{"id":660620,"date":"2026-06-27T06:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660620\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T06:03:10","slug":"anton-ferdinand-former-west-ham-man-joins-hornchurch-as-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/660620\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Ferdinand: Former West Ham man joins Hornchurch as coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand has taken his first senior coaching job by joining National League newcomers Hornchurch.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand, brother of former Manchester United and England defender Rio, is reunited with his former Hammers team-mate, Hornchurch boss Daryl McMahon.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old’s arrival is the second high-profile appointment the Urchins have made this summer, having brought in<\/a> former Newcastle United and England midfielder Robert Lee as director of football.<\/p>\n

Ferdinand will act as first-team coach as part of McMahon’s backroom staff in Hornchurch’s first season at National League level following promotion last term.<\/p>\n

“I’ve known Daryl a long time, we go back to when [we were] 11, 12 years old,” Ferdinand said. “I am delighted to try to add value to what he has already achieved here.<\/p>\n

“The fact he’s wanted me to come here and try to get us to the next level is humbling but something I’m really excited about.<\/p>\n

“It’s a great place for me to come and learn from him but also give the experience I’ve had as a player over a 20-year career.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to waking up every day with a purpose to make players better and help Daryl continue the success he’s had.”<\/p>\n

Ferdinand has primarily acted as a pundit since ending a 16-year playing career in 2019 that also took in spells with Sunderland, QPR and Reading, along with 17 caps for England Under-21.<\/p>\n

“He’s a top, top person with great enthusiasm with a great knowledge of the game,” McMahon told the club’s website., external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand has taken his first senior coaching job by joining National League…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-660620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}