2003–04 FA Women's Premier League Cup

2003–04 FA Women's Premier League Cup
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Dates31 August 2003 – 28 March 2004
Teams34
Final positions
ChampionsCharlton Athletic
Runners-upFulham

The 2003–04 FA Women's Premier League Cup was the 13th edition of the FA Women's Premier League Cup, a football cup tournament for teams at both levels of the FA Women's Premier League (level 1, the National Division, and level 2, the Northern and Southern Divisions). The 2004 cup final was won by Charlton Athletic, who defeated Fulham 1–0,[1] with the only goal of the game scored by Emma Coss.[2][3]

Results

The division each team play in is indicated in brackets after their name: (NA)=National Division; (NO)=Northern Division; (S)=Southern Division.

First round

Matches were played on 14 September 2003.[4]

14 September 2003 Arsenal (NA) 4–0Ipswich Town (S)
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14 September 2003 Aston Villa (NA) 5–0AFC Wimbledon (S)
  • Carter-Rix
  • Hawkins
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14 September 2003 Barnet (S)2–4 Bangor City (NO)
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14 September 2003 Birmingham City (NA)0–4 Fulham (NA)
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14 September 2003 Enfield Town (S)1–5 Lincoln City (NO)
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14 September 2003 Everton (NA) 3–0Manchester City (NO)
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14 September 2003 Langford (S) 1–0Sheffield Wednesday (NO)
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14 September 2003 Leeds United (NA) 3–1Bristol City (S)
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14 September 2003 Liverpool (NO)0–1 Bristol Rovers (NA)
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14 September 2003 Middlesbrough (NO) 3–1Chelsea (S)
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14 September 2003 Oldham Curzon (NO) 4–2Merthyr Tydfil (S)
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14 September 2003 Sunderland (NO) 3–0Stockport County (S)
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14 September 2003 Watford (S)1–7 Tranmere Rovers (NA)
  • Causbrook
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  • Pryce
  • Rigby
  • Jones
  • Schueber
  • Taylor
14 September 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers (NO) 2–1Portsmouth (S)
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Second round

Matches were played on 12 October 2003.[5][6]

12 October 2003 Middlesbrough (NO)1–5 Bristol Rovers (NA)
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12 October 2003 Charlton Athletic (NA) 10–1Bangor City (SO)
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  • King 85'
12 October 2003 Arsenal (NA) 4–2Sunderland (NO)
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12 October 2003 Tranmere Rovers (NO)1–5 Doncaster Belles (NA)
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12 October 2003 Fulham (NA) 9–0Langford (SO)
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12 October 2003 Wolverhampton Wanderers (NO) 1–1
(4–3 p)
Lincoln City (NO)
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Penalties
  • football with check mark
  • football with check mark
  • football with check mark
  • football with check mark
  • football with check mark
  • football with check mark
  • football with red X
  • football with red X
12 October 2003 Leeds United (NA) 7–0Everton (NA)
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12 October 2003 Aston Villa (NA) 2–1Oldham Curzon (NO)
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Quarter-finals

Matches were played on 2 and 9 November 2003.[7][8]

2 November 2003 Arsenal (NA) 4–0Doncaster Rovers Belles (NA)
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2 November 2003 Bristol Rovers (NA) 4–1Aston Villa (NA) 
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9 November 2003 Leeds United (NA)2–3 Fulham (NA)  
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Semi-finals

14 December 2003 (2003-12-14) Fulham (NA) 7–0Bristol Rovers (NA)
14:00 Report
14 December 2003 (2003-12-14) Charlton Athletic (NA) 2–1Arsenal (NA)
14:00
Report Grant 74'

Final

Charlton Athletic1–0Fulham
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Attendance: 1,419

References

  1. ↑ "Charlton lift Premier League Cup". The FA. 28 March 2004. Retrieved 9 December 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Coss scores winning goal in cup final". The Daily Telegraph. 29 March 2004. p. 43.
  3. ↑ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Cup 2003-04". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  4. ↑ "Charlton extend record". 2003-09-14. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
  5. ↑ "Charlton lead goal glut". 2003-10-12. Retrieved 2026-08-23.
  6. ↑ Andy Houldsworth, Jon Harris (c)2005 Digital Ink (Solutions) Ltd (0)870 742 2650. "Charlton Athletic". www.cafc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2006-10-08. Retrieved 2026-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "Spacey off as Fulham lose record". 2003-11-02. Retrieved 2026-08-22.
  8. ↑ "McArthur shows the way". 2003-11-09. Retrieved 2026-08-22.