Hammersmith

Last updated : 21/08/2023 10:17:25

Introduction

Hammersmith are a Grassroots football team.

The team is from England, United Kingdom and play in the Greater London Women's Football League Premier Division.

Team Details

Hammersmith Football Team

Hammersmith is a football team that plays in the Greater London Women's Football League (GLWFL). The team was founded in 2015 and currently competes in the Premier Division, the top tier of the GLWFL.

Hammersmith has a strong history of success in the GLWFL. The team has won the Premier Division title twice, in 2017 and 2022, and has also won the GLWFL Cup twice, in 2018 and 2021.

The team's home ground is King's House Sports Ground in Hammersmith. The team's colors are red and white.

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About the Greater London Women's Football League

The Greater London Women's Football League (GLWFL) is an amateur competitive women's association football competition based in Greater London, England. The league is affiliated with the Amateur Football Alliance, Middlesex County Football Association, and London Football Association. Matches are played on Sundays.

The GLWFL was founded in 1972 as the Hounslow and District Ladies Football League (H&DIST League) with two divisions, named Division A and Division B. In the debut edition, Kingston Grasshoppers won Division A and Barnet Copthall won Division B. Players originally paid to participate, with fees of £3 as of 1974. Gallaher Ladies were named the league's first champions on 9 February 1973 after defeating Moselely 4–0 and securing an unbeaten season.

The league renamed itself Greater London Women's Football League in 1983, then to Greater London Women's Regional League in 1990, and back to Greater London Women's Football League in 2003. The league added a third division in 1975, a fourth division in 1978, a fifth Premier division in 1991 that offered promotion into the WFA National League, and a sixth division in 2004.

The GLWFL currently has five divisions, with 55 teams competing in the 2022-23 season. The top two teams in the Premier Division are promoted to the London and South East Women's Regional Football League, and the bottom two teams are relegated to Division 1.

The GLWFL is a popular and well-respected women's football league in England. The league has produced many talented players who have gone on to play at the highest levels of the game.