A NEW FORM OF LEARNING & ENTERTAINMENT

It’s an underdog story that will make the perfect movie script in a few years. During the Covid lockdown of 2020, Tommy Fish and Akin Okunola – two old school friends and lifelong football fanatics – realized that their elite playing days were soon behind them. They decided to do something they dreamed about as kids and created their own football club based in their West London neighborhood of Hammersmith.

Despite being surrounded by a plethora of professional and amateur clubs, including Chelsea, Brentford, and QPR, Tommy and Akin persisted with grit and determination to make their dream a reality. Utilizing their backgrounds in international professional football and rugby, both on the player and organizational side, they managed to recruit enough friends and former elite players to start a men’s team. And after an inspired meeting with a superstar of the Women’s game, they realized they could create a Women’s team too.

What happened next will go down as a legend. In their debut season, the Hammersmith FC Women went unbeaten, won the league, and gained automatic promotion. Not to be outdone – the men’s team also won their league – and both grassroots teams embarked on an open-top bus parade