Sunday 7 September - Tottenham Hotspur (A)
The opening weekend of the Barclays Women’s Super League season is an obvious date for your diary, and it will see West Ham United women’s team kick-off their campaign with a London derby away at Tottenham Hotspur, which will be shown live on Sky Sports.
Rehanne Skinner will take her Hammers to her former side, who finished second from bottom in 2024/25, hoping to replicate their success at Brisbane Road last term in the Subway® Women’s League Cup, which saw the Irons, on a cold January evening, clinch a memorable 2-1 success to progress to the semi-finals of the competition.
When the two teams met in the WSL last season, Spurs snatched a late home win in November before the Irons ran out 2-0 victors at Chigwell Construction Stadium in March, after a Josefine Rybrink own-goal and a late Viviane Asseyi free-kick.
The Hammers, who are set to host the Lilywhites on Sunday 1 February 2026, last tasted success away at Tottenham in the WSL in December 2022 courtesy of a 2-0 win, following goals from Dagný Brynjarsdóttir and Hawa Cissoko.
The fixture is set to be Martin Ho’s first competitive match in charge of Spurs after the departure of Robert Vilahamn in June
Sunday 14 September - Arsenal (H)
Skinner’s side won’t have to wait long for the next London derby after their trip to Spurs, as the first game of the season at Chigwell Construction Stadium is a clash against Arsenal.
The women’s team got so much joy out of playing in Dagenham last term, chalking up the most home WSL points and wins in a single season in the Club’s history - recording victories against Leicester City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Tottenham and Brighton & Hove Albion, as well as holding Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United to draws.
And, while it didn’t come in 2024/25, the Hammers have fond memories of playing against the Gunners in east London, as, in February 2024, we beat them in the WSL for the first time. Second-half goals from Asseyi and Cissoko saw Skinner’s side complete a dramatic turnaround, and they’ll be aiming to replicate that performance in September.
The Hammers will be keen to make a fast start at home and will be relishing the opportunity to play in front of the Claret and Blue faithful once again.
The Gunners, reigning UEFA Women’s Champions League holders, finished second last season, 12 points behind champions Chelsea.
Saturday 13 December - Liverpool (H)
There will be festive cheer in the air when Liverpool make the trip to east London for the Hammers’ final WSL match before the Christmas break in December.
Conversely, the Reds were the first team to visit east London last term, as a late Riko Ueki header rescued the Irons’ maiden point of 2024/25, cancelling out Olivia Smith’s seventh-minute opener.
West Ham went on to face Liverpool a further two times last season, but fell short in defeats in both the league and the Women’s FA Cup.
Skinner’s side will seek revenge for those two defeats as they bid to send the Claret and Blue faithful home happy for Christmas!
Sunday 11 January - Chelsea (A)
West Ham’s first game after the Christmas break will see them travel to the reigning champions, meaning the Hammers are set to face Chelsea in their first game back after the turn of the year for the third successive season.
Skinner’s side are the only WSL team to have a happy memory of going away to Chelsea last term, as a Shekiera Martinez brace helped the Hammers come from two goals down to salvage a late draw in March, in what was the manager’s 50th match in charge of the Club.
The Blues, meanwhile, will be striving for their seventh successive WSL title, after also clinching the Adobe Women’s FA Cup and Women’s League Cup in Sonia Bompastor’s first season in charge.
Sunday 15 February - Everton (A)
The first trip to Merseyside for the Irons next season is set to come in February, against Everton, with a key difference from previous campaigns being the game will take place at Goodison Park.
In May, the Toffees announced the historic stadium would become the permanent home of their women’s team following their men’s side’s departure to their new ground, Hill Dickinson Stadium, on Bramley-Moore Dock.
Everton’s women’s team previously played their fixtures at Walton Hall Park but have occasionally hosted games at Goodison Park - mostly derbies against local rivals Liverpool.
The Hammers will look to make their trip to Goodison Park a memorable one and produce a similar result and performance to their 2-0 success at home against the Toffees last season, in which goals from Martinez and Asseyi continued Skinner’s side’s tremendous endeavours in Dagenham.
Sunday 17 May - Manchester City (H)
It feels a long way away at the time of writing, but - for the first time in three years - West Ham will bring the curtain down on their WSL season at home.
The opponents in May will be Manchester City, who will be hoping for better fortunes next term following the appointment of Swedish coach Andrée Jeglertz after missing out on Women's Champions League football last season.
Skinner’s side held the Citizens, then managed by Gareth Taylor, to a 1-1 draw when the two teams met at Chigwell Construction Stadium in March. The Hammers, a goal down after Bunny Shaw’s opener, left it late, but struck in the 91st minute through Manuela Paví.
West Ham fans will get to cheer off their team ahead of the summer break after what has hopefully been another positive campaign in east London.