London borough under 10”s

West Ham  4 – 0  Tigers

West Ham utd continued there great league form with a convincing win against Tigers girls at Flanders playing fields today.

The young Hammers started fast and caught the Tigers defence cold with a goal from Maddie O’Conner in the first two minuets of the game, West Ham continued to pile on the pressure and this led to another great team worked goal from Grace Hill, a third was added shortly after with another great strike from Maddie O’Conner and it wasn’t long after this that Grace hill finished the game off with another close range shot.

With the Hammers going into half time with a 4-0 led it was going to be a struggle for the Tigers to come back, the second half saw three changes to the Hammers side and a good defensive display gave the Tigers no way back into the game.

Another strong display and with this the girls are now 15 games unbeaten.

Summer leagues

If you were to ask most girls involved with ladies soccer teams around the UK what is needed to raise the profile of the Women’s game you would get a mixed response, maybe more publicity in the national press would help it was nice to see the Arsenal ladies team getting a double page spread in the Sun newspaper recently.

The recent broadcasting of the women’s FA cup final on national TV was a bonus as well, but all in all the ladies game needs more exposure to the general public so what’s the answer.

Summer leagues and why not think about it, all the time the premier league and championship etc is running through the winter months it dominates the headlines in newspapers and TV we simply cant get enough of it as a footballing nation, then what happens the season comes to a end and millions of football hungry fans get board watching cricket all summer.

So why not get the ladies season kicking off as the men’s season finishes, I am sure there would be plenty of football supporters out there  that would rather be watching a ladies football match  than watching what the transfer market is doing over the weekend on the TV.

West Ham utd Ladies u11”S

West Ham utd Ladies u11”S won the Essex county cup today at Maldon Towns football ground with a excellent performance giving them a 4-0 victory over Hutton Ladies,Hutton to their credit made the game hard work at times for the hammers hitting them on the counter attack when they could, but in the end some classy finishing from west ham won the day.

The big match

West ham utd Ladies reserve team are looking for a win this coming Sunday to confirm their place as league champions of the FA women’s premier league. They are currently ahead of the pack by three points with their nearest rivals Reading needing a miracle result  with the hammers having a 14 goal advantage in the league, even if the unthinkable happens and West ham loose, Reading will not only need to win but win big, good luck girls.

Natoinal Finals

West ham utd ladies u16 side will face Manchester utd ladies in the semi final of the Tesco cup National finals.

The semi finals are to be held at the Walker stadium home of Leicester City on the 17 may 2009.

The winners will then go on to the final and have the chance to represent England in a home nations event to be held at the Reebok stadium later this year.

Frank Lampard and John Terry have both agreed to take part in a testimonial game at Upton Park for Tony Carr the renowned youth academy coach that has brought through so many great players over the years such as Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Mark Noble, to name just a few of many.

Lampard of course was brought up in and around the Hammers set up with his father playing  for west ham for many years and his uncle Harry Redknapp of course playing and managing  west ham,  It’s a bit of a shock that they have both agreed to play after the grief they both received from the crowd on Saturday game with Chelsea, but it shows that both Frank and John Terry have great admiration for Tony Carr and all that he has done for not only them, but the many other world class players that have come through his academy system at West Ham.

Lets hope the hatchet can now be buried ounce and for all and both players get respected at the testimonial game as I am sure that both these players deep down still have a great respect for the club that got them both started in football.

Tevez

Manchester united boss Sir Alex Ferguson has says he is concerned that striker Carlos Tevez is going to leave the club at the end of the current season.

The 24-year-old striker whose loan deal ends soon, has admitted he wants more first-team opportunities, and so he should in my opinion a great talent being left on the bench, I know one London team that would welcome him back with open arms  

After all the moaning and groaning about the state of the Wembley pitch at the FA semi finals it’s been decided that a new pitch will be laid in time for the final.

is it me or what, I wish Sir Alex and co would come down the park and see what my boys have to put up with we wouldn’t need new grass, no we would need 20 ton of topsoil to level the pitch up first come on boys it cant be that bad.