This weekend sees the latest instalment of our north London rivalry with Tottenham Hotspur, as we take on our neighbours in WSL action.
Ahead of the game at Brisbane Road, whet your appetite for derby day by reminiscing about five of our best away days against Spurs:
November 17, 2019
Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Arsenal
But we exerted our dominance after the break and Kim Little found the bottom corner to hand us the advantage on 66 minutes, and then nine minutes from time Vivianne Miedema tapped home to secure the points, earn the derby day bragging rights and keep us in touch with leaders Chelsea.
Fast forward to March 2021 and we were back at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for an even more convincing win, this time with the goals coming from Caitlin Foord, Miedema and Katie McCabe.
We started strongly and, after Jordan Nobbs fired wide early on, Foord gave us the lead in style. The Australia international played a quick one-two with Noelle Maritz down the right wing, before arriving inside the area and finding the bottom corner.
Miedema then went on to double our advantage on the stroke of half-time - and in some style too. Katie McCabe floated an inch-perfect corner delivery into the penalty area and Miedema found the top corner with a stunning volley on her left foot.
McCabe wreaked havoc on Tottenham’s defence all afternoon, and shortly after the hour mark she grabbed her reward, racing in behind and coolly finishing into the bottom corner.
The venue was different the following season as we visited The Hive in Barnet for a 1-1 draw in November. The stalemate is mostly memorable for Miedema’s 92nd minute equaliser, after Rachel Williams opened the scoring for the hosts.
After failing to clear our lines from a drilled delivery into the penalty area, Williams reacted first and managed to bundle the ball over the line against the run of play.
But, with one last searching corner delivery into the penalty area from McCabe, Miedema climbed high above her marker and thumped a powerful header beyond the reach of Tinja-Riikka Korpela, salvaging a late point deep into stoppage time.
It was a different story in March 2023 at Brisbane Road in Leyton, where we put five past our local rivals. Stina Blackstenius and Foord put us 2-0 up before Bethany England reduced the arrears from the penalty spot.
We made sure of the win in the second half courtesy of goals from Kim Little, Foord and Frida Maanum.
Blackstenius opened the scoring with a superb hit, after a threaded ball from Leah Williamson found our Swedish striker's curling run into the final third. On the half-hour mark, Foord popped up to double our advantage with a great solo effort, driving at the penalty area and striking the ball low and hard into the back of the net.
After England pulled one back, Little converted yet another penalty for our Gunners after McCabe was brought down in the area. This was swiftly followed by Foord's second of the afternoon, assisted again by Pelova, with Foord waiting by the far post as she buried past Korpela with composure.
Then, Maanum’s audacious lob over the Spurs keeper made it five to round off a rampant victory over our local rivals.
In November 2024, we were back to winning ways at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, getting off to a flying start with Alessia Russo’s second minute opener before goals from Maanum and Blackstenius made it three to the good.
Mariona Caldentey created our opening goal when she found Russo inside the 18-yard box. Our centre-forward made no mistake, nestling the ball into the bottom right corner on her left foot.
Blackstenius found the back of the net in the second half courtesy of a clever touch from Mariona.