The West Ham Ladies chairman Stephen Hunt has announced they will be playing a match against Spurs Ladies under the famous Boleyn Ground lights on Tuesday 8th March at 7.45pm. Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £1 for kids.
On their official ticket website the West Ham ladies write:
“We welcome the players and officials of Tottenham Hotspur LFC for this very special FA Women’s Premier League match under the lights at the Boleyn Ground. We are aiming to the break the attendance record at a women’s league match on one of the last ever games at the Boleyn.Many thanks to the Chairmen and staff of West Ham United for supporting the Ladies and helping us put this match on.”
This is a recent article I was asked to write for their official programme
“Like many football fans, I followed the Women’s World Cup last year in which England finished third which seemed to ignite the interest in Women’s football in the media and with the general public. I was born into a West Ham family so will support anything and anyone who wears the hallowed badge with pride on their shirt.
I write for two well known West Ham fan websites and present a weekly Hammers podcast called Moore Than Just A Podcast. I would like to think we do our best to cover and educate fans what the Ladies team is up to but there is always more that could be done to raise awareness and encourage extra support for the Ladies team.
I am an avid follower of @WestHamLadies on twitter and always look out for their news and results at the weekend to see who is playing and how they are getting on.
Former Hammer Julian Dicks did a great job of raising the profile of West Ham Ladies and I understand the Chairman, Stephen Hunt and Manager Marc, Nurse have great ambitions for the ladies team future and I wish them all the best with those plans. I hope one day soon we see the mighty Hammers in the FA’s Women’s super league and will see them take on the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City ladies, all of which have established Women’s teams.
Who knows? One day we may see three West Ham ladies help England win the Women’s World Cup just like Bobby Moore, Martin Peters and Geoff Hurst did back in 1966. Wouldn’t that be great ambition and legacy for our great club?
I have also been encouraged by the way the West Ham online community came together to sponsor many players earlier this year with many West Ham websites and twitter accounts sponsoring some of the girls. We are all part of the West Ham family and I hope some of the success and worldwide exposure from the mens team and global West Ham brand can be shared to benefit the ladies.
With four league wins under their belt this season I still feel the ladies can push on to the upper half of the league table and surpass their local Spurs rivals in finishing higher than them this season. Here’s hoping they can turn them over on the Valentine’s day away fixture
I haven’t made it to a game myself this season but I plan to make a trip very soon to support the girls and see for myself what all the fuss is about.
Good luck for the remainder of your season and Come on you Irons!"
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