1998 FA Women's Cup final

1998 FA Women's Cup final
	Arsenal celebrate a Cup double in 1998
Event	1997–98 FA Women's Cup
Date	4 May 1998
Venue	The New Den, London
Referee	Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
Attendance	2,205
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 FA Women's Cup final was the 27th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the fifth final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). It was contested between Arsenal and Croydon Women at The New Den, home of Millwall. The final ended 3–2 in favour of Arsenal.^[1]^[2]^[3] The final was broadcast on BSkyB.^[4] As their men's counterpart won the 1997–98 FA Cup, Arsenal became the first club to win both the men's and women's FA Cup in the same season after the FA's take over of the women's tournament in 1993.

Match details

4 May 1998

14:00 BST

Arsenal	3–2	Croydon Women
Spacey 17' Yankey 52' Few		Broadhurst 10' (pen.) Powell 55'

Andy Gray and Richard Keys of Sky Sports are noted for laughing at the skill of women's footballers in the final of the competition.^[5]

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