Julie Blakstad can’t wait to step out at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
This weekend, our Women’s team make their 2025/26 bow at the world-famous home of the Spurs as we look to continue our impressive campaign in the Barclays Women’s Super League.
Under the stewardship of Martin Ho, we have gone from strength to strength in the top flight, having already sailed past our points tally from last term with all eyes focussed on securing our best-ever finish in the WSL.
With eight games still remaining this season, just seven more points on the board will see us break our record for most points achieved in single season (32 in 2021/22) while we sit just one point behind the Champions League places.
Sunday’s visitors Chelsea are the side that currently occupy that final European place and victory in N17 this weekend would see us leapfrog them.
However, recent recruit Julie knows how tough a test we face – especially as we still to beat them in the WSL – and that is why she is looking forward to seeing a bumper crowd of the Spurs faithful will be right behind us when we come toe to toe with the Blues.
“I'm really looking forward to it and hopefully it will be a good crowd that can cheer for us,” the defender said as she previewed the clash. “It's a big game. It's a good opponent in Chelsea. I think it's also a really good time to face them now that we won our last game and they're probably in a tougher period after their loss last week against (Manchester) City.
“We’ve played some big games previously at the bigger stadiums. The atmosphere is definitely different. I think because we are home with a big crowd, that will be very helpful for us. I like those big games where there's a lot of people cheering. Hopefully, that can help us out on the pitch as well.
“I don't know if (the fans) understand how much they mean to us, but playing in front of big crowds and having that deeper meaning with what you do (and seeing) that it actually means something to other people as well is really important and helps us a lot out on the pitch. Hopefully I'll see a lot of (fans) on the weekend.
“It's going to be a really good game. Obviously, a tough one, but I'm really ready to give everything."
Watch Julie's interview