The FA has suspended all Women’s Super League action until at least April 3rd due to increasing fears surrounding Covid-19.
The Hammers have already been out of action since Sunday the 23rd of February, where they ran out 4-2 winner over bottom of the league Liverpool, due to an international break.
And with recent news of the FA suspending all football, they now will not play until they face Birmingham away which is scheduled to take place on April 5th, two days after the ban is lifted.
Affected Fixtures
The suspension comes as another disruption to The Hammers’ season, after having their game against Bristol City called off earlier in the season. Another one of the postponed fixtures that was set to take place in this period was a home fixture against Everton. This is a game that has already been postponed once due a flu outbreak throughout the squad. It is now hard to tell when this fixture will be played, and it could prove important in terms of grabbing an extra league place or two down the tail end of the season.
Another postponed game was Arsenal at home. This is important as it was set to be a rare Women’s Super League game scheduled to be shown on the BBC. It’s not often the Women’s game is put on such a large and accessible platform, but it seems as if we need to wait longer before seeing the next women’s game nationally televised.
With numbers of people contracting the virus continuing to grow exponentially worldwide, it is hard to see how the Women’s Super League will be fully up and running again within three weeks.. The virus is expected to get a lot worse before it gets better, and it is likely that we will see a much longer break from football than what was first outlined.
Wrong Place, Wrong Time?
The pandemic could not have hit at a worse time for Women’s football as we have just come out of an international break that has seen players travelling to and from many different countries as the virus continued to spread.
Key West Ham players such as Martha Thomas and Kenza Dali were in international action and travelling with their national teams. However, there are still no confirmed cases within the West Ham squad.
