2012 Arsenal L.F.C. season

Arsenal Ladies
2012 Season season
Manager	Laura Harvey
Stadium	Meadow Park
FA WSL	Champions
FA Women's Cup	Semi-finals
FA WSL Cup	Winners
Champions League	Semi-finals
	← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 season was Arsenal Ladies Football Club's 25th season since forming in 1987. The club participated in the second edition of the FA WSL, England's top flight for women's football since 2011, winning it for a second season in a row with an unbeaten campaign^[1]. Arsenal also played in the FA Women's Cup, and the FA WSL Cup, winning the latter against Birmingham City in October^[2]. They also competed in the UEFA Women's Champions League, losing at the Semi Final stage to Frankfurt^[3].

Competitions

FA WSL

8 April 2012 1	Arsenal	3–2	Everton	Borehamwood
13:30 BST	Little 18' Nobbs 28' Little 50' Chapman 65' Flaherty 75' Houghton 78' Chapman 90'	Report	Duggan 6', 58' Chaplen 15' 39'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

26 April 2012 2	Arsenal	3–1	Chelsea	Holloway, London
19:45 BST	Little 47', 90+3' Chapman 68'	Report	Longhurst 76'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 5,052 Referee: Tim Robinson

6 May 2012 3	Liverpool	0–2	Arsenal	Skelmersdale
14:00 BST		Report	Little 38' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Stadium: Skelmersdale Ormskirk Stadium Referee: Barry Cropp

20 May 2012 4	Lincoln	3–3	Arsenal	Lincoln
14:00 BST	McCallum 26' Harris 39' Daly 73' Hamilton	Report	Yankey 18' Little 66', 85' Chapman Little	Stadium: Ashby Avenue

30 May 2012 5	Bristol Academy	0–3	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
19:45 BST		Report	Davison 29' Nobbs 44' Beattie 87' Davison 77'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,107 Referee: Mark Pottage

24 June 2012 6	Arsenal	4–2	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Davison 25' Little 31' Houghton 47' Beattie 70'	Report	Williams 60' Taylor 83' Weston 45' Williams 60' Moore 75'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 809 Referee: Dean Treleaven

5 July 2012 7	Chelsea	2–4	Arsenal	Staines
19:00 BST	Buet 13', 43' (pen.)	Report	Little 10' (pen.), 84' Smith 72', 81' White 45' Yankey 80'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Attendance: 326 Referee: Steven Rea

19 August 2012 8	Everton	2–2	Arsenal	Crosby
14:00 BST	Williams 36' Bronze 63' Brown 40' Williams 47'	Report	Little 48' (pen.) Nobbs 77' Grant 71'	Stadium: Rossett Park Attendance: 618 Referee: Michael Salisbury

25 August 2012 9	Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–4	Arsenal	Doncaster
18:00 BST		Report	Nobbs 5', 18' Chapman 42' Little 76'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 376 Referee: Marc Edwards

30 August 2012 10	Arsenal	1–1	Bristol Academy	Borehamwood
19:45 BST	Smith 61' A. Scott 81'	Report	Harding 20'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 987 Referee: Anthony Da Costa

9 September 2012 11	Arsenal	2–1	Lincoln	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Beattie 25' Yankey 37'	Report	Allen 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 571 Referee: Gavin Muge

23 September 2012 12	Arsenal	4–1	Liverpool	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Chapman 19', 22' White 88', 89'	Report	Brusell 66'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 464 Referee: Alan Dale

30 September 2012 13	Arsenal	3–2	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Cunningham 16' (o.g.) Oxtoby 31' (o.g.) Smith 81'	Report	O'Gorman 20' Little 88' O'Gorman 23'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 712 Referee: Sasa Ihringova

7 October 2012 14	Birmingham City	1–1	Arsenal	Tiddington
14:00 BST	Simpkins 33'	Report	White 48'	Stadium: Knights Lane Attendance: 715 Referee: Massey

Partial league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal (C)	14	10	4	0	39	18	+21	34	Qualification to Champions League
2	Birmingham City	14	7	5	2	31	18	+13	26	Qualification to Champions League
3	Everton	14	7	4	3	20	16	+4	25
4	Bristol Academy	14	4	6	4	17	16	+1	18
5	Lincoln Ladies	14	5	3	6	24	26	−2	18

Source: FA WSL results
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results Summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	10	4	0	39	18	+21	34	6	1	0	20	10	+10	4	3	0	19	8	+11

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	D	W	W	W	D
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: FA WSL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Women's Cup

11 March 2012 Fifth Round	Lincoln	0–1	Arsenal	Lincoln
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Alleway	Report	White 16'	Stadium: Ashby Avenue Attendance: 364 Referee: Robert Ellis

25 March 2012 Quarter-Final	Arsenal	2–1	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	White 60' Little 61'	Report	Hinnigan 85'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 414

3 May 2012 Semi-Final	Chelsea	2–0	Arsenal	Brentford
19:45 BST	Bleazard 22' Susi 85'	Report		Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 358 Referee: Paul Forrester
Note: Kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes

FA WSL Cup

Group 2

18 March 2012 1	Liverpool	0–3	Arsenal	Skelmersdale
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)		Report	Beattie 16' Houghton 25' White 68'	Stadium: Skelmersdale Ormskirk Stadium

13 May 2012 2	Lincoln	4–3	Arsenal	Lincoln
14:00 BST	Sargeant 21' Tracy 30' (o.g.) Allen 71' (pen.) Harris 90'	Report	Little 6' Little 6', 66' Houghton 36'	Stadium: Ashby Avenue

10 June 2012 3	Arsenal	3–0	Chelsea	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Nobbs 22' Little 58' (pen.) Beattie 81'	Report	Ingle 31'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 634 Referee: Ashvin Degnarain

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIN	ARS	CHE	LIV
1	Lincoln Ladies	3	3	0	9	6	+3	9	Advance to Knockout stage	—	4–3	—	3–2
2	Arsenal	3	2	1	9	4	+5	6	Advance to Knockout stage	—	—	3–0	—
3	Chelsea	3	1	2	3	6	−3	3		1–2	—	—	2–1
4	Liverpool	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0		—	0–3	—	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Knockout stage

3 September 2012 Semi-Final	Bristol Academy	0–4	Arsenal	Stoke Gifford
19:30 BST		Report	Davison 39' Smith 70' Yankey 73' Beattie 82' Yankey 56' Fahey 85'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 570 Referee: Adam Bromley

10 October 2012 Final	Birmingham City	0–1	Arsenal	Barnet
19:00 BST		Report	Little 82' Houghton 70'	Stadium: Underhill Stadium Attendance: 2535 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

UEFA Women's Champions League

Round of 32

29 September 2011 First Leg	Bobruichanka	0–4	Arsenal	Bobruisk
14:00 BST		Report	White 9' Nobbs 64' Beattie 76' Chapman 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Spartak Stadium Attendance: 2,050 Referee: Pernilla Larsson (Sweden)

5 October 2011 Second Leg	Arsenal	6–0	Bobruichanka	Borehamwood
17:00 BST	Carter 13', 30' Chapman 41' Beattie 57', 60' Nobbs 65'	Report	Astasheva 86'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 209 Referee: Séverine Zinck (France)

Round of 16

3 November 2011 First Leg	Rayo Vallecano	1–1	Arsenal	Madrid
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Natalia 31'	Report	Little 3' Byrne 61'	Stadium: Ciudad Deportiva Fundación Rayo Vallecano Attendance: 480 Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

9 November 2011 Second Leg	Arsenal	5–1	Rayo Vallecano	Borehamwood
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Ludlow 16' Little 55' Yankey 62' Nobbs 71' Carter 74' Nobbs 64'	Report	Natalia 72' Burgos 53' Natalia 76'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 323 Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Quarter-Final

14 March 2012 First Leg	Arsenal	3–1	Göteborg	Borehamwood
15:30 GMT (UTC+0)	Nobbs 25' Little 75' (pen.) White 82'	Report	Ek 10' Sjoberg 85'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 447 Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

21 March 2012 Second Leg	Göteborg	1–0	Arsenal	Gothenburg
19:00 GMT (UTC+0)	Törnqvist 90' Hammarstrom 79' Segerstrom 85'	Report		Stadium: Valhalla IP Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)

Semi-Final

15 April 2012 First Leg	Arsenal	1–2	1. FFC Frankfurt	Borehamwood
16:00 BST	Grant 69' Ludlow 21' Chapman 44'	Report	Crnogorčević 64' Garefrekes 90+3' Marozsan 56'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 894 Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)

21 April 2012 Second Leg	1. FFC Frankfurt	2–0	Arsenal	Frankfurt
14:15 BST	Marozsán 60' Landström 85'	Report	Chapman 14'	Stadium: Stadion am Brentanobad Attendance: 3,710 Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

References

^ "Women's Super League: Arsenal celebrate title with Doncaster win". BBC Sport. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "Arsenal beat Birmingham to retain Continental Cup title". BBC Sport. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
^ "Arsenal lose to Frankfurt again in Women's Champions League semi". BBC Sport. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[1] "Women's Super League: Arsenal celebrate title with Doncaster win". BBC Sport. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[2] "Arsenal beat Birmingham to retain Continental Cup title". BBC Sport. 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

[3] "Arsenal lose to Frankfurt again in Women's Champions League semi". BBC Sport. 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2024-11-10.

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