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● Earliest recorded goal in a final was in 2007: Charlton Athletic’s 2nd minute goal by
Katie Holtham in a 4-1 defeat to Arsenal.
● The final has been broadcast on the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky Sports and UK Living over
the years. The current record attendance is 45,423, set in 2018 at the Arsenal v
Chelsea final at Wembley.
● The inaugural final in 1971, 99 years after the first men’s final, was played at Crystal Palace
National Sports Centre in London, which had been built on the site where the men’s final
was held from 1895 to 1914. “The abiding memory was of the long grass, which nobody had
thought to cut,” recalled Southampton’s Sue Lopez. The result was announced at the end
of the 9 o’clock news on the BBC but was not in the national press.
● Goalkeeper Sue Buckett played in 10 of the first 11 finals – the only Southampton player
to feature in all of their cup final appearances – lifting the trophy eight times, a record that
stood for over two decades.
● Despite missing three of her teams’ finals due to childbirth, injury and pregnancy, Katie
Chapman claimed 10 FA Cup winner’s medals over an impressive 21 years. She won her
first FA Cup with Millwall Lionesses in 1997, aged just 14, before being part of nine more
cup-winning squads with five different clubs, retiring in 2018 after lifting the trophy at
Wembley as Chelsea captain.
● When Wendy Toms became the first female referee to officiate the cup final, in 1999, she
was the Football Association’s only female FIFA official.
● 2001-2003: Fulham reached three consecutive finals (winning two) while competing in
and winning three different divisions, starting in the South East Combination League in
2001. The only other lower division team to reach the final (since the national league
began in 1991/92) was Sunderland who lost 2-1 to Arsenal in 2009.
● USA’s Carli Lloyd is, to date, the only Olympic champion and World Cup winner to have
scored in a final (for Manchester City in 2017). Arsenal’s Japan international Yukari
Kinga (2013) and Lloyd’s compatriot Samantha Mewis (2020) are World Cup winners
who have netted in finals. Vivianne Miedema was a European Champion when she scored
in the 2018 final.
FA Women’s National League

Northern Premier Division
Burnley FC Women will finish the season in fourth
place after beating Middlesbrough 6-1 in their last
game. Evie Priestley led the scoring for the Clarets by
hitting a hat-trick - which took her to 15 for the season and jointly topping the divisional
goal charts - and the others came from Dominique Cooper, Nicola Worthington and Katie
Thomas, with Armani Maxwell netting a consolation for 'Boro.
Two first half goals took Hull City to only their second league win of the season,
which ensures they will not finish on the bottom. Helen Lynskey netted twice to pull Hull
two ahead inside the opening twenty minutes at Huddersfield Town and despite the
home side reducing the arrears on the half hour through Laura Elford, Hull held on for a
notable 2-1 victory.
Division One North
Runners-up Newcastle Utd made sure that they ended the season in style, by running out
8-1 winners over Barnsley and they will finish three points behind title winners
Liverpool Feds. Lauren Robson hit a hat-trick for the Magpies and Brooke Cochrane
weighed in with a further two, and they were joined on the scoresheet by Katie Barker, Beth
Guy and Rebecca Ferguson. Eve Marshall scored a consolation goal for Barnsley late on.
Bradford City rounded off what has been a good second half of the season for them
by winning a thrilling match 4-3 at Alnwick Town. Charlotte Stuart was on target twice
for Bradford along with Emma Elliot and Hope Knight, with Alnwick replying through a
Lucy Bowman brace and Sophie Williams.
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