2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season

Tottenham Hotspur
2019–20 season
Chairman	June Clarke
Head Coaches	Karen Hills and Juan Carlos Amorós
Stadium	The Hive
FA WSL	7th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Rianna Dean (4); All: Rianna Dean (10)
Highest home attendance	38,262; (vs. Arsenal, 17 November)
Lowest home attendance	League: 571; (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 8 December); All: 205; (vs. Lewes, 11 December, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	6,258 as of 12 February 2020
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season was the club's 35th season in existence but only their first as a professional team having been promoted to the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, at the end of the 2018–19 season. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020.^[1]^[2] After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect.^[3] Tottenham sat in 6th at the time but were overtaken by Everton and finished in 7th on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.^[4]^[5]

Squad

As of 18 January 2020^[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ENG	Angela Addison
15	DF	NED	Siri Worm
16	FW	ENG	Kit Graham
17	FW	ENG	Jessica Naz
19	FW	ENG	Lucy Quinn
21	DF	SCO	Emma Mitchell (on loan from Arsenal)
22	GK	ENG	Becky Spencer
23	FW	ENG	Rosella Ayane
25	DF	ENG	Hannah Godfrey
29	DF	ENG	Ashleigh Neville

Pre-season

As part of Tottenham's preseason, the team traveled to Spain to compete in the invitational Ramon de Carranza Trophy, marking the first time women's teams took part. Spurs beat Real Betis in one semi-final with Athletic Bilbao beating CD Tacón in the other. The winners met each in the final the following day with Athletic Bilbao winning on penalties.^[7] Tottenham also scheduled five domestic friendlies against English opposition with every game open to the public.^[8]

28 July 2019 Friendly	Southampton Women's F.C.	0–7	Tottenham Hotspur	Eastleigh
14:00 BST		Report	Peplow Dean Haines Green Naz	Stadium: Ten Acres

4 August 2019 Friendly	Crystal Palace	0–7	Tottenham Hotspur	Bromley
14:00 BST		Report	Dean 2', 18' Quinn 47' Neville 57' Haines 74' McLean 77' Worm 86'	Stadium: Hayes Lane

11 August 2019 Friendly	London Bees	Cancelled	Tottenham Hotspur	Edgware
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: The Hive

v Tottenham Hotspur

13 August 2019 Ramón de Carranza Trophy	Real Betis	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Cádiz, Spain
	Cazalla 31'	Report	Quinn 27' Graham 59'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza Referee: María José Villegas Navas

v Tottenham Hotspur

14 August 2019 Ramón de Carranza Trophy	Athletic Bilbao	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	Cádiz, Spain
	García 90+4'		Addison 11'	Stadium: Estadio Ramón de Carranza

25 August 2019 Friendly	Arsenal	6–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
14:00 BST	Roord 5', 64', 73' Beattie 21' Nobbs 50' Miedema 59'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park

1 September 2019 Friendly	West Ham United	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Romford
15:00 BST	Thomas 23'		Addison 81' Leon 88'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium

FA Women's Super League

In response to the record viewing figures during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, three fixtures were moved to Premier League grounds. These included two Spurs games: the away trip to Chelsea on the opening weekend and Tottenham's hosting of the North London derby in November.^[9]^[10] The latter saw an attendance of 38,262, setting a new FA WSL attendance record.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	6	2	7	15	24	−9	20	3	1	3	7	12	−5	3	1	4	8	12	−4

Last updated: 23 February 2020.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	12	6	5	8	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	7	7	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

8 September 2019 1	Chelsea	1–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Fulham
12:30 BST	England 4'	Report	Schillaci 11' Furness 86'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 24,564 Referee: Amy Fearn

15 September 2019 2	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Liverpool	Edgware
14:00 BST	Furness 45+1' (pen.) Worm 47'	Report	Robe 54' Fahey 65' Lawley 84'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 996 Referee: Ryan Atkin

29 September 2019 3	West Ham United	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Stratford
14:30 BST	Kvamme 83' Dali 84'	Report	Dean 36' Ayane 64' Quinn 84'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 24,790 Referee: Abigail Byrne

13 October 2019 4	Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	Manchester United	Edgware
12:30 BST	Furness 60' Green 76'	Report	Hanson 13' Neville 52' (o.g.) James 81' 90+1' Zelem 86' Ross 90+2'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 1,299 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

27 October 2019 5	Bristol City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Filton
15:00 BST	Harrison 39'	Report	Godfrey 30' Graham 63', 64' Peplow 86'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 639 Referee: Daniel Lamport

17 November 2019 6	Tottenham Hotspur	0–2	Arsenal	Tottenham
15:00 BST	Peplow 36' Furness 58' Neville 79'	Report	Little 66' Miedema 82'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 38,262 Referee: Abigail Byrne
Note: New FA WSL attendance record

24 November 2019 7	Everton	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Southport
12:30 BST	Pike 7' Filbey 26' (o.g.) Morgan 35' George 43' Graham 56' Kaagman 90+1'	Report	Quinn 19' Green 23' Leon 67'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 150 Referee: Michael Barlow

4 December 2019 8	Birmingham City	1–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Solihull
19:45 BST	Grant 22' Scott 35' Staniforth 76'	Report	Neville 30' Graham 67', 73'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 304 Referee: Jane Simms

8 December 2019 9	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Edgware
14:00 BST	Williams 57' (o.g.) Leon 77' Peplow 82'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 571 Referee: Emily Heaslip

15 December 2019 10	Reading	3–1	Tottenham Hotspur	High Wycombe
14:00 BST	Howard 35' Leine 50' Allen 55', 88' Eikeland 75', 90+10' Potter 77'	Report	Worm 52' Dean 84'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 715 Referee: Stacey Pearson

5 January 2020 11	Tottenham Hotspur	1–4	Manchester City	Edgware
14:00 BST	Dean 20' (pen.) Green 33'	Report	Bremer 2', 27' White 5' Hemp 44' Bonner 69'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 1,056 Referee: Helen Conley

12 January 2020 12	Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	West Ham United	Edgware
14:00 BST	Green 17' Mitchell 30' Ayane 83' Dean 90+6'	Report	Fisk 69' Galabadaarachchi 82' Flaherty 84' Dali 90'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 855 Referee: Oliver

19 January 2020 13	Manchester United	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Leigh
12:00 BST	Smith 45+3' Zelem 58' (pen.), 87' Sigsworth 65' Toone 90+5'	Report	Godfrey 86' Percival 90+5'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 1,846 Referee: Edward Duckworth

2 February 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	P–P	Bristol City	Edgware
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

9 February 2020	Arsenal	P–P	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
14:00 BST				Stadium: Meadow Park
Note: All WSL games postponed due to adverse weather conditions^[11]

12 February 2020 14	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	Everton	Edgware
19:30 BST	Percival 61' Addison 68' Ayane 77' Mitchell 78'	Report	Kelly 29', 31' Kaagman 57' Cain 86'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 768 Referee: Ryan Atkin

23 February 2020 15	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Crawley
14:00 BST	Kerkdijk 16' Le Garrec 25' 32' Bowman 85'	Report	Dean 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 964 Referee: Louise Saunders

22 March 2020 16	Tottenham Hotspur	Cancelled	Birmingham City	Edgware
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

29 March 2020 17	Tottenham Hotspur	Cancelled	Chelsea	Edgware
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

5 April 2020 18	Liverpool	Cancelled	Tottenham Hotspur	Birkenhead
14:00 BST				Stadium: Prenton Park
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

26 April 2020 19	Manchester City	Cancelled	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
14:00 BST				Stadium: Academy Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

13 May 2020 20	Arsenal	Cancelled	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
19:30 BST				Stadium: Meadow Park
Note: Rescheduled from 9 February 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

16 May 2020 21	Tottenham Hotspur	Cancelled	Reading	Edgware
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

22	Tottenham Hotspur	Cancelled	Bristol City	Edgware
				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Rescheduled from 2 February 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG
5	Reading	14	6	3	5	21	24	−3	21	1.50
6	Everton	14	6	1	7	21	21	0	19	1.36
7	Tottenham Hotspur	15	6	2	7	15	24	−9	20	1.33
8	West Ham United	14	5	1	8	19	34	−15	16	1.14
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	3	4	9	11	30	−19	13	0.81

Source: FA WSL, BBC
Rules for classification: Initially: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. After abandonment of season: 1) Points per game

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating National League Division One side Barnsley in their opening fixture.^[12] A successive 5–0 Cup victory, this time over Championship team Coventry United, set up a quarter-final tie against North London derby rivals Arsenal which was picked for television by BBC.^[13] However, the match was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic before the season was ultimately curtailed. On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020.^[14]

26 January 2020 Fourth round	Tottenham Hotspur	5–0	Barnsley	Edgware
13:00 GMT	Dean 20', 27' (pen.) Worm 25' Davison 58' Sulola 65'	Report	Turner 24'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 621 Referee: Robert Whitton

17 February 2020 Fifth round	Coventry United	0–5	Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry
19:45 GMT		Report	Worm 19' Dean 28' (pen.), 45' (pen.), 90' Leon 78'	Stadium: Butts Park Arena Attendance: 756 Referee: Emily Heaslip

15 March 2020 Quarter-final	Arsenal	P–P	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
12:30 GMT				Stadium: Meadow Park
Note: Postponed due to coronavirus pandemic

26 September 2020 Quarter-final	Arsenal	4–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
17:15 BST	Nobbs 72' Evans 73', 84', 90' van de Donk 76'	Report	Zadorsky 27' Kennedy 71'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Lucy Oliver
Note: Rescheduled from 15 March 2020

FA Women's League Cup

Group stage

22 September 2019 Group stage	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Reading	Edgware
14:00 BST	Haines 90' Neville 90'	Report	Chaplen 32', 47' Neville 54' (o.g.) Farrow 55' Harding 74' Allen 81'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 533 Referee: Robert Whitton

20 October 2019 Group stage	West Ham United	2–2 (2–4 p)	Tottenham Hotspur	Romford
15:00 BST	Thomas 90' Dali 90+3'	Report	Dean 52' Green 83' Percival 90'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 749 Referee: Elizabeth Simms
	Penalties
	Flaherty Baunach Leon Dali		Peplow Quinn Graham Dean Furness

3 November 2019 Group stage	Crystal Palace	0–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Bromley
14:00 GMT		Report	Filbey 6' Graham 83' Quinn 85'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 308 Referee: Simon Finnegan

20 November 2019 Group stage	Chelsea	5–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Kingston upon Thames
19:00	Wardlaw 25' Spence 49' Cuthbert 57' (pen.) England 59', 84' Cooper 76' Carter 80'	Report	Haines 16' Wynne 64' Ayane 78' Neville 83'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,999 Referee: Lisa Benn

11 December 2019 Group stage	Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Lewes	Edgware
19:30 GMT	Quinn 14', 22' Addison 34', 36', 38' Leon 63'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 205 Referee: Joel Mannix

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHE	REA	WHU	TOT	CRY	LEW
1	Chelsea	5	4	0	1	0	13	3	+10	13	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	1–1	2–0	5–1	—	—
2	Reading	5	3	1	0	1	14	4	+10	11	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	—	0–1	—	6–0	3–2
3	West Ham United	5	3	0	1	1	13	5	+8	10		—	—	—	2–2	7–0	3–1
4	Tottenham Hotspur	5	2	1	0	2	12	11	+1	8		—	0–4	—	—	—	6–0
5	Crystal Palace	5	1	0	0	4	3	21	−18	3		0–3	—	—	0–3	—	—
6	Lewes	5	0	0	0	5	6	17	−11	0		1–2	—	—	—	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2019. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Chloe Morgan	8	0	1+2	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF	ESP	Lucia Leon	13	2	2+3	0	2+1	1	5	1
3	DF	NZL	Ria Percival	20	0	14	0	2	0	1+3	0
4	MF	WAL	Josie Green	19	1	12+2	0	1+1	0	2+1	1
5	MF	ENG	Sophie McLean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ENG	Anna Filbey	16	1	13	0	0	0	3	1
7	FW	ENG	Gemma Davison	18	1	9+3	0	3	1	1+2	0
8	MF	ENG	Chloe Peplow	19	0	10+2	0	2+1	0	4	0
9	FW	ENG	Rianna Dean	19	10	13+1	4	2+1	5	1+1	1
10	MF	ENG	Coral-Jade Haines	10	0	2+1	0	1+1	0	4+1	0
11	DF	ENG	Jenna Schillaci	10	0	3	0	2	0	5	0
14	FW	ENG	Angela Addison	13	4	2+5	1	1+2	0	3	3
15	DF	NED	Siri Worm	15	3	10	1	3	2	1+1	0
16	FW	ENG	Kit Graham	20	4	12+2	3	2	0	2+2	1
17	FW	ENG	Jessica Naz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Lucy Quinn	22	5	5+10	2	0+3	0	3+1	3
21	DF	SCO	Emma Mitchell	6	2	3+1	2	2	0	0	0
22	GK	ENG	Becky Spencer	17	0	14	0	2	0	1	0
23	FW	ENG	Rosella Ayane	17	1	6+5	0	2	0	4	1
25	DF	ENG	Hannah Godfrey	15	0	14	0	0	0	1	0
29	DF	ENG	Ashleigh Neville	18	0	12+1	0	2	0	3	0
30	MF	ENG	Renea Jarrett	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	DF	ENG	Sofia Stovold	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33	MF	ENG	Elisha Sulola	2	1	0	0	0+1	1	1	0
Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup:
3	DF	CAN	Shelina Zadorsky	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Kerys Harrop	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
18	DF	AUS	Alanna Kennedy	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
12	MF	WAL	Megan Wynne	7	0	0+3	0	0	0	4	0
Players who appeared for Tottenham Hotspur but left during the season:
27	MF	NIR	Rachel Furness	11	1	9	1	0	0	1+1	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Rianna Dean	4	5	1	10
2	19	FW	Lucy Quinn	2	0	3	5
3	14	FW	Angela Addison	1	0	3	4
3	16	FW	Kit Graham	3	0	1	4
5	15	DF	Siri Worm	1	2	0	3
6	2	DF	Lucia Leon	0	1	1	2
6	21	DF	Emma Mitchell	2	0	0	2
8	4	MF	Josie Green	0	0	1	1
	6	MF	Anna Filbey	0	0	1
	7	FW	Gemma Davison	0	1	0
	23	FW	Rosella Ayane	0	0	1
	27	MF	Rachel Furness	1	0	0
	33	MF	Elisha Sulola	0	1	0
Own goal				1	0	0	1
Total				15	10	12	37

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
5 July 2019	FW	Rosella Ayane	Bristol City	^[15]
	FW	Gemma Davison	Reading
	MF	Chloe Peplow	Brighton & Hove Albion
	DF	Ria Percival	West Ham United
	FW	Lucy Quinn	Birmingham City
	GK	Becky Spencer	West Ham United
	DF	Siri Worm	Everton
24 July 2019	DF	Hannah Godfrey	South Alabama Jaguars	^[16]
14 August 2019	FW	Kit Graham	Charlton Athletic	^[17]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
6 September 2019	MF		Rachel Furness	Reading	28 December 2019	^[18]^[19]
3 January 2020	DF		Emma Mitchell	Arsenal	End of season	^[20]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
5 July 2019	GK	Grace Staunton	Navarro Bulldogs	^[21]
	DF	Anne Meiwald	Watford	^[22]^[23]
	DF	Renée Hector	Charlton Athletic	^[24]
	FW	Sarah Wiltshire	Yeovil Town	^[25]
	FW	Bianca Baptiste	Crystal Palace	^[26]
	MF	Wendy Martin	Retired	^[22]
	GK	Emma Gibbon	Crystal Palace	^[27]
	MF	Maya Vio	Retired	^[22]
	DF	Ryah Vyse	Watford	^[28]
	MF	Emma Beckett	Watford	^[22]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
18 January 2020	MF		Megan Wynne	Bristol City	End of season	^[29]

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