1995–96 Arsenal L.F.C. season

Arsenal Ladies
1995–96 season
Chairman	Peter Hill-Wood
Manager	Vic Akers
Stadium	Hayes Lane
Premier League	Third Place
FA Cup	Semi Final
Premier League Cup	Semi Final
London County Cup	Winners
Biggest win	10–0 (vs Manchester United (H), FA Cup, 03 December 1995)
Biggest defeat	1–4 (vs Wembley (H), Premier League Cup, 04 February 1996)

The 1995–96 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 9th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the National Division of the FA Women's Premier League, finishing in third place. They failed to progress in the Premier League Cup and the FA Cup as well, meaning they missed out on all three major trophies.^[1] However, they were able to retain the London County Cup for a second year in a row, by defeating Millwall Lionesses in the Final.

This season, Arsenal moved south from The Lantern Stadium at Potters Bar, to take up a new home at Hayes Lane in Bromley.

Squad information & statistics

First team squad

Name	Date of Birth (Age)	Since	Signed From
Goalkeepers
Roser Serra	(1971-08-30)30 August 1971 (aged 24)	1995	Barcelona
Kathy Simmons	(1966-01-07)7 January 1966 (aged 30)	1991	Tottenham
Nancy Jeffery		1994	Arsenal Academy
Defenders
Kirsty Pealling	(1975-04-14)14 April 1975 (aged 21)	1987	Arsenal Academy
Clare Wheatley	(1971-02-04)4 February 1971 (aged 25)	1995	Chelsea
Jenny Canty	(1976-03-22)22 March 1976 (aged 20)	1991	Limehouse
Vicki Slee	(1973-03-09)9 March 1973 (aged 23)	1991	Millwall Lionesses
Michelle Curley	(1972-04-30)30 April 1972 (aged 24)	1988	Arsenal Academy
Kelley Few	(1971-10-17)17 October 1971 (aged 24)	1991	Romford
Gill Wylie	(1965-08-27)27 August 1965 (aged 30)	1991	Tottenham
Lisa Spry		1989	Islington
Michelle Riley		1995	Croydon
Jo Moruzzi		1995	Arsenal Academy
Midfielders
Joanne Broadhurst	(1967-11-27)27 November 1967 (aged 28)	1995	Doncaster Belles
Sian Williams (c)	(1968-02-02)2 February 1968 (aged 28)	1990	Millwall Lionesses
Emma Coss	(1979-05-09)9 May 1979 (aged 17)	1992	Arsenal Academy
Samantha Britton	(1973-12-08)8 December 1973 (aged 22)	1993	Bronte
Emma Hayes	(1976-10-18)18 October 1976 (aged 19)	1994	Arsenal Academy
Linda Watt	(1973-05-19)19 May 1973 (aged 23)	1995	Watford
Emma Hastings	(1977-11-24)24 November 1977 (aged 18)	1995	Dunstable
Beth Lovell	January 1980	1995	Arsenal Academy
Sharon Barber		1988	Tottenham
Sarah Clark		1993	Ipswich Town
Carly Cruickshank		1995	Arsenal Academy
Amy Lamont		1991	Arsenal Academy
Forwards
Marieanne Spacey	(1966-02-13)13 February 1966 (aged 30)	1993	Wimbledon
Conchi Sánchez	(1957-09-28)28 September 1957 (aged 38)	1995	Delfino
Rebecca Lonergan	(1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 19)	1993	Bronte
Yvette Rean	(1969-04-11)11 April 1969 (aged 27)	1995	Watford
Michelle Sneddon		1990	Arsenal Academy
Liz Benham		1996	Croydon
Kelly Townshend		1993	Arsenal Academy
Pat Pile		1989	Hackney
Julia Brown		1995	Arsenal Academy
Julie Newell		1995	Chelsea
Emma Burke		1995	Arsenal Academy
Krista Yeomans		1995	Arsenal Academy
Carla Rose		1996	Bracknell

Goalscorers

Rank	Position	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	PL Cup	LC Cup	Total
1	MF	Joanne Broadhurst	13	1	2	3	19
2	FW	Marieanne Spacey	14	0	0	0	14
3	MF	Samantha Britton	6	3	1	2	12
4	DF	Clare Wheatley	5	1	0	1	7
5	FW	Yvette Rean	2	1	2	0	6
6	MF	Sian Williams	2	2	1	0	5
7	MF	Emma Hastings	1	0	0	3	4
7	FW	Kelly Townshend	0	1	1	2	4
8	DF	Kirsty Pealling	2	1	0	0	3
	DF	Kelley Few	1	2	0	0	3
	FW	Conchi Sánchez	2	1	0	0	3
9	FW	Emma Burke	2	0	0	0	2
9	FW	Liz Benham	0	0	0	2	2
10	FW	Michelle Sneddon	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Michelle Curley	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Pat Pile	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Linda Watt	0	0	0	1	1
	DF	Vicki Slee	0	0	0	1	1
	Own Goals		0	1	1	0	1
	Unknown Goalscorers		1	0	0	0	1
Total			54	14	9	13	90

Clean sheets

Rank	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	PL Cup	LC Cup	Total
1	Roser Serra	6	1	0	0	7
1	Unknown Goalkeepers	5	0	1	1	7
2	Kathy Simmons	0	1	0	1	2
Total		11	2	1	2	16

Transfers, loans and other signings

Transfers in

Announcement date	Position	Player	From club
1995	FW	Emma Hastings	Dunstable
1995	GK	Roser Serra	Barcelona
1995	MF	Linda Watt	Watford
1995^[2]	DF	Clare Wheatley	Chelsea
1995	MF	Joanne Broadhurst	Doncaster Belles
1995	FW	Conchi Sánchez	Delfino
1995	FW	Yvette Rean	Watford
1995	DF	Michelle Riley	Croydon
1995	FW	Julie Newell	Chelsea
1996	FW	Liz Benham	Croydon
1996	FW	Carla Rose	Bracknell

Transfers out

Announcement date	Position	Player	To club
1995	FW	Naz Ball	Wembley
1995^[3]	FW	Jo Churchman	Retired
1995^[4]	GK	Pauline Cope	Millwall Lionesses
1995	FW	Rebecca Lonergan	Millwall Lionesses
1995	FW	Liz Benham	Croydon
1995	FW	Christine Couling	Retirement
1995	MF	Adele Hinder	Wimbledon
1995	FW	Andrea Wright	Wembley
1995	FW	Michelle Lee	Wembley
1995	DF	Kellie Battams
1995		Jo Cook

Club

Kit

Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: JVC^[5]

Home

Away

Third

Competitions

FA Women's Premier League National Division

Partial league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Croydon (C)	18	13	5	0	58	17	+41	44
2	Doncaster Belles	18	14	2	2	57	19	+38	44
3	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	54	12	+42	37
4	Everton	18	10	1	7	44	40	+4	31
5	Liverpool	18	9	2	7	36	27	+9	29

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	54	12	+42	37	6	2	1	33	4	+29	5	2	2	21	8	+13

Results by matchday

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

Source: FA WPL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

03 September 1995 1	Liverpool	0–6	Arsenal	Anfield
		Report	Spacey Broadhurst Britton Pealling	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 500

10 September 1995 2	Arsenal	1–2	Doncaster Belles	Bromley
	Spacey 11'	Report	Skillcorn 67' Walker 77'	Stadium: Hayes Lane

17 September 1995 3	Arsenal	7–0	Ilkeston Town	Bromley
14:00 BST	Spacey 15' Wheatley Broadhurst Britton Sneddon	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: S. Lomas

01 October 1995 4	Villa Aztecs	3–1	Arsenal	Knowle
14:00 BST	Robinson 10' Hurley 15' Masters	Report	Britton	Stadium: Robins' Nest

08 October 1995 5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–5	Arsenal	Willenhall
		Report	Britton Spacey Curley Hastings	Stadium: Noose Lane

15 October 1995 6	Arsenal	6–0	Everton	Bromley
	Few 6' Britton Spacey 38' (pen.) 42'	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane

22 October 1995 7	Arsenal	1–1	Croydon	Bromley
	Spacey 20'	Report	Powell 70'	Stadium: Hayes Lane

05 November 1995 8	Arsenal	2–0	Millwall Lionesses	Bromley
	Spacey (pen.) Broadhurst	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane

12 November 1995 9	Wembley	0–1	Arsenal	Wembley
		Report	Broadhurst 75'	Stadium: Vale Farm

09 December 1995 10	Arsenal	3–0	Liverpool	Highbury
16:00 GMT	Sánchez 15' Pealling 35' Broadhurst 80'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Referee: R. Daisley

07 January 1996 11	Ilkeston Town	0–3	Arsenal	Ilkeston
15:00 GMT		Report	Sánchez 28' Broadhurst 60', 80' (pen.)	Stadium: New Manor Ground Referee: Mr Anderson

03 March 1996 12	Millwall Lionesses	0–0	Arsenal	Bermondsey
14:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Surrey Docks Stadium Referee: D. Thomas

10 April 1996 13	Arsenal	0–0	Wembley	Bromley
		Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane

14 April 1996 14	Doncaster Belles	2–2	Arsenal	Armthorpe
	Coulthard 81'	Report	Broadhurst (pen.) Wheatley 52'	Stadium: Welfare Ground

20 April 1996 15	Arsenal	9–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Highbury
	Broadhurst Rean Burke Wheatley Williams Pile	Report		Stadium: Highbury

21 April 1996 16	Arsenal	4–1	Villa Aztecs	Forest Gate
13:00 BST	Broadhurst Wheatley Williams	Report		Stadium: The Old Spotted Dog Ground Referee: N. Copperwheat

27 April 1996 17	Everton	1–2	Arsenal	Crosby
14:15 BST		Report	Broadhurst (pen.) Wheatley	Stadium: Rossett Park

14 May 1996 18	Croydon	2–1	Arsenal	Croydon
20:00 BST	Davis Sempare	Report		Stadium: Croydon Sports Arena Referee: W. Stoneham

FA Women's Cup

03 December 1995 Fourth round	Arsenal	10–0	Manchester United	Bromley
14:00 GMT	Sánchez 18' Townsend Britton 48' Broadhurst Pealling 62' Reen Few 75' Wheatley Williams	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 100 Referee: N. Copperwheat

21 January 1996 Fifth round	Arsenal	2–1	Wembley	Bromley
13:30 GMT	Williams 29' Few	Report	Ball 40'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 101 Referee: R. Chilvers

25 February 1996 Quarter-finals	Ilkeston Town	1–2	Arsenal	Ilkeston
15:00 GMT	Saggers 70'	Report	Britton 32' Hastings 88'	Stadium: New Manor Ground Attendance: 411

24 March 1996 Semi-finals	Liverpool	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Arsenal	Runcorn
14:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Canal Street Referee: T. Massey
	Penalties
	Formston		Few Slee Broadhurst Williams Pealling

FA Women's Premier League Cup

17 December 1995 Third round	Arsenal	5–0	Garswoods St Helens	Bromley
13:30 GMT	Williams Broadhurst Rean Townshend (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: H. Thomas

14 January 1996 Quarter-finals	Three Bridges	1–3	Arsenal	Three Bridges
14:00 GMT	Hutson (pen.) Driscoll 80'	Report	Rean Britton Broadhurst 21' Coss 80'	Stadium: Jubilee Field Referee: Dr Paul Gale

04 February 1996 Semi-finals	Arsenal	1–4	Wembley	Bromley
13:30 GMT	Rean 45'	Report	Jerray-Silver 5' Jones 43' Ball 45+2', 55'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: A. G. Morton

London County Cup

26 November 1995 Quarter-finals	London Girls	0–7	Arsenal
			Wheatley Britton Townsend Hastings Watt

17 March 1996 Semi-finals	Leyton Orient	0–6	Arsenal	Walthamstow
		Report	Broadhurst Benham Britton Slee	Stadium: Wadham Lodge

07 May 1996 Final	Arsenal	2–1	Millwall Lionesses	Bermondsey
	Hastings Broadhurst	Report		Stadium: Surrey Docks Stadium

References

^ "Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal (Liverpool win 5-4 on penalties)". The Women's FA Cup.
^ "Arsenal.com - The Official Arsenal Website". www.arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
^ "FA WNL Cup through the ages: Arsenal's Jo Churchman reflects on winning the first-ever final". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-12-24.
^ Storey, Geoff (1 November 1995). "An Italian Challenge". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. p. 48.
^ "Arsenal FC Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 2025-02-14.

External links

Official website

[1] "Liverpool 0-0 Arsenal (Liverpool win 5-4 on penalties)". The Women's FA Cup.

[2] "Arsenal.com - The Official Arsenal Website". www.arsenal.com. Archived from the original on 2003-04-15. Retrieved 2025-12-15.

[3] "FA WNL Cup through the ages: Arsenal's Jo Churchman reflects on winning the first-ever final". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-12-24.

[4] Storey, Geoff (1 November 1995). "An Italian Challenge". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. p. 48.

[5] "Arsenal FC Kit History". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 2025-02-14.

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