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Women's League Cup
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. The 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. 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 Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Women's National League Southern Division
The FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division is a league in the third level in the women's football (soccer), women's football pyramid in England, along with the FA Women's National League North, Northern division. These two divisions are part of the FA Women's National League and below the Women's Super League and Women's Championship. The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard three points for a win format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One South West, and Division One South East. The winner plays the winner of the Northern Premier League winner to determine an overall National League champion who is promoted to the Championship. Southern Premier Division teams are eligible to play in the FA Women's National League Cup, Women's National League Cup as well as the Women's FA Cup. Name It was known as the 'Women's Premier League So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbey Stadium
Abbey Stadium is a association football, football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum Seating capacity, capacity of 8,127 spectators. Cambridge Regional College F.C., Cambridge United's feeder club, played their home games at The Abbey from 2006 until their dissolution in 2014. The first match ever played at the Abbey was a friendly match, friendly against a team from Cambridge University Press F.C., Cambridge University Press on 31 August 1932. The record attendance at the ground (14,000) was also for a friendly, against Chelsea F.C., Chelsea to mark the first use of the ground's new floodlights on 1 May 1970. This was the first time an English League ground's record crowd had turned out to watch a friendly. Until well into the modern era, the Abbey Stadium was the only Football League ground to be styled a stadium, and was second only to Wembley Stadium in so being named. However, more rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in the Don Valley on the western edge of the Humberhead Levels and east of the Pennines. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 308,100, while its built-up area had a population of 158,141 at the 2011 census. Sheffield lies south-west, Leeds north-west, York to the north, Hull north-east, and Lincoln south-east. Doncaster's suburbs include Armthorpe, Bessacarr and Sprotbrough. The towns of Bawtry, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Hatfield and Stainforth, among others, are only a short distance away within the metropolitan borough. The towns of Epworth and Haxey are a short distance to the east in Lincolnshire, and directly south is the town of Harworth Bircotes in Nottinghamshire. Also, within the city's vicinity are Barnsle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993–94 WFA Women's National League Cup
The 1993–94 Women's National League Cup was a football competition in England organised by the Women's Football Alliance and the Football Association Committee for Women’s Football. It was the third edition of the Women's National League Cup, and included teams from the 1993–94 WFA National League Premier Division and level 2 divisions. The Cup was established in 1991–92, along with the National League, by the Women's Football Association. The National League competitions were renamed the following season as the FA Women's Premier League, from 1994–95 until 2018. The 1993–94 trophy was won for the third consecutive time by Arsenal. In the 1994 final, they won 4–0 against Doncaster Belles. Doncaster were the 1993–94 season's Premier Division champions and had won the 1994 FA Women's Cup Final The 1994 FA Women's Cup Final was the 24th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was played bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Knowsley can refer to: ;England *Knowsley, Merseyside, village *Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, local government district *Knowsley Safari Park *Knowsley (UK Parliament constituency), current parliamentary constituency *Knowsley North and Sefton East (UK Parliament constituency), former parliamentary constituency (1997–2010) *Knowsley North (UK Parliament constituency), former parliamentary constituency (1983–1997) * Knowsley South (UK Parliament constituency), former parliamentary constituency (1983–2010) *Knowsley Hall, stately home *Knowsley Community College, further education college *Knowsley Road Knowsley Road in Eccleston, St Helens, Merseyside, was the home ground of St. Helens from 1890 until its closure in 2010. St Helens Town FC played their home fixtures at Knowsley Road from 2002 until 2010. For a period, the venue also hoste ..., former home stadium of St Helens RFC (rugby league) ;Australia * Knowsley, Victoria, hamlet {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Akers
Victor David Akers, OBE (born 24 August 1946) is a football manager and former player who was most recently the assistant manager at Boreham Wood. Akers played as a left back. He was also manager of Arsenal Ladies winning numerous trophies with the team. In 1996 Akers became Arsenal's kit manager, a position he left subsequent to the departure of Arsène Wenger in 2018. Vic Akers is the most successful Arsenal Ladies manager of all time winning numerous trophies (36 in total) from 1993 to 2009. Playing career Born in Islington, London, Akers started his career in the youth set-up with Fulham but did not sign a professional contract with the club., pp 21 He moved into non-league football with Tonbridge Angels (where his consistency at left-back meant that Malcolm Macdonald was forced to play as a left-footed right back, before converting to striker when he joined Luton Town.), before signing for Bexley United in May 1969. In July 1971 he signed for Cambridge United for £50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium (1923)
The original Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, the first in 1923, which was the stadium's inaugural event, the League Cup final annually, five European Cup finals, the 1966 World Cup Final, and the final of Euro 1996. Brazilian footballer Pelé once said of the stadium: "Wembley is the cathedral of football. It is the capital of football and it is the heart of football", in recognition of its status as the world's best-known football stadium. The stadium also hosted many other sports events, including the 1948 Summer Olympics, rugby league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 and 1995 Rugby League World Cup Finals. It was also the venue for numerous music events, including the 1985 Live Aid charity concert. In what was the first major WWF (now WWE) pay-per-view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992–93 WFA Women's National League Cup
The 1992–93 Women's National League Cup was a football competition in England organised by the Women's Football Association. It was the second edition of the competition, which was later run by the Football Association as the Women's Premier League Cup and is now known as the FA Women's National League Cup . The League Cup included top-flight clubs from the season's 1992–93 WFA National League Premier Division and second-tier clubs of the Northern and Southern Divisions. In the final at Wembley, the defending 1991–92 League Cup-winners, Arsenal, retained the trophy and completed a domestic treble in 1992–93. Wembley final Arsenal and Knowsley United won their respective semi-finals against Wimbledon L.F.C. and Leasowe Pacific. The 1992–93 competition ended with a final at Wembley Stadium in London. Kicking off at 12.15pm on 29 May 1993, the women's final was held prior to the men's Third Division play-off final at the venue. Before a sparse crowd, Arsenal Ladi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
