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The Court’s decision concerns the legal process followed by Enfield Council in granting planning permission, rather than the planning merits of the proposed development itself.

We continue to believe the proposals would deliver significant benefits for Enfield by safeguarding Whitewebbs as a green space, improving access to nature, restoring important heritage assets, creating new facilities for local residents, community groups and sports clubs whilst delivering a lasting legacy for women’s and girls’ sport.

The development would create a world-leading Women’s and Girls’ Training Centre, helping to establish Enfield as a leading destination for the women’s and girls’ game. Alongside elite facilities, it would create new opportunities for girls across the borough to play and develop through expanded coaching, education and community programmes, while providing a visible pathway from grassroots football to the very highest levels of the game.

We remain committed to Enfield and to continuing the work we have undertaken in the borough for many years through investment in sport, education and community programmes. We will now consider the judgement carefully and determine our next steps.

We are delighted to announce the signing of Maxwell Adedeji.

The 18-year-old defender has joined after five years in Leicester City’s academy, where he was part of the Under-16 Premier League Cup winning team in 2023/24.

Maxwell, who has also represented Finland at U17 level, has now joined up with our Under-21 squad for the 2026/27 season.

Welcome, Maxwell!

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Goals from Dane Scarlett and Richarlison saw us home 2-0 against A-League champions Auckland FC at Eden Park.

After our first visit to New Zealand for 50 years, the players now focus on our next two pre-season matches in Sydney - Sydney FC, A-League runners-up in May, at the Allianz Stadium on Wednesday evening, local time (10.45am UK) followed by more familiar foe in Chelsea at the Accor Stadium on Saturday evening, local time (10.45am UK).

Here's our first gallery from Sydney...

Having faced Auckland FC at the historic Eden Park - home of the All Blacks - in the New Zealand city of the same name, a number of stars of the nation's world famous rugby side were in attendance to watch us in action.

At Eden Park were current New Zealand stars Fabian Holland and Anton Segner as was the legendary Dan Carter - the highest points scorer in Test Match rugby union history, a double World Cup winner and possibly the greatest fly half (#10) in history.

After the game, the trio came down to pitchside where Kevin Danso and Ben Davies were keen to meet them.

Ben, a huge rugby fan, grew up watching Carter dominate the world game. It would be fair to say Carter is something of a childhood hero for Ben. While, Kevin, also a lover of the sport, was also eager to meet his fellow sports stars, especially with him sharing a language with Anton Segner - a German-born player.

Check out our photos from the meeting in our gallery below...

Having beaten A-League champions Auckland FC at the iconic Eden Park on Sunday, the squad has travelled to Australia and now prepares to face Sydney FC – runners-up to Auckland FC in May’s Grand Final - at the Allianz Stadium on Wednesday (10.45am UK). After that, it’s familiar foe and Chelsea at the Accor Stadium on Saturday (10.45am UK).

“It’s my first time in Australia,” said Roberto, speaking to media in Sydney on Monday morning, local time. “My first impression is Sydney is an amazing city, very nice, but first of all we have not too much time to go to visit. We have to work, we have to stay focused on the job.

“We are looking Improve our physical condition, improve our level of play, improve the connection between the players and the relationship with the players in these days in New Zealand and Australia

“It’s important we go to play in front of our fans, because Tottenham have fans everywhere in the world.”

With our Premier League opener against Brentford looming – we travel to the Gtech on 22 August (5.30pm UK) – we asked Roberto what he’s looking for as pre-season builds up.

He added: “To build a new team with the qualities, for sure, with big players, for sure, but with soul, with passion, with all the values we have. Football now is not just on the pitch, it's not just with the ball, it's before, it's in life. It's how many hours during the day you think about your job.”

Rugby union’s all-time record international points scorer with 1,598 in 112 Tests between 2003-2015 – the only player to reach the 1,500 mark – Carter made his debut against Wales in Hamilton in June, 2003.

Watching at home in Neath, a young Ben Davies, aged just 10.

It’s fair to say Carter, seen as the best fly half (#10) and one of the best players to ever grace the rugby stage, made his mark on his first appearance – 20 points, including a try and six conversions, as the All Blacks stormed home 55-3.

He went on to do it all, including winning the World Cup in 2011 and 2015, when he was Man of the Match in the final and three times named World Rugby Player of the Year between 2003-2015. After almost 20 years in the sport, he retired in 2020 after spells at Racing 92 in France and Kobelco Steelers in Japan.

A huge rugby fan, Ben met Carter, one of his sporting idols, after playing the final half-hour of our 2-0 win against Auckland FC in front of 40,112 at Eden Park, a record attendance for a men’s football match in New Zealand.

He told us: “I grew up a big rugby fan, obviously, and watched Dan Carter dominate against Wales time and time again. He’s an absolute legend. I used to love watching him as a kid.

“We've done lots of big things (with Spurs), toured different places, but Eden Park's special. I’ve watched Wales play here, watched the British Lions play here, and it's a fortress for the All Blacks.

“It was really cool to play here. It's a bit strange to see all the football goals up, not the rugby posts, but it's an epic stadium, one I can probably say that not too many Welshmen have walked off the pitch winning! It was a special day.”

For the third time in four years, our youngsters journeyed across the water to Fota Island in Cork for a pre-season camp, spending several days training and engaging in various team bonding exercises together before taking to the field for a highly-competitive and useful friendly against Waterford.

The trip gave the players a chance to meet and interact with our some of our dedicated fans in Ireland – a delegation from our Cork Spurs Official Supporters’ Club addressed the squad on Friday and presented them with a commemorative plaque to mark their visit to the city, while members from Cork Spurs and Youghal Spurs, including several delighted youngsters, came to watch Saturday’s game before collecting autographs and selfies from the team at full-time.

The tour also saw the squad and staff attend a senior League of Ireland match on Friday night as nearby Cobh Ramblers hosted Bray Wanderers, the visitors running out 2-1 winners.

“Seeing another style of football in another country and how it’s played, the players were able to take some bits that they’ll be able to relate to their games and what the future might hold for some of them,” said Under-18s Coach Jamie Carr, who himself hails from Dublin.

“We got to meet the Supporters’ Clubs who were great – Cork Spurs presented us with a lovely plaque which was nice and the boys got the opportunity to go and meet some of the fans as well and just mingle with the young kids, signing autographs and getting selfies. All in all it’s been a great experience.

“From a staff point of view as well, it’s great to be able to spend a little bit more time with these lads over the course of the week and it’s been nice to see their character coming out, not just on the football pitch but off it, whether that was in a padel tournament, a table tennis tournament or going to watch a senior football match here in Ireland. From a social side of things it’s been a really good trip, but also we’ve worked the boys really hard from a training perspective. We had a really tough session on Wednesday and the boys probably went into the game against Waterford feeling slightly leggy which is exactly what you want in pre-season, so overall it ticked all the boxes from a preparation point of view.”

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