In May 2023, the women's team had a game postponed and played several games in kits with no logos due to ongoing disputes with the club. Players said they felt "completely disrespected" by the "highly misogynistic behaviour" of the predominantly male board. The women's team decided not to play their match on 19 May in solidarity with their former manager Ryan Faithful who was sacked a week earlier. Faithful had supposedly stood with the players in their fight for equality. Players said they were constantly pushed to the side to accommodate the men's team. The women's team were also unhappy with the men getting paid up to 8 times the women's team
Football Fern Claudia Bunge said it was "sad to see the lack of support they're getting" and that in the lead up to a
FIFA Women's World Cup, "it's not good enough". Bunge said "clubs need to be doing more." As part of the women's teams frustrations with the club, the players were unhappy with the "phallic like" logo requesting it to be replaced. The
New Zealand Herald states an artist was called in to refresh the logo. This includes females having equal access to facilities and support from the club. The club also set out to have "equal representation of genders in imagery used by the club". In June 2023 an agreement was reached between the women's first team and the club. The club agreed to increasing the women's team expenses to match the men's expenses, recruit a new head of girl's and women's football, while also engaging an independent advisor to develop the club's programme development strategy. Western Springs also agreed a commitment to "equality, diversity and player representation on club committees". Players were "relieved" and "proud" to have reached an agreement with the club. ==Current coaches==