2016 FA Women's Cup final
| Event | 2015–16 FA Women's Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 14 May 2016 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Player of the Match | Danielle Carter | ||||||
| Referee | Sarah Garratt (Birmingham) | ||||||
| Attendance | 32,912[1] | ||||||
The 2016 FA Women's Cup final was the 46th final of the
Chelsea Ladies on 14 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium
in London. The match was the second FA Women's Cup Final to be held at Wembley.
Chelsea, managed by
2014 Cup Final, and had been beaten by Chelsea in a match earlier in the 2016 season of the Women's Super League.[1][2][3] Arsenal won the match 1–0, with a first-half goal from Danielle Carter scored in the eighteenth minute, and securing the team their fourteenth FA Cup victory. Carter was also named Player of the Match.[1][2] The match was attended by a crowd of 32,912, an increase on the 30,710 who attended the 2015 final.[1]
The match was refereed by Sarah Garratt of the Birmingham Football Association, whose appointment was announced by the Football Association on 5 May. The match saw Garratt taking charge of her first FA Cup Final.[4]
Match details
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References
- ^ a b c d Phillips, Owen (14 May 2016). "Women's FA Cup final: Arsenal Ladies 1-0 Chelsea Ladies". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ a b Stafford, James (14 May 2016). "Dan Carter secures Women's FA Cup as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1-0 at Wembley". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Muro, Giuseppe (13 May 2016). "Women's FA Cup Final: Arsenal's Casey Stoney fires warning at favourites Chelsea". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ Lavery, Glenn (5 May 2016). "Referee Sarah Garratt relishing SSE Women's FA Cup Final call". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ REFEREE GARRATT RELISHING SSE WOMEN'S FA CUP FINAL CALL