History was made today by the Ladies of Chelsea FC.

The first ever Women’s FA Cup Final was played at Wembley in front of a domestic record crowd of 30,710.

Remember these players names:

Hedvig Lindahl

Hannah Blundell, Niamh Fahey, Gilly Flaherty, Claire Rafferty

Katie Chapman, Millie Bright, Drew Spence

Gemma Davison, Ji So Yun, Eniola Aluko

These were the players that Emma Hayes chose to start, and win the Women’s FA Cup Final against Notts County Ladies FC.

It was the same starting eleven that had lost in the dying minutes against Manchester City Women with a demoralising own goal in the FAWSL1 match just 6 days previously.

Just like Mark Sampson did with the England Lionesses in the Women’s World Cup last month, Emma Hayes picked the players up, believed in them and the players did the business!

A 1-0 scoreline doesn’t do the Ladies justice, while it may not have been a one sided affair it was as comfortable a 1-0 win in a final that I have ever witnessed. The fact that Hedvig Lindahl didn’t have a save to make proves that!

A full match report can be read on the official Chelsea website.