A new season is a new beginning, and one that Tottenham Hotspur Women desperately needed. After a horrific 2024-25 campaign in which Spurs limped to an 11th place finish under Robert Vilahamn, now Spurs Women have a new manager in Robert Ho, two new players in Toko Kota and Tinka Tandberg, and now a league win. Spurs defeated West Ham 1-0 at Brisbane Road thanks to a late penalty from Bethany England and also kept a clean sheet in the process.
It wasn’t a perfect performance — Spurs were good defensively and frequently pressed high to disrupt the Hammers, but once again had a difficult time linking the midfield to attack. England may have slotted home the penalty after Eveliina Summanen was brought down in the box midway through the second half, but she found herself quite isolated in attack, something that Spurs fans should be used to.
That said — a win’s a win, and that was often more than we could’ve hoped for last season. I still have big questions about this Spurs side, but I can’t argue with the result.
Here are my match reactions from today’s win.
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