2002–03 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2002–03 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Dates	8 September 2002 – 30 March 2003
Teams	33
Defending champions	Fulham
Final positions
Champions	Fulham
Runners-up	Arsenal

The 2002–03 FA Women's Premier League Cup was the 12th staging of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 36 women's football clubs.^[1]

The tournament was won by Fulham, who beat Arsenal in the final via penalty shootout.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Results

The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (NA)=National Division; (NO)=Northern Division; (S)=Southern Division.

Qualifying round

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)	Att.
1	Bristol City	2–5	Aston Villa
2	Langford	2–1	Merthyr Tydfil

First round

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Barking	1–4	Garswood Saints
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Barnet
3	Bristol Rovers	3–0	Southampton Saints
4	Charlton Athletic	2–0	Enfield
5	Doncaster Belles	3–0	Everton
6	Fulham	6–2	Langford
7	Lincoln City	2–4	Leeds United
8	Manchester City	5–2	Ilkeston Town
9	Middlesbrough	0–1	Ipswich Town
10	Sunderland	4–0	Chelsea
11	Tranmere Rovers	4–0	Millwall Lionesses
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2 (1–4 p)	Liverpool
13	Arsenal	11–0	Sheffield Wednesday
14	Bangor City	2–3	Aston Villa
15	Wimbledon	0–4	Birmingham City
Bye: Oldham Curzon

Second round

Tie	Home team (tier)	Score	Away team (tier)
1	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Birmingham City
2	Bristol Rovers	2–0	Oldham Curzon
3	Charlton Athletic	10–1	Garswood Saints
4	Doncaster Belles	2–1	Manchester City
5	Fulham	12–0	Liverpool
6	Sunderland	2–3	Aston Villa
7	Arsenal	3–0	Leeds United
8	Tranmere Rovers	6–0	Ipswich Town

Quarter-finals

24 November 2002 (2002-11-24)	Aston Villa (NO)	1–0	Charlton Athletic (NA)
14:00	Sharrad 78'	Report

24 November 2002 (2002-11-24)	Fulham (NA)	5–0	Birmingham City (NA)
14:00	Moore McArthur Nwajei Duncan	Report

24 November 2002 (2002-11-24)	Doncaster Belles (NA)	7–0	Bristol Rovers (S)
14:00	Walker 28' Handley 50' Culvin Easton Ward Hunt	Report

1 December 2002 (2002-12-01)	Arsenal (NA)	1–0	Tranmere Rovers (NA)
14:00	Martyn 17'	Report

Semi-finals

29 January 2003 (2003-01-29)	Aston Villa (NO)	1–2	Fulham (NA)
14:00	Carter 15'	Report	Pedersen 25' McArthur 84'

2 February 2003 (2003-02-02)	Doncaster Belles (NA)	1–2	Arsenal (NA)
14:00	Walker 67' (pen.)	Report	Ludlow 3', 23'

Final

30 March 2003

14:00 BST

Arsenal (NA)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Fulham (NA)
Grant 90'	Report	Yankey 89'
Penalties
Banks Wheatley Fletcher Pealling Williams Maggs	2–3	Pedersen Spacey Yankey Unitt McArthur Jerray-Silver

County Ground, Swindon

Attendance: 2,220

References

^ "Charlton in all London final".
^ "Blast from the past: Fulham stun Arsenal in 2003 title race". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
^ "Jerray-Silver holds nerve". The Independent. March 30, 2003.
^ "Fulham lift League Cup". www.thefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Cup 2002-03". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.

[1] "Charlton in all London final".

[2] "Blast from the past: Fulham stun Arsenal in 2003 title race". womenscompetitions.thefa.com. Retrieved 2022-11-23.

[3] "Jerray-Silver holds nerve". The Independent. March 30, 2003.

[4] "Fulham lift League Cup". www.thefa.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

[5] Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Cup 2002-03". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.

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