Two Spurs fans, Dave Puckridge and Rachel Cohen, provide their perspectives on our rivalry with Arsenal ahead of the North London Derby. One View: Dave At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the long delayed match with Manchester United, the advertising screens frequently called the crowd’s attention to the Women’s North London Derby with the dramatic …
That winning feeling
Sometimes you have to lose a lot of games to properly relish a win. And we waited for this one a long time: nine games or 136 days. Spurs’ last win – that eight-goal false-dawn at Brighton – was back on the 30th of October: Rishi Sunak had that week taken office, England had not …
MentalityÂ
I wanted to write a little in praise of the mentality of the Spurs Women team as I don’t think it gets remarked on nearly enough and I think it’s something we can all be inspired by and learn from. https://twitter.com/AshNev10/status/1632739992073109505?s=20 Ashleigh Neville remains positive following defeat vs Manchester City away. Bill Shankly famously said …
Four games to define Spurs’ season
Spurs are on a seven-game losing streak in the WSL. This is relegation form. Yet, ironically, with the addition of Mana Iwabuchi and Bethany England and with Ashleigh Neville’s return from suspension, Spurs’ are looking better and, in contrast to their pre-Christmas games, scoring goals. The problem has been that Spurs’ strengthening has coincided with …
Red Dismissed
A personal take on 'that' incident in Spurs vs. Manchester United (12 Feb 2023) On my way into work this morning I arrived at the station, looked at the board and saw that my train was delayed. I rolled my eyes and put my hands to my face and was instantly hit by a charge …
Welcome back Ashleigh Neville
Following a three game suspension Ashleigh Neville re-found her rhythm in the game against Manchester United (despite a frustrating 1-2 loss). With the winter break and postponed games, a three game suspension had extended for a month and a half, so it felt like it had been a long time since we had seen Ashleigh …
Green shoots: Or, why Spurs Women’s last two losses give reason for optimism
Spurs Women lost their last two games: 2-1, away at Aston Villa and 1-3 at home to Chelsea. The loss to Chelsea saw them exit the Conti Cup at the quarter final stage, while the loss to Aston Villa was the fifth straight loss in the WSL, where Spurs have not won since their increasingly …
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Matchday 4: Tottenham vs Manchester City.
Tottenham welcomed Manchester City to Brisbane Road for matchday 4 of the WSL in the early kick-off. Manchester City sat in 8th position before kick-off after a 4-0 win over Leicester last weekend while our Lilywhites sat in 7th after their 1-0 victory over newly promoted Liverpool last weekend. Lineups. Tottenham 4-4-2: Spencer on goal, …
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Spurs Women at Brisbane Road: First Impressions of Our New Home Ground.
On Sunday, four weeks after the start of the season (five weeks after the season was initially scheduled to start), Spurs Women played their first game at our new home stadium: Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road. It felt like we’d been waiting for ages for this, having heard about the move in the early summer. But …
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Matchday 3: Tottenham vs Liverpool.
The WSL is back after the international break. Tottenham’s last WSL outing saw Spurs travel to the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal ran out 4-0 winners. This week Tottenham welcomed Championship Champions, Liverpool to Brisbane Road in what was Tottenham’s first home game of the season. The last time these two met was in last year's …