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2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate
WPL Plate
Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	33
Final positions
Champions	Preston North End
Runner-up	Huddersfield Town
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	124 (4.28 per match)
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The 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Plate was the inaugural season of the Premier League Plate, which was introduced as a secondary League Cup competition of the FA Women's Premier League (FA WPL).

Preston North End became the first ever winners of the Plate, beating Huddersfield Town 3–0 in the final at Guiseley's Nethermoor Park to win their first major trophy.

The teams that took part in the WPL plate were decided after the first qualifying round of the WPL Cup, known as the Determining Round. The winners of Determining Round matches continued in the WPL Cup, while the losers moved into the WPL Plate.

Background

Due to a restructuring of elite-level women's football in England in 2014, the WPL had doubled in size from three divisions to six. With this in mind the league opted to introduce a new cup competition to run alongside their existing League Cup competition, the Premier League Cup, to cater for the increased number of teams.^[1]

Seventy teams were entered into the Determining Round of the FA WPL Cup, with the 35 match losers being eligible for the Plate, but two teams (Keynsham Town development and Norwich City) withdrew from the competition, meaning only 33 teams took part.^[2]

Results

All results shown here were published by The Football Association.^[3] Games are listed firstly in chronological order, and then by alphabetical order of the home team. The division each team played in is shown in Brackets after their name: (N)=Northern Division; (S)=Southern Division; (N1)=Northern Division One; (M1)=Midlands Division One; (SE1)=South East Division One; (SW1)=South West Division One.

Preliminary round

14 September 2014	Leafield Athletic (M1)	2–0	Stockport County (N1)	Shirley
14:00	Charlotte Hughes 30' Donna Hawkins 65'	Report		Stadium: Rumbush Stadium

Walkover	Southampton Saints (SW1)	H–W	Chorley (N1)
		Report

All other teams were given a bye to the first round of the competition.

First round

12 October 2014	Leeds Ladies (N1)	2–4 (a.e.t.)	Southampton Saints (SW1)	Ossett
12:30	Carey Huegett 14' 28'	Report	Kerri Why 20' Rebecca Bath 84' Emma Whitlock 101' 114'	Stadium: Ingfield

12 October 2014	Chester-le-Street (N1)	6–0	Curzon Ashton (M1)	Chester Moor
14:00	Laura Darmody Nichole Ground-Harvey Rebecca Hopkins Rae Taylor	Report		Stadium: Moor Park

12 October 2014	Copsewood (Coventry) (S)	8–0	Gosport Borough (SW1)	Coventry
14:00	Leah Williams 20' 82' Natalie Dean 28' Rebecca-Jane Knight 52' 57' 78' Sarah Rowles 63' Abiyola Riley 71'	Report		Stadium: Copsewood Sports & Social Club

12 October 2014	Crystal Palace (SE1)	2–4	Swindon Town (SW1)	London
14:00	Roschelle Shakes 30' Nicha Dyett 50'	Report	Beth Thompson 15' 54' Unknown 40' Megan Attenborough 71'	Stadium: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

12 October 2014	Enfield Town (SE1)	5–0	Cheltenham Town (SW1)	Enfield
14:00	Beth Demery Elizabeth Kent Sheryce Slater Own goal (o.g.) (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium

12 October 2014	Exeter City (SW1)	5–1	St Nicholas (SW1)	Exminster
14:00	Own goal 17' (o.g.) Tash Knapman 26' 77' Helen Kukor 45' Chloe Williams 57'	Report	Own goal 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Minster Park Attendance: 40

12 October 2014	Liverpool Marshall Feds (N1)	2–5	Huddersfield Town (N)	Liverpool
14:00	Danielle Evans	Report	Debbie Hastings 27' 59' Katie Nutter 40' 70' Kate Mallin 46'	Stadium: Heron Eccles Playing Field

12 October 2014	Loughborough Foxes (M1)	0–2	Milton Keynes Dons (SE1)	Loughborough
14:00		Report	Hannah Barrett Heather McDonell	Stadium: Loughborough University Stadium

12 October 2014	Middlesbrough (N1)	0–4	Preston North End (N)	Thornaby-on-Tees
14:00	Rebecca Lillystone 62'	Report	Melissa Ball 13' 87' Holly Rawcliffe 19' Natasha Charlesworth 26'	Stadium: Teesdale Park

12 October 2014	Radcliffe Olympic (M1)	4–1	Stoke City (N)	Radcliffe-on-Trent
14:00	Beth Bailey 20' 71' Rania Ramadan 36' Danielle Saulter 68'	Report	Laura Garside 63' Emily Horton 68'	Stadium: Wharf Lane Recreation Ground

12 October 2014	Rotherham United (M1)	0–4	Loughborough Students (M1)	Rotherham
14:00		Report	Alice Kempski Nikki Payne Alice Thackray Own goal (o.g.)	Stadium: Roundwood Sports Complex

12 October 2014	Sheffield United Community (N1)	4–3	Bedford (SE1)	Killamarsh
14:00	Rebecca Fairfax 5' 56' Christina Skull 20' Samantha Woodham 22'	Report	Natasha Fensome Eden Washington	Stadium: Killamarsh Juniors Athletic Club Institute

12 October 2014	Solihull (M1)	2–3	Leafield Athletic (M1)	Marston Green
14:00	Hayley Wilford 40' Laura Hunter 90+4'	Report	Leigh Dugmore Kate Fellows	Stadium: The Pavilion

23 November 2014	Chichester City (SW1)	0–1	Leicester City L.F.C. (M1)	Chichester
15:00		Report	Amanda Whalley	Stadium: Oaklands Park

Walkover	West Ham United (S)	H–W	Ebbsfleet United (SE1)
		Report

Shanklin were given a bye to the second round.^[4]

Second round

30 November 2014	Sheffield United Community (N1)	2–4	Exeter City (SW1)	Killamarsh
11:30	Sophie Bell 63' Rebecca Fairfax 81'	Report	Helen Kukor 12' Tash Knapman 20' 49' Lola Garcia Sanchez 47'	Stadium: Killamarsh Juniors Athletic Club Institute

30 November 2014	Copsewood (Coventry) (S)	0–1	Preston North End (N)	Coventry
14:00		Report	Chelsea Flanagan 50'	Stadium: Copsewood Sports & Social Club

30 November 2014	Huddersfield Town (N)	5–1	Chester-le-Street (N1)	Kirkburton
14:00	Debbie Hastings 16' 63' Kate Mallin 18' Natalie Brace 56' 80'	Report	Lisa Garbutt 45'	Stadium: Storthes Hall Park Attendance: 40

30 November 2014	Leicester City L.F.C. (M1)	3–5 (a.e.t.)	Radcliffe Olympic (M1)	Hinckley
14:00	Gemma Ball 60' 75' (pen.) Sarah Burbridge 80'	Report	Rania Ramadan 15' Lauren Plummer 41' Beth Bailey 68' (pen.) 96' Ashleigh Evans 109'	Stadium: Leicester Road Stadium

30 November 2014	Milton Keynes Dons (SE1)	3–0	Enfield Town (SE1)	Newport Pagnell
14:00	Charly Wright Andie Dickens Heather McDonnell (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Willen Road

30 November 2014	Shanklin (SW1)	2–0	Loughborough Students (M1)	Shanklin
14:00	Rowan Treagus Gemma Woodford	Report		Stadium: County Ground

30 November 2014	Southampton Saints (SW1)	1–2	Swindon Town (SW1)	Sholing
14:00	Jessica Lewry 65'	Report	Meg Vella 23' Ellie Maynard 90+3'	Stadium: Silverlake Arena Attendance: 30

30 November 2014	West Ham United (S)	3–1	Leafield Athletic (M1)	Aveley
14:00	Stacey Little 41' Sarah McCrea 85' Jade Smith 87'	Report	Unknown goalscorer	Stadium: Mill Field

Quarter-finals

8 February 2015	Exeter City (SW1)	1–3	West Ham United (S)	Exminster
13:00	Kirsty Caunter 34' (pen.)	Report	Katie Bottom 21' Kelley Blanchflower 40' Stacey Little 42'	Stadium: Minster Park

22 February 2015	Milton Keynes Dons (SE1)	0–1	Shanklin (SW1)	Newport Pagnell
14:00		Report	Chloe Parkes	Stadium: Willen Road

22 February 2015	Radcliffe Olympic (M1)	1–2	Huddersfield Town (N)	Radcliffe-on-Trent
14:00	Alexandra Saulter 17'	Report	Emily Heckler 52' Samantha Conroy 55'	Stadium: Wharf Lane Recreation Ground

Walkover	Swindon Town (SW1)	A–W	Preston North End (N)
		Report

Semi-finals

1 March 2015

14:00

Huddersfield Town (N)	4–1	Shanklin (SW1)
Kate Mallin 25' Debbie Hastings 36' Emily Heckler 66' 80'	Report	Rowan Treagus 55'

Storthes Hall Park, Kirkburton

Attendance: 40

Huddersfield town reached the final of a major cup competition for the first time in their history thanks to a 4–1 victory over Isle of Wight side Shanklin, witnessed by a small crowd of just 40 people at the West Yorkshire club's Storthes Hall ground. It was their second cup semi-final win in quick succession, having recently also reached the final of the Sheffield & Hallamshire Women's Challenge Cup. Emily Heckler scored twice for Huddersfield, and Kate Mallin and Debbie Hastings each scored once. Rowan Treagus scored Shanklin's consolation goal. Midfielder Alarna Fuller was named Huddersfield's Player of the Match.^[5]^[6]^[7]

1 March 2015

14:00

Preston North End (N)	1–0	West Ham United (S)
Chelsea Flanagan 80'	Report

Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge

Preston North End earned their place as Huddersfield's opposition in the final through a 1–0 victory over West Ham United. The only goal of the game was scored by Preston's Chelsea Flanagan.^[7] West Ham, who were missing a number of regular first team players, rarely threatened the Preston goal, and eventually conceded the winning goal ten minutes from time.^[8]

Final

26 April 2015

15:00

Huddersfield Town (N)	0–3	Preston North End (N)
	Report	Yasmine Swarbrick 44' Keeleigh Savage 85' Chelsea Flanagan 90+5'

Nethermoor Park, Guiseley

Attendance: 256^[9]

Huddersfield Town

Preston North End


GK	Laura Carter
DF	Natalie Brace
DF	Camille Clarke
DF	Olivia DaCosta	87'
DF	Kate Mallin
DF	Laura Windle	59'
MF	Samantha Conroy
MF	Alarna Fuller
MF	Katie Nutter
FW	Debbie Hastings	70'
FW	Emily Heckler
Substitutes:
DF	Victoria Abbott	87'
DF	Bethanie Halligan
MF	Beth Jennings	70'
MF	Katie Lockwood	59'
MF	Leah White
Manager:
Glen Preston


GK	Danielle Brown
DF	Alice Forshaw
DF	Kerry Nickson
DF	Bethany Stanfield
MF	Aimee Cleaver	70'
MF	Nicola Emery
MF	Rebecca Foster	60'
MF	Yasmine Swarbrick	81'
MF	Laura Walker
FW	Chelsea Flanagan
FW	Keeleigh Savage
Substitutes:
MF	Natasha Charlesworth	70'
MF	Emily Hutton
MF	Holly Rawcliffe	81'
FW	Sarah Chadwick	60'
FW	Jade Parker
Manager:
Luke Podmore^[10]

Huddersfield were beaten 3–0 in the final by Preston North End, who were winners of a major trophy for the first time in their history.^[11] The final was played at Guiseley's Nethermoor Park ground as part of a double-header with the FA Women's Premier League Reserves Cup, which was played in the morning before the Plate final. Spectators were allowed into the ground to watch both games for free.^[12]

References

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^ "Premier League Cup Round-Up". She Kicks. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
^ "FA WPL Plate". Full Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
^ "Premier League Cup and Plate 1st Round Draws". She Kicks. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Doug Thomson (2 March 2015). "Semi-final successes for Huddersfield Town Ladies". Huddersfield Daily Examiner. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Season Archive". Huddersfield Town Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Brown, Neil; Brown, Mark, eds. (5 March 2015). "Premier League Plate". Women's Soccer Scene. Vol. 15, no. 26. Archived from the original on 6 July 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
^ "Ladies suffer semi-final heartbreak". West Ham United Football Club. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Preston Pick Up Premier League Plate". She Kicks. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Preston North End WFC on Twitter". Preston North End WFC. 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ "Preston win inaugural Plate". Women's Soccer Scene. 30 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
^ "Guiseley to host women's finals". Non League Daily.