2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season

Tottenham Hotspur
2019–20 season
Chairman	June Clarke
Head Coach	Karen Hills
Stadium	The Hive, Canons Park
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	7,173 as of 12 January 2020
	← 2018–19

The 2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season is 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 will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Squad

As of 18 January 2020.^[1]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Chloe Morgan
2	DF	ESP	Lucia Leon
3	DF	NZL	Ria Percival
4	MF	WAL	Josie Green
5	MF	ENG	Sophie McLean
6	MF	WAL	Anna Filbey
7	FW	ENG	Gemma Davison
8	MF	ENG	Chloe Peplow
9	FW	ENG	Rianna Dean
10	MF	ENG	Coral-Jade Haines
11	DF	ENG	Jenna Schillaci (captain)


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.^[2] Tottenham also scheduled five domestic friendlies against English opposition with every game open to the public.^[3]

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

4 August 2019 Friendly	Crystal Palace	0–7	Tottenham Hotspur	Bromley
14:00		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	Canons Park
14:00		Report		Stadium: The Hive

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

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	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	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.^[4]^[5] 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
13	5	1	7	12	22	−10	16	3	0	3	5	10	−5	2	1	4	7	12	−5

Last updated: 19 January 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	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L
Position	12	6	5	8	6	6	7	7	6	7	7	5	7

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	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	Canons Park
14:00	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	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	Canons Park
12:30	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	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	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	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	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	Canons Park
14:00	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	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	Canons Park
14:00	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	Canons Park
14:00	Green 17' Mitchell 30' Ayane 83' Dean 90+6'	Report	Fisk 69' Galabadaarachchi 82' Flaherty 84' Dali 90'	Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 855

19 January 2020 13	Manchester United	3–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Leigh
12:00	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 14	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Bristol City	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive

9 February 2020 15	Arsenal	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Borehamwood
14:00				Stadium: Meadow Park

12 February 2020 16	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Everton	Canons Park
19:30				Stadium: The Hive

23 February 2020 17	Brighton & Hove Albion	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Crawley
14:00				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

22 March 2020 18	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Birmingham City	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive

29 March 2020 19	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Chelsea	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive

5 April 2020 20	Liverpool	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Birkenhead
14:00				Stadium: Prenton Park

26 April 2020 21	Manchester City	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

16 May 2020 22	Tottenham Hotspur	–	Reading	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive

League table

Template:2019-20 FA WSL table

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.^[6]

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

16 February 2020 Fifth round	Coventry United	–	Tottenham Hotspur	Coventry
				Stadium: Butts Park Arena

FA Women's League Cup

Group Stage

22 September 2019 Group stage	Tottenham Hotspur	0–4	Reading	Canons Park
14:00	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	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		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	Canons Park
19:30	Quinn 14', 22' Addison 34', 36', 38' Leon 63'	Report		Stadium: The Hive Attendance: 205

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

As of matches played 26 January 2020

No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK	Chloe Morgan	3	1	1	1	4	4	8	6
2	DF	Lucia Leon	3	1	1	1	5	5	9	7
3	DF	Ria Percival	12	12	0	0	4	1	16	13
4	MF	Josie Green	12	10	0	0	3	2	15	12
5	MF	Sophie McLean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Anna Filbey	11	11	0	0	3	3	14	14
7	FW	Gemma Davison	10	7	1	1	3	1	14	9
8	MF	Chloe Peplow	10	9	1	1	4	4	15	14
9	FW	Rianna Dean	12	11	1	1	2	1	15	13
10	MF	Coral-Jade Haines	3	2	1	1	5	4	9	7
11	DF	Jenna Schillaci	3	3	1	1	5	5	9	9
12	MF	Megan Wynne	3	0	0	0	4	4	7	4
14	FW	Angela Addison	5	1	1	0	3	3	9	4
15	DF	Siri Worm	9	9	1	1	2	1	12	11
16	FW	Kit Graham	13	12	1	1	4	2	18	15
17	FW	Jessica Naz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	Lucy Quinn	13	5	1	0	4	3	18	8
21	DF	Emma Mitchell	3	2	1	1	0	0	4	3
22	GK	Becky Spencer	12	12	0	0	1	1	13	13
23	FW	Rosella Ayane	10	5	1	1	4	4	15	10
25	DF	Hannah Godfrey	12	12	0	0	1	1	13	13
27	MF	Rachel Furness	9	9	0	0	2	1	11	10
29	DF	Ashleigh Neville	11	10	0	0	3	3	14	13
30	MF	Renea Jarrett	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
31	DF	Sofia Stovold	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
33	MF	Elisha Sulola	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	1

Goalscorers

As of matches played 26 January 2020

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Rianna Dean	3	2	1	6
2	19	FW	Lucy Quinn	2	0	3	5
3	16	FW	Kit Graham	3	0	1	4
4	14	FW	Angela Addison	0	0	3	3
5	15	DF	Siri Worm	1	1	0	2
6	2	DF	Lucia Leon	0	0	1	1
	4	MF	Josie Green	0	0	1
	6	MF	Anna Filbey	0	0	1
	7	FW	Gemma Davison	0	1	0
	21	DF	Emma Mitchell	1	0	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				12	5	12	29

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Ref.
5 July 2019	FW	Rosella Ayane	Bristol City	^[7]
	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	^[8]
14 August 2019	FW	Kit Graham	Charlton Athletic	^[9]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
6 September 2019	MF		Rachel Furness	Reading	Recalled 28 December 2019	^[10]^[11]
3 January 2020	DF		Emma Mitchell	Arsenal	End of season	^[12]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Ref.
5 July 2019	GK	Grace Staunton	Navarro Bulldogs	^[13]
	DF	Anne Meiwald	Watford	^[14]^[15]
	DF	Renée Hector	Charlton Athletic	^[16]
	FW	Sarah Wiltshire	Yeovil Town	^[17]
	FW	Bianca Baptiste	Crystal Palace	^[18]
	MF	Wendy Martin	Retired	^[14]
	GK	Emma Gibbon	Crystal Palace	^[19]
	MF	Maya Vio	Retired	^[14]
	DF	Ryah Vyse	Watford	^[20]
	MF	Emma Beckett	Watford	^[14]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
18 January 2020	MF		Megan Wynne	Bristol City	End of season	^[21]

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