PAUL KONCHESKY has left his function as boss of West Ham Ladies after one season in cost.
The departure of the previous Irons’ left-back follows a season that noticed the staff end eighth after one win in 12 WSL video games since January.
Paul Konchesky has left his function as West Ham Ladies’s chief after steering the staff by means of 29 video gamesCredit score: Getty
Konchesky’s departure comes a day after the Irons’ 2-2 draw with Tottenham of their ultimate match this seasonCredit score: Getty
Konchesky, 42, who made 70 appearances for the membership’s males’s facet, took cost of the ladies’s staff in Might 2022.
The ex-England defender was promoted from his function as assistant following the departure of the Irons’ former head coach Olli Tougher.
Throughout his stint in cost Konchesky led his staff to this yr’s league cup semi-final the place they fell to a 7-0 loss to Chelsea in February.
He informed West Ham’s web site: “I’m proud and honoured to have had the chance to handle this membership.
“My gamers and my employees have all the time given me 100%.
“Whereas a few of our outcomes have been disappointing this season, we nonetheless have so much to be happy with, together with reaching the semi-final of the Conti Cup. I want the membership nicely for the long run.”
Konchesky, who signed a two-year deal to handle the staff, has departed after 29 video games on the helm.
His final match in cost noticed the staff register a 2-2 draw with London rivals Tottenham who completed one place beneath his facet within the prime tier.
West Ham Ladies’s basic supervisor, Aidan Boxall, stated: “We wish to thank Paul for his contribution to the membership, each as supervisor and through his spell as assistant supervisor.
“He has performed a key function within the ongoing improvement of the ladies’s staff and we want him nicely for the long run.”
Konchesky’s departure comes a day after Kate Longhurst introduced she is leaving the membership this summer time following the tip of her contract.
The lifelong Irons fan, 34, joined the staff in 2018 as a part of their first-ever skilled girls’s facet.
And he or she performed her ultimate match for the staff of their rating draw at residence with Spurs
Longhurst, who has made 129 West Ham appearances, stated: “Whereas I can’t cover my unhappiness at transferring on, I’m leaving stuffed with delight.
Kate Longhurst has bid farewell to West Ham after a five-year spell on the membershipCredit score: Reuters
“I’m so happy with my time right here and my function within the founding years of knowledgeable girls’s staff at this membership.
“West Ham United has been my entire life. In my youthful years, that was solely as a fan.
“However in the previous couple of years, I’ve additionally had the immense privilege to play for the membership I like a lot.”