2008–09 FA Women's Cup

2008–09 FA Women's Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	307
Final positions
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.

22 February 2009	Arsenal	3–1	Leeds Carnegie	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT	Telford 15' (o.g.) Ludlow 21' Davison 77'	Report	Moore 26'	Stadium: Meadow Park

22 February 2009	Blackburn Rovers	0–2	Everton	Clitheroe
		Report	Williams 20' Dowie 22'	Stadium: Shawbridge

22 February 2009	Chelsea	3–1	OOH Lincoln	East Molesey
	Aluko Susi	Report	4'	Stadium: Imber Court

22 February 2009	Sunderland	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Bristol Academy	Cleadon
	Stokes 66' Williams 68', 112' Bronze 120'	Report	Harries 23', 31'	Stadium: Academy of Light

Semi–finals

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

22 March 2009	Arsenal	3–1	Everton	Bishop's Stortford
14:00 GMT	Yankey 21' Ludlow 31' Flaherty 45'	Report	Dowie 54'	Stadium: Woodside Park Attendance: 902 Referee: Stephen Daly

22 March 2009	Sunderland	3–0	Chelsea	Sunderland
13:00 BST	Gutteridge 72' Williams 81', 90'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Natalie Walker

Final

4 May 2009

13:00 BST

Arsenal	2–1	Sunderland
Chapman 32' Little 90'	Report	McDougall 90'

Pride Park Stadium, Derby

Attendance: 23,291

Referee: Saša Ihringová (Shropshire)

References

^ "Arsenal win FA Women's Cup". 4 May 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
^ 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.
^ "Women's F.A. Cup - Results". womensfacup.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
^ "Sunderland reach FA Women's final". 22 March 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2025.

[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.

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