2008–09 FA Women's Cup

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. 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.

Preliminary round All games were played on 7, 14 and 21 September 2008

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Abbey Rangers0–18Shanklin2Alphington1–7Frome Town3Arlesey Town8–2Daventry Town4Braintree Town2–0Tring Athletic5Cambridge University1–0Histon Hornets6Cheltenham Town5–0Newbury7Chichester City4–2Merstham8Crawley Wasps1–3Crowborough Athletic9East Preston1–3Wandgas10Eastleigh0–5Aldershot Town11Fairfield Villa0–3Stoke City12Ferndale2–5Leamington Lions13Friar Lane & Epworth9–0Huncote Sports & Social14Great Berry5–7Royston Town15Guiseley AFC Vixens3–2Sheffield United Community16Harlow AthleticA–WSawbridgeworth TownW/O for Sawbridgeworth Town17Haverhill Rovers0–5West Lynn18Heather St.Johns1–0Oadby & Wigston19Hemel Hempstead Town5–2Billericay Town20Hereford Phoenix14–0Tipton Town21Hitchin Hearts6–0Runwell Hospital22Hoddesdon Owls0–2Dagenham & Redbridge23Horley Town3–2Bisley24Hutton1–2Hawkwell Athletic25Keighley AFC4–1Brighouse Town26Kettering Town11–0Woodford United27Lancaster City1–10Wigan Athletic28Leighton Linslade0–6Bedford29Leighton United Vixens6–2Cogenhoe & Kingsthorpe30London Corinthians4–0Aylesford

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 31Long Eaton United0–4Loughborough Foxes32Maidenhead United5–1Chalfont St Peter33Market Warsop14–1Marlborough Rovers34MK Wanderers3–1Salisbury City35Newcastle Medics1–4Prudhoe Town36Oadby Town1–6Clifton37Old Actonians7–0The Comets38Panthers5–3 Denham United39Peterborough SportsPeterborough Azure40Poole Town0–5Weymouth41St Francis 20009–0RACA Tynedale42Ramsgate0–4Deal Town43Raunds Town3–1Flitwick44Reading Girls4–0Brize Norton45Redcar Town2–4East Durham United46Rottingdean Village0–1Eastbourne Town47Saffron Walden TownH–WStevenage Borough VixensW/O for Saffron Walden Town48Sandy5–0Brackley Sports49Seahaven Harriers0–2Haywards Heath Town50Sheffield1–3Barnsley51St Martins4–3AFC Kempston Rovers52Stoke Lane Athletic4–3Swindon Supermarine53Swanton United0–5Hethersett Athletic54TempestRunwell & Rayleigh Raiders55West Bergholt1–2Barking56West Bridgford2–4Bridgford57Wigan4–1Morecambe58Woodbridge Town7–0Thorpe United59Worcester City2–3Pegasus

First round qualifying All games were played on 28 September 2008.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Accrington Girls & Ladies0–5Middleton Athletic2AFC Wimbledon5–0Joybabe3Andover New Street3–1Wandgas4Aylesbury United0–11Maidenhead United5Banbury United4–0Newent Town6Barking2–1London Colney7Barnsley5–0Keighley AFC8Battersea & Wandsworth0–2Panthers9Birmingham Athletic9–0Wednesfield10Braintree Town2–5Brentwood Town11Brandon United4–1North Shields12Brentford21–0One Wish13Bury Girls & Ladies4–1Whitehaven14Buxton4–0Bridgford15Cambridge United1–2West Lynn16Chichester City1–5Aldershot Town17ChinnorH–WCartertonW/O for Chinnor18Chippenham Town1–0Henley Town19Clifton5–0Harborough Town 200720Corby Stewarts & Lloyds4–2Raunds Town21Cullompton Rangers1–2Frome Town22Dagenham & RedbridgeHemel Hempstead Town23Darlington Railway Athletic5–3Birtley Town24Deal Town4–3Crowborough Athletic25Ebbsfleet United3–2Eastbourne Town26Forest Hall2–1Gateshead Cleveland Hall27Garston12–0Runwell & Rayleigh Raiders28Hampstead3–4 Tower Hamlets29Hawkwell Athletic2–6Royston Town30Haywards Heath Town1–2London Corinthians31Heather St.Johns2–4Gedling Town32Hinckley United2–7Friar Lane & Epworth33Hitchin Hearts2–4West34Huntingdon Town5–0March Town United35Ilminster Town5–2Purbeck36Kettering Town0–1Bedford37Larkhall Athletic4–0Keynsham Town Development38LauncestonWeymouth39Leighton United Vixens1–5Arlesey Town40Linby CW0–10Sandiacre Town41Liverpool Feds2–1Chester City42LumleyEast Durham United

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 43Maidstone Town2–1Canterbury City44Manford WayH–WLondon UnitedW/O for Manford Way45Mansfield Town4–2 Loughborough Foxes46Market WarsopH–WSt PatricksW/O for Market Warsop47Marlow1–7Bracknell Town48Norton & Stockton AncientsH–WStokesleyW/O for Norton & Stockton Ancients49Old Actonians6–0Hampton50Oldland Abbotonians0–1Wycombe Wanderers51Ossett Albion4–1Dearne & District52Oxford United0–1Swindon Spitfires53Pegasus0–3Lichfield Diamonds54Penrith AFC3–1Wirral55Peterborough Sports1–0Hethersett Athletic56Prudhoe Town0–5Blyth Spartans57Reading Girls2–6MK Wanderers58Regents Park Rangers2–1Wingate & Finchley59Sandy1–2St Martins60Sawbridgeworth Town2–4C&K Basildon61ShanklinHorley Town62Sheffield United Junior Blades0–1Huddersfield Town63Shepshed Dynamo1–2Rolls Royce Leisure64Sherrardswood1–7Saffron Walden Town65Southampton Saints0–2Havant & Waterlooville66St Francis 20001–3York City67Stafford Town6–2Redditch United68Stoke City4–0Bourne United69Stoke Lane Athletic3–6Cheltenham Town70Stony Stratford Town0–4Launton71Stratford Town0–3Dudley United72Studley2–1Hereford Phoenix73Tamworth Lionesses5–3Stourport Swifts74Tetbury Town3–2Bitton75Uxbridge United0–15Haringey Borough76Walsall0–4Leamington Lions77Warrington TownSefton Peronni78Whitley Bay12–0Boldon79Wigan6–1Bolton Wanderers80Windscale1–6Wigan Athletic81Winsford3–4Preston Rangers82Winterton Rangers2–12Guiseley AFC Vixens83Woodbridge Town9–0Cambridge University84Woodley Saints2–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB

Second round qualifying All games were played on 12 October 2008.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1AFC Wimbledon7–0Manford Way2Andover New Street1–6Havant & Waterlooville3Arlesey Town1–4Bedford4Barnsley2–3Guiseley AFC Vixens5Blyth Spartans11–0Forest Hall6Bracknell Town4–0Chippenham Town7Brentford0–5Tower Hamlets8Bury Girls & Ladies9–2Preston Rangers9Buxton1–4Rolls Royce Leisure10C&K Basildon2–5Dagenham & Redbridge11Cheltenham Town3–1Launton12Chinnor3–1Banbury United13Darlington Railway Athletic8–1Brandon United14Deal Town2–4London Corinthians15Dudley United3–1Tamworth Lionesses16Ebbsfleet United1–0Maidstone Town17Gedling Town2–5Mansfield Town18Hannakins0–3Garston19Horley Town5–1Aldershot Town20Huddersfield Town2–4Ossett Albion21Ilminster Town3–6 Larkhall Athletic

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 22Launceston1–4Frome Town23Lichfield Diamonds1–0Leamington Lions24Maidenhead United6–0Tetbury Town25Market Warsop3–5Friar Lane & Epworth26Old Actonians1–4Haringey Borough27Penrith AFC2–1Middleton Athletic28Peterborough SportsWoodbridge Town29Regents Park Rangers0–3Panthers30Royston Town1–2Barking31Saffron Walden Town1–4Brentwood Town32Sandiacre Town3–2 Clifton33Sefton Peronni0–1 Wigan Athletic34St Martins1–2Corby Stewarts & Lloyds35Stafford Town5–2Birmingham Athletic36Stoke City3–0Studley37Swindon Spitfires3–2MK Wanderers38West Lynn7–0Huntingdon Town39Whitley Bay3–0Norton & Stockton Ancients40Wigan1–7Liverpool Feds41Woodley Saints0–4Wycombe Wanderers42York City4–0Lumley

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

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Bedford4–0Corby Stewarts & Lloyds2Blyth Spartans6–10 Darlington Railway Athletic3Brentwood Town0–1Dagenham & Redbridge4Bury Girls & Ladies3–1Wigan Athletic5Frome Town1–0Larkhall Athletic6Garston0–2Barking7Guiseley AFC Vixens4–2 Ossett Albion8AFC Wimbledon3–2Haringey Borough9Horley Town0–5Havant & Waterlooville10Lichfield DiamondsDudley United11Liverpool Feds4–0Penrith AFC

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 12London Corinthians1–3Ebbsfleet United13Maidenhead United7–3Chinnor14Mansfield Town2–1 Rolls Royce Leisure15Peterborough Sports4–1West Lynn16Sandiacre Town7–0Friar Lane & Epworth17Stafford Town1–3Stoke City18Swindon Spitfires0–8Bracknell Town19Tower Hamlets2–1Panthers20Whitley Bay0–2York City21Wycombe WanderersCheltenham Town

First round proper All games were scheduled for 9 and 16 November 2008.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1AFC Team Bath2–0Winscombe2Bedford Town Bells2–0Reading Town3Bury Girls & Ladies3–5Rochdale4Cambridge United0–4Wolverhampton Wanderers5Coventry United3–2 Copsewood Coventry6Dagenham & Redbridge2–3Luton Town7Derby County4–0Mansfield Town8Ebbsfleet United1–3Wellingborough Diamonds9Enfield Town3–0Queens Park Rangers10Frome Town2–4Forest Green Rovers11Guiseley AFC Vixens4–1Peterlee RA12Havant & Waterlooville2–0Barking13Leafield AthleticWest Bromwich Albion14Leeds City Vixens4–0Crewe Alexandra15Lewes9–0Tower Hamlets

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 16Lichfield Diamonds3–4Leicester City Ladies17Liverpool Feds4–2 Salford18Loughborough Students3–2Sandiacre Town19Maidenhead United0–1Swindon Town20Northampton Town4–1Bedford21Norwich City1–0AFC Wimbledon22Scunthorpe United1–2Darlington Railway Athletic23Stockport County0–1Bradford City24Stoke City6–2Peterborough Sports25The New Saints & Shrewsbury Town5–0Brackwell Town26Tottenham Hotspur3–1Oxford City27Wakefield & Morley Spurs2–4Blackpool Wren Rovers28Welwyn Garden City0–2Chesham United29West Auckland Town0–2Middlesbrough30Yeovil Town2–8Plymouth Argyle

Second round proper All games were originally scheduled for 23 and 30 November and 7 December 2008. Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1AFC Team Bath0–6Plymouth Argyle2Blackpool Wren Rovers3–1Rochdale3Enfield Town1–0Norwich City4Forest Green Rovers2–0Cheltenham Town5Guiseley AFC Vixens0–2Derby County6Havant & Waterlooville1–2Chesham United7Leafield Athletic0–3Wolverhampton Wanderers8Leeds City Vixens6–3Bradford City9Bedford Town Bells0–6Lewes10Middlesbrough3–2Darlington Railway Athletic11Stoke City1–2Loughborough Students12Swindon Town2–6Luton Town13The New Saints & Shrewsbury TownCoventry City14Tottenham Hotspur1–4Northampton Town15Wellingborough Diamonds6–1Leicester City Ladies16York City2–1 Liverpool Feds

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

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1Aston Villa4–1Wolverhampton Wanderers2Brighton & Hove Albion0–1Luton Town3Cardiff CityKeynsham Town4Charlton Athletic2–1Ipswich Town5Crystal Palace4–3Reading6Curzon Ashton5–0Blackpool Wren Rovers7Enfield Town0–1Colchester United8Leeds City Vixens1–6Sunderland9Leicester City3–1Coventry United10LewesChesham United

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 11Loughborough Students0–2OOH Lincoln12Newcastle UnitedManchester City13Millwall Lionesses2–0West Ham United14Newquay0–4Portsmouth15Northampton Town0–5Barnet16Plymouth Argyle0–2Forest Green Rovers17Rotherham United2–1York City18Sheffield WednesdayPreston North End19Tranmere Rovers1–3Middlesbrough20Wellingborough Diamonds1–5Derby County

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

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

Quarter–finals All games were played on 22 February 2009. Semi–finals All games were played on 22 March 2009.

Final

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