The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England – designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier.

The competition began in 1970–71 as the Mitre Challenge Trophy, organised by the Women's Football Association (WFA). There were 71 entrants, including teams from Scotland and Wales.

Since the Football Association (FA) took over direct control of English women's football in 1993, the semi–professional teams affiliated with male FA Premier League and Football League counterparts have dominated the re–branded competition. Arsenal won in 2004, beating Charlton Athletic 3–0 in the final on 3 May. On 2 May 2005, Charlton made amends for the disappointment of the two previous years, by beating Everton 1–0. Arsenal regained the trophy on 1 May 2006, beating Leeds United 5–0. Wins in 2007, 2008 and 2009 gave Arsenal a record ten titles.

The FA Women's Cup often shared sponsorship with its men's equivalent (for 2006 to 2011, E.ON). The current cup holders are Birmingham City. They beat Chelsea 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw in the final at Ashton Gate on 26 May 2012.

Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English radio presenter best known for his time with British sports channel Sky Sports from 1991 until 2011. In February 2011, Keys along with fellow Sky presenter, Andy Gray signed with talkSPORT. He is a Coventry City supporter.

In the mid to late 1980s, he co-presented TV-am, a breakfast show on the ITV network, with Anne Diamond. He also commentated on football matches for ITV and cycling for Channel 4. Keys was one of the presenters for The Sports Channel on British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) in Spring 1990. When BSB merged with Sky in 1991, the channel was renamed Sky Sports. Keys presented TV-am for the final time on 28 December 1990 before he left for Sky Sports full time. In January 2011, Keys and his colleague Andy Gray were suspended for off-air sexist remarks they made about a female assistant referee; he resigned on 26 January, subsequent to Gray's dismissal.

Keys presented Sky Sports coverage of Premier League football since the league's inception in 1992. He was the presenter of the flagship Super Sunday and also presented Sky's Monday Night Football until Ian Payne took over in 2003, which coincided with Sky gaining rights for the UEFA Champions League. Sky broadcast their 1,000th Premier League game on 10 May 2007 with Keys fronting the majority of them. Taking into account all the other competitions, Keys had already clocked up a personal milestone of 1,000 games (558 Premiership fixtures, 134 FA Cup and 57 League Cup ties, 71 England internationals, 20 Scottish matches and 11 Charity Shields) back in 2002 and was given a Merit Award by the Premier League sponsor's Barclaycard in recognition.

Faye Deborah White, MBE (born 2 February 1978) is an English footballer who plays for Arsenal Ladies in the FA Women's Super League and the England women's national football team as a central defender. One of the most recognised and respected players in the women’s game, Faye has been a commanding presence at the heart of the Arsenal and England defences since the late 1990s.

White was born and grew up in Horley, Surrey and attended Yattendon Middle School and Oakwood School, Horley.

In April 2012, White announced that she is expecting her first child. This means that she will miss the London 2012 Olympics and could spell the end of her playing career, both for Arsenal and England.

Her football journey began when, aged ten, she joined in the training sessions of her brother’s team Horley Town. After three years of playing with her brother and his team-mates Faye decided to go to an all-girls coaching session and it was here that her path to the Arsenal Ladies team began, as she met Jim Muir, the coach of a local girls’ side Horsham Ladies. Faye very quickly worked her way into the reserves and became a first-team player aged just 14.