West Ham United F.C. Women
Full name | West Ham United Women | |||
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Founded | 1991 | |||
Ground | The Chigwell Construction Stadium | |||
General manager | Aidan Boxall | |||
Manager | Rehanne Skinner | |||
League | Women's Super League | |||
2022–23 | WSL, 8th of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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West Ham United Women Football Club is an
History
Whilst the 1970s saw a short lived incarnation of West Ham United Ladies, it was early in 1991 when Roger Morgan, the Football in the Community officer at
1995–96 saw a season of consolidation after the two consecutive promotions in two years with a mid table placing, but the season saw the club enter the
Two more season of consolidation as a mid table Division One side in the Greater London League followed as the club went through a difficult period off the pitch, with personnel changes in the backroom staff and ground problems seeing Brampton Manor School, Barking and Little Heath all used as home grounds.
The 1998–99 season saw the Hammers fortunes take an upturn reaching their first cup final in the Russell Cup and more importantly gaining the runners up spot in the league and with it promotion into the Greater London League Premier Division. The momentum continued as the Hammers immediately made an impact in the Premier Division coming second behind the semi professional set up at Fulham, before clinching the title the year after, coupled with a run to the 4th round of the FA Women's Cup.
2000–01 saw the introduction of the now highly successful junior section playing in the Essex County Girls League laying the foundations for another period of growth for the club as a second successful Greater London League Premier League campaign this time saw the Hammers winning the promotion play off and allowed the club to start the 2002–03 season in the South East Combination League, where a fourth-place finish showed the Hammers ability to hold their own at this level. The promise of being able to step up further emerged when the runners up spot was claimed the year after. Hopes were high the club could go one further for the 2004–05 campaign and in a nail-biting finish the Hammers emerged victorious from a winner takes all final league game with Northampton to win the title, only just missing out on the double following a league cup final defeat to the same opponents.
Just 13 seasons after starting out West Ham United Ladies had now reached the
2007–08 saw Tony Marshall take over as first team manager helped by Alex Bonner as coach. The club switched to play home games at Harlow Town and with a massive rebuilding job to be done the Hammers turned to youth with a side featuring many previous junior players from the club, who were more than able to hold their own with a sixth-place finish.
The next season saw continued improvements: a new base at
The Hammers were again amongst the leading sides in the 2009–10 campaign although too many draws saw them slip to fifth position with the reserve team consolidating following their promotion. Again there was success for the junior sides with the Under 16 team winning the UK Home International
2011–12 followed a similar pattern with good cup runs taking the club to the
In Summer 2014, former professional footballer
In March 2015, John Hunt and his son Stephen Hunt were appointed Joint Chairman.[4] On 5 June 2015, the club announced the creation of the West Ham Ladies Learning Academy.[5] In July 2015, Marc Nurse became manager replacing ex-professional footballer Julian Dicks, who was promoted to work with the men's first team.[6] Under Nurse, West Ham go on to finish 10th for the 2015–16 season.[7] The season began in controversial circumstances when club captain Stacey Little led a small walkout of players and went to the press.[8] Little had criticised the main club in the press the previous year over a lack of funding.[9] The highlight of the season by far was the Ladies' first and last full league match at Upton Park in the club's last season there before moving to Stratford. The Ladies secured a record crowd of 1,741[10] as a penalty by captain Katie Bottom sealed a 1–0 win.[11] The game became widely known for an off-the-ball incident when the video of a Spurs defender stamping on the head of West Ham striker Whitney Locke went viral.[12]
During the summer of 2016, the team toured the Netherlands and played two top sides (MSV Duisburg and FC Twente) and were beaten in both matches. The Chairmen then took the decision to replace Nurse as manager and replace him with James Marrs who had recently led Brighton Ladies to promotion but was then sacked in controversial circumstances.[citation needed] Marrs appealed the circumstances of his sacking and in October 2016 an FA hearing held that the finding of the Sussex FA were such that "no reasonable body would have reached" and his record was cleared. The following day West Ham United nevertheless released Marrs as the Hunts were replaced as Chairmen and the Ladies absorbed into the main club. The events leading to the takeover of the Ladies were triggered by unfavourable press coverage of the main club's treatment of the Ladies team.[13] For the rest of the 2016–17 season, the Ladies were managed by the West Ham Foundation coaches finishing 9th.[14] The summer of 2017 saw West Ham Ladies undergo significant changes as the club looked to reach the top Women's Southern League within five years. Jack Sullivan, son of West Ham chairman David Sullivan was named the team's managing director,[15] while Karen Ray took up the role of ladies' general manager.[15] Greg de Carnys also moved over from the Academy to look after the ladies' first team and academy.[15] In the first half of the season, the results were poor with 12 losses from 17 games, and on 9 December 2017, it was announced that de Carnys had parted company with the club and that Ray would take charge of the team on an interim basis.[16] Following this, the results improved, with 11 wins and only 1 loss from the next 14 games, including victories in both the Isthmian League Women's Cup and FA WPL Plate.
2018–present: FA WSL
Beard and the club agreed to part ways by mutual consent on 19 November 2020. The board named goalkeeping coach
Harder left the role on 8 May 2022, after the final game of the season with West Ham having finished 6th, and was replaced by his assistant manager Paul Konchesky[28]
The Hammers made a good start to the 2022-23 season, with five wins from the first 10 league games of the season seeing them comfortably in the top half of the table. However, after the Christmas break their league form would nose-dive and, despite earning a first ever league point and clean sheet against Arsenal in a home 0-0 draw, it wouldn't be until the penultimate game of the season that West Ham would celebrate another league win. A run to the semi-finals of the League Cup would end in a 7-0 defeat to Chelsea and, on 28 May 2023, West Ham announced Konchesky was leaving his job as manager after the team finished 8th in the WSL, but having only won one league game in 2023.[29]
On 20 July 2023 Rehanne Skinner was appointed manager of the West Ham Women's first team, becoming their first female manager in the FA WSL era.[30]
Players
Current squad
- As of 31 March 2024[31]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Management
- As of 20 July 2023.[34]
Executive
Position | Name |
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General manager | Aidan Boxall |
Technical
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Rehanne Skinner |
First team coach and head of player development | Brian Tompkins |
Goalkeeping coach | Chris Pipe |
Strength and conditioning coaches | Kemal Ismail, Ella Cook, Grace Tolmie |
Performance analysts | Jackson Huxley, Craig Barter, Chris Stride |
Managerial History
FA WSL era (includes league, FA Cup and League Cup results)
From | To | Name | Games | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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7 Jun 2018 | 19 Nov 2020 | Matt Beard | 60 | 26 | 4 | 30 | 43.33% |
23 Dec 2020 | 8 May 2022 | Olli Harder | 47 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 34.04% |
8 May 2022 | 28 May 2023 | Paul Konchesky | 29 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 34.48% |
20 Jul 2023 | Rehanne Skinner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
Honours
League
- South East Champions London Cup
- Champions: 2004–05
- Greater London Regional Premier League
- Champions: 2000–01, 2001–02
- Greater London Regional League
- Play-off winners: 11–12
Cup
- Women's FA Cup
- Runners-up: 2018–19
- Runners-up:
- FA Women's Premier League Plate
- Winners: 2017–18
- Isthmian League Women's Cup
- Winners: 2017–18
- Essex FA County League
- Winners: 2008–09, 2010–11
Seasons
Key
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Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | League | Cup | Top scorer | ||||||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Pos | FA Cup[35] | WSL Cup[36] | WPL Cup
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Name | Goals | |
2005–06 | PL S[37]
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22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 31 | 33 | -2 | 28 | 6th | R3 | ||||
2006–07 | PL S[37] | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 44 | -19 | 21 | 10th | R4 | ||||
2007–08 | PL S[38] | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 63 | 46 | 17 | 36 | 5th | R5 | ||||
2008–09 | PL S[39] | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 20 | 21 | 39 | 3rd | R3 | ||||
2009–10 | PL S[40] | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 36 | 5th | R5 | R1 | |||
2010–11 | PL S[41] | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 17 | 12 | 33 | 3rd | R6 | QF | |||
2011–12 | PL S[42] | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 22 | 14 | 34 | 3rd | R3 | QF | |||
2012–13 | PL S[43] | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 6th | R3 | GS | |||
2013–14 | PL S[44] | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 48 | -23 | 15 | 10th | R2 | ||||
2014–15 | PL S[45] | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 39 | 30 | 9 | 35 | 6th | R2 | DR | |||
2015–16 | PL S[46] | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 60 | -39 | 19 | 10th | R3 | R1 | |||
2016–17 | PL S[47] | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 59 | -47 | 9 | 10th | R1 | DR | |||
2017–18 | PL S[48] | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 57 | 42 | 15 | 19 | 7th | R2 | DR | |||
2018–19 | WSL[49]
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20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | -12 | 23 | 7th | RU | QF | Jane Ross | 11 | |
2019–20 | WSL[50] | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | -15 | 16 | 8th | R4 | GS | Kenza Dali | 7 | |
2021–22 | WSL[51] | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 33 | -10 | 27 | 6th | SF | GS | Claudia Walker/ | 6 | |
2022–23 | WSL[52] | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 44 | -21 | 21 | 8th | R5 | SF | Dagný Brynjarsdóttir | 11 |
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