenhead United
5–1
Chalfont St Peter
33
Market Warsop
14–1
Marlborough Rovers
34
MK Wanderers
3–1
Salisbury City
35
Newcastle Medics
1–4
Prudhoe Town
36
Oadby Town
1–6
Clifton
37
Old Actonians
7–0
The Comets
38
Panthers
5–3 (a.e.t. )
Denham United
39
Peterborough Sports
2–2 (6–5 p )
Peterborough Azure
40
Poole Town
0–5
Weymouth
41
St Francis 2000
9–0
RACA Tynedale
42
Ramsgate
0–4
Deal Town
43
Raunds Town
3–1
Flitwick
44
Reading Girls
4–0
Brize Norton
45
Redcar Town
2–4
East Durham United
46
Rottingdean Village
0–1
Eastbourne Town
47
Saffron Walden Town
H–W
Stevenage Borough Vixens
W/O for Saffron Walden Town
48
Sandy
5–0
Brackley Sports
49
Seahaven Harriers
0–2
Haywards Heath Town
50
Sheffield
1–3
Barnsley
51
St Martins
4–3
AFC Kempston Rovers
52
Stoke Lane Athletic
4–3
Swindon Supermarine
53
Swanton United
0–5
Hethersett Athletic
54
Tempest
2–2 (?–? p )
Runwell & Rayleigh Raiders
55
West Bergholt
1–2
Barking
56
West Bridgford
2–4
Bridgford
57
Wigan
4–1
Morecambe
58
Woodbridge Town
7–0
Thorpe United
59
Worcester City
2–3
Pegasus
First round qualifying
All games were played on 28 September 2008.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Accrington Girls & Ladies 0–5 Middleton Athletic
2 AFC Wimbledon 5–0 Joybabe
3 Andover New Street 3–1 Wandgas
4 Aylesbury United 0–11 Maidenhead United
5 Banbury United 4–0 Newent Town
6 Barking 2–1 London Colney
7 Barnsley 5–0 Keighley AFC
8 Battersea & Wandsworth 0–2 Panthers
9 Birmingham Athletic 9–0 Wednesfield
10 Braintree Town 2–5 Brentwood Town
11 Brandon United 4–1 North Shields
12 Brentford 21–0 One Wish
13 Bury Girls & Ladies 4–1 Whitehaven
14 Buxton 4–0 Bridgford
15 Cambridge United 1–2 West Lynn
16 Chichester City 1–5 Aldershot Town
17 Chinnor H–W Carterton
W/O for Chinnor
18 Chippenham Town 1–0 Henley Town
19 Clifton 5–0 Harborough Town 2007
20 Corby Stewarts & Lloyds 4–2 Raunds Town
21 Cullompton Rangers 1–2 Frome Town
22 Dagenham & Redbridge 3–3 (4–3 p ) Hemel Hempstead Town
23 Darlington Railway Athletic 5–3 Birtley Town
24 Deal Town 4–3 Crowborough Athletic
25 Ebbsfleet United 3–2 Eastbourne Town
26 Forest Hall 2–1 Gateshead Cleveland Hall
27 Garston 12–0 Runwell & Rayleigh Raiders
28 Hampstead 3–4 (a.e.t. ) Tower Hamlets
29 Hawkwell Athletic 2–6 Royston Town
30 Haywards Heath Town 1–2 London Corinthians
31 Heather St.Johns 2–4 Gedling Town
32 Hinckley United 2–7 Friar Lane & Epworth
33 Hitchin Hearts 2–4 West
34 Huntingdon Town 5–0 March Town United
35 Ilminster Town 5–2 Purbeck
36 Kettering Town 0–1 Bedford
37 Larkhall Athletic 4–0 Keynsham Town Development
38 Launceston 2–2 (3–1 p ) Weymouth
39 Leighton United Vixens 1–5 Arlesey Town
40 Linby CW 0–10 Sandiacre Town
41 Liverpool Feds 2–1 Chester City
42 Lumley 2–2 (3–2 p ) East Durham United
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
43 Maidstone Town 2–1 Canterbury City
44 Manford Way H–W London United
W/O for Manford Way
45 Mansfield Town 4–2 (a.e.t. ) Loughborough Foxes
46 Market Warsop H–W St Patricks
W/O for Market Warsop
47 Marlow 1–7 Bracknell Town
48 Norton & Stockton Ancients H–W Stokesley
W/O for Norton & Stockton Ancients
49 Old Actonians 6–0 Hampton
50 Oldland Abbotonians 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers
51 Ossett Albion 4–1 Dearne & District
52 Oxford United 0–1 Swindon Spitfires
53 Pegasus 0–3 Lichfield Diamonds
54 Penrith AFC 3–1 Wirral
55 Peterborough Sports 1–0 Hethersett Athletic
56 Prudhoe Town 0–5 Blyth Spartans
57 Reading Girls 2–6 MK Wanderers
58 Regents Park Rangers 2–1 Wingate & Finchley
59 Sandy 1–2 St Martins
60 Sawbridgeworth Town 2–4 C&K Basildon
61 Shanklin 1–1 (2–3 p ) Horley Town
62 Sheffield United Junior Blades 0–1 Huddersfield Town
63 Shepshed Dynamo 1–2 Rolls Royce Leisure
64 Sherrardswood 1–7 Saffron Walden Town
65 Southampton Saints 0–2 Havant & Waterlooville
66 St Francis 2000 1–3 York City
67 Stafford Town 6–2 Redditch United
68 Stoke City 4–0 Bourne United
69 Stoke Lane Athletic 3–6 Cheltenham Town
70 Stony Stratford Town 0–4 Launton
71 Stratford Town 0–3 Dudley United
72 Studley 2–1 Hereford Phoenix
73 Tamworth Lionesses 5–3 Stourport Swifts
74 Tetbury Town 3–2 Bitton
75 Uxbridge United 0–15 Haringey Borough
76 Walsall 0–4 Leamington Lions
77
Warrington Town
3–3 (3–4 p )
Sefton Peronni
78
Whitley Bay
12–0
Boldon
79
Wigan
6–1
Bolton Wanderers
80
Windscale
1–6
Wigan Athletic
81
Winsford
3–4
Preston Rangers
82
Winterton Rangers
2–12
Guiseley AFC Vixens
83
Woodbridge Town
9–0
Cambridge University
84
Woodley Saints
2–1 (a.e.t. )
Beaconsfield SYCOB
Second round qualifying
All games were played on 12 October 2008.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 AFC Wimbledon 7–0 Manford Way
2 Andover New Street 1–6 Havant & Waterlooville
3 Arlesey Town 1–4 Bedford
4 Barnsley 2–3 Guiseley AFC Vixens
5 Blyth Spartans 11–0 Forest Hall
6 Bracknell Town 4–0 Chippenham Town
7 Brentford 0–5 Tower Hamlets
8 Bury Girls & Ladies 9–2 Preston Rangers
9 Buxton 1–4 Rolls Royce Leisure
10 C&K Basildon 2–5 Dagenham & Redbridge
11 Cheltenham Town 3–1 Launton
12 Chinnor 3–1 Banbury United
13 Darlington Railway Athletic 8–1 Brandon United
14 Deal Town 2–4 London Corinthians
15 Dudley United 3–1 Tamworth Lionesses
16 Ebbsfleet United 1–0 Maidstone Town
17 Gedling Town 2–5 Mansfield Town
18 Hannakins 0–3 Garston
19 Horley Town 5–1 Aldershot Town
20 Huddersfield Town 2–4 Ossett Albion
21 Ilminster Town 3–6 (a.e.t. ) Larkhall Athletic
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
22 Launceston 1–4 Frome Town
23 Lichfield Diamonds 1–0 Leamington Lions
24 Maidenhead United 6–0 Tetbury Town
25 Market Warsop 3–5 Friar Lane & Epworth
26 Old Actonians 1–4 Haringey Borough
27 Penrith AFC 2–1 Middleton Athletic
28 Peterborough Sports 2–2 (?–? p ) Woodbridge Town
29 Regents Park Rangers 0–3 Panthers
30 Royston Town 1–2 Barking
31 Saffron Walden Town 1–4 Brentwood Town
32 Sandiacre Town 3–2 (a.e.t. ) Clifton
33 Sefton Peronni 0–1 (a.e.t. ) Wigan Athletic
34 St Martins 1–2 Corby Stewarts & Lloyds
35 Stafford Town 5–2 Birmingham Athletic
36 Stoke City 3–0 Studley
37 Swindon Spitfires 3–2 MK Wanderers
38 West Lynn 7–0 Huntingdon Town
39
Whitley Bay
3–0
Norton & Stockton Ancients
40
Wigan
1–7
Liverpool Feds
41
Woodley Saints
0–4
Wycombe Wanderers
42
York City
4–0
Lumley
Third round qualifying
All games were played on 26 October, 2 and 9 November 2008
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Bedford 4–0 Corby Stewarts & Lloyds
2 Blyth Spartans 6–10 (a.e.t. ) Darlington Railway Athletic
3 Brentwood Town 0–1 Dagenham & Redbridge
4 Bury Girls & Ladies 3–1 Wigan Athletic
5 Frome Town 1–0 Larkhall Athletic
6 Garston 0–2 Barking
7 Guiseley AFC Vixens 4–2 (a.e.t. ) Ossett Albion
8 AFC Wimbledon 3–2 Haringey Borough
9 Horley Town 0–5 Havant & Waterlooville
10 Lichfield Diamonds 1–1 (4–3 p ) Dudley United
11 Liverpool Feds 4–0 Penrith AFC
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
12 London Corinthians 1–3 Ebbsfleet United
13 Maidenhead United 7–3 Chinnor
14 Mansfield Town 2–1 (a.e.t. ) Rolls Royce Leisure
15 Peterborough Sports 4–1 West Lynn
16 Sandiacre Town 7–0 Friar Lane & Epworth
17 Stafford Town 1–3 Stoke City
18 Swindon Spitfires 0–8 Bracknell Town
19 Tower Hamlets 2–1 Panthers
20
Whitley Bay
0–2
York City
21
Wycombe Wanderers
3–3 (3–4 p )
Cheltenham Town
First round
All games were scheduled for 9 and 16 November 2008.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 AFC Team Bath 2–0 Winscombe
2 Bedford Town Bells 2–0 Reading Town
3 Bury Girls & Ladies 3–5 Rochdale
4 Cambridge United 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers
5 Coventry United 3–2 (a.e.t. ) Copsewood Coventry
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–3 Luton Town
7 Derby County 4–0 Mansfield Town
8 Ebbsfleet United 1–3 Wellingborough Diamonds
9 Enfield Town 3–0 Queens Park Rangers
10 Frome Town 2–4 Forest Green Rovers
11 Guiseley AFC Vixens 4–1 Peterlee RA
12 Havant & Waterlooville 2–0 Barking
13 Leafield Athletic 3–3 (5–3 p ) West Bromwich Albion
14 Leeds City Vixens 4–0 Crewe Alexandra
15 Lewes 9–0 Tower Hamlets
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
16 Lichfield Diamonds 3–4 Leicester City Ladies
17 Liverpool Feds 4–2 (a.e.t. ) Salford
18 Loughborough Students 3–2 Sandiacre Town
19 Maidenhead United 0–1 Swindon Town
20 Northampton Town 4–1 Bedford
21 Norwich City 1–0 AFC Wimbledon
22 Scunthorpe United 1–2 Darlington Railway Athletic
23 Stockport County 0–1 Bradford City
24 Stoke City 6–2 Peterborough Sports
25 TNS & Shrewsbury Town 5–0 Brackwell Town
26 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Oxford City
27 Wakefield & Morley Spurs 2–4 Blackpool Wren Rovers
28 Welwyn Garden City 0–2 Chesham United
29 West Auckland Town 0–2 Middlesbrough
30 Yeovil Town 2–8 Plymouth Argyle
Second round
All games were originally scheduled for 23 and 30 November and 7 December 2008.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 AFC Team Bath 0–6 Plymouth Argyle
2 Blackpool Wren Rovers 3–1 Rochdale
3 Enfield Town 1–0 Norwich City
4 Forest Green Rovers 2–0 Cheltenham Town
5 Guiseley AFC Vixens 0–2 Derby County
6 Havant & Waterlooville 1–2 Chesham United
7 Leafield Athletic 0–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
8 Leeds City Vixens 6–3 Bradford City
9 Bedford Town Bells 0–6 Lewes
10 Middlesbrough 3–2 Darlington Railway Athletic
11 Stoke City 1–2 Loughborough Students
12 Swindon Town 2–6 Luton Town
13 TNS & Shrewsbury Town 2–2 (1–4 p ) Coventry City
14 Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 Northampton Town
15 Wellingborough Diamonds 6–1 Leicester City Ladies
16 York City 2–1 ( a.e.t. ) Liverpool Feds
Third round
All games were originally scheduled for 14 and 21 December 2008 and 4 January 2009.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Aston Villa 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 0–1 Luton Town
3 Cardiff City 1–1 (4–3 p ) Keynsham Town
4 Charlton Athletic 2–1 Ipswich Town
5 Crystal Palace 4–3 Reading Women
6 Curzon Ashton 5–0 Blackpool Wren Rovers
7 Enfield Town 0–1 Colchester United
8 Leeds City Vixens 1–6 Sunderland AFC
9 Leicester City 3–1 Coventry United
10 Lewes 3–3 (3–2 p ) Chesham United
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
11 Loughborough Students 0–2 OOH Lincoln
12 Newcastle United 3–3 (8–7 p ) Manchester City
13 Millwall Lionesses 2–0 West Ham United
14 Newquay 0–4 Portsmouth
15 Northampton Town 0–5 Barnet
16 Plymouth Argyle 0–2 Forest Green Rovers
17 Rotherham United 2–1 York City
18 Sheffield Wednesday 3–3 (4–5 p ) Preston North End
19 Tranmere Rovers 1–3 Middlesbrough
20 Wellingborough Diamonds 1–5 Derby County
Fourth round
All games were originally scheduled for 4, 11 and 18 January 2009.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Arsenal 7–0 Colchester United
2 Barnet 2–1 Portsmouth
3 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Luton Town
4 Charlton Athletic 0–6 Birmingham City
5 Chelsea 9–1 Rotherham United
6 Crystal Palace 1–2 ( a.e.t. ) Aston Villa
7 Derby County 3–3 (4–3 p ) Lewes
8 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–1 Millwall Lionesses
9 Everton 4–0 WFC Fulham
10 Leeds Carnegie 7–0 Forest Green Rovers
11 Leicester City 2–4 Middlesbrough
12 Manchester City 4–3 ( a.e.t. ) Preston North End
13 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Liverpool
Tie awarded to Forest. Liverpool removed for fielding an ineligible player
14 OOH Lincoln 0–1 Curzon Ashton
Tie awarded to Lincoln, Curzon removed for fielding an ineligible player
15 Sunderland 4–1 Cardiff City
16 Watford 1–3 Bristol Academy
Fifth round
All games were played on 25 January and 1 February 2009.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att.
1 Aston Villa 0–3 Leeds Carnegie
2 Bristol Academy 2–2 (4–3 p ) Birmingham City
3 Derby County 0–2 Chelsea
4 Manchester City 0–4 Everton
5 Middlesbrough 0–4 Arsenal
6 Millwall Lionesses 0–1 Blackburn Rovers
7 OOH Lincoln 3–1 Nottingham Forest
8 Sunderland 5–0 Barnet
Quarter–finals
All games were played on 22 February 2009.
Semi–finals
All games were played on 22 March 2009.[ 4]
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