1998 FA Women's Cup final

1998 FA Women's Cup final
Arsenal celebrate a Cup double in 1998
Event1997–98 FA Women's Cup
Arsenal Croydon
3 2
Date4 May 1998
VenueThe New Den, London
RefereeAlan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance2,205

The 1998 FA Women's Cup final was the 27th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the fifth final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). It was contested between Arsenal and Croydon Women at The New Den, home of Millwall. The final ended 3–2 in favour of Arsenal.[1][2][3] The final was broadcast on BSkyB.[4] As their men's counterpart won the 1997–98 FA Cup, Arsenal became the first club to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season after the FA's take over of the women's tournament in 1993.

Match details

Arsenal3–2Croydon
  • Spacey 17'
  • Yankey 52'
  • Few 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 2,205
Arsenal
Croydon
GK 1 Sarah Reed
DF 2 Kirsty Pealling
DF 4 Vicki Slee
DF 5 Carol Harwood
DF 6 Faye White (c)  34'
DF 10 Kelley Few
MF 3 Kim Jerray-Silver
MF 7 Tina Mapes
MF 8 Sian Williams
FW 9 Marieanne Spacey
FW 11 Rachel Yankey
Substitutes:
FW 12 Natasha Daly
GK 13 Emma Hastings
DF 14 Nina Downham
MF 15 Linda Watt  34'  89'
DF 16 Tammy Scrivens  89'
Manager:
Terry Howard
GK 1 Louise Cooper
DF 2 Julie Fletcher
DF 3 Julie Darby
DF 4 Gill Wylie
DF 6 Alex Cottier
DF 9 Samantha Britton  82'
MF 5 Debbie Bampton
MF 7 Hope Powell (c)
MF 10 Tara Proctor
FW 8 Kerry Davis
FW 11 Joanne Broadhurst
Substitutes:
FW 12 Sharon Barber  82'
DF 13 Anita Dines
MF 14 Carole Osborne
GK 15 Sue Jones
DF 16 Debbie Biggins
Manager:
Frank McMorrow

Reception

Andy Gray and Richard Keys of Sky Sports are noted for laughing at the skill of women's footballers in the final of the competition.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Women's FA Cup Final history". TheFA.com. The Football Association.
  2. ^ "Arsenal Ladies in the FA Cup". Arsenal.com.
  3. ^ "Women's Football: Another trophy for the Gunners". The Independent. 4 May 1998.
  4. ^ "Foul play". the Guardian. 15 June 1999.
  5. ^ "Sky presenters have previous record for laughing at women's football". The Times.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.