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With pre-season well underway at Hotspur Way over the last two weeks, Martin Ho’s side will return to Spain for 12 days of intense warm weather training.

Alongside a number of sessions across our trip scheduled for Friday 7 August to Wednesday 19 August, we will pick up minutes in friendlies while we are there.

We will face Granada on Sunday 9 August with kick-off at 11am (local time, 10am UK) at Pinatar Arena, Murcia in Spain.

The fixture will be open to the public to attend for free and will be streamed live on SPURSPLAY.

We will also play a second friendly during our performance camp, which will be announced in due course.

Upon returning home on Wednesday 19 August, our squad will take on further pre-season friendlies, with details to be announced shortly.

Signed from Manchester United in the summer of 2023, the 30-year-old Scotland international has provided some memorable moments in Lilywhite, including her winning goal to secure our first-ever Women’s Super League win over Arsenal in December, 2023.

Then in April, 2024, Martha headed home at late winner FA Cup in our semi-final tie with Leicester City, which saw us reach the final for the first time in our history.

Having spent the second half of the 2025/26 campaign on loan with Liverpool, she made 66 appearances for us in all competitions, scoring 13 goals, including a hat-trick in our 4-2 victory over Aston Villa in October, 2023.

We thank Martha for her contribution to the Club and wish her well for the future.

We dominated the 90 minutes for large spells and were well worthy of the lead given to us when Tel picked out the top corner in emphatic style just before the half-hour mark, later hitting the woodwork through Conor Gallagher and half-time substitute Luca Williams-Barnett, albeit without managing to convert our openings into goals.

Sydney punished us when Sekine pounced on a deflected through ball to equalise 10 minutes after the break but despite our continued dominance – Yang Min-Hyeok missing two chances set up by Andy Robertson, who came on wearing the captain’s armband for his first appearance in our colours – we couldn’t find a second goal in normal time.

With the scoreline at 1-1, we went straight to penalties and after Joe Lacey missed Sydney’s third kick, Jamie Donley was denied by Gus Hoefsloot before Dubravka quite spectacularly dived away to his right to save Alexandar Popovic’s effort. That gave Dane Scarlett the chance to win it for us which he duly did, rounding off a 4-2 shootout victory and another useful run-out on the second outing of our pre-season tour.

We pressed aggressively right from the off and caused Sydney problems, Tel firing straight at Hoefsloot after latching onto the keeper’s miscued pass while Manor Solomon – lively on the right wing – set up Gallagher for a side-footed shot that was blocked. Rhys Youlley tested Dubravka with his side’s first attempt on 24 minutes while Ben Davies couldn’t quite connect with Tel’s free-kick delivery at the other end before the latter broke the deadlock from another set-piece in some style with 29 on the watch, curling a peach of a shot into the top corner after Solomon was upended.

Gallagher hit the near post soon afterwards as we sought a second while Rio Kyerematen was denied by Hoefsloot for a second time in the game, although Mathias Macallister gave Dubravka a scare when his attempted lob from the half-way line flew just off-target. The same player fired wide in the lead-up to half-time and although Williams-Barnett fizzed a shot against Sydney’s crossbar less than two minutes after coming on, our opponents drew level on 55 minutes when they broke through centrally and a pass was diverted by the leg of defender Kota Takai into the path of Sekine, who slid home on his first start for the Sky Blues.

Robertson impressed on the left after his introduction and sent in two superb deliveries for Yang – the young forward off-target with his first attempt and going close with a header with his second – before the Scotland international himself saw a low angled drive clawed away by Hoefsloot. Williams-Barnett tried a couple of shots late on, but with no further goals, we went on to win the shootout, much to the delight of our many thousands of fans in attendance.

We’ll now face Chelsea in our second match of the Sydney Super Cup across the city at the Accor Stadium on Saturday (10.45am UK).

Line-ups

Spurs: Dubravka, Tye Hall (Robertson 65), Hardy (Tingey 78), Davies (Takai 46), Kyerematen (Byrne 78), Gray (c) (Donley 65), Bergvall (Tonali 46), Gallagher (Melia 65), Solomon (Yang 65), Richarlison (Scarlett 65), Tel (Williams-Barnett 46). Substitutes (not used): Kinsky, Tyrese Hall, Russell-Denny, Ajayi.

Sydney FC: Hoefsloot, Grant (c) (Dyer 78), A Popovic, Courtney-Perkins, Garcuccio, Kamijo (Lancaster 74), Youlley (Alfaro 78), De Jesus (Toure 65), Quintal (France 74), Sekine (Lacey 65), Macallister (G Popovic 65). Substitutes (not used): Zaverdinos, Gurd, Glasson, Lacey, Williams, Milliner, Hollman.

Match data

Goals: Spurs – Tel 29; Sydney FC – Sekine 55.

Yellow card: Sydney FC – A Popovic 37.

Referee: Adam Kersey.

Venue: Allianz Stadium.

Weather: Clear sky, moderate breeze, 12 degrees.

Penalty shootout

As previously announced, Cathinka Tandberg has switched to number 9 and that will see Shekeira Martinez take over the number 19 jersey.

Forward Kirsty Hanson will wear number 16 while midfielder Victoria Pelova has taken the number 23.

Further squad number announcements will be made in due course.

Fans are able to personalise their new 2026/27 kits with these names and numbers now in our Spurs Shops and online. As always, please refer to the terms and conditions at point of sale when purchasing any replica shirt personalisation.

It all started in May, 1976 when we played five matches as part of a mammoth post-season tour of Canada, Fiji and Australasia. The first game was against Victoria in Melbourne and since, we've played in Newcastle (NSW), Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

Here's the history of Spurs in Australia...

We played five matches on our first tour Down Under - and won all five. Martin Chivers top scored with five goals, including a hat-trick against Western Australia ad we racked up 20 goals in those five matches.

Melbourne - 15,000

Spurs: Daines (Kendall), Osgood, Naylor (Stead), Pratt (Hoddle), Young, Walford, Neighbour, Perryman, Jones, Armstrong (Duncan), Coates.

Newcastle - 7,000

Spurs: Kendall, Naylor (Neill), Stead, Pratt (Neighbour), Young, Walford, Hoddle, Perryman (Armstrong), Jones, Chivers, Osgood.

Sydney - 26,561

Spurs: Daines, Naylor, Stead, Pratt, Young, Osgood, Neighbour, Perryman, Chivers, Jones, Coates.

Adelaide - 15,200

Spurs: Kendall, Naylor (Armstrong), Stead, Pratt, Young, Walford, Neighbour, Osgood, Jones, Chivers, Coates.

Perth - 18,000

Spurs: Daines (Kendall), Naylor, Stead (Armstrong), Pratt (Hoddle), Young, Osgood (Walford), Neighbour, Perryman, Chivers, Jones, Coates.

Our second tour of Australia, this time competing in the International Soccer Tournament against the Australian national team, Udinese of Italy and Brazilian side Vasco da Gama.

Melbourne - 20,503

Spurs: Clemence, Thomas, Bowen, Roberts, Miller, (Culverhouse), Mabbutt, Ardiles, Falco, Leworthy, Hazard (Crook), Dick.

Sydney

Spurs: Clemence, Thomas (Culverhouse), Bowen, Roberts, Miller, Mabbutt, Ardiles, Falco, Crook (Leworthy), Hazard, Dick.

Adelaide

Spurs: Clemence, Thomas, Hughton, Roberts, Miller (Culverhouse), Mabbutt, Ardiles, Falco, Dick, Hazard (Leworthy), Galvin (Crook).

Spurs: Clemence, Thomas, Hughton, Roberts, Miller, Mabbutt, Ardiles (Crook), Falco, Leworthy, Chiedozie (Hazard), Galvin (Dick).

After a gap of 30 years, we were back in Australia as part of a post-season tour of Malaysia and Australia in May, 2015. Having beaten a Malaysia XI side in Kuala Lumpur, we played Sydney FC for the AIA Cup in the iconic ANZ Stadium, host of the Sydney Olympics. Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game as over 70,000 fans packed out the stadium. Our 2015 tour proved a big hit on and off the pitch and was later awarded 'Best Event' at the ‘Australia’s Favourite Event’ Awards.

Sydney - 71,549

Spurs: Lloris (Vorm), Yedlin, Bentaleb, Dembele (Walker-Peters), Vertonghen (Dier), Stambouli, Townsend (Ward), Mason (Winks), Kane (Onomah), Eriksen (Chadli), Lamela (Carroll).

Having waited 30 years, we were back in Australia for the second time in just over a year for a pre-season tour in 2016. We played two high-profile matches against Juventus and Atletico Madrid in the International Champions Cup at the iconic MCG, our young squad performing well ahead of a 2016/17 season to remember, the last at the Lane, where we remained unbeaten on our way to finishing runners-up in the Premier League.

Melbourne - 31,447

Spurs: Vorm, Trippier (Walkes), Miller (Yedlin), Wanyama, Ball (Amos), Carter-Vickers, Son (Lamela), Mason (Winks), Janssen (Harrison), Carroll (Edwards), Chadli (Onomah).

Melbourne - 42,107

Spurs: Vorm (McGee), Trippier (Walker-Peters), Yedlin (Miller), Wanyama (Mason), Walkes, Carter-Vickers, Onomah (Chadli), Winks (Ball), Janssen (Edwards), Eriksen (Carroll), Lamela (Son).

Now led by Australian coach Ange Postecoglou, we headed to Perth for Ange's first pre-season, ahead of 2023/24. His first game in charge gave an indication of what was to come in terms of his front-foot football as we racked up 30-plus efforts at goal against West Ham in the Optus Stadium. That was the first stop of a tour that also took in Thailand and Singapore.

Perth - 46,266

Spurs: First half: Vicario, Pedro Porro, Romero, Tanganga, Reguilon, Skipp, Bissouma, Maddison, Solomon, Kane (c), Kulusevski.

Second half: Austin, Emerson, Davies, Sanchez, Udogie, Sarr, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Devine, Richarlison, Perisic. Substitutes (not used): Whiteman, White.

Having finished fifth in Ange's first season, we were back in Melbourne in May, 2024 for a post-season match against Newcastle United - a penalty shoot-out loss at the MCG.

Melbourne - 78,419

Spurs: Austin (Whiteman 78), Pedro Porro (Abbott 46 (Black 88)), Dragusin (Hall 71), van de Ven (Phillips 46), Royal (Kyerematen 88), Bentancur (Skipp 46), Sarr (Donley 61), Maddison (Devine 46), Johnson (Santiago 69), Kulusevski (Scarlett 69), Son (c) (Bryan 61). Substitute (not used): Vicario.

Over the course of four days, the SFD team in Auckland - Shannon Moloney, Tyler Blackwood and Kevin Moffatt - took our footballing philosophy to four schools, led a coach education session at Auckland United FC and enjoyed a special visit to Mangere Refugee Centre.

Saturday proved a day to remember, first in the morning at Mangere Refugee Centre, where the SFD team were joined by our legendary former skipper and Club Ambassador, Ledley King. Then, in the afternoon, Conor Gallagher, Dominic Solanke, Mateus Fernandes and Ben Davis paid a visit to a session at Westlake Girls High School.

Reflecting on a wonderful week in Auckland, Shannon, our Head of International Development (APAC), said: "It was a fantastic four days. We coached at four schools as part of AIA Healthier Schools, the schools selected by AIA New Zealand.

"We gave authentic Tottenham Hotspur football experiences and the children got to learn some of the skills, one-vs-one work, aerial ball mastery - all about our DNA.

"Two of the schools gave us the most fantastic Māori welcome. That made us all feel at home. We also had 40 kids with Ledley at the Refugee Centre, another really special session and then Conor, Dom, Mateus and Ben joined us on Saturday afternoon, really got involved, such a fantastic experience for the kids.

"I've got to say though, the Māori schools were amazing, we had such beautiful welcomes through song and that really got to the roots of the culture. It was wonderful to experience that and to be part of Tottenham Hotspur's visit to New Zealand."

All SFD sessions are tailored to give players and coaches an insight into the Club’s coaching philosophy, which is renowned for developing world class players through our own technical DNA.

Here’s all you need to know...

What time does the match start?

We get underway at 7.45pm local time in Australia, which is 10.45am in the UK.

How can I watch the game?

You’ll once again be able to watch the action live and in full on SPURSPLAY, subject to availability in your region – find out more here.

We’ll also be bringing supporters live text updates via our Match Centre here on our official app and website as usual.

What is the team news?

Roberto De Zerbi named a young starting XI before introducing some more established senior players after the break in our first game of the tour against Auckland FC in New Zealand at the weekend.

The boss is expected to shuffle his pack once more – he has 35 players on the trip in total – while it remains to be seen when summer signings Andy Robertson and Jan Paul van Hecke will make their first appearances in our colours. Both reported in at the club prior to the squad embarking on tour after their respective duties with Scotland and the Netherlands at the World Cup, but neither featured against Auckland.

Which kit will the team be wearing?

We’ll be wearing our brand new 2026/27 away kit for the first time in a senior men’s game on Wednesday.

The strip’s only previous outing on the pitch was in our Under-21s’ pre-season friendly at Boreham Wood last week.

What will the weather be like?

It’s expected to be mild with clear skies in Sydney on Wednesday, with temperatures at around 13 degrees when the game starts.

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