1989 WFA Cup final

January 2025 1989 WFA Cup Final The Stretford End at Old Trafford in 1992 200px 1988–89 WFA Cup Friends of Fulham 2 Leasowe Pacific 3 22 April 1989 Old Trafford Manchester Roger Dilkes (Mossley) 914 1988 1990 The 1989 WFA Cup Final was the 19th 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) and was known as the Niagara Therapy WFA Cup Final for sponsorship reasons. Friends of Fulham and Leasowe Pacific contested the match at Old Trafford in Manchester on 22 April 1989. Friends of Fulham made its second final appearance, after winning the trophy in 1985 with a 2–0 win over Doncaster Belles at Craven Cottage. Leasowe Pacific also entered their second final, in the sixth year of their existence, having been beaten 3–1 by the Belles in 1988.England - List of Women Cup Winners https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-womcuphist.html 24 July 2011 RSSSF Erik Garin England did not have a national women's league until 1991–1992. Friends of Fulham, who played in the Home Counties League, entered the competition at the third round stage and beat Oxford/County (8–1), Birmingham (3–2), Red Star Southampton (2–1) and Bronte (3–0) to reach the final. North West Women's League club Leasowe Pacific also entered at the third round and defeated Cardiff (9–0), Reigate (3–1), Doncaster Belles (2–1) and Notts Rangers (3–0) before reaching the final. The quarter final victory in Doncaster ensured that the final would not feature the Belles for the first time since 1982. Before kick–off a minute's silence was observed for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster which happened the previous week in Sheffield. Friends of Fulham and the WFA expressed condolences to Leasowe Pacific, who came from the Merseyside community affected by the tragedy.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2021/04/15/won-fa-cup-week-escaping-hillsborough-disaster/ 'We won the FA Cup a week after escaping the Hillsborough disaster' Tom Garry 15 April 2021 www.telegraph.co.uk Four members of the Leasowe team had been at Hillsborough. Leasowe had postponed their league match the following day and the final had been in doubt until the team decided to play. Watched by a crowd of just 914, Leasowe Pacific won the match 3–2, with a winning goal from Joy "Barry" McQuiggan. Future England manager Hope Powell scored both Friends of Fulham goals.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/hope-powell-i-see-him-now-and-again-but-i-dont-swap-notes-with-steve-mcclaren-397911.html Hope Powell: 'I see him now and again but I don't swap notes with Steve McClaren' The Independent 26 October 2007 10 August 2012 London Brian Viner The following day at 5.30pm Channel 4 screened an hour–long highlights package, produced by Trans World International and presented by Julie Welch, which attracted an audience in excess of 2.5 million.Lopez 1997 64 Sue Law of Millwall Lionesses, later a senior official in The Football Association, was the match summariser. "Undoubtedly a proportion of the 2.3 million who tuned in to Channel 4 to watch the WFA Cup last April did so with the expectation of having a quick laugh at women attempting to play football. Instead they were treated to a game as exciting and entertaining as you could hope to see. Leasowe Pacific beat Friends of Fulham 3–2 in a match full of incident, skill and endeavour, played by 22 female athletes at the top of their chosen sport. The sceptics were surely won over." – WFA Secretary Linda Whitehead in October 1989 "In the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster Merseyside's Leasowe Pacific's appearance in the final provided a useful and poignant angle for editorial coverage of the event."Woodhouse Williams 1999 13 Match details 22 April 1989 14:00 BST Friends of Fulham 2–3 Leasowe Pacific *Powell *Murray Thomas McQuiggan Old Trafford Roger Dilkes (Mossley) 914 http://womensfacup.co.uk/history/index.php?od=99&tm=1&mn=2394#close Manchester _whitecollar F00000 F00000 F00000 F00000 F00000 Friends of Fulham _blackcollar 88bde5 88bde5 88bde5 000000 000000 Leasowe Pacific GK 1ENG Theresa Wiseman (c)DF 2ENG Liz WallerDF 3ENG Mandy O'CallaghanMF 4ENG Hope PowellDF 5ENG Terri SpringettFW 6ENG Marieanne Spacey DF 7ENG Dorrett WilsonMF 8ENG Brenda SempareMF 9ENG Lynn JacobsMF 10ENG Olivia Hughes MF 11ENG Fiona Curl Substitutes:FW 12IRL Cathy HynesDF 14ENG Lori Hoey DF 15ENG Tracey Cooper Manager:ENG Fred Brockwell GK 1ENG Liz StewartDF 2ENG Jill Thomas (c)DF 3WAL Jill Anson MF 4ENG Joy McQuiggan DF 5WAL Debbie FaulknerDF 6ENG Liz McDonaldMF 7ENG Janice MurrayMF 8ENG Cathy Gore FW 9ENG Maria Harper FW 10WAL Louise ThomasMF 11ENG Maureen MallonSubstitutes:MF 12WAL Judith TurnerDF 13ENG Dianne Coughlin GK 14ENG Donna Lewis 15ENG Jill Salisbury16ENG Viv CutbillManager:ENG Billy Jackson Bibliography Lopez Sue Sue Lopez Women on the Ball: A Guide to Women's Football Scarlet Press 1997 London, England 1857270169 Woodhouse Donna John Williams Offside? The Position of Women in Football Garnet Publishing 1999 Reading, England 1902932072 References Cup Cup Category:Women's FA Cup finals WFA Cup Final Category:Everton F.C. Women matches Category:1980s in Manchester Category:Football matches in Manchester Category:Sport in Trafford