2014 FA Women's Cup Final 2014 FA Women's Cup Final The 2014 FA Women's Cup Final was the 44th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 21st to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal Ladies and Everton Ladies on 1 June 2014 at in Milton Keynes. Holders Arsenal made its 14th final appearance, after winning the 2013 final. Everton was appearing in its fifth final. As FA WSL 1 clubs, both teams entered the competition at the fifth round stage. Arsenal beat
2008 FA Cup Final 1927 and Portsmouth in 1939. Had Cardiff won, they would have been the first club from outside the top division of English football to have won the competition since West Ham United in 1980. The match had an attendance of 89,874, a record which still stands as the largest ever for an FA Cup Final at the new Wembley Stadium. For winning the competition, Portsmouth received £1 million in prize money, as well as qualification to the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, their first foray into European football. It was suggested prior to the game that Cardiff City would not have been