Ffion Morgan struck twice in quick succession as West Ham Women beat Charlton 2–1 in the English Women’s League Cup. Her goals in the 39th and 42nd minutes gave the visitors a two-goal advantage close to the interval, concentrating the decisive attacking burst into a short first-half spell.
Grace Johnston reduced the deficit after 68 minutes. Charlton consequently had more than twenty minutes of normal time remaining in which one further goal would have restored parity, but the recorded score did not change again.
That timeline separates the work of building the lead from the task of preserving it. Morgan supplied the first part through her rapid double, while the closing period ended with West Ham still ahead despite conceding. It is a reading of the score’s development, rather than a claim about fatigue, a defensive substitution or another explanation not established by the available event record.
Charlton Athletic 1–2 West Ham United
Match date: 2026-10-28 21:30 Asia/Jerusalem. Result and scoring timeline according to ESPN’s match record.
- Ffion Morgan — 39' — West Ham United
- Ffion Morgan — 42' — West Ham United
- Grace Johnston — 68' — Charlton Athletic
Archival cover photograph: Ffion Morgan during her Bristol City spell in 2022; not an image of the current event. Photographer/creator: Ryan Asman. Image source and metadata; CC BY-SA 4.0. The Wikimedia-supplied thumbnail is used without further modification. Image date as recorded by the source: 2022-10-30 16:32:29.
