2008–09 FA Women's Cup

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2008–09 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams307
Final positions
ChampionsArsenal
Runners-upSunderland
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

First round qualifying

All games were played on 28 September 2008.

Second round qualifying

All games were played on 12 October 2008.

Third round qualifying

All games were played on 26 October, 2 and 9 November 2008

First round

All games were scheduled for 9 and 16 November 2008.

Second round

All games were originally scheduled for 23 and 30 November and 7 December 2008.

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)Att.
1AFC Team Bath0–6Plymouth Argyle
2Blackpool Wren Rovers3–1Rochdale
3Enfield Town1–0Norwich City
4Forest Green Rovers2–0Cheltenham Town
5Guiseley AFC Vixens0–2Derby County
6Havant & Waterlooville1–2Chesham United
7Leafield Athletic0–3Wolverhampton Wanderers
8Leeds City Vixens6–3Bradford City
9Bedford Town Bells0–6Lewes
10Middlesbrough3–2Darlington Railway Athletic
11Stoke City1–2Loughborough Students
12Swindon Town2–6Luton Town
13TNS & Shrewsbury Town2–2 (1–4 p)Coventry City
14Tottenham Hotspur1–4Northampton Town
15Wellingborough Diamonds6–1Leicester City Ladies
16York City2–1 (a.e.t.)Liverpool Feds

Third round

All games were originally scheduled for 14 and 21 December 2008 and 4 January 2009.

Fourth round

All games were originally scheduled for 4, 11 and 18 January 2009.

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)Att.
1Arsenal7–0Colchester United
2Barnet2–1Portsmouth
3Blackburn Rovers3–0Luton Town
4Charlton Athletic0–6Birmingham City
5Chelsea9–1Rotherham United
6Crystal Palace1–2 (a.e.t.)Aston Villa
7Derby County3–3 (4–3 p)Lewes
8Doncaster Rovers Belles0–1Millwall Lionesses
9Everton4–0WFC Fulham
10Leeds Carnegie7–0Forest Green Rovers
11Leicester City2–4Middlesbrough
12Manchester City4–3 (a.e.t.)Preston North End
13Nottingham Forest0–1Liverpool
Tie awarded to Forest. Liverpool removed for fielding an ineligible player
14OOH Lincoln0–1Curzon Ashton
Tie awarded to Lincoln, Curzon removed for fielding an ineligible player
15Sunderland4–1Cardiff City
16Watford1–3Bristol Academy

Fifth round

All games were played on 25 January and 1 February 2009.

TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)Att.
1Aston Villa0–3Leeds Carnegie
2Bristol Academy2–2 (4–3 p)Birmingham City
3Derby County0–2Chelsea
4Manchester City0–4Everton
5Middlesbrough0–4Arsenal
6Millwall Lionesses0–1Blackburn Rovers
7OOH Lincoln3–1Nottingham Forest
8Sunderland5–0Barnet

Quarter–finals

All games were played on 22 February 2009.

22 February 2009 Arsenal 3–1Leeds CarnegieBorehamwood
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Meadow Park

Semi–finals

All games were played on 22 March 2009.[4]

22 March 2009 Arsenal 3–1EvertonBishop's Stortford
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Woodside Park
Attendance: 902
Referee: Stephen Daly
22 March 2009 Sunderland 3–0ChelseaSunderland
13:00 BST
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Natalie Walker

Final

Arsenal2–1Sunderland
Report

References

  1. "Arsenal win FA Women's Cup". 4 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
  2. Leighton, Tony (4 May 2009). "Arsenal give Vic Akers the right send-off with the wrong performance". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  3. "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. "Sunderland reach FA Women's final". 22 March 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2025.