The 2008 Women's FA Community Shield was the eighth

Women's FA Community Shield The Women's FA Community Shield is an association football match in England. It is a national super cup, and the equivalent of the FA Community Shield in male football. It is the first competitive match of the football season. The match is comp ...

, as with its male equivalent, the Community Shield is an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's

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and the previous season's

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 rea ...

. The final was contested between Arsenal and Everton.

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scored the winner for Arsenal.

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