# 2007–08 Arsenal L.F.C. season

The 2007–08 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 21st season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, winning the title for a 5th consecutive season and doing so unbeaten once again. They completed a domestic double by winning the FA Women's Cup by defeating Leeds Carnegie 4-1 in the Final, but lost the Premier League Cup Final to Everton. They also competed in the UEFA Women's Cup as reigning champions, but lost at the Quarter-final stage to Lyon.

## Squad Statistics
### First team squad

Squad statistics correct as of May 2008
| Squad No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Since | Signed From |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | (1979-06-14) 14 June 1979 (age 45) | 2000 | Fortuna Hjørring |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 34) | 2006 | Homegrown |
| | Sarah Quantrill | (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 34) | 2007 | Homegrown |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | (1981-02-27) 27 February 1981 (age 44) | 2000 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | (1983-08-10) 10 August 1983 (age 41) | 2001 | Millwall Lionesses |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 47) | 1996 | Horsham Ladies |
| 12 | Alex Scott | (1984-10-14) 14 October 1984 (age 40) | 2005 | Birmingham City |
| 15 | Gilly Flaherty | (1991-08-24) 24 August 1991 (age 33) | 2003 | Millwall Lionesses |
| 18 | Anita Asante | (1985-04-27) 27 April 1985 (age 39) | 1998 | Homegrown |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | (1977-03-14) 14 March 1977 (age 47) | 2004 | Fulham |
| 27 | Seana Cooke | (1989-07-06) 6 July 1989 (age 35) | | Homegrown |
| | Faye Marsh | | | Homegrown |
| | Cally Rowell | (1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 34) | | Homegrown |
| Midfielders |||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | (1979-01-07) 7 January 1979 (age 46) | 2000 | Southampton Saints |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | (1978-05-17) 17 May 1978 (age 46) | 1998 | St Patrick's Athletic |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | (1978-10-29) 29 October 1978 (age 46) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 16 | Kim Little | (1990-09-26) 26 September 1990 (age 34) | 2008 | Hibernian |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | (1982-06-15) 15 June 1982 (age 42) | 2006 | Charlton Athletic |
| 21 | Elizabeth Wicks | (1989-10-13) 13 October 1989 (age 35) | | Homegrown |
| 22 | Laura Coombs | (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 34) | 2007 | Homegrown |
| | Lenie Onzia | (1989-05-30) 30 May 1989 (age 35) | 2007 | Leuven |
| Forwards |||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | (1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 37) | 2003 | Homegrown |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | (1980-12-18) 18 December 1980 (age 44) | 2004 | Ross County |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | (1979-11-01) 1 November 1979 (age 45) | 2005 | New Jersey Wildcats |
| 14 | Karen Carney | (1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 37) | 2006 | Birmingham City |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | 2001 | Watford |
| | Sarah Wiltshire | (1991-07-07) 7 July 1991 (age 33) | 2007 | Homegrown |

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Name | Premier League | Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | PL Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | LC Cup | UEFA Cup | UEFA Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Emma Byrne | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 24 | Rebecca Spencer | 1+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| | Sarah Quantrill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Yvonne Tracy | 11+5 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ‡ | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 12+8 | 3 |
| 5 | Leanne Champ | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | Faye White (captain) | 16 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1+! | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24+1 | 5 |
| 12 | Alex Scott | 20+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ‡ | 1 | 5 | 0 | 33+1 | 3 |
| 15 | Gilly Flaherty | 3+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 |
| 18 | Anita Asante | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 23 | Mary Phillip | 17+1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 5 | 0 | 28+2 | 2 |
| 27 | Seana Cooke | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| | Faye Marsh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| | Cally Rowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jayne Ludlow | 19+3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | ‡ | 1 | 5 | 2 | 33+3 | 20 |
| 7 | Ciara Grant | 15+2 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24+3 | 4 |
| 8 | Kelly Smith | 15+1 | 8 | 4+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25+2 | 15 |
| 16 | Kim Little | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 17 | Katie Chapman | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ‡ | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 9 |
| 21 | Elizabeth Wicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | ‡ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 4 |
| 22 | Laura Coombs | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| | Lenie Onzia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lianne Sanderson | 20 | 25 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 7 | ‡ | 8 | 4+1 | 2 | 33+1 | 53 |
| 10 | Julie Fleeting | 9 | 11 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 4+1 | 3 | 14+2 | 15 |
| 11 | Rachel Yankey | 15+4 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ‡ | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28+5 | 12 |
| 14 | Karen Carney | 20 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ‡ | 0 | 3+2 | 3 | 32+2 | 17 |
| 20 | Gemma Davison | 4+14 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 1+3 | 0 | ‡ | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 7+22 | 4 |
| | Sarah Wiltshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‡ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
‡ = No match-day line-up data has been sourced for the London County Cup fixtures. Cannot verify any appearances made in the competition for this season.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Position | Name | Premier League | FA Cup | PL Cup | LC Cup | UEFA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | Lianne Sanderson | 25 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 53 |
| 2 | 4 | MF | Jayne Ludlow | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | Karen Carney | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | 8 | MF | Kelly Smith | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | 10 | FW | Julie Fleeting | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | 11 | FW | Rachel Yankey | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 6 | 17 | MF | Katie Chapman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | 6 | DF | Faye White (captain) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 7 | MF | Ciara Grant | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 20 | FW | Gemma Davison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | 21 | MF | Elizabeth Wicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | 3 | DF | Yvonne Tracy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | 12 | DF | Alex Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | 23 | DF | Mary Phillip | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 16 | MF | Kim Little | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 22 | MF | Laura Coombs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 27 | DF | Seana Cooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | DF | Faye Marsh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 84 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 170 |

## Transfers, loans and other signings
### Transfers in

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | From club |
| 2007 | | MF | Lenie Onzia | Leuven |
| 1 August 2008 | 16 | MF | Kim Little | Hibernian |

### Transfers out

| Announcement date | No. | Position | Player | To club |
| 6 July 2007 | 22 | MF | Danielle Buet | Chelsea |
| 6 July 2007 | 16 | MF | Sian Larkin | Chelsea |
| 2007 | 19 | MF | Charlotte Gurr | Chelsea |
| 2007 | 15 | DF | Cori Daniels | Watford |
| 2007 | | MF | Danielle Saulter | |
| 2007 | 2 | DF | Megan McKeag | |
| 2007 | | MF | Yuko Tukahashi | |
| 2007 | | MF | Renée Slegers | Willem II |
| 2008 | 5 | DF | Leanne Champ | Millwall Lionesses |
| January 2008 | 21 | MF | Elizabeth Wicks | Columbia Lions |

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Fly Emirates
| Home | Away | Third |

## Competitions
### FA Women's Premier League
#### Partial league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arsenal (C) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 85 | 15 | +70 | 62 | Champions, to European Cup |
| 2 | Everton | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 69 | 14 | +55 | 57 | |
| 3 | Leeds United | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 40 | |
| 4 | Bristol Academy | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 45 | 35 | +10 | 34 | |
| 5 | Chelsea | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 32 | |
* ↑ On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie). On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.

#### Results Summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

### UEFA Women's Cup
#### Group Stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Arsenal Ladies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 7 |
| 2 | Bardolino | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 7 |
| 3 | Neulengbach | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 3 |
| 4 | Alma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |