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West Ham United Women Football Club is an english women ‘s football club affiliated with West Ham United. They were formed in 1991 and play home games at Dagenham & Redbridge ‘s Chigwell Construction Stadium on Victoria Road. [ 1 ]

history [edit ]

Whilst the 1970s saw a short be embodiment of West Ham United Ladies, it was early in 1991 when Roger Morgan, the Football in the Community officeholder at West Ham United, mooted the estimate of forming the present ladies section of the club. Following a phone number of initial coach sessions to bring in local players and the capture of John Greenacre, who had then recently relinquished his managerial posts at Romford Ladies, to help organise the club, the first friendly match was set for 29 March 1992 resulting in a kill to Barnet Ladies. Undeterred, two teams were entered into the Greater London Regional Women ‘s Football League for the play along season ; one in Division 3 and the other in Division 4 and the Hammers opened their first competitive season with a 5–1 victory against Hackney “ B ” on 27 September 1992 going on to finish the campaign in a respectable fourth identify although the second gear team found life sentence hard and were relegated to the fifth Division. A third-place eat up the following temper with was sufficient to earn promotion to Division Two and the future temper there was a promotion into Division One following another third-place finish.

1995–96 saw a temper of consolidation after the two consecutive promotions in two years with a mid table rate, but the season saw the baseball club enter the FA Women ‘s Cup for the first time, having been encouraged by a scoreless draw with Arsenal Ladies the former class in the London FA Women ‘s Cup. The club besides embarked on its first abroad tour taking in trips to Germany and Holland. International recognition was furthered as Claire Lacey, the Hammers goalkeeper, was awarded an England cap in an away fastness against Portugal to become the club ‘s first international representative. Two more season of consolidation as a mid board Division One side in the Greater London League followed as the baseball club went through a unmanageable period off the sales talk, with personnel changes in the backroom staff and ground problems seeing Brampton Manor School, Barking and Little Heath wholly used as dwelling grounds. The 1998–99 temper saw the Hammers fortunes take an upturn reaching their first cup final in the Russell Cup and more importantly gaining the runners up spotlight in the league and with it forwarding into the Greater London League Premier Division. The momentum continued as the Hammers immediately made an shock in the Premier Division coming second behind the trailer truck professional set up at Fulham, before clinching the entitle the year after, coupled with a race to the 4th round of the FA Women ‘s Cup. 2000–01 saw the introduction of the nowadays highly successful junior section act in the Essex County Girls League laying the foundations for another menstruation 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 golf club to start the 2002–03 season in the South East Combination League, where a fourth-place coating showed the Hammers ability to hold their own at this level. The predict of being able to step up promote emerged when the runners up descry was claimed the class after. Hopes were high the golf club could go one foster for the 2004–05 campaign and in a cliff-hanging finish the Hammers emerged triumphant from a winner takes all final league game with Northampton to win the title, lone just missing out on the double following a league cup final frustration to the same opponents. merely 13 seasons after starting out West Ham United Ladies had now reached the FA Women ‘s Premier League and achieved a sixth-place finish in their opening season at this degree despite a precarious start as they got accustomed to the higher standard. There were no such problems for the military reserve team though, who were alone barely pipped to the runners up spot in the Premier League ( Reserves ) Division Two South. The following season was a disappointment as the team started to slide and the club ended up in a situation where they would be relegated if the teams below were to win their games in hand although by the end of the season results had gone in the Hammers favor. The Reserve team finished rock bed in their division but amongst the junior sections the club continued to flourish and from the junior ranks both management staff and play personnel were elevated to get the golf club back on track. 2007–08 saw Tony Marshall take over as first team coach 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 former junior players from the golf club, who were more than able to hold their own with a sixth-place finish. The adjacent season saw proceed improvements : a newly base at Thurrock, a highest-ever third-place stopping point in the league, and the first gear team lifting their beginning major trophy after winning the Essex FA County Cup. The success spanned across the whole club with the reserve team ending the season top of the Premier ( Reserves ) Division Two South and amongst the junior side ‘s haul of silverware were the London FA Girls Youth Cup and the southern Region Under 16 FA Tesco Cup. The Hammers were again amongst the leading sides in the 2009–10 political campaign although besides 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 Tesco Cup at the Reebok Stadium. 2010–11 saw the side lead the board for much of the winter but were pipped to the promotion spots in the run in finally finishing in one-third place. however the Essex FA County Cup was regained and best ever runs in the FA Women ‘s Cup and FA Women ‘s Premier League Cup saw both quarter finals reached. 2011–12 followed a alike design with commodity cup runs taking the club to the Essex FA County Cup final and the FA Women ‘s Premier League Cup quarter concluding. Again a third-place finish was achieved in the FA Women ‘s Premier League Southern Division. In Summer 2014, former professional football player julian Dicks took charge of the team. [ 2 ] His first competitive game was against Spurs Ladies. [ 3 ] He helped to improve the team from their 10th-place finish the temper and then to a sixth-placed finish in the 2014–15 season, along with a London FA Capital Women ‘s Cup Final date against Charlton Athletic Ladies. In March 2015, John Hunt and his son Stephen Hunt were appointed Joint Chairman. [ 4 ] On 5 June 2015, the golf club announced the creation of the West Ham Ladies Learning Academy. [ 5 ] In July 2015, Marc Nurse became coach replacing ex-professional football player 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 temper. [ 7 ] The season began in controversial circumstances when club captain Stacey Little led a little walkout of players and went to the press. [ 8 ] Little had criticised the chief club in the press the previous year over a lack of fund. [ 9 ] The highlight of the season by far was the Ladies ‘ first and last entire league equal 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 gain. [ 11 ] The game became wide 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 clear sides ( MSV Duisberg and FC Twente ) and were beaten in both matches. The Chairmen then took the decisiveness to replace Nurse as coach 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 earshot held that the receive of the Sussex FA were such that “ no reasonable consistency would have reached ” and his record was cleared. The take after day West Ham United however released Marrs as the Hunts were replaced as Chairmen and the Ladies absorbed into the main baseball club. The events leading to the takeover of the Ladies were triggered by unfavorable imperativeness coverage of the chief 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 learn West Ham Ladies undergo significant changes as the club looked to reach the lead Women ‘s Southern League within five years. Jack Sullivan, son of West Ham chair David Sullivan was named the team ‘s managing film director, [ 15 ] while Karen Ray took up the role of ladies ‘ general coach. [ 15 ] Greg de Carnys besides moved over from the Academy to look after the ladies ‘ beginning team and academy. [ 15 ] In the first half of the season, the results were hapless with 12 losses from 17 games, and on 9 December 2017, it was announced that de Carnys had parted ship’s company with the club and that Ray would take care of the team on an interim basis. [ 16 ] Following this, the results improved, with 11 wins and alone 1 personnel casualty from the adjacent 14 games, including victories in both the Isthmian League Women ‘s Cup and FA WPL Plate .

2018–present : FA WSL [edit ]

On 28 May 2018, it was announced that West Ham Ladies had successfully gained entrance into the WSL, the top league in England. [ 17 ] West Ham Ladies changed their name to West Ham United women ‘s team in July 2018. [ 18 ] Former Women ‘s Super League winner Matt Beard was appointed head passenger car of West Ham United women in June 2018. [ 19 ] Beard secured the signings of experience players including Gilly Flaherty, [ 20 ] Claire Rafferty, [ 21 ] Jane Ross [ 22 ] and Tessel Middag [ 23 ] in homework for the club ‘s first temper in the WSL. The club reached the FA Women ‘s Cup Final in May 2019, ultimately losing 3–0 to Manchester City. [ 24 ] Beard and the golf club agreed to character ways by common consent on 19 November 2020. The board named goalkeeping passenger car Billy Stewart and first-team coach Paul McHugh as interim drumhead coaches while a search for a full-time director is being undertake. [ 25 ] In 2021 West Ham finished 8th in the Women ‘s Super League board, leaving them safe of delegating. [ 26 ]

Players [edit ]

stream squad [edit ]

As of 4 September 2021.[27]

note : Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality .

early players [edit ]

management [edit ]

As of 20 May 2021.[28]

Executive

Position Name
General manager Aidan Boxall

Technical

Position Name
Manager Olli Harder
Assistant manager Paul Konchesky
First-team coach and goalkeeping coach Billy Stewart
Academy manager and development coach Myles Smith
Strength and conditioning coach Colm Smith
Performance analyst Juan Valencia

Honours [edit ]

elder [edit ]

  • Women’s FA Cup runners up : 2018–19
  • FA Women’s Premier League Plate: 2017–18
  • Isthmian League Women’s Cup: 2017–18
  • Essex FA County Cup Winners: 2008–09, 2010–11
  • South East Combination League: 2004–05
  • Greater London Regional Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02
  • Greater London Regional League Play Off Winners: 2001–02

Reserve [edit ]

  • FA Women’s Premier (Reserve) League Division Two South: 2008–09

young person [edit ]

  • London FA Junior cup Winners: 2010–11
  • UK Home International Under 16 Tesco Cup: 2009–10
  • English National Under 16 Tesco Cup: 2009–10
  • Southern Region Under 16 Tesco Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10
  • London FA Girls Under 16 Youth Cup: 2008–09
  • Essex FA Under 10 County Futsal Cup: 2013–14
  • Essex FA Under 16 County Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Essex FA Under 14 County Cup: 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 16 League: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 16 League Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 15 League: 2004–05, 2014–15
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 15 League Cup: 2001–02, 2004–05
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 14 League: 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 14 League Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 13 League: 2004–05
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 13 League Cup: 2004–05, 2013–14
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 12 League: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2010–11
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 12 League Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 11 League South: 2005–06, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 11 League West: 2008–09
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 11 League London & Central: 2011–12
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 11 League Cup: 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 10 League London: 2009–10, 2010–11
  • Essex County Girls Football Under 10 League Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11

Seasons [edit ]

winder [edit ]

  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • WSL = Women’s Super League
  • PL Na = FA Women’s Premier League National Division
  • PL S = FA Women’s Premier League Southern Division
  • SE C = South East Combination Women’s Football League
  • DR = Determining Round
  • GS = Group Stage
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • R6 = Round 6
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runner Up
  • CH = Champions
Champions Runners-up Promoted Relegated

References [edit ]