The Women's National League Cup is an annual Englishfootball cup competition, founded in 1991 by the Women's Football Association (WFA). It was renamed the FA Women's Premier League Cup from 1994 to 2018.
Clubs from league levels 1 and 2 competed in the Women's Premier League Cup tournament annually until 2009–10, with Arsenal the most frequent winners, in ten seasons.[1] From 2011 onwards, the top-league teams played in the FA WSL's League Cup instead. Since 2011, the most successful clubs in the Premier/National League Cup have been Tottenham and Blackburn with two final victories each.
The current Women's National League Cup is open to the 72 teams in the FA Women's National League – Northern and Southern divisions, plus the four regional Division One leagues.[2] It is the women's football equivalent to the men's EFL Trophy of third- and fourth-tier teams, although the competitions are organised by different governing bodies.
The competitions format has changed[when?] having previously also included a preceding group stage prior to the knockout rounds.
After the league restructuring of the Women's Premier League in 2015 up to 72 teams are eligible to participate. At first all teams are drawn against each other in the determining round. The winning teams then are drawn into either a preliminary round or directly into the first round of the cup. Thus 32 teams then play the first round.[3]
The losers of the determining round play a preliminary round and then a round of 32 onwards for the FA Women's National League Plate, first played out in 2015–16.
This was one of very few competitive women's club games known to have been held at the old Wembley Stadium; it also remains the only women's League Cup final to be played at Wembley.
^"Apr 28, Crawley Wasps Ladies 0 Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3 | the FA Women's National League".
^"Women's season comes to premature end". Stoke City F.C. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
External links
Official Site – TheFA.com
Results 2014/15
February 19, 2023
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The Women s National League Cup is an annual English football cup competition founded in 1991 by the Women s Football Association WFA It was renamed the FA Women s Premier League Cup from 1994 to 2018 Women s National League CupUnderhill Stadium has hosted five finalsFounded1991Region EnglandNumber of teams72Current championsBlackburn RoversMost successful club s Arsenal 10 times 2021 22The first edition of the Cup included clubs from the 1991 92 WFA National League Premier Division and the winners were the second tier Arsenal who beat Millwall 1 0 with a goal by Naz Ball The Football Association assumed the running of the competition in 1994 95 Clubs from league levels 1 and 2 competed in the Women s Premier League Cup tournament annually until 2009 10 with Arsenal the most frequent winners in ten seasons 1 From 2011 onwards the top league teams played in the FA WSL s League Cup instead Since 2011 the most successful clubs in the Premier National League Cup have been Tottenham and Blackburn with two final victories each The current Women s National League Cup is open to the 72 teams in the FA Women s National League Northern and Southern divisions plus the four regional Division One leagues 2 It is the women s football equivalent to the men s EFL Trophy of third and fourth tier teams although the competitions are organised by different governing bodies Contents 1 Format 2 1993 Wembley final 3 List of seasons and finals 4 Performance by club 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksFormat EditThe competitions format has changed when having previously also included a preceding group stage prior to the knockout rounds After the league restructuring of the Women s Premier League in 2015 up to 72 teams are eligible to participate At first all teams are drawn against each other in the determining round The winning teams then are drawn into either a preliminary round or directly into the first round of the cup Thus 32 teams then play the first round 3 The losers of the determining round play a preliminary round and then a round of 32 onwards for the FA Women s National League Plate first played out in 2015 16 1993 Wembley final Edit The old Wembley Stadium Main article 1992 93 WFA Women s National League Cup The 1992 93 competition ended with a final at Wembley Stadium Before a sparse crowd Arsenal beat Knowsley United 3 0 to retain the trophy 4 This was one of very few competitive women s club games known to have been held at the old Wembley Stadium it also remains the only women s League Cup final to be played at Wembley The match was held prior to the 1993 Football League Third Division play off Final Arsenal manager Vic Akers recalled that the women s teams were not given use of the main dressing rooms 4 List of seasons and finals EditLevel 1 and 2 league cup competition 1 Season Winner Runner up Score Venue1991 92 Arsenal Millwall Lionesses 1 0 Alt Park Huyton1992 93 Arsenal Knowsley United 3 0 Wembley London1993 94 Arsenal Doncaster Belles 4 0 Abbey Stadium Cambridge1994 95 Wimbledon Villa Aztecs 2 0 Butlin Road Rugby1995 96 Wembley Doncaster Belles 2 2 5 3 pens Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet1996 97 Millwall Lionesses Everton 2 1 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet1997 98 Arsenal Croydon 0 0 4 2 pens Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet1998 99 Arsenal Everton 3 1 Prenton Park Birkenhead1999 2000 Arsenal Croydon 4 1 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet2000 01 Arsenal Tranmere Rovers 3 0 Deva Stadium Chester2001 02 Fulham Birmingham City 7 1 Adams Park Wycombe2002 03 Fulham Arsenal 1 1 a e t 3 2 pens County Ground Swindon2003 04 Charlton Athletic Fulham 1 0 Underhill Stadium Chipping Barnet2004 05 Arsenal Charlton Athletic 3 0 Griffin Park Brentford2005 06 Charlton Athletic Arsenal 2 1 Adams Park Wycombe2006 07 Arsenal Leeds United 1 0 Glanford Park Scunthorpe2007 08 Everton Arsenal 1 0 Brisbane Road Leyton2008 09 Arsenal Doncaster Rovers Belles 5 0 Glanford Park Scunthorpe2009 10 Leeds Carnegie Everton 3 1 Spotland RochdaleLevel 2 and 3 cup competition Season Winner Runner up Score Venue2010 11 Barnet Nottingham Forest 0 0 a e t 4 3 pens Adams Park Wycombe2011 12 Sunderland Leeds United 2 1 Sixfields Stadium Northampton2012 13 Aston Villa Leeds United 0 0 a e t 5 4 pens Bootham Crescent YorkLevel 3 and 4 cup competition Women s Premier League Cup renamed National League Cup in 2018 19 Season Winner Runner up Score Venue2013 14 5 Sheffield Cardiff City 6 2 Pirelli Stadium Burton upon Trent2014 15 6 Charlton Athletic Sheffield 0 0 a e t 4 2 pen Liberty Way Nuneaton2015 16 Tottenham Hotspur Cardiff City 2 1 a e t Aggborough Kidderminster2016 17 Tottenham Hotspur Charlton Athletic 0 0 a e t 4 3 pens Lamex Stadium Stevenage2017 18 7 Blackburn Rovers Leicester City 3 1 Proact Stadium Chesterfield2018 19 8 Blackburn Rovers Crawley Wasps 3 0 Pirelli Stadium Burton upon Trent2019 20 Stoke City Sunderland cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemic 9 2020 21 Competition cancelled due to COVID 19 pandemicPerformance by club EditClub Winners Runners up Winning YearsArsenal 10 3 1991 92 1992 93 1993 94 1997 98 1998 99 1999 00 2000 01 2004 05 2006 07 2008 09Croydon wbr Charlton Athletic 3 3 2003 04 2005 06 2014 15Fulham 2 1 2001 02 2002 03Wembley Barnet 2 1995 96 2010 11Blackburn Rovers 2 2017 18 2018 19 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2 2015 16 2016 17Leeds United 1 3 2009 2010Everton 1 2 2007 08Millwall Lionesses 1 1 1996 97Villa Aztecs wbr Aston Villa 1 1 2012 13Sheffield 1 1 2013 14Wimbledon 1 1994 95Sunderland 1 2011 12Doncaster Belles Doncaster Rovers Belles 3Cardiff City 2Knowsley United 1Birmingham City 1Tranmere Rovers 1Leicester City 1Crawley Wasps 1See also EditFA Women s National League Plate FA Women s National League Women s FA CupReferences Edit a b England List of Women League Cup Winners Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation Retrieved 25 May 2012 FA women s football leagues and competitions Premier League Cup and Plate Preliminary rounds shekicks net 1 September 2014 Retrieved 1 September 2014 a b Garry Tom Vic Akers The legendary Arsenal Ladies manager who won 10 Women s FA Cups BBC Sport Retrieved 5 September 2020 Carla Ward hits treble as Sheffield FC win FA Women s Premier League Cup Charlton Athletic win FA Women s Premier League Cup a b Rovers Ladies win League Cup 2018 Apr 28 Crawley Wasps Ladies 0 Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3 the FA Women s National League Women s season comes to premature end Stoke City F C 27 March 2020 Retrieved 1 September 2020 External links EditOfficial Site TheFA com Results 2014 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title FA Women 27s National League Cup amp oldid 1136963614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
