West Ham United Women’s Football Club
- Founded: 1991
- Stadium: Chigwell Construction Stadium (Victoria Road)
- Manager: Rehanne Skinner
- Current league: Women’s Super League
West Ham United Women’s Football Club were founded in the early 1990s but had a short-lived stint in the 1970s as West Ham United Ladies.
The women’s team play their home matches at Dagenham & Redbridge’s Chigwell Construction Stadium, with a capacity of 6078.
After just 13 seasons, the Irons had made their way to the FA Women’s Premier League and gained entry into the Women’s Super League in 2018.
Subsequently, in the same year West Ham gained entry to England’s top league for women’s football, they changed their name from West Ham Ladies to West Ham Women’s team.
Former WSL winner Matt Beard was then appointed head coach and was able to attract experienced players to the club, like Gilly Flaherty and Claire Rafferty.
The Irons made great strides and reached the FA Women’s Cup Final in 2019, but eventually lost 3-0 to Manchester City.
Beard left in 2020, with Ollie Harder and Paul Konchesky managing the women’s team in the following years before Rehanne Skinner was appointed in July 2023.
West Ham Women manager
Skinner is a former English player who played for Middlesbrough and Leicester City.
She co-created the Foxes’ women’s team in 2004 and went on to manage them from 2006 to 2010.
The 45-year-old head coach’s career has seen her be the assistant at Arsenal, Wales and England before managing Tottenham in 2020.
After leaving Spurs, Skinner was appointed the West Ham Women’s team manager.
Chelsea are currently leading the WSL, while the Irons sit seventh out of 12 teams in the league table.
West Ham Women’s honours
West Ham Women’s team play in the highest level of women’s football in England, having come up through the divisions.
- South East Champions London Cup: 2004/05
- Greater London Regional Premier League: 2000/01, 2001/02
- FA Women’s Premier League Plate: 2017/18
- Isthmian League Women’s Cup: 2017/18
- Essex FA County League: 2008/09, 2010/11