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1978–79 WFA Cup
The 1978–79 WFA Cup was an association football single-elimination tournament, knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 8 October 1978 and 6 May 1979. It was the 9th season of the WFA Cup and was won by Southampton Women's F.C., Southampton, who defeated Lowestoft Ladies F.C., Lowestoft in the 1979 WFA Cup final, final. The tournament consisted of one preliminary round and seven rounds of competition proper. :''All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.'' Preliminary round All games were scheduled for 8 October 1978. Group A First round proper All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978. Second round proper All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978. Group B First round proper All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978. Second round proper All games were originally scheduled for 3 and 10 December 1978. Group C First round proper All games were scheduled for 5 November 1978. Second round pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southampton Women's F
Southampton is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. It is located approximately southwest of London, west of Portsmouth, and southeast of Salisbury. Southampton had a population of 253,651 at the 2011 census, making it one of the most populous cities in southern England. Southampton forms part of the larger South Hampshire conurbation which includes the city of Portsmouth and the boroughs of Havant, Eastleigh, Fareham and Gosport. A major port, and close to the New Forest, Southampton lies at the northernmost point of Southampton Water, at the confluence of the River Test and Itchen, with the River Hamble joining to the south. Southampton is classified as a Medium-Port City. Southampton was the departure point for the and home to 500 of the people who perished on board. The Spitfire was built in the city and Southampton has a strong association with the '' Mayflower'', being the departure point before the vessel was forced to return to Plymouth. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowestoft Ladies F
Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. In 2021 the built-up area had a population of 71,327 and the parish had a population of 47,879. History Some of the earliest signs of settlement in Britain have been found here. Flint tools discovered in the Pakefield cliffs of south Lowestoft in 2005 allow human habitation of the area to be traced back 700,000 years.S. Parfitt et al. (2006'700,000 years old: found in Pakefield', ''British Archaeology'', January/February 2006. Retrieved 24 December 2008. Habitation occurred in the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron ages and in the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977–78 WFA Cup
The 1977–78 Women's Football Association Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's FA Cup, WFA Cup (Women's FA Cup), the national women's association football, women's football knockout competition in women's football in England, England. It was organised by the Women's Football Association (WFA) and was named The Pony WFA Cup for sponsorship reasons. Queen's Park Rangers L.F.C. (1969), Queen's Park Rangers went into the season as the Cup's holders. They won their quarter–final against Warminster Wanderers, 4–1 at Eastcote."CUP holders Queens Park Ranger won through to-the semi-finals of the Pony Wine Women's FA Cup in a over Warminster Wanderers at Eastcote" In a semi–final in April, Southampton Women's F.C., Southampton played against St Helens W.F.C., St Helens at Bedworth United F.C., Bedworth Oval. The 1978 Final was won by Southampton Women's F.C., Southampton against Queen's Park Rangers L.F.C. (1969), Queen's Park Rangers, the defending champions."It's a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979–80 WFA Cup
The 1979–80 WFA Cup was an association football knockout tournament for women's teams, held between 28 October 1979 and 4 May 1980. It was the 10th season of the WFA Cup and was won by St Helens, who defeated Preston North End in the final Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final examination or finals, a test given at the end of a course of study or training *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which d .... The tournament consisted seven rounds of competition proper. :''All match results and dates from the Women's FA Cup Website.'' Group A First round proper All games were scheduled for 28 October and 4 November 1979. Second round proper All games were originally scheduled for 2 December 1979. Third round proper All games were originally scheduled for 6 and 13 January 1980. Group B First round proper All games were scheduled for 28 October and 4 November 1979. Second rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-elimination Tournament
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progresses to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFA Cup
The Women's FA Challenge Cup is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup, and now Women's FA Cup (currently known as the Adobe Women's FA Cup for sponsorship reasons). Designed as an equivalent to the FA Cup in men's football, the competition began in 1970–71 as the Mitre Challenge Trophy, organised by the Women's Football Association (WFA). There were 71 entrants, including teams from Scotland and Wales. The WFA ran the competition for the first 23 editions, during which time Southampton won the cup eight times. The Football Association (FA) began administering English women's football in mid-1993. Arsenal holds the record for most titles overall, having won fourteen times. The current cup holders are Chelsea, who defeated Manchester United 3–0 in the 2025 final to win their sixth FA Cup title. Name The competition, founded in 1970, was sponsored as the ''Mitre Challenge Trop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 WFA Cup Final
The 1979 WFA Cup Final was the ninth final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary Single-elimination tournament, cup competition for women's association football, women's football teams. It was the ninth final to be held under the direct control of Women's Football Association (WFA). Southampton Women's F.C., Southampton and Lowestoft Ladies F.C., Lowestoft contested the match at Waterlooville F.C., Jubilee Park, the home of Waterlooville F.C. on 6 May 1979. The match ended 1–0 in favour of Southampton Women's F.C., Southampton."Taking the Lowe road", ''When Saturday Comes'', November 2021, pp28–29 Match details References External links * Report at WomensFACup.co.uk 1978–79 in English women's football, Cup Women's FA Cup finals May 1979 sports events in the United Kingdom Southampton Women's F.C. matches, WFA Cup final 1979 Football in Hampshire Borough of Havant 1970s in Hampshire {{England-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walkover
John Baxter Taylor and William Robbins (athlete)">William Robbins to refuse to race in protest. A walkover, also W.O. or w/o (originally two words: "walk over"), is awarded to the opposing team/player, etc., if there are no other players available, or they have been disqualified, because the other contestants have forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport">forfeit (sport)">forfeited or the other contestants have withdrawn from the contest. The term can apply in sport, elections or other contexts where a victory can be achieved by default. The narrow and extended meanings of "walkover" as a single word are both found from 1829. Other sports-specific variations of the term exist, especially where walking is not involved: competitive rowing, for example, uses the term ''row over''. Sports The word originates from ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penalty Kick (association Football)
A penalty kick (commonly known as a penalty or a spot kick) is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. It is awarded when an foul (sports), offence punishable by a direct free kick is committed by a player in their own penalty area. The shot is taken from the penalty spot, which is 11 metres (12 yards) from the goal line and centered between the touch lines,Penalty only give if a foul start inside the 16m50 area,if a player fall in 16m50 area but the foul start outside the 16m50,it not a penalty Procedure The ball is placed on the penalty spot, regardless of where the foul occurred within the penalty area. The player taking the kick must be identified to the referee. Only the kicker and the defending team's goalkeeper are allowed to be within the penalty area; all other players must be within the field of pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western European Summer Time
Western European Summer Time (WEST, UTC+01:00) is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in: * the Canary Islands * Portugal (including Madeira but not the Azores) * the Faroe Islands The following countries also use the same time zone for their daylight saving time but use a different title: *United Kingdom, which uses British Summer Time (BST) *Ireland, which uses Irish Standard Time (IST) ( (ACÉ)). Also sometimes erroneously referred to as "Irish Summer Time" (). The scheme runs from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October each year. At both the start and end of the schemes, clock changes take place at 01:00 UTC+00:00. During the winter, Western European Time (WET, GMT+0 or UTC+00:00) is used. The start and end dates of the scheme are asymmetrical in terms of daylight hours: the vernal time of year with a similar amount of daylight to late October is mid-February, well before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Chapman (footballer)
Patricia "Pat" Chapman (born 21 July 1956) is a former Southampton WFC and England women's international footballer who played as a winger. She won 32 caps for England following her debut against Scotland in 1976 and competed at the 1984 European Competition for Women's Football. In 1978 Chapman scored a record six goals in the Women's FA Cup final in Southampton's 8–2 win over Queens Park Rangers. In total Chapman scored a record ten goals in WFA Cup finals and won the tournament six times between 1973 and 1981. Club career Chapman won the WFA Cup for the first time in 1973 when Southampton beat Westthorn United L.F.C. She scored her first goal in a WFA Cup final in 1975 in a 4–2 defeat of Warminster L.F.C. Southampton then played QPR in three finals in a row, winning in 1976 and 1978. Chapman scored a record six goals in the 8–2 win in 1978 at Wexham Park, Slough. In the 1979 final she scored the only goal of the game in a 1-0 victory over Lowestoft Ladies at Jubilee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
