West Ham United U18s 2-1 Fulham U18s
U18 Premier League South, Little Heath Training Ground, Saturday 20 September 2025, 11am BST
West Ham United U18s secured a first U18 Premier League South victory of the 2025/26 season with a 2-1 home victory over Fulham on Saturday.
First-half goals from forwards Joel Kerr and Chuk Obi saw Lauris Coggin’s side secure deserved derby honours at Little Heath.
The game started with Fulham having their only goal attempt of the first half, which Bashil Lubega fired wide, before Whites winger Harley Platel was booked for a foul on goalkeeper Finley Hooper.
From then on, West Ham dominated, with Obi and Kerr having shots blocked and Aaron Kamara hitting one effort over the crossbar and a second wide of the post in quick succession.
The deadlock was broken on 32 minutes by Northern Ireland U17 international Kerr, who converted a pass from Joe Scanlon.
The hosts doubled their lead on 41 minutes when Andre Dike set up Obi, who scored with a low shot into the bottom left-hand corner.
West Ham’s domination continued early in the second half as Callum Leacock and Dike sent shots wide, and the Irons’ failure to make the game safe almost came back to haunt them when substitute Anand Batra pulled a goal back on 68 minutes with Fulham’s first shot on target.
Coggin’s team saw the game out comfortably, though, restricting Fulham to only one further goal attempt when Alfie White’s shot was blocked.
Substitute Jephthan Medine missed a chance to add a third in added-time but West Ham had done enough and a first success of the campaign saw the U18s rise four places to tenth in the 15-team table.
The young Hammers will seek to build on their victory at Reading next Saturday 27 September.
West Ham United U18s: Hooper, Perkins, Leacock, Montague, Scanlon (Jonyla 85), Morris-Agyemang, Kamara, Beckford (Jep. Medine 74), Kerr (Peychev 74), Dike, Obi (Unwin 90+1)
Sub not used: Goodger (GK)
Fulham U18s: Mayer, Benchaita, Cooke ©, Gomins, Schutter, Kondau-Wall (Khan 67), White, Cavell (K.Sessegnon 60), Evans, Platel, Lubega (Batra 60)
Subs: Bagot (GK), Cliff
