Taking time to speak to us, with the midfielder currently on loan at Ipswich Town in the Women’s Super League 2, where she scored a fantastic brace to help her side to a 3-0 win over Birmingham City to secure their survival in the division, the 30-year-old spoke full of gratitude for the support she has received from the Club – from team-mates, coaching staff and our Lilywhite fanbase.
Joining us in July, 2019, ahead of our first-ever season in England’s top flight, she has played an integral part in solidifying our spot in the WSL throughout the years while also helping us reach our first-ever Women’s FA Cup final in 2024 – and Kit couldn’t be prouder of what she has achieved in a Lilywhite shirt.
“We've come so far,” she told us, reflecting on her journey with the Club. “From the days starting out at the Hive to where we are now, in our own building with our own facilities and just the backing from the club, how much it's grown over the years, is just incredible. I just want to shout out everyone that's been a part of the journey in getting us to this position because it has taken everyone.
“It's just a really proud moment that I can leave it as it is now. It's only going to get better as well because the club is ambitious and they're showing that year-on-year. I'm just proud to be a part of the journey. The club stepped up and showed its ambition to stay in the league, but, obviously, getting to the FA Cup final and having the opportunity to represent Spurs at Wembley is my number one highlight.
“I just want to say thank you from day one to the day it was announced that I was going on loan - everyone's been so supportive,” she added, when asked about our Lilywhite fanbase. “I've said it before, but the fans are our 12th player and it's true. I know it sounds cliche again, but it's true and they help us through tough times. It's nice to share the good times with them as well, so I just want to say thank you for everyone's support over the years.
“I've made some great memories on and off the pitch but shout out to Ashleigh Neville. She joined before me, but we went through this journey together. I'm really happy that I got to be her team-mate because I played against her for so many years. However, there's just so many people that I can't name everyone.”
While the 2019/20 campaign was a historic moment for the club, our first season in the WSL, it was also a momentous stage in Kit’s career, taking the step to move away from Charlton Athletic, where she spent 14 years, to become a Lilywhite and compete in England’s top flight for the very first time – but she hasn’t looked back since.
“It was the first time I ever moved club. We got promoted to the Championship [with Charlton] and then I played one season in that league to then jump up again was really nerve-wracking. I don't know if I doubted myself more than anything in, whether it was the right decision for me or I didn't know if I was good enough for the league.
“But, at the time, Karen [Hills] and Juan [Amoros] showed a lot of belief in me and they really wanted me to come up with them when they got promoted. So, that helped me feel a bit more confident. We stayed in the league that first season and, ever since, it's just been getting better and better.
“I've seen teams over the years that have come up and then gone straight back down and we've had our fair share of relegation battles, but to be fair to the club, the people that they brought in, bringing in Bethany [England] at that crucial point in our journey, she single-handedly kept us up, to be honest – and that's what we needed in that moment.
“I've played with some incredible players over the years as well and made some really good friends. Seeing the growth, I've been in tier three, I've been in the second tier and then obviously experienced seven years in the WSL, and it's just incredible to go from semi-pro to making it my full-time job. I'm proud that I actually took the step and did.
A vibrant character away from the pitch, always bringing a smile to her team-mates in the dressing room, Kit etched her name into the Club’s history book in September, 2021, by becoming the first Women’s player to ever score at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
“It's the best stadium in the world,” she added. “I think anyone that's played there or been there says the same thing. It's incredible that we get the opportunity to play there, the crowd comes and we've had some really good moments at that stadium. But to write my name in the history books for the club is something I'm really proud of as well.”
While there has been so many great memories for Kit in a Spurs shirt, it has also been filled with some lows across her six-and-a-half seasons as she suffered two anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in that time, but she couldn’t fault the support she received from the Club.
“It's the news that no one wants to hear when you get a long-term injury but I'll always say that I've felt nothing but love and support from the team,” she explained.
“In both instances, I was due to be out of contract and straight away, they offered me a new deal so that I had peace of mind, I could just focus on my rehab, getting back to playing and being my best.
“I'm grateful that the club showed me that support when, obviously, they didn't need to, but they did. I was just surrounded by the best people possible to help me through not one, but two ACL injuries. There's no way I could have done it without them; I know that probably sounds really cliche, but it's true.
“Anyone that's been through an ACL recovery knows how hard it is and then to have to go through it again, you think about giving up, to be honest. Is it worth it? Is it worth all the hard work? But when you've got good people around you, trying to motivate you, and that's what helped get me through.”