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Martin Ho praised every single player who showed ‘bravery’ and ‘composure’ to step up and take a penalty before Lize Kop produced a stunning save in the shoot-out to see us topple London City Lionesses and earn our spot in the quarter-final of the Adobe Women’s FA Cup.

The cup tie at Hayes Lane was packed with action from the very beginning when Matilda Vinberg fired us ahead in the contest after just seven minutes before two goals in two minutes – from Danielle van de Donk and Jana Fernandez – just before the hour mark completely turned the game into London City’s favour.

As we entered stoppage time and the minutes continued to tick away, still 2-1 down, our FA Cup journey looked like it was coming to an end but, in the sixth minute of injury-time, we were handed a lifeline as Ryan Atkin pointed to the spot after a handball from Teyah Goldie inside the box. Bethany England stepped up and made no mistake to take the tie into extra time.

The additional 30 minutes passed and it remained all square and penalties followed. Remarkably the first 17 penalties were all calmly converted, nine from us, before Lize Kop eventually denied Wassa Sangare and secure us a 9-8 win in the shootout.

“When it goes to penalties, I never watch them anyway, I think it's a lottery - it's probably the cruellest part of football,” Martin told us after the game.

“But, [it was] outstanding bravery and courage from the players to step up and take the penalties because, at big moments, it's a lot of pressure. Then Lize comes out with the save at the end, that wins us the game, a really good squad effort.

“I think the team today, from start to finish, players who started, players who finished the game, they pushed the game from start to finish and over the course of it, I think we deserved it with the bigger moments we had. They've had some moments at the same time, but I think the way we defended the box was very, very good in the big moments.

“When you have that walk from the halfway line up to the penalty spot and when you get there, you've got to make sure that you're composed and you're relaxed - that's easy for us to say because we're not the ones stepping up but they'll feel a lot of pressure.

“The composure they showed to take those penalties and how well they were executed is a credit to the players because they're the ones who have to step up and do it. Lize, as I said, makes a fantastic save to win us the game and put us into a quarter-final.”

Chelsea awaits in the quarter-final of the competition – after the draw was conducted prior to our clash with London City – and our Head Coach is ready to put things right from our last meeting with the Blues at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier this month.

“We now have a quarter-final against Chelsea. We've had a good game against them recently where we didn't come out on top, so we want to make sure we put that right. I know the performance levels we can get to and we were nowhere near our best today, but we had lots of big moments with the ball.

“Then defensively, I thought we were brilliant, we had to ride our luck at times like they did too. But hopefully we just could have capitalised on a few more of those chances within the game. However, an FA Cup game under the lights that puts you through to a quarter-final and for the neutral, it was probably brilliant to see it go to penalties.”

Martin on the importance of some rest with the international break now coming up: “There's the opportunity for the players who are staying with us, who don't go away to have a break, staff to switch off and have some time to reset and players who go on international duty, go away safe and come back safe. We will then start to rebuild to go into the Everton game, which is our next home game, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. We want to make sure that we can perform at a high level and compete in that game.”

It was drama all the way as we finally toppled London City Lionesses in a penalty shoot-out in the fifth round to book a quarter-final tie at Chelsea in the Women's FA Cup on Monday evening.

We looked out of the competition, 2-1 down with the clock ticking into the fifth minute of added time at Bromley's Hayes Lane. Typical of the FA Cup though, there was a late, late twist as we kept a corner alive, Bethany England headed at goal and Teyah Goldie clearly moved her left arm towards the ball to block on the line. Referee Ryan Atkin pointed to the spot and England made no mistake to take the tie into extra time.

It stayed 2-2 and incredibly, the first 17 penalties of the shoot-out were all converted. Kop, who made point-blank saves in normal time before firing in our sixth penalty, then got down to her right to keep out Wassa Sangare and secure the shoot out 9-8.

That means we'll face Chelsea, the holders, in the last eight - ties played over the weekend of 4/5 April.

Both teams made three changes - most notable for us Molly Bartrip back in central defence in place of Clare Hunt and Cathinka Tandberg making her first start since late November, with Bethany England on the bench. Bartrip wore the captain's armband.

We were in control of the opening exchanges, Olivia Holdt fired over on six minutes and a minute later, we opened the scoring. Tandberg won possession and found Holdt and she delivered a fine pass inside Jana Fernandez for Vinberg, who beat Elene Lete to slide home.

The home side grew into the game, Toko Koga did well to clear Frey Godfrey's cross and then Signe Gaupset slid in to deny Nikita Parris after Sanni Frassi bundled her way into the box. Fernandez then did well to nod away from Julie Blaksted attacking Tandberg's header from Maika Hamano's cross.

Lize Kop made a superb point-blank save from Parris' header on 41 minutes, then comfortably gathered Godfrey's 20 yarder and the half ended with Holdt just off target from Vinberg's cross.

We were back on the front foot at the start of the second half as Tandberg had two efforts blocked in a scramble from Eveliina Summanen's free-kick and as we recycled play, Gaupset was also denied by a big block from Sangare. Tandberg then had a goal ruled out for offside as she followed in a cross/shot from Vinberg.

Then everything changed. Home boss Eder Maestre brought on Luca Corrales and Danielle van de Donk on 57 minutes and within just over a minute, the pair combined to equalise, van de Donk crossing for Corrales to angle home. A minute later, Fernandez picked the ball up in space 30 yards out, took aim and fired home for 2-1.

Martin Ho responded by bringing on England, Amanda Nilden and Lenna Gunning-Williams on 65 minutes, but the next chance fell to the Lionesses with Kop getting her angles right to deny Corrales from 10 yards.

Matilda Vinberg and Olga Ahtinen also entered the fray but we were now struggling to carve out chances. Lionesses dealt with our corners and crosses - until the last seconds of added time.

With Kop joining the attack, we kept a corner alive, England headed at goal and Goldie moved her arm towards the ball to clear off the line. It gave Ryan Atkin little option but to point to the spot and England made no mistake, drilling low into the corner as Lete dived the right way.

Both teams had half-chances in extra time. In the first period, Kop was there again to save from Isabel Goodwin, Amanda Nilden's low curler from 20 yards was taken by Lete and Marlou Marcetto headed wide. Tandberg was off target with a tricky chance at the start of the second period and Koga did well to touch away Isabel Goodwin's cross.

So, into the shoot-out. Incredibly, the first 17 penalties were successful - England, Tandberg, Amanda Nilden, Gaupset, Koga, Kop, Ahtinen, Gunning-Williams and Hanna Wijk all on target for us. Finally Kop, who got her hand to Partido and Marcetto's attempts, kept out Sangare down to her right - cue the celebrations!

We will travel to Chelsea in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup quarter-final should we progress in tonight’s clash against London City Lionesses in the fifth round.

The draw was conducted this evening (Monday 23 February) on TNT Sports ahead of our encounter at Hayes Lane and either us or London City were pitted to take on the Blues in the next stage of the competition.

If we were to progress tonight, the ties for the quarter-final will take place across the weekend of Sunday 5 April.

You can follow all the action of our fifth round tie with London City on our Match Centre and our dedicated Live Blog below.

We can now confirm the starting XI and substitutes for our encounter with London City Lionesses in the Women’s FA Cup fifth round on Monday evening.

Martin Ho has made three changes to the side which started in our 7-3 victory at Aston Villa last time out in the Women’s Super League.

Molly Bartrip comes into the backline in place of Clare Hunt and will wear the captain’s armband for this evening’s cup clash at Hayes Lane.

Cathinka Tandberg makes her first start since late November - our 1-0 win over Bristol City in the Women’s League Cup – as she replaces Bethany England in the starting line-up, with our number nine named amongst the substitutes.

The final change sees Matilda Vinberg come in for Amanda Nilden. Defender Charlotte Grant returns to the matchday squad for the first time since Arsenal in November, 2025, after recovering from a spell on the sidelines.

Starting XI: Kop, Bartrip (c), Gaupset, Holdt, Vinberg, Tandberg, Wijk, Hamano, Summanen, Koga, Blakstad.

Academy striker Reiss Elliott-Parris has had his impressive season recognised with a first international call-up.

The 18-year-old forward has been named in the Guyana Under-20 squad for their 2026 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship qualifier against Curaçao this week.

The match – Guyana’s opening contest in Group D – takes place in Willemstad on Tuesday evening (8pm local time in Curaçao, 12am Wednesday in the UK).

The tournament will identify six qualifying nations for the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship later this year.

Reiss has starred for our Under-18s this season with 10 goals in 15 appearances in all competitions at that level, including a hat-trick at Fulham in December, plus a further two goals in the Under-19 UEFA Youth League. He has also featured six times for our Under-21s so far this term.

Congratulations, Reiss!

It was an ‘emotional' return to north London on Sunday afternoon for Dele.

A maverick on the pitch for us between 2015 and 2022, Dele epitomises the phrase ‘fan favourite’.

A player with a flick, a trick, an overhead kick, he was so Spurs. Enjoying seven glorious years in N17, he was adored by the Spurs faithful, and he adored them just as much - something which was so clear to see as he reunited with them at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday, telling our supporters that they will forever be his family.

“I think the only word I can use is emotional,” he said during half-time when asked to summarise his feelings as he walked back onto the pitch where he once dazzled.

“It's been a while, and I hope you guys missed me just as much as I missed you. I think a lot has happened in both of our journeys since I left, but we're back together now, and I think you guys will be my family for the rest of my life.

“In all my time here at Spurs, I tried to express myself, have fun, and play the way I enjoy playing football. I tried to entertain you guys, and hopefully I did that.”

Dele amassed 269 appearances in all competitions in our colours, scoring 67 goals and providing 59 assists in one of the most-revered forward lines in our history.

The attack-minded player was a key member of the team that recorded our best-ever Premier League finish, coming second in the 2016/17 season, and that reached the Champions League final in 2019, providing Lucas Moura with the away-goals winner in our semi-final against Ajax.

Talking about that remarkable team, Dele made known that it was a joint effort between the players, staff, and our supporters that created so many memories.

“We were a family,” he declared, before telling our supporters that he was honoured to be back with the 12th member of that fondly-remembered team.

“We felt like we gave it everything, and the fans really pushed us on and helped us to win each game. It happened over and over again.

“It was a very special team. I met some people that I'll call friends and family for life, from the players to the staff, to even some of the fans. It was very special.”

Dele will always be remembered for the flair and passion he showed in our shirt - he was quintessentially Spurs. During the interview, he was reminded of his spectacular goal at Selhurst Park in 2016 and his performances against Spanish giants Real Madrid in the Champions League - he scored twice at Wembley as we defeated the then all-conquering Los Blancos 3-1 in November, 2017.

Over his time in north London, he was twice named as the PFA’s Young Player of the Year (2015/16 and 2016/17) while he also earned a place in the PFA Team of the Year in both of those campaigns.

He also made a mark internationally whilst at Spurs, playing 37 times for England, which included scoring in England’s run to the World Cup semi-finals in 2018.

In January 2022, Dele’s spell in Lilywhite came to an end, moving north to Everton, where he made 13 appearances, before joining Besiktas. He most recently played for Serie A side Como in March, 2025.

Before returning to the stands for the second half, Dele left our supporters with the following message:

“There are no words to describe how you guys make me feel. No matter where I am in the world, you always show me incredible love and support. In every continent of the world, wherever I've been, if I meet a Tottenham fan, it's always love.

“I just want you to know that I love you guys just as much as you love me. Hopefully, my entertainment on the pitch was good, and you could see the fight and passion that I have.

“I can't wait to be back out on the pitch playing, hopefully it's not too long now. I love you all.”

Mikey Moore scored an 88th-minute equaliser to prevent Rangers from suffering a shock defeat at Scottish Premiership basement side Livingston on Sunday.

Our on-loan attacking midfielder headed in James Tavernier’s cross to haul his side back on level terms, shortly after team-mate Emmanuel Fernandez had made it 2-1.

Hosts Livingston had led 2-0 through Brooklyn Kabongolo and Lewis Smith, but the dismissal of Cristian Montano on the hour mark opened the door for Rangers to come back.

Mikey completed the full game and even had late appeals for a penalty denied after a VAR review saw nothing doing following Cammy Kerr’s foul on the youngster.

The result still saw Rangers drop points in what is shaping up to be a dramatic title race north of the border. It leaves them four points adrift of leaders Hearts with 10 games remaining.

Dane Scarlett was also involved in a match with Scottish title ramifications on Sunday – he came off the bench on the hour mark to help loan side Hibernian to a 2-1 win at 10-man Celtic that left the hosts third in the table, six points off the lead, albeit with a game in hand.

Micky van de Ven felt the fans ‘kept standing behind us’ as Arsenal eventually took the north London derby honours on Sunday.

The atmosphere crackled before kick-off and was there again at the end of the first half as Randal Kolo Muani’s fine strike levelled the score at 1-1 and something special looked on. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be as Viktor Gyokeres fired home two minutes into the second half, Eberechi Eze added his second for 3-1 and Gyokeres added the fourth in added time.

Micky, wearing the armband in Cuti Romero’s absence, told SPURSPLAY afterwards. “The fans were unbelievable today and I have to give credit to them for the full 90 minutes. I know it's also a really tough situation for them, but they kept standing behind us today.

“It was really important for us, and I think we felt it as well. We wanted to do everything to give them something back but, unfortunately, we couldn't do that today.”

Reflecting on the 90 minutes, Micky added: “It was a really tough game. I think in the first half we were going into half-time with 1-1 and I think there's a good feeling from our side. Obviously, we suffered again, didn't play really bad, but then we came out in the second half, they scored after two minutes and after that it was really tough.”

It's quiz time! Randal Kolo Muani's strike against Arsenal saw him become the 51st different Spurs player to score at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but can you name them all?

Since our 62,850-seater stadium opened in N17 in April, 2019, 51 different players have scored for us in Lilywhite at our stunning home. But can you name those goalscorers?

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 15 minutes to name as many of the 51 players as you can. To help, the amount of goals they have scored at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 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 51 goalscorers at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Igor Tudor said he ‘saw something’ in terms of foundations to build on but took a realistic view of our 4-1 loss against Arsenal in his first game in charge on Sunday.

There were certainly signs something special could be on the cards in this latest north London derby when Randal Kolo Muani levelled Eberechi Eze’s opener within two minutes to take us into half-time level.

However, hopes of a second half to remember were quickly dashed by Viktor Gyokeres’ strike for 2-1 two minutes into the second half. Eze and Goykeres added a second each as the Gunners ran out 4-1 winners.

Speaking to us after his first taste of matchday in N17 and the NLD, Igor said: “I saw something, but there is still a lot of work to do. There are too many problems for this kind of team, so we need to keep working from tomorrow, from Tuesday, more than we did until now. At this moment, this is how it is. So, this kind of team, it’s too much at this moment to play against them.”

Asked about his first experience in the stadium, he said: “It was amazing. I feel the good energy, so that's why we are all sad. I'm sad because we couldn't do better performance. They (the fans) want it, we want it, we tried, but in this moment we are not able to do better.”