2007–08 FA Women's Cup

The 2007–08 FA Women's Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 2 September 2007 and 5 May 2008. It was the 38th season of the FA Women's Cup and was won by Arsenal, who defeated Leeds United in the final. The tournament consisted of a preliminary round, four qualifying rounds and eight rounds of competition proper.

The competition began on 2 September 2007 when the 34 lowest–ranked teams in the tournament took part in the preliminary round.

All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.

Preliminary round All games were played on 7, 14 and 21 September 2007 Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Banbury United0–2Brize Norton2Bexhill United0–4Canterbury City3Bolton Ambassadors1–5Penrith United4Bury Girls & Ladies3–1Windscale5Carterton5–0Aylesbury United6Chichester City UnitedA–WAbbey RangersW/O for Abbey Rangers7Copsewood Coventry15–0Tamworth Lionesses8Crowborough Athletic1–4 Haywards Heath Town9Durham City0–1Team Northumbria10Eastbourne Town0–6Rottingdean Village11Kingsthorpe0–9Bedford12Nottingham Forest1–0Heather St. Johns13Penzance7–1Launceston14Rayleigh Raiders1–7Brentwood Town15Saffron Walden Town3–2Garston16Tooting & Mitcham United0–4Havant & Waterlooville17Worcester City0–1Bourne United

First round qualifying All games were played on 16 and 23 September 2007.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Abbey Rangers0–6Aldershot Town2Acton Sports Club3–1Corinthian Casuals3Arlesey Town2–0Kings Sports Luton4Ashford2–6Ebbsfleet United5Barking2–0Tring Athletic6Barnsley3–1Ossett Albion7Battersea & Wandsworth2–0Brentford8Bedford3–2Kettering Town9Billericay Town2–0Chelmsford City10Blackpool Wren Rovers4–0Denton Town11Bolton Wanderers2–4Liverpool Feds12Bourne United0–1 Birmingham Athletic13Bracknell Town3–1MK Wanderers14Braintree Town6–0Harlow Athletic15Brandon United3–0Lumley16Brentwood Town5–1Saffron Walden Town17Bury Girls & Ladies4–1Wirral18Cambridge United11–0March Town United19Cambridge University4–0Haverhill Rovers20Canterbury City4–1 Rottingdean Village21Carterton2–1Stoke Lane Athletic22ChesterfieldA–WFriar Lane & EpworthW/O for Friar Lane & Epworth23Chinnor1–2Burnham24Copsewood Coventry6–0Allscott25Corby Stewarts & Lloyds12–0Thorplands United26Cullompton Rangers8–0St Blazey27Darlington Railway Athletic11–2Glendale28Dover Athletic1–3Eastbourne Borough29Fairfield Villa4–1Rugby Town30Forest Hall1–4Blyth Spartans31Gloucester City0–2Oxford City32Great Berry4–2C&K BasildonAbandoned after 83 mins due to serious injury – result stands33Hampstead1–3Long Lane34Havant & Waterlooville8–0Upper Beeding35Haywards Heath TownH–WSheerness EastW/O for Haywards Heath36Hemel Hempstead Town0–1Dagenham & Redbridge37Henley Town3–0Woodley Saints38Horley TownEast Preston

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 39Huddersfield Town2–1Sheffield40Huncote Sports & SocialBuxton41Keighley AFC3–5 Morley Spurs42Keynsham Town Development1–3Ilminster Town43KirkleesH–WPudsey JuniorsW/O for Kirklees44Larkhall Athletic8–0Barnstaple Town45Leighton Linslade1–4Daventry Town46Lichfield DiamondsH–WAFC Telford UnitedW/O for Lichfield47Linby CW1–2West Bridgford48London Colney5–0Stevenage Borough49London Women3–2The Comets50Marlow2–6Beaconsfield SYCOB51Newbury11–1Brize Norton52Norwich City3–1Woodbridge Town53Nottingham Forest6–5Mansfield Town54Oadby Town2–0Shepshed Dynamo55Penrith United3–5 Wigan56Penzance8–1Saltash United57Peterborough Sports4–3West Lynn58Petts Wood3–1Dynamo North London59Poole Town5–2Alphington60Rise Park5–1Sandiacre Town61Rolls Royce Leisure4–2Loughborough Foxes62Royston Town2–3Hannakins63Runwell Hospital1–3Hoddesdon Owls64Solihull4–1Dudley United65Staines Town3–4Tottenham Hotspur66Stratford Town3–1Leamington Lions67Taunton Town6–1Weymouth68Team Northumbria4–0Gateshead Cleveland Hall69Thurrock & TilburyHarpenden Colts70Tower Hamlets1–3Denham United71Whitley Bay4–1Pelton Newfield72Wingate & FinchleyHaringey Borough73Winterton Rangers3–4Radcliffe Olympic74WokingSalisbury City75Wycombe Wanderers8–0Tetbury Town76York City6–1Norton & Stockton Ancients

Second round qualifying All games were played on 30 September 2007.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Acton Sports Club3–1Tottenham Hotspur2Aldershot Town1–6Horley Town3Arlesey Town4–0Daventry Town4Barking7–2 West5Battersea & Wandsworth0–2Long Lane6Billericay Town0–1Brentwood Town7Birmingham AthleticFairfield Villa8Brandon United2–3 Blyth Spartans9Brighouse Town1–5Barnsley10Burnham1–6Newbury11Bury Girls & Ladies1–6Blackpool Wren Rovers12Cambridge United0–5Peterborough Sports13Canterbury City0–1Ebbsfleet United14Carterton0–6Bracknell Town15Copsewood Coventry3–1Stratford Town16Corby Stewarts & LloydsBedford17Cullompton Rangers6–0Taunton Town18Dagenham & Redbridge11–0Great Berry19Darlington Railway Athletic3–1York City20Denham United7–0London Women

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 21Eastbourne Borough3–1Haywards Heath Town22Harpenden Colts0–3Braintree Town23Huddersfield Town2–7Morley Spurs24Ilminster Town0–3Poole Town25Liverpool Feds3–2Wigan26London Colney8–3Hoddesdon Owls27Norwich City4–2Cambridge University28Nottingham Forest1–6Friar Lane & Epworth29Oxford City4–0Henley Town30Penzance6–0Larkhall Athletic31Radcliffe Olympic7–1Oadby Town32Rise Park2–0Buxton33Salisbury City3–1 Havant & Waterlooville34SolihullLichfield Diamonds35Team Northumbria0–2Whitley Bay36West Bridgford0–8Rolls Royce Leisure37Wingate & Finchley1–4Petts Wood38Wycombe WanderersA–WBeaconsfield SYCOBW/O for Beaconsfield SYCOB

Third round qualifying All games were played on 7 October 2007

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1BarkingArlesey Town2Barnsley0–1Radcliffe Olympic3Birmingham Athletic0–2Friar Lane & Epworth4Blackpool Wren Rovers3–0Blyth Spartans5Bracknell Town3–4Acton Sports Club6Braintree Town1–4Denham United7Brentwood Town2–4London Colney8Copsewood Coventry6–1Solihull9Cullompton RangersPenzance10Dagenham & Redbridge2–1Corby Stewarts & Lloyds

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 11Darlington Railway AthleticWhitley Bay12Ebbsfleet United2–0Beaconsfield SYCOB13Morley Spurs1–0Liverpool Feds14Newbury2–4Long Lane15Peterborough Sports1–3Norwich City16Petts Wood2–1 Horley Town17Poole Town0–6Oxford City18Rolls Royce Leisure1–4Rise Park19Salisbury City6–1Eastbourne Borough

First round proper All games were scheduled for 28 October 2007.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1AFC Bournemouth1–2Plymouth Argyle2AFC Wimbledon5–4Barking3Blackpool Wren Rovers2–0Whitley Bay4Bradford City1–2Peterlee RA5Chesham United7–1Petts Wood6Copsewood Coventry4–0Alfreton Town7Coventry City2–1Leicester City Ladies8Curzon Ashton9–3Hull City9Denham UnitedActon Sports Club10Enfield Town3–0Ebbsfleet United11Forest Green Rovers1–0Southampton Saints12Friar Lane & Epworth1–6Derby County13Frome Town2–0Penzance14Gillingham1–0Ipswich Town15Hereford Pegasus0–4The New Saints & Shrewsbury Town

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 16Leafield Athletic0–7Leicester City17Leeds City Vixens1–2 Rochdale18London Colney1–9Lewes19Long Lane1–5Luton Town20Loughborough Students2–0Rushden & Diamonds21Morley Spurs1–5Scunthorpe United22Northampton Town4–0Rise Park23Norwich City0–4West Bromwich Albion24Oxford City8–1Salisbury City25Queens Park Rangers3–1Reading26Salford0–1Middlesbrough27Welwyn Garden City2–0Dagenham & Redbridge28West Auckland Town2–1Chester City29Whitehawk1–0Bedford Town Bells30Wolverhampton Wanderers1–3Radcliffe Olympic31Yeovil Town3–1Team Western

Second round proper All games were originally scheduled for 11 and 18 November. Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Blackpool Wren RoversWest Auckland Town2Chesham UnitedGillingham3Coventry City2–1Derby County4Frome Town0–1Forest Green Rovers5Lewes1–5Welwyn Garden City6Luton TownEnfield Town7Middlesbrough5–0Radcliffe Olympic8Northampton Town0–4Leicester City9Peterlee RA3–4Rochdale10Plymouth Argyle3–1Oxford City11Queens Park Rangers3–0Acton Sports Club12Scunthorpe United0–4Curzon Ashton13The New Saints & Shrewsbury Town2–3Copsewood Coventry14West Bromwich Albion2–1Loughborough Students15Whitehawk3–0AFC Wimbledon16Yeovil TownSwindon Town

Third round proper All games were originally scheduled for 2, 9 and 16 December 2007.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1AFC Team Bath1–2Newquay2Aston Villa2–1West Bromwich Albion3Barnet10–2Reading Town4Brighton & Hove Albion2–1Welwyn Garden City5Chesham United0–5Portsmouth6Colchester United3–1Luton Town7Copsewood Coventry0–1Crewe Alexandra8Coventry City0–1Lincoln City9Forest Green RoversKeynsham Town10Leicester City1–0Nottingham Forest

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 11Millwall Lionesses2–1Crystal Palace12Newcastle United1–0Stockport County13Preston North End5–1 Curzon Ashton14Rotherham United6–3Rochdale15Sheffield Wednesday0–2Middlesbrough16Sunderland5–1Tranmere Rovers17Swindon TownPlymouth Argyle18West Auckland Town1–4Manchester City19West Ham United5–0Queens Park Rangers20Whitehawk1–5Fulham

Fourth round proper All games were originally scheduled for 6 and 13 January 2008.

Fifth round proper All games were played on 27 January 2008.

Quarter–finals 4All games were played on 17 and 24 February 2008.

Semi–finals All games were played on 16 March 2008.

Final

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