2018–19 West Ham United F.C. Women season

West Ham United
2018–19 season
Chairman	Jack Sullivan
Head Coach	Matt Beard
Stadium	Rush Green Stadium, Romford
FA WSL	7th
FA Cup	Runner-up
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Jane Ross (11); All: Jane Ross (7)
Highest home attendance	1,966; (vs. Liverpool, 21 October)
Lowest home attendance	League: 376; (vs. Yeovil Town, 30 September); All: 255; (vs. Lewes, 26 August, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	880
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 West Ham United F.C. Women season was the club's 28th season in existence and their first in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid and their first as a fully professional team. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 28 May 2018, it was announced that West Ham United Ladies had been granted a WSL licence, promoting the team from the third-tier FA Women's Premier League.^[1] Rosie Kmita and Vyan Sampson were the only players to remain with the club and sign on professional terms following promotion.^[2] Former WSL winner Matt Beard was appointed head coach on 7 June 2018.^[3] They changed their name to West Ham United F.C. Women in July 2018.^[4]

The season was also notable as the subject of the BBC behind-the-scenes documentary Britain's Youngest Football Boss.^[5]

Squad[edit]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Becky Spencer
2	DF	NZL	Ria Percival
3	DF	USA	Erin Simon
4	DF	USA	Brooke Hendrix
5	DF	ENG	Gilly Flaherty (captain)
6	MF	NED	Tessel Middag
7	FW	SUI	Alisha Lehmann
8	FW	IRL	Leanne Kiernan
9	FW	SCO	Jane Ross
10	MF	GER	Julia Simic


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	DF	ENG	Claire Rafferty
12	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst
13	GK	ENG	Anna Moorhouse
14	DF	ENG	Vyan Sampson
15	MF	USA	Brianna Visalli
16	FW	ENG	Rosie Kmita
17	FW	NED	Esmee de Graaf
18	MF	NED	Lucienne Reichardt
19	FW	CAN	Adriana Leon
20	MF	KOR	Cho So-hyun

FA Women's Super League[edit]

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	7	2	11	25	37	−12	23	2	1	7	8	18	−10	5	1	4	17	19	−2

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: FA WSL

Results[edit]

19 September 2018 1	West Ham United	0–0	Reading	Romford
19:45	Simic 19' Simon 64'	Report	Howard 81'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 658 Referee: Abby Marriott

23 September 2018 2	Arsenal	4–3	West Ham United	Borehamwood
14:00	van de Donk 12', 41', 62' Little 73'	Report	Longhurst 9', 17' Rafferty 86'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,081 Referee: Paul Howard

30 September 2018 3	West Ham United	2–1	Yeovil Town	Romford
15:00	Kiernan 67' Kmita 80' Longhurst 88' de Graaf 90+8'	Report	Goddard 12' Mason 78'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 376 Referee: David Spain

14 October 2018 4	Manchester City	7–1	West Ham United	Manchester
12:30	Weir 2' Parris 7', 17' Stanway 72', 80' Houghton 76' Wullaert 86'	Report	de Graaf 82'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,245 Referee: Rebecca Welch

21 October 2018 5	West Ham United	0–1	Liverpool	Romford
15:00	Percival 61'	Report	Sweetman-Kirk 7' Babajide 90+8'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 1,966 Referee: Jack Packman

28 October 2018 6	Everton	1–2	West Ham United	Southport
14:00	Walker 5'	Report	Ross 27' Lehmann 45' Longhurst 86' Kiernan 90'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 143 Referee: Aaron Jackson

4 November 2018 7	West Ham United	0–2	Chelsea	Romford
15:00	Flaherty 29' de Graaf 50'	Report	Bachmann 62', 85' Andersson 83'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 962 Referee: Paul Howard

18 November 2018 8	Birmingham City	3–0	West Ham United	Solihull
14:00	Harrop 19' Follis 40' Staniforth 79'	Report	Kiernan 54'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 633 Referee: Stacey Pearson

25 November 2018 9	West Ham United	2–0	Bristol City	Romford
15:00	Lehmann 13' Ross 89'	Report	Brown 63'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 562 Referee: Helen Conley

2 December 2018 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	West Ham United	Crawley
14:00	Green 79' L. Rafferty 90+2'	Report	Ross 64' Visalli 72'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 376 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

9 December 2018 11	Yeovil Town	0–5	West Ham United	Dorchester
15:00		Report	Lehmann 19', 27' Simic 34', 59' Visalli 53'	Stadium: The Avenue Stadium Attendance: 516 Referee: Matthew Russell

6 January 2019 12	West Ham United	2–4	Arsenal	Romford
12:30	Ross 11', 43' Lehmann 77'	Report	Williamson 26' Arnth 31' van de Donk 59', 65', 77'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 913 Referee: Will Finnie

13 January 2019 13	West Ham United	1–3	Manchester City	Romford
15:00	Ross 58'	Report	Weir 15' Hemp 39' Parris 86' Beckie 90+2'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 640 Referee: Jason Richardson

28 January 2019 14	Liverpool	1–0	West Ham United	Birkenhead
19:00	Sweetman-Kirk 49'	Report	Flaherty 52' Longhurst 78'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 186 Referee: Rebecca Welch

20 February 2019 15	Reading	1–2	West Ham United	Reading
19:30	Williams 66' (pen.) Allen 82'	Report	Lehmann 20', 53'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,148 Referee: Rebecca Welch

13 March 2019 16	West Ham United	0–1	Everton	Romford
19:45		Report	Cain 88' Levell 90+7'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 607 Referee: Dean Skipper

31 March 2019 17	Chelsea	1–1	West Ham United	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	Carter 15' England 42'	Report	Reichardt 35' Flaherty 65'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,854 Referee: Stacey Pearson

21 April 2019 18	West Ham United	1–2	Birmingham City	Romford
15:00	Leon 27' Moorhouse 41' Longhurst 45+3'	Report	Ladd 31', 44' Arthur 75'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 706 Referee: Rob Whitton

28 April 2019 19	Bristol City	1–2	West Ham United	Filton
15:00	Rafferty 60' (o.g.)	Report	Kiernan 74' Ross 89'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 602 Referee: Richard Hulme

11 May 2019 20	West Ham United	0–4	Brighton & Hove Albion	Romford
12:30	Reichardt 44'	Report	Green 21', 67' Connolly 39' Nildén 79' Brazil 90+3'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 1,412 Referee: Stacey Pearson

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Reading	20	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27
6	Bristol City	20	7	4	9	17	34	−17	25
7	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	25	37	−12	23
8	Liverpool	20	7	1	12	21	38	−17	22
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	4	4	12	16	38	−22	16

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Women's FA Cup[edit]

3 February 2019 Fourth round	West Ham United	3–1	Blackburn Rovers	Romford
13:00	Leon 44', 79' Visalli 72'	Report	Flint 14'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium

17 February 2019 Fifth round	West Ham United	8–1	Huddersfield Town	Romford
14:00	Longhurst 22' Kiernan 27', 81', 84' Lehmann 37' Ross 38' Kmita 65' Visalli 71'	Report	Mallin 14' (pen.)	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 865

17 March 2019 Quarter-finals	Aston Villa	0–1	West Ham United	Boldmere
14:00		Report	Ross 26'	Stadium: Trevor Brown Memorial Ground Attendance: 609

14 April 2019 Semi-final	Reading	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	West Ham United	High Wycombe
12:30	Furness 48' Potter 66' Harding 79' Moore 88' Bruton 99'	Report	Lehmann 56' Flaherty 69' Cho 75' Simon 90+5'	Stadium: Adams Park
	Penalties
	Davison Hönnudóttir Bruton Furness Allen Moore		Ross Visalli Leon Longhurst Flaherty Cho

4 May 2019 Final	Manchester City	3–0	West Ham United	London
17:30	Walsh 52' Scott 59' Stanway 81' Hemp 88'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 43,264 Referee: Abigail Byrne

FA Women's League Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

19 August 2018 Group stage	Arsenal	3–1	West Ham United	Borehamwood
14:00	McCabe 12', 80' Mitchell 44'	Report	Visalli 48'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: Stephen Bates Referee: 834

26 August 2018 Group stage	West Ham United	4–1	Lewes	Romford
15:00	Ross 25', 49' (pen.) Kiernan 29' Simic 32'	Report	Lane 8'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 255 Referee: Jamie Pope

16 September 2018 Group stage	West Ham United	4–0	Millwall Lionesses	Romford
15:00	de Graaf 6', 82' Visalli 9' Kmita 12'	Report		Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 557 Referee: Tom Bishop

12 December 2018 Group stage	Charlton Athletic	0–2	West Ham United	Crayford
19:45		Report	Kmita 46' Lehmann 56'	Stadium: The Oakwood Attendance: 202 Referee: Gerry Heron

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARS	WHU	LEW	CHA	MIL
1	Arsenal	4	4	0	20	2	+18	12	Advance to knock-out stage	—	3–1	—	5–0	—
2	West Ham United	4	3	1	11	4	+7	9	Advance to knock-out stage	—	—	4–1	—	4–0
3	Lewes	4	2	2	8	13	−5	6		0–9	—	—	5–0	—
4	Charlton Athletic	4	1	3	4	14	−10	3		—	0–2	—	—	4–2
5	Millwall Lionesses	4	0	4	3	13	−10	0		1–3	—	0–2	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Knockout phase[edit]

9 January 2019 Quarter-final	Manchester United	2–0	West Ham United	Leigh
19:00	Longhurst 17' (o.g.) Sigsworth 53' Zelem 90+1'	Report	Hendrix 24' Longhurst 53' Percival 81'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,029 Referee: Leigh Doughty

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Becky Spencer	16	0	10+2	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	NZL	Ria Percival	25	0	15+1	0	4	0	5	0
3	DF	USA	Erin Simon	23	0	16+1	0	5	0	0+1	0
4	DF	USA	Brooke Hendrix	23	0	13+1	0	4	0	5	0
5	DF	ENG	Gilly Flaherty	29	1	19	1	5	0	5	0
6	MF	NED	Tessel Middag	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	SUI	Alisha Lehmann	30	9	20	6	5	2	5	1
8	FW	IRL	Leanne Kiernan	22	6	10+5	2	3+2	3	2	1
9	FW	SCO	Jane Ross	30	11	18+2	7	5	2	5	2
10	MF	GER	Julia Simic	15	3	11	2	0	0	3+1	1
11	DF	ENG	Claire Rafferty	22	1	11+2	1	3+1	0	4+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst	29	3	17+2	2	5	1	5	0
13	GK	ENG	Anna Moorhouse	16	0	10	0	5	0	1	0
14	DF	ENG	Vyan Sampson	19	0	6+6	0	0+3	0	1+3	0
15	MF	USA	Brianna Visalli	30	5	16+4	1	1+4	2	5	2
16	FW	ENG	Rosie Kmita	20	4	1+13	1	0+3	1	2+1	2
17	FW	NED	Esmee de Graaf	14	3	7+3	1	0	0	3+1	2
18	MF	NED	Lucienne Reichardt	21	0	10+2	0	2+2	0	4+1	0
19	FW	CAN	Adriana Leon	10	3	4+2	1	3+1	2	0	0
20	MF	KOR	Cho So-hyun	12	0	6+1	0	5	0	0	0

Goalscorers[edit]

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Jane Ross	7	2	2	11
2	7	FW	Alisha Lehmann	6	2	1	9
3	8	FW	Leanne Kiernan	2	3	1	6
4	15	MF	Brianna Visalli	1	2	2	5
5	16	FW	Rosie Kmita	1	1	2	4
6	10	MF	Julia Simic	2	0	1	3
	12	MF	Kate Longhurst	2	1	0
	17	MF	Esmee de Graaf	1	0	2
	19	FW	Adriana Leon	1	2	0
10	5	DF	Gilly Flaherty	1	0	0	1
10	11	DF	Claire Rafferty	1	0	0	1
Total				25	13	11	49

Transfers[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
13 June 2018	GK	Becky Spencer	Chelsea	^[6]
15 June 2018	DF	Claire Rafferty	Chelsea	^[7]
20 June 2018	MF	Brianna Visalli	Chicago Red Stars	^[8]
25 June 2018	DF	Gilly Flaherty	Chelsea	^[9]
5 July 2018	FW	Esmee de Graaf	PEC Zwolle	^[10]
5 July 2018	MF	Lucienne Reichardt	Ajax	^[10]
6 July 2018	GK	Anna Moorhouse	Arsenal	^[11]
9 July 2018	FW	Jane Ross	Manchester City	^[12]
14 July 2018	MF	Tessel Middag	Manchester City	^[13]
18 July 2018	FW	Leanne Kiernan	Shelbourne	^[14]
19 July 2018	DF	Brooke Hendrix	Brescia	^[15]
20 July 2018	MF	Julia Simic	Freiburg	^[16]
3 August 2018	DF	Ria Percival	FC Basel	^[17]
6 August 2018	FW	Alisha Lehmann	Young Boys	^[18]
9 August 2018	MF	Kate Longhurst	Liverpool	^[19]
14 September 2018	DF	Erin Simon	Sky Blue FC	^[20]
12 January 2019	FW	Adriana Leon	Seattle Reign	^[21]
13 January 2019	MF	Cho So-hyun	Avaldsnes IL	^[22]

References[edit]

^ "Manchester United get Women's Championship licence; West Ham join top flight". BBC Sport. 28 May 2018.
^ "WSL 2018-19 season preview: West Ham United". VAVEL. 15 September 2018.
^ "West Ham Ladies appoint former Chelsea & Liverpool coach Matt Beard". www.whufc.com.
^ "West Ham Ladies change name to West Ham United women's team". Retrieved 8 October 2018.
^ Mapstone, Lucy. "BBC Three documentary to follow West Ham Ladies' teenage boss". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
^ "Goalkeeper Becky Spencer signs for West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "England international Claire Rafferty joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Brianna Visalli joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Gilly Flaherty signs for West Ham United Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham Ladies sign Dutch duo Reichardt and De Graaf | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham Ladies catch goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Scotland international Jane Ross joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Netherlands international Tessel Middag joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham Ladies sign prolific striker Leanne Kiernan | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Hammers sign highly-rated defender Brooke Hendrix | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham sign Germany star Julia Simic | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham sign New Zealand international Ria Percival | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham sign Swiss forward Alisha Lehmann | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "WSL-winning midfielder Kate Longhurst joins West Ham | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham Ladies: WSL club sign American defender Erin Simon". BBC Sport. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "Canada attacker Adriana Leon joins West Ham United | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
^ "West Ham sign South Korea captain Cho So-hyun | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[1] "Manchester United get Women's Championship licence; West Ham join top flight". BBC Sport. 28 May 2018.

[2] "WSL 2018-19 season preview: West Ham United". VAVEL. 15 September 2018.

[3] "West Ham Ladies appoint former Chelsea & Liverpool coach Matt Beard". www.whufc.com.

[4] "West Ham Ladies change name to West Ham United women's team". Retrieved 8 October 2018.

[5] Mapstone, Lucy. "BBC Three documentary to follow West Ham Ladies' teenage boss". Newham Recorder. Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-06.

[6] "Goalkeeper Becky Spencer signs for West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[7] "England international Claire Rafferty joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[8] "Brianna Visalli joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[9] "Gilly Flaherty signs for West Ham United Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[10] "West Ham Ladies sign Dutch duo Reichardt and De Graaf | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[11] "West Ham Ladies catch goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[12] "Scotland international Jane Ross joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[13] "Netherlands international Tessel Middag joins West Ham Ladies | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[14] "West Ham Ladies sign prolific striker Leanne Kiernan | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[15] "Hammers sign highly-rated defender Brooke Hendrix | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[16] "West Ham sign Germany star Julia Simic | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[17] "West Ham sign New Zealand international Ria Percival | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[18] "West Ham sign Swiss forward Alisha Lehmann | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[19] "WSL-winning midfielder Kate Longhurst joins West Ham | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[20] "West Ham Ladies: WSL club sign American defender Erin Simon". BBC Sport. 2018-09-14. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[21] "Canada attacker Adriana Leon joins West Ham United | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

[22] "West Ham sign South Korea captain Cho So-hyun | West Ham United". www.whufc.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.

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