West Ham United

Barclays Women's Super League, BetWright Stadium, Leyton, Sunday 7 September 2025, 12noon BST

West Ham United women’s team’s 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League (WSL) season begins on Sunday - and we have a London derby awaiting us to bring the curtain up on the new campaign.

Rehanne Skinner’s side will travel to Tottenham Hotspur - who they defeated twice last season in the Subway® Women’s League Cup and WSL - in front of the Sky Sports cameras, in what is set to be a mouth-watering opening-day clash.

The Hammers will look to make a fast start to the campaign in front of a sold-out away end, and four of our new signings could make their competitive debuts in Claret and Blue at BetWright Stadium in Sarah Brasero, Ffion Morgan, Yu Endo and Leila Wandeler. Furthermore, Brasero, Endo and Wandeler could play their first minutes in England’s top-flight against the Lilywhites.

As well as a host of new signings, the east Londoners head into the clash buoyed by a positive pre-season, which included victories over Sparta Prague in the Czech capital and fellow WSL outfit Liverpool, as well as a resolute display against UEFA Women's Champions League holders Arsenal.

So, with the big kick-off approaching, here’s everything you need to know about our clash with Spurs.

Tickets...

Tickets for our opening-day match with Spurs have sold out!

All tickets purchased will have been issued in a digital format via a download link.

How To Follow...

Our game with Tottenham Hotspur will be broadcast live on Sky Sports + for viewers inside the United Kingdom, with coverage starting from 11.55am BST.

Alternatively, you can keep up to date with the game via our Live Blog on whufc.com and by following our social media channels.

We’ll also have a report, reaction and highlights up on the website after the full-time whistle.

Travel...

BetWright Stadium, also known as Brisbane Road, is a ten-minute walk from Leyton Underground Station, which is situated on the Central line. It is just one stop from Stratford, which has connections to the Jubilee line, TFL Rail, Docklands Light Railway, London Overground and various National Rail Services.

Leyton is an eleven-minute journey by Tube from London Liverpool Street and is also easily accessible from other London mainline stations such as Kings Cross St Pancras, Euston, Waterloo, Victoria and Paddington.

Please note, Tube strikes are planned from midnight on the morning of Sunday 7 September. There will be disruption across the entire Tube network, with limited services running. Click HERE to visit Transport for London’s Journey Planner to up-to-the-minute travel news.

Walking to the ground will take less than ten minutes. Upon exiting the station, turn right and follow Leyton High Road for approximately 450 metres until Coronation Gardens is on your left. Turn down Buckingham Road after the park and the ground will be in front of you.

If using the London Overground, Leyton Midland Road is approximately a 15-minute walk from the stadium. From Leyton Midland Road, turn left towards Leyton and continue down the High Road past Leyton County Cricket Ground until you reach Osborne Road. Turn down Osborne Road and the East Stand is in front of you.

For those travelling by car, please use the postcode E10 5NF. Please note there is no public parking available at the stadium. Being located in a highly residential area, there is also extremely limited parking in the immediate area around the stadium. Many surrounding roads are for permit holders only and there are limited parking options elsewhere. If you do intend to drive to the match, please take care to avoid penalty fines when parking by reading signage.

Opposition...

The 2025/26 season presents a new dawn for Tottenham Hotspur, who head into the campaign under the stewardship of new head coach Martin Ho.

The 35-year-old was appointed in July, succeeding Robert Vilahamn, who departed after two seasons in charge at Tottenham, following a tenth-place finish last term.

Despite their position in the table, Spurs always looked comfortable of survival, finishing ten points clear of bottom side Crystal Palace and only five points off sixth place. But it was arguably their form in the second half of the season that saw Vilahamn relieved of his duties, as the Lilywhites were winless in their last eleven games in all competitions, with their last victory coming in January.

Former Everton and Manchester United assistant Ho spent the past two seasons at SK Brann in Norway’s top-flight, helping the Bergen club become the first-ever Norwegian team to reach the group stage of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

He will be hoping his Spurs side, who defeated north London rivals Arsenal in a pre-season friendly, can right the wrongs of the second half of last season with a fast start at home.

While there has been movement in the dugout, only two signings were made by Tottenham before Wednesday's deadline, which came in the form of defender Tōko Koga from Feyenoord and forward Cathinka Tandberg from Hammarby.

The latter, a Norway international, was signed on deadline day, whilst Hungary international midfielder Anna Csiki left Spurs to join the Hammers on loan for the 2025/26 season.

Goalkeeper Becky Spencer joined Chelsea on a permanent deal having spent the second half of last season on loan at the Blues, while Rosella Ayane left Tottenham after six years, during which she made 109 appearances. Meanwhile, Australia international Hayley Raso completed a move to Frauen-Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt.

Previous Meetings...

It was a memorable night at Brisbane Road in the Subway® Women's League Cup last season for the Hammers, as they came from a goal down to run away 2-1 winners to reach the semi-finals of the competition. Seraina Piubel and Kirsty Smith came up with the goods on a cold January evening in east London.

Skinner’s side followed up the cup success with a convincing 2-0 victory at Chigwell Construction Stadium when the two teams met in the WSL in March - with a Josefine Rybrink own-goal and a late Viviane Asseyi free-kick securing the three points.

Conversely, Tottenham have lost just one of their six WSL home games against the Hammers.

The two teams have met 12 times in the WSL. The Lilywhites have won half of the match-ups, while the Irons have come out victorious on three occasions.

Taking a look back at a classic West Ham United moment on this day in history...

West Ham United won promotion back to the top flight for the 1981/82 season and kept up the momentum with a thumping 4-0 victory at Tottenham Hotspur on this day 44 years ago.

All four goals were scored by David Cross, who just could not be handled by the home defence.

Cross would go on to notch 16 league goals that term, as West Ham returned to Division One football with a ninth-place finish.

Watch all four of Cross' White Hart Lane goals in the video player above!

We kick-off our home fixtures for 2025/26 with a hat-trick of Premier League London derbies – and you can be there with tickets on sale for Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace now!

We take on three of our capital rivals in an exciting start to the new campaign, with Chelsea first up on Friday 22 August.

You won’t want to miss this night under the London Stadium lights, with our last remaining tickets for the 8pm BST kick-off on General Sale.

Click here or call 0333 030 1966 to purchase now, with prices starting at £50 Adults and £37.50 Concessions.

Following that, our second home fixture of the season sees Tottenham Hotspur make the short journey east to London Stadium on Saturday 13 September.

This match kicks-off at 5.30pm BST as Graham Potter’s men go for the derby bragging rights.

Prices also start at £50 Adults and £37.50 Concessions and you can purchase now by clicking here.

These tickets are on General Sale, but hurry to avoid disappointment.

Then, completing the early campaign derby treble, we host Crystal Palace on Saturday 20 September for a 3pm BST kick-off.

Tickets for this one are on sale to Claret Members and Bondholders now – with members able to claim their exclusive £5 discount on tickets if they purchase by 11am on Wednesday.

Season Ticket Holders will then be able to purchase additional tickets, before General Sale begins at 3pm on Wednesday.

With tickets available from just £30 Adults and £21 Concessions during the Claret Members’ Discount Window, you can secure your seats by clicking here or calling 0333 030 1966.

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.

Aaron Wan-Bissaka felt his West Ham United team displayed a positive mindset to recover from the blow of conceding an early goal to claim a point against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday afternoon.

After conceding twice in the closing stages to see a potential 2-1 win turn into a 3-2 defeat at Brighton & Hove Albion the previous weekend, the Irons’ mettle was tested when Wilson Odobert profited from a slip at the back to give the visitors a 15th-minute lead at London Stadium.

But Graham Potter’s men did not allow their heads to drop and worked their way back level within 13 minutes - with Wan-Bissaka at the heart of the move.

The No29 received possession from Mohammed Kudus on the right-wing, and slipped a perfect pass through for Jarrod Bowen to collect inside the area and slot past Guglielmo Vicario, recording his third assist of the campaign in the process

“All round, I think every player gave their best, from the the boys who started to the boys that came on the pitch," he said.

“[We pressed with more intensity and] As a team as well, going together. That pushes everyone on.

“We had to bounce back from their goal. Obviously, that's the hard part, coming back from 1-0 down. We stayed positive and knew that we'd get our chance.”

Bowen’s strike was his tenth Premier League goal of the campaign and ensured the skipper reached that milestone for the third time as a Hammer.

Wan-Bissaka had no doubt his teammate would deliver when he slipped the ball through to him in the 28th minute, and now is determined to help the team register that long-awaited win when they head to his former club Manchester United next Sunday.

“It's always good to help the team and when Jarrod got it, I knew he was going to do something,” he explained, “Either square it or finish, and he chose to finish.

“Sometimes in football, you need luck. Obviously, we haven't had that [in recent months], but we still have a positive mindset, going into games and giving our all.

“It'll be nice to go to Old Trafford next week. I haven't been there in a while, but at the end of the day, it's a football game, and we have the mentality to go there and win.”

Jarrod Bowen reached double figures in Premier League goals in a season for the third time in his West Ham United career in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

However, the captain will take little satisfaction from reaching another personal Claret and Blue landmark as his side’s run without a top-flight win stretched to eight matches.

Against a Spurs team selection based on their UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg at Bodø/Glimt on Thursday, the Irons could not turn their general control of the game into opportunities and the spoils were shared after Bowen cancelled out Wilson Odobert's early opener.

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Head Coach Graham Potter felt his West Ham United team put their gameplan into action but were unable to complete it in Sunday’s 1-1 Premier League draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

Potter’s Irons had success with their high press, enjoyed more possession and created more and better chances than Spurs, but were left to rue the mistake which led to the visitors going in front, and a lack of execution after winning the ball back in potentially fruitful positions.

A bright start was nullified when Maximilian Kilman’s clearance was blocked by Mathys Tel, who crossed for an unmarked Wilson Odobert to put the visitors in front on 15 minutes.

To Potter’s satisfaction and his team’s credit, they regrouped and levelled on 28 with a goal of real quality that started with Alphonse Areola and flowed through Lucas Paquetá, Kilman, Aaron Cresswell, Emerson, Mohammed Kudus, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and finally Jarrod Bowen, who calmly slotted his tenth Premier League goal of the season through Guglielmo Vicario’s legs.

The Hammers had opportunities to win in the second half, most notably when Bowen fired across goal and saw a flicked header pushed aside by the Spurs goalkeeper, and finally late on when James Ward-Prowse’s free-kick curled narrowly past the angle.

Potter had words of praise for the consistency and combination play shown by Wan-Bissaka, Bowen and right centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo, and also words of support for Paquetá, who was visibly emotional after being booked for a sliding challenge on Tottenham substitute Mikey Moore.

Here is what the Head Coach had to say to West Ham TV…

I think [I was satisfied] with aspects of the performance for sure, especially first half. I thought we started well, on the front foot.

We tried to press, we disrupted their build up, which is what they’re good at, and we made the game into duels. We missed some passes on the regain which is what you’re trying to do it for, to try and attack an unorganised defence.

But generally in the first half we were really good. I felt for the players because we conceded the goal from nothing with a mistake and that can be a challenge, especially with the results we’ve been having.

I thought everybody stuck together, which is a big ‘thank you’ to the supporters for that because it wasn’t an easy moment for us. But I thought they recognised the team were playing well, recognised the team were on the front foot and giving everything and we scored a really good goal to get back into the game.

Second half we were a little bit disappointed we weren’t able to sustain the level of performance from the first half. But again I think that’s a little bit understandable. We didn’t attack as well as we’d like in the second half but nevertheless we still had opportunities, we reduced Tottenham to not many. So [there are] things to be happy with but things to of course always be better.

I thought down that right side, we did well.

J-C [Todibo] has had a tight hamstring this week so we were worried about him towards the back end of the game. I thought he was doing well. Him, Aaron and Jarrod have got a nice relationship down there I think.

It was a good goal, I think it came from ‘Phonse. Spurs are not easy to play through because their physicality and how they press, they go pretty much man for man. So you’ve got to be brave with how you find your spare man and create some space and we did that well and it was a really good goal.

We’re in a tough period in terms of results for sure.

You can talk about fine lines and fine margins. We’ve had performances away at Liverpool or Brighton that you think you could have got something more from them. So [more] points [from those games and others] then make things a little bit better than what it is now but we are where we are.

We have to stick together as we’ve tried to do all through and the players have done that. It isn’t easy when you haven’t won for the time that we haven’t won at a Club like this, with the expectation that it is, to keep things moving forward or to keep things solid and together.

But at the same time we want to try and win, we know that, [both] in front of our supporters and home or away so that’s what we have to do.

We have to try and have a good week again and prepare for Manchester United.

Lucas is fine.

I think he’s given everything. Football is football. Sometimes it’s not perfect. Sometimes we criticise players when they care and when they don’t care.

It is just an action or reaction from him that once the dust settles and the blood (heart rate) gets down, he’s fine.

He’s gone through a lot, in fairness. We support him, of course, as always.

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Jarrod Bowen reached double figures in Premier League goals in a season for the third time in his West Ham United career in Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Tottenham Hotspur.

However, the captain will take little satisfaction from reaching another personal Claret and Blue landmark as his side’s run without a top-flight win stretched to eight matches.

Against a Spurs team selection based on their UEFA Europa League semi-final second leg at Bodø/Glimt on Thursday, the Irons could not turn that general control of the game into opportunities.

West Ham dominated the ball in the first half, enjoying nigh-on 60% possession, while a much-changed Tottenham played on the counter.

However, both teams created just one shot on target, from which they scored, and two other chances.

After a bright start from the Irons, which saw one three-on-two break come to nothing and penalty appeals waved away when Mohammed Kudus’s cross hit Yves Bissouma on the left arm, the home side fell behind in self-inflicted style.

A long Djed Spence ball down the left was seemingly Maximilian Kilman’s to deal with, but the defender twice cleared into Mathys Tel, who then crossed for the unmarked Wilson Odobert to control and slot past fellow Frenchman Alphonse Areola.

West Ham’s response was to press and the tactic forced Guglielmo Vicario to hurriedly clear as far as Tomáš Souček, who slipped as he shot from 30 yards and the Spurs goalkeeper and stand-in captain was able to recover to collect.

Tel then curled a free-kick into the Bobby Moore Stand before the hosts levelled – and it was a decent goal, too.

Kilman, Aaron Cresswell and Kudus – who had earlier been booked for a high boot on Kevin Danso – combined down the West Ham left. The Ghanaian spread play right to Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who threaded to Bowen inside the Spurs box. The captain collected in space, looked up, and calmly slotted through Vicario’s legs at the near post.

Both teams sought a second before half-time, with Richarlison shooting over, then crossing a yard in front of Odobert for Tottenham, and Wan-Bissaka seeing a shot blocked by Bissouma for West Ham, but neither found one.

Into the second half and the game began to open up.

Tel worked Areola low down with a tame strike six minutes in, then moments later Kudus and Souček saw shots blocked in quick succession at the other end. Richarlison half-volleyed into the crowd and both Bowen and Bissouma slammed rising shots off target as the hour-mark passed.

Into the final 15 minutes and Pape Sarr sent a rasping shot narrowly over, then Vicario reacted well to push Bowen’s header from a James Ward-Prowse free-kick to safety. In added-time substitute Ward-Prowse curled a free-kick past the angle, and that was that.

In truth, neither team produced the overall attacking quality to warrant a win, and so both settled for a point and saw their indifferent Premier League campaigns continue.

West Ham remain 17th, a point and place below Tottenham, with a trip to Manchester United, a home game with Nottingham Forest and a visit to Ipswich Town to play.

West Ham United: Areola, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo (Coufal 79), Kilman, Cresswell (Mavropanos 88), Emerson, Souček (Soler 80), Paquetá (Ward-Prowse 80), Bowen ©, Kudus, Füllkrug (Ferguson 79)

Subs not used: Fabiański (GK), Rodríguez, Luis Guilherme, Ings

Goal: Bowen 28

Booked: Kudus, Paquetá

Tottenham Hotspur: Vicario ©, Gray, Danso, Davies, Spence, Bissouma, Sarr, Odobert, Kulusevski, Tel, Richarlison (Moore 67)

Subs not used: Kinský (GK), Porro, Udogie, Romero, van de Ven, Bentancur, Johnson, Ajayi

Goal: Sarr 15

Booked: Davies, Tel

Referee: Michael Oliver

Attendance: 62,468

Lucas Paquetá is confident Sunday’s derby clash against Tottenham Hotspur represents the perfect opportunity for West Ham United to turn their disappointing recent form around and spark a strong finish to the season.

The Hammers welcome their capital rivals to London Stadium sat 17th in the Premier League table, following a seven-game winless run that most recently delivered a last-gasp 3-2 defeat away at Brighton & Hove Albion.

While acknowledging the team’s performances and results haven’t been good enough of late, Paquetá believes there have been flashes of quality throughout recent weeks, that stitched together could yield the points desired.

Spurs arrive on the back of a similarly frustrating spell in the league, having lost five of their last six such outings, and our No10 is looking to feed off what promises to be a bouncing atmosphere, and earn a victory that would see the Hammers leapfrog their visitors in the standings.

“It’s a big game, and an opportunity to put things right,” he said. “We go into it after being hurt by the way we lost at Brighton, and we know we’re on a tough run, so we’ll be doing everything we can to get the right result.

“We’ve had time to talk about the last game, to reflect and analyse the small details. We’ve shown some good things in matches, but as players we have to take responsibility for losing focus and not being good enough at times.

“We’re all working hard in training as always, and we just want to do everything in the four games we’ve got left to climb as high in the table as possible.

“We go again on Sunday, and we know how important this game is. A derby like this is the kind of match every player wants to be involved in. We know what it means to the fans, and we know it’s something we can take a lot from if we get the result we want.”

Despite falling 4-1 in the reverse fixture, in October 2024, West Ham came into this weekend unbeaten in four Premier League home games against Tottenham; their longest run since a run of six between 1995 and 2001.

Among those results was a 1-1 draw in late August 2022, when Paquetá made the first of his 117 appearances for the Irons following his switch from French outfit Lyon, at the start of a campaign that would end with him helping his side to UEFA Europa Conference League glory.

The 27-year-old added: “I will always remember my debut fondly. I was happy, and nervous too because I wanted to show our fans what I could do.

“We ended up doing well that season, and now we want to do well again. We want to finish strongly, and I think that would help us going into the summer and next season.

“We want to deliver happiness to the fans who have supported us throughout the ups and downs, and for them also we want to deliver a better season next year.”