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EXCLUSIVE: Sophie Hillyerd on loan move to Watford, two years of injury hell, and London City Lionesses changing the game
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“I was at West Ham and I played three games for them, which was amazing and I couldn’t have asked for anything more, and then I came to London City and got injured.
“Throughout those two years, London City became something that nobody expected them to become, so for me to go to Watford was the right move.
To play and be on that team, it does make me happy.”Sophie Hillyerd: Michele Kang has done amazing things for London City LionessesHillyerd made her West Ham debut in October 2022 in a 3-1 loss against Arsenal.
She then joined London City Lionesses the following July; with all the recruitment and investment the club has seen since then, she is the longest-serving senior player still on the books.
I thought I could go in there and get minutes, which is why I left West Ham to go there.