# 2007–08 FA Women's Premier League Cup

The FA Women's Premier League Cup 2007–08 was the 17th staging of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 36 women's football clubs.
The tournament was won by Everton, who beat previous holders Arsenal 1–0 in the final; this was Everton's first title.

## Preliminary round

All played on 2 September.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Millwall Lionesses | 1–3 | Lincoln City |
| Fulham | 6–1 | Team Bath |
| Newcastle United | 6–3 | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Nottingham Forest | 0–1 | Sunderland |

## First round

All played 30 September, except Liverpool vs. Leeds United and Cardiff City vs. Arsenal, both on 7 October. Charlton Athletic forfeited due to economic problems and Sunderland thus won by walkover.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Aston Villa | 1–4 | Birmingham City |
| Blackburn Rovers | 8–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Cardiff City | 0–4 | Arsenal |
| Colchester United | 4–2 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Crewe Alexandra | 1–9 | Chelsea |
| Doncaster Rovers Belles | 2–0 | Crystal Palace |
| Everton | 6–0 | Barnet |
| Liverpool | 2–0 | Leeds United |
| Newquay | 4–3 | Keynsham Town |
| Reading Royals | 0–9 | West Ham United |
| Rotherham United | 3–3 | Portsmouth |
| Watford | 4–0 | Manchester City |
| Stockport County | 1–3 | Lincoln City |
| Preston North End | 2–1 | Fulham |
| Newcastle United | 0–3 | Bristol Academy |
| Sunderland | w/o | Charlton Athletic |

## Second round

| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Birmingham City | 3–0 | Portsmouth |
| Preston North End | 3–4 | Sunderland |
| Watford | 3–2 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| Colchester United | 2–3 a.e.t. | Liverpool |
| Chelsea | 5–1 | Lincoln City |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2–1 | Bristol Academy |
| West Ham United | 1–4 | Everton |
| Newquay | 1–11 | Arsenal |

## Quarter finals

All played 4 November.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Blackburn Rovers L.F.C. | 2–3 | Liverpool |
| Watford | 3–2 | Birmingham City |
| Arsenal | 3–1 | Chelsea |
| Everton | 3–0 | Sunderland |

## Semi finals

All played 16 December.
| Home team | Score | Away team |
| Arsenal | 4–0 | Liverpool |
| Watford | 1–2 | Everton |

## Final

In a shock result, Everton won the final with an early goal from Amy Kane, securing their first trophy since the 1997–98 FA Women's Premier League. Arsenal's defeat was their first in 58 domestic matches, a run stretching back two years to their humbling by Charlton Athletic in the 2005–06 final of the same competition.
| Everton | Arsenal |
| GK | 1 | Danielle Hill |
| DF | 2 | Becky Easton | | 88' |
| DF | 3 | Rachel Unitt |
| MF | 4 | Fara Williams |
| DF | 5 | Emily Westwood |
| DF | 6 | Lindsay Johnson |
| MF | 7 | Jody Handley (c) |
| MF | 8 | Jill Scott |
| FW | 9 | Natasha Dowie | 77' |
| MF | 10 | Amy Kane |
| MF | 11 | Michelle Evans |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 12 | Leanne Duffy |
| MF | 14 | Michelle Hinnigan | | 88' |
| FW | 15 | Toni Duggan | | 77' |
| MF | 16 | Kelly McDougall |
| FW | 17 | Karen Boyle |
| Manager: ||
| Mo Marley ||
| GK | 1 | Emma Byrne |
| DF | 2 | Alex Scott |
| MF | 4 | Jayne Ludlow |
| DF | 6 | Faye White (c) | 86' |
| FW | 8 | Kelly Smith |
| FW | 9 | Lianne Sanderson | 64' |
| FW | 10 | Julie Fleeting |
| MF | 11 | Rachel Yankey |
| MF | 14 | Karen Carney |
| DF | 18 | Anita Asante |
| DF | 23 | Mary Phillip |
| Substitutes: ||
| DF | 3 | Yvonne Tracy |
| MF | 7 | Ciara Grant | 64' |
| MF | 12 | Gemma Davison | 86' |
| GK | 13 | Rebecca Spencer |
| DF | 15 | Gilly Flaherty |
| Manager: ||
| Vic Akers ||