Howbury Grange
Howbury Grange was a women's football team which won the Women's FA Cup. The team was founded in 1981, in Bexley, by Jane Hardman-Brown, a sports teacher, and named for a school at which she had taught. In 1983, it won the Home Counties League Division 2. The following season, it was captained by Debbie Bampton, whose father, Albert Bampton, became the manager. It reached the final of the 1984 Women's FA Cup, but its opponents, the Doncaster Belles Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club, previously Doncaster Belles, is an English women's football club that currently plays in the , the fourth tier of women's football in England. The club's administration is based at the Eco Power St ..., were considered the strong favourites. Yvonne Baldeo and Terri Springett scored two goals each, bringing about a 4-2 victory.{{cite web , last1=Rampling , first1=Ali , title=Women's FA Cup History: 6 Rogue Teams to Win the Competition Back in the Day , url=https://www.90min.com/pos ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's Football In England
Women's football has been played in England for over a century, sharing a common history with the men's game as the country in which the Laws of the Game were codified. Women's football was originally very popular in the early 20th century, but after being banned by the men's Football Association, its popularity declined. It took until the 1990s for the number of female players and spectators to increase, culminating in England hosting the Women's European Championships in 2005. History Origins It is impossible to locate the precise moment at which women started playing football, just as much of the history of the men's game is uncertain. While football in the medieval era is generally believed to have been a men's game, limited evidence suggests that women were occasionally involved. Sir Philip Sidney briefly mentioned female involvement in his 16th Century poem ''A Dialogue Betweene Two Shepherds'', meanwhile Mary Queen of Scots was known to have been a spectator of the sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Women's FA Cup
The Women's FA Challenge Cup Competition 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 (Vitality 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 Women's won the cup eight times. The Football Association (FA) began administrating 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 City 3–2 in the final at Wembley Stadium on 15 May 2022, winning them back-to-back FA Cup finals in front of 49,094 fans, a record in the competition ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bexley
Bexley is an area of south-eastern Greater London, England and part of the London Borough of Bexley. It is sometimes known as Bexley Village or Old Bexley to differentiate the area from the wider borough. It is located east-southeast of Charing Cross and south of Bexleyheath. Bexley was an ancient parish in the county of Kent. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, Bexley increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1935 and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. History Bexley was an ancient parish in Kent, in the diocese of Rochester, and under the Local Government Act 1894 formed part of Bexley Urban District. The urban district gained further status in 1935 as a municipal borough. Kent County Council formed the second tier of local government during that time. In 1965, London County Council was abolished and replaced by Greater London Council, with an expanded administrative area that took in the metropolitan parts of the Hom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Home Counties League
The Home Counties League was a women's football league which was the highest level of play for teams in South East England. The league was established in 1970, on the initiative of the Amersham Angels team, which left the South East of England League. Other founding members included the Crystal Palace, Queen's Park Rangers, and Swindon Spitfires Women. Reading Ladies and Red Star Southampton joined for the 1971/72 season, with Southampton becoming the league's dominant team, its main challenger in the early years being Thame Ladies. In later years, Southampton moved to the Southern Regions League, and Friends of Fulham became a leading club in the league, winning the Home Counties League Cup on six consecutive occasions. For the 1991/92 season, the Women's Football Association reorganised the league system, with top teams moving to the new WFA National League Premier Division, and most others to the new Southern Region Women's Football League The Southern Region Women's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Debbie Bampton
Deborah Bampton, Order of the British Empire, MBE, (born 7 October 1961) is an English former international association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. During her career Bampton won a treble at Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal and two doubles with Charlton Athletic L.F.C., Croydon. She also was capped a sum of 95 times for England, scoring seven goals all in all. Bampton was appointed an MBE in 1998 Birthday Honours, 1998 as a recognition of her services to women's football. She also went on to be inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Club career Bampton began her career at the age of 14. She played for Lowestoft Ladies F.C., the team winning the Women's FA Cup in 1928, although Bampton missed the final due to injury. She then moved to captain Howbury Grange, managed by her father Albert. She was a member of the side that won the Women's FA Cup in 1984. In 1987 she moved to Italy, playing for ACF Trani 80, Despar Trani 80 as a full–time professional a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1984 WFA Cup Final
The 1984 WFA Cup Final was the 14th final of the WFA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was played under the auspices of the Women's Football Association (WFA). Match Summary Howbury Grange and Doncaster Belles contested the match at Loftus Road in Lincoln on 6 May 1984. Howbury won 4-2. References External links * Reportat WomensFACup.co.uk Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay, ... Women's FA Cup finals Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. matches May 1986 sports events in the United Kingdom {{England-footy-competition-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doncaster Belles
Doncaster Rovers Belles Ladies Football Club, previously Doncaster Belles, is an English women's football club that currently plays in the , the fourth tier of women's football in England. The club's administration is based at the Eco Power Stadium (formerly Keepmoat Stadium) in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, while home matches are played at nearby Thorne Colliery F.C. They are one of English women's football's most famous and successful clubs, being one of only three non-London teams to have won the FA Women's Premier League National Division, in 1992 and 1994. Founded in 1969 by lottery ticket sellers at Belle Vue, home of Doncaster Rovers Football Club, they have also won the FA Women's Cup six times and reached the final on a further seven occasions. They are currently managed by Nick Buxton. History Early years The club was founded as the Belle Vue Belles in 1969, by Sheila Stocks and other women who sold 'Golden Goals' lottery tickets during Doncaster Rovers home games ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Yvonne Baldeo
Yvonne Baldeo is an English former professional footballer. She played for A.C.F. Milan and Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.. In 1984 Baldeo scored two goals in Women's FA Cup final in a 4–2 victory for Howbury Grange. Baldeo also scored the winning goal in the 1991 Women's FA cup final. Honours Howbury Grange * FA Women's Cup: 1984 Millwall Lionesses * FA Women's Cup: 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... References Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. players ACF Milan players Serie A (women's football) players Women's association football midfielders Expatriate women's footballers in Italy English expatriate sportspeople in Italy English expatriate footballers English women's footballers {{England-women-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Terri Springett
Terri Springett is a former England women's international footballer. She represented the England women's national football team at senior international level and spent most of her career at Howbury Grange. Personal life Terri Springett is the daughter of 1966 World Cup winner Ron Springett. Since retiring from professional football she is the club secretary for Queens Park Rangers. Honours Howbury Grange * FA Women's Cup: 1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ... References Living people FA Women's National League players Fulham L.F.C. players English women's footballers Women's association football defenders England women's international footballers Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Defunct Women's Football Clubs In England
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Defunct Football Clubs In London
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Association Football Clubs Established In 1981
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