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Archie Gray is your HSBC Player of the Match award after he bagged the match-winning goal in our 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

The midfielder, who was making his 60th appearance for the Club, was at his bustling best in south London and was rewarded for his recent run of bright displays with his first goal of his professional career.

An arrival from Leeds United in the summer of 2024, Archie had to wait 112 games to bag his maiden goal but it was richly deserved and taken is similar style to what his dad, former Sunderland and Burnley forward Andy Gray, would have in his playing days.

Importantly, the goal saw us back to winning ways in the Premier League, bagging our first three points on the road in the competition since October.

It also saw Archie become the 181st different player to score for the Club in the Premier League - a record in the competition.

Watch - Highlights from Selhurst Park

It's now time to vote for your Goal of the Month for December!

This past month, we have seen some truly incredible strikes across our teams. Now it's your job to pick your favourite.

We've shortlisted seven of the best from across December. Watch the goals in the compilation below before voting for your favourite in the form at the bottom of the page.

Devastated at Forest, delighted at Palace – Archie Gray has experienced the full range of football’s emotions in the last couple of weeks.

Caught in possession as Forest took the lead on 14 December, Archie, still only 19, showed his character at the City Ground, continually looking to take hold of the ball – part of his footballing make up instilled into him by his father, Andy. Indeed, Archie almost equalised within minutes at Forest, his volley kept out by John Victor.

Selected for his fifth game on the trot, Archie responded with his first senior goal to beat Palace at Selhurst Park – his first for us on his 60th appearance in all competitions – showing a goalscorer’s instinct to nod home from close range after Randal Kolo Muani and Richarlison won headers from Pedro Porro’s corner.

The contrast in emotions wasn’t lost on Archie afterwards. “It was a difficult, difficult game for me at Forest,” he said. “I think the mistake, it was obviously my fault, but I just tried to get on the ball as much as I possibly could and tried to be positive. Today still wasn't, you know, the best game, it was a bit of a scrappy game but to get the goal is something that every child dreams of.

“My dad's always said to me, ‘just go and get on the ball, don't be scared’ and I think that stuck with me. After that mistake happened at Forest, I'd never go and hide from the ball or anything like that. It's not something that I've ever done and ever will do. If I make a mistake, that's football sometimes. I'll just have to learn from that - and I have. I've been working in training every day to put it right.”

As for his goal, Archie reflected: “I just found myself in the right place at the right time. You know, it was probably Richy's flick that did all the work. I was two yards out from goal, so I didn't really have much to do. It's an incredible feeling to get the goal and the three points, that’s the most important thing.”

Cup success with the Under-16s, creating lifelong friends and making her mark at Under-19s – forward Grace Bellwood has enjoyed her time in the Academy so far and there’s still much more to come.

In the ‘Making of a Lilywhite’ series, we sat down with Grace to talk about her footballing journey so far and get to know her a bit better…

Footballing from a very young age…

“It all started when I was quite young. My brother was playing football with one of his friends and I asked if I could join in. He taught me how to back-heel in one of my earliest memories – I don’t know why that specific skill - but from then on, I just fell in love with the game.

“After that, I asked my dad to get me involved in a local football team so I joined a Saturday club, which was a great team. I played with them for a few years before joined a boys’ Sunday team, and that was quite a big step up, playing week in, week out.

“When I was younger, I did loads of other sports to keep active, especially swimming and tennis. I wasn’t particularly great at them, I just did them for fitness, but it has always been football for me.

“I just try to watch every single football game there is. My idols were players like Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo. If they’ve got lots of goals in them and strong attributes, that’s all you can ask for.”

Joining Spurs and creating a lifelong friendships…

“After a couple of years with the boys’ team, an opportunity came up at the Spurs Development programme. I trained there alongside my Sunday team, and eventually the trials for Spurs came up. I trialled for it, got in, and from that point onwards, I’ve been here. I joined at Under-14s level.

“I’ve had so much support along the way to be where I am today, especially from my friends. Eloise [Summers-Mee] has been with me from day one, we’ve progressed together through the age groups, and I’ve been really fortunate to have her by my side.

“I’ve also had high-quality coaching from loads of different people, notably Chris [Gillman] and Micah [Walters], who were my very first coaches at Spurs. From my very first training session, they’ve given me valuable advice and a firm mindset to help me maintain good habits - on and off the pitch. It’s safe to say I wouldn’t be in the position I am now without their unwavering support.”

Success with the Under-16s…

“It was obviously very disappointing to not play in the cup final last season, but I felt like I had a big impact on the games leading up to it and still had a big role in the squad to help support my team-mates and cheer them on.

I think Eloise scored one of the first goals in that game, and she came to celebrate with me. We’d spoken before the game and she said, “If I score today, I’m coming to celebrate with you.” That showed that were so connected as a team, and that ultimately helped us achieve success on the day and win the trophy. It was an unforgettable day and one I won’t forget for a very long time.”

Making that step up to the Under-19s…

“Having Sabiha [Jamal] again as a Head Coach, after the success we had last season with the Under-16s, really helps. It’s comforting to know a coach that understand us - not just as players but as people. It helps express ourselves, on and off the pitch.

“The intensity, for sure, has been a big step up from last season, which I expected. But I feel like I’ve come into the group with a lot of self-belief. I trust my ability, and I think I’ve shown what I can do so far - though I still have more to prove. I’m quite combative. I show flair and I feel I’ve got a good striking ability, though I need to show that more – whether that’s taking more shots and being more decisive.”

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation is excited to announce Stride for Spurs, a marathon walk starting and finishing at our iconic Stadium.

The fundraising event will take place on Sunday, 29 March, giving fans, families and friends the chance to walk either a full marathon distance of 26 miles or half-marathon distance of 13 miles.

Participants will head from the Stadium to the countryside to Epping Forest before returning to N17, with the route providing beautiful scenes to enjoy whilst raising vital funds for the Foundation’s local community programmes.

Every step taken will help inspire, empower and transform lives. Last season alone, over 13,000 residents benefited from more than 10,500 hours of support.

Elizabeth Mings, Foundation fundraising manager, said: “As we look ahead to a new year and once the festive indulgence fades, many of us will be looking for that extra motivation to get moving again.

“If your resolution is to feel fitter, set a new challenge and do something positive for Spurs’ local community, make 2026 the year you stride forward with us.”

Stride for Spurs is open to everyone, with an entry fee of £30 and a special team discount of £25 per person for teams of six or more. Participants will also have a £300 fundraising target.

All money raised will help the Foundation continue its vital work across youth and community, education, health and wellbeing, disability inclusion and employment.

It was pointed out to Kevin Danso that it was like two heavyweight boxers going into battle – and the big defender took the points victory, a clean sheet and the Player of the Match award after going 90 minutes with Palace striker Jean-Phillippe Mateta at Selhurst Park.

Seven goals in his 18 starts in the Premier League, Mateta is the focal point for much of Palace’s attacks, a key behind their recent unbeaten run of 17 matches between April-October.

Speaking to us afterwards, Kevin said: “Games like this are always tough. I relish games like that, opponents like that - it's proved over the last few years how much of a good striker he (Mateta) is. I’m just happy it went our way today, we kept the clean sheet and managed to stop him from scoring.

“It’s always the goal for us defenders to keep the ball as far away as possible from our goal and try and keep the clean sheet, and we did that today.

“I think it’s given us a lot of confidence the way we’ve performed in some of the games over the past few weeks. The results are not always going our way, but I think we showed the character and the togetherness we have. Sometimes we have to grind out results like we did today and I feel once we hit that step and we learn to do that consistently, we'll be a real tough force.”

It's quiz time! Archie Gray has extended our Premier League record for the most different scorers in the competition for a single club as he became our 181st different goalscorer in the league with his match winner over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

Since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, an incredible 181 different players have found the back of the net for us in the top flight. How many can you name?

Well that is the challenge we're proposing to you!

To take on the challenge, click the green 'Play Quiz' button below to get started before inputting your answers in the box titled 'enter player'.

You will have 20 minutes to name as many of the 181 players as you can. To help, the amount of goals they scored for the Club in the Premier League plus the country they are from are listed either side of their relevant answer box.

Helpful tip: If the player you are guessing has a multiple word surname, such as 'Giovani dos Santos', just type in the final word, ie. Santos, to score the point. For players with double-barrelled surnames, such as 'Cameron Carter-Vickers', you need to write the full surname, ie. Carter-Vickers.

Best of luck!

Name our 181 Premier League goalscorers

Thomas Frank spoke to the media at Selhurst Park after our 1-0 win against Palace in the Premier League on Sunday.

Here's what he had to say...

It feels like a really big victory - do you feel your side deserve it?

Thomas: "I think it was an even game, in many ways. I think we had three key actions in the game where it's like this between being onside, two of them, and being inside of the post, and a goal. So, I think if you're that close three times to scoring a goal, it's not bad, and then we would have scored four. That's a way to look at it. I really liked the desire beat details mentality in the team, and the character and resilience of the team is something I spoke about a lot. That is so important that we have that resilience in the team because in a long Premier League season, you need to go to a very difficult away ground here, and fight and show character, get a clean sheet, win 1-0, that was a massive win in many ways. Was it a top performance? No. Are there things we can improve? Yes. But to go here, with the season where it's been a little bit up and down, I think it's a huge mentality effort from the players. We played extremely disciplined throughout the game. For example, one of Palace's major strengths is transitions, and we really closed them down, something we worked very, very hard on, big discipline in the team and we need to do that."

It was Archie Gray's first goal in senior football - did he deserve that for his recent performances?

Thomas: "Yes, definitely. I think Archie is growing. He showed why he has a very good potential in many ways. It's another fine performance overall today. Talking about resilience, he made a mistake in the Nottingham game, played another good game against Liverpool, growing as a young man. He was alert. I loved that goal, because he was alert, he was seeing where the ball will land and he was ready on it."

He's only 19 - does he give you a glimpse into the future of this team?

Thomas: "Yes, I think so. I think he shows a lot of quality, he covers ground so well, he's excellent in the pressing game, the defensive transition, brilliant at closing down. He's good on the ball, but there are parts of the game where we are not top in that area, and didn't show enough of his qualities there."

Is Lucas Bergvall okay?

Thomas: "I hope so, of course we'll assess him tomorrow."

You talked about it being, not the greatest performance, but a really important one. Have people got to accept that a team who's struggling is going to have to play like that away from home sometimes? Maybe even again at Brentford?

Thomas: "I think every game is different. As far as I know, the Newcastle game was even, the Brentford home game, we were way on top, Liverpool even until we got the red card. There's been many other games. I just think for any team, it's also the expectation. Where are we right now? I think that resilience and mentality to show that and win 1-0 is hugely important. On a day where maybe it's not free-floating and everything, it's fair to say we lack a few offensive players, including Xavi today and our captain, and then come to Crystal Palace. I, by the way, saw the Crystal Palace-Liverpool game. Liverpool should have been down 2-0 or 3-0 at half-time. It's a difficult place to go and go here to win the way we did - very impressive."

You guys have got the best away record in the Premier League so far this season. What do you put that down to and do you feel like you have a template or a method for winning these away games?

Thomas: "I think the players really understood what type of game we were facing today. I think the discipline in what I say, the rest defending, not giving stupid counter-attacks away, trying to come here and just completely dominating when we are, where we are, where we are not at the top of where we want to be in terms of performance-wise, which we were working on. Then put the effort and the character and defending side of the game into it. That gave us a 1-0 win today. There have been other very good away wins where we have been more dominant. To do that, I think it's a huge quality. Then when we get the home form even better, it will be very good."

This keeps you within touching distance of the top five - four points. Given that the first half of the season has been a bit of a transitional one, up and down, does it feel like reaching the Champions League is still an achievable goal this season?

Thomas: "I think, how can you say it, the consistency in this performance... before the game I said we had four out of five good performances, including the Liverpool one in many ways. This is another one in terms of consistently working hard, not everything was perfect, but it's a good step in the right direction. That's what we need to keep working on. Then get a little bit more in form of the offensive players, and then step by step."

We saw Fabio Paratici with Vinai Venkatesham in the stands today, amid speculation of his future - can you give us an update?

Thomas: "I didn't know that Vinai and Fabio were here today, but I expected them to be. As I said the whole time, there's a lot of rumours with a lot of things. Players, staff members, directors, whatever it is, I don't comment on them."

Speaking of transfers, there's been a lot of speculation about Brennan Johnson and Crystal Palace, are you keen to keep him in January?

Thomas: "Yeah, I think Brennan is very important for us. Maybe he didn't get many minutes, but unfortunately we can only play 11 players. We spoke about it before with Mo, he's coming in and put his stamp on that right winger position. Then the left, we tried different solutions. He's still started quite a few games. I think Brennan is an important player for us."

The team has had moments like the Brentford win or the Copenhagen win and then taken a step backwards. Do you feel like this is the period now to get that momentum and more consistent results?

Thomas: "I think the most important thing is we get consistent performances. If we get that, then you never know. I start the press conference today talking about this (fine margin) and if we get this, we score three more goals so that can go one way or another. If we get consistent performances where we defend like we did today, then show more calmness and coolness on the ball, which we didn’t and also second half you can see we are not a free-flowing confident team, but we're growing."

You scored your ninth set-piece goal today, the fifth most in the Premier League, how important is it to lean on that quality, especially in tough matches like this?

Thomas: "Every team needs to find an edge and set-pieces is one area that is hugely important. We saw the Chelsea vs Villa game yesterday and two out of three goals set-pieces, so it is hugely important we keep working on that and very happy the way the approach the players have to it, they've really brought into it and understand the importance of it."

Arne Slot said last season that a manager normally gets possession principles in, then defensive and then set-pieces. Have you approached it the other way around to get set pieces in first?

Thomas: "I think that the set-piece was a low-hanging fruit, which we have improved compared to last season, but it needs to be all three areas. I can’t see why it can't be three areas at same time. Then some time you can say, ‘set-pieces have improved a lot,’ or ‘offensively has improved a lot,’ or ‘defence has improved,’ depending on where you are, but all three areas are very important."

Thomas Frank described it as a game where ‘desire beat details’ as we ran out 1-0 winners against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Sunday.

The team showed all the grit and determination required to come out of SE25 with maximum points – corners, free-kicks and Jefferson Lerma’s long throws were all repelled, often with Kevin Danso winning the first contact. He was later named Sky’s Player of the Match.

Speaking to us under the lights at Selhurst Park, Thomas reflected: “I’m very happy with the desire, mentality and the character of the team. I think it’s a classic game where desire beat details.

“To come here and win 1-0, difficult place, good Crystal Palace team… I love the discipline of the team. We didn’t give any big transitions away to them, which is one of their biggest threats. I like how we managed to get in good positions, defending and also hang in there throughout the game.

"In open play, I think maybe we only gave one chance away when it went to the back post and they had a shot. The rest were set pieces where we defended very well, sometimes you need to get your body on the line, you need to get the clearances in, blocks, so the defensive mindset was great today, which we need.

“You achieve nothing if you can't get wins like this. This is something I'm very happy with in terms of resilience. It was not a perfect performance, not at all, but the desire, the effort, the character, all that, you need to be a good team. That was a very good foundation today, which I'm very pleased with.”

Archie Gray’s first senior goal ensured our 2025 finished on a high note as we enjoyed a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon.

The 19-year-old midfielder nodded home from close range shortly before half-time at a cold Selhurst Park for the only goal of the game on what was the 112th appearance of his fledgling career and 60th in our colours.

We had to weather the storm at times as Palace dominated for much of the game, although we did see two Richarlison goals disallowed for offside and hit the post through Wilson Odobert, but in the end we dug deep and ground out an important result to bring the curtain down on the year.

Thomas Frank made two enforced changes to the team that started against Liverpool last time time out – Cristian Romero and Xavi Simons were both suspended so Kevin Danso and Richarlison stepped in. Japan international defender Kota Takai took his place on the bench for the first time.

Palace had some promising moments in the opening quarter-of-an-hour without troubling Guglielmo Vicario, while we had the ball in the back of the net on 17 minutes, Richarlison tucking home a lovely low Pedro Porro cross but it was ruled out by VAR as Lucas Bergvall was offside in the build-up.

Jean-Philippe Mateta struck a right-footed drive just wide shortly afterwards before sending a header over from close range after Maxence Lacroix had nodded back across goal in the 27th minute. Ten minutes before the break Adam Wharton latched onto a stray Djed Spence pass deep inside his own half but his shot was comfortably saved by Vicario.

We’d been on the back foot for much of the half yet took the lead on 42 minutes thanks to Gray’s big moment. Pedro Porro’s deep corner was met at the back post by Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison flicked it on and there was Gray to nod home from three yards out. It might have been his first senior goal but it’s unlikely he’ll score any easier in his career!

We took a slender lead into the interval but it was Palace quickly out of the blocks again at the start of the second half, Yeremy Pino with an early chance but his effort took a deflection for a corner, which came to nothing. They had a glorious opportunity to level on 55 minutes, Pino’s cross headed back into the six-yard box by Nathaniel Clyne only for Justin Devenny to blaze over with a shot on the turn.

Palace substitute Eddie Nketiah flashed a ball across the face of goal as the Eagles continued to press as the game entered its final quarter. Lacroix then glanced a header just wide before we fashioned our first effort on goal of the second period, Odobert cutting in off the left flank and curling a shot into the arms of Dean Henderson in the Palace goal. We thought we’d added a second with 15 minutes remaining, Richarlison tucking home a Mohammed Kudus cross on a breakaway, only for VAR to once again intervene and disallow it, our Brazilian forward this time offside. Richarlison then fired straight at Henderson as we started to see more attacking opportunities in the final minutes, with Odobert rifling a smart low effort against the post in another near miss.

In between those chances, there was a return to action for Radu Dragusin, coming off the bench for his first appearance since an ACL injury suffered in late January. That meant a back five to shore things up for the final minutes and, not only did we do just that, but almost added a second seven minutes into stoppage time when Pedro Porro cut back for Rodrigo Bentancur whose effort was well saved by Henderson. That was the last chance though as the whistle blew moments later, giving us three huge points on the road in front of our fantastic and noisy travelling fans.