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The 2007 FA Women's Premier League Cup final was the 16th final of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, England's main women's league cup competition before it was replaced by the FA WSL Cup in 2011. It took place on 4th March 2007 and saw Arsenal Ladies defeat Leeds Ladies 1–0 at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe.^[1]^[2] Jayne Ludlow scored the winner for Arsenal in stoppage time and Sophie Bradley was named Player of the Match.^[3]

Road to the final[edit]

Both teams faced four clubs in their route to the final.^[4]^[5]

Leeds United		Round	Arsenal
Opposition	Score	Round	Opposition	Score
Cardiff City (H)	4–0	1st	Doncaster Rovers Belles (H)	4–1
Barnet (H)	2–0	2nd	Birmingham City (H)	3–0
Millwall Lionesses (H)	2–1	3rd	Nottingham Forest (H)	9–0
Charlton Athletic (A)	2–2 (4–3 p)	4th	Chelsea (H)	4–1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Match[edit]

4 March 2007

14:30 GMT (UTC+00:00)

Leeds United Ladies	0–1	Arsenal Ladies
	BBC Sport Arsenal F.C.	Ludlow 90+2'

Glanford Park, Scunthorpe

Attendance: 3,688

Referee: D Roberts

Leeds United

Arsenal



GK	Gemma Fay
DF	Sophie Bradley
DF	Alex Culvin
DF	Jess Wright
DF	Nicole Emmanuel
MF	Rachel McArthur
MF	Natalie Preston (c)
MF	Sophie Walton
MF	Karen Burke	74'
FW	Sue Smith
FW	Lucy Ward	64'
Substitutes:
DF	Julie Grundy
MF	Melissa Sutcliffe	74'
MF	Carla Tomkins
FW	Sarah Owen
FW	Jessica Clarke	64'
Manager:
Julie Chipchase



GK	Emma Byrne
DF	Alex Scott
DF	Mary Phillip
DF	Anita Asante
MF	Jayne Ludlow (c)
MF	Katie Chapman
MF	Ciara Grant
MF	Karen Carney
FW	Kelly Smith
FW	Lianne Sanderson	66'
FW	Rachel Yankey
Substitutes:
GK	Rebecca Spencer
DF	Gilly Flaherty
MF	Gemma Davison
MF	Sian Larkin
FW	Julie Fleeting	66'
Manager:
Vic Akers

Player of the Match:

Sophie Bradley (Leeds United)

Match rules

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Five named substitutes.

References[edit]

^ "League Cup Final: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal". League Cup Final: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Arsenal clinch League Cup glory". 4 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Ludlow levels Leeds". TheFA.com. 4 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
^ "Results | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ "Results | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[1] "League Cup Final: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal". League Cup Final: Leeds 0-1 Arsenal. 4 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[2] "Arsenal clinch League Cup glory". 4 March 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[3] "Ludlow levels Leeds". TheFA.com. 4 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

[4] "Results | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[5] "Results | The FA Women's National League". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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