Man Utd Women's wait for a major trophy ends in style at Wembley
- Man Utd win the Women's FA Cup with 4-0 win over Tottenham at Wembley
- First major trophy for the Red Devils, six years after team was reformed
- Ella Toone, Rachel Williams & Lucia Garcia goals ensured no shock result
- FROM WEMBLEY STADIUM - For Manchester United, feelings of ecstasy and jubilation took over as the final whistle sounded at the home of English football on the hottest dat of the year so far. The FA Cup trophy was theirs, a first piece of major silverware for a club who finally took the plunge in professional women’s football as recently as six years ago.
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The club walked the second tier Women's Championship in their debut season in 2018/19, but the name 'Manchester United' naturally demands success and the last five years have been about trying to muscle in on the English football’s established 'big three'.
At times, they have managed it, leading the WSL for some of 2020/21 under former manager Casey Stoney. Then, 12 months ago, Marc Skinner's United were two agonising 1-0 defeats to Chelsea away from completing a remarkable WSL and FA Cup double.
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United have competed with the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal in patches, finishing above the latter two last season. Chelsea remained the last to be conquered, even in just a one-off game, until that finally happened in the semi-final of this season's competition.
And while fans last year were hopeful of causing an upset as the underdog, there was a nervousness amongst the pre-match buzz in the blistering sun around Wembley from those of a red persuasion in case, now favourites, they slipped up. Spurs, who had never beaten United in 12 previous meetings, did threaten to in as recently as last month in a 2-2 draw in the WSL - only a last gasp equaliser from Maya Le Tissier prevented what would have been an unprecedented defeat in this fixture.
Ultimately, the thing hanging still over United coming into this game was silverware, or the lack of it.
