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It's quiz time!

Ahead of Wednesday's trip to AFC Bournemouth, we're challenging you to name every one of our Premier League goalscorers against the Cherries.

Since the south coast side were first promoted in 2015, we have faced them 17 times in the top flight, scoring 37 goals across those meetings, but which players were responsible for those goals?

Well that is our challenge 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 then have 10 minutes to name our 18 goalscorers against Bournemouth but don't worry, there is help as the amount of goals the players has scored against the Cherries and their nationality both listed.

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!

Live blog: AFC Bournemouth vs Spurs | Premier League | January, 2026  Tottenham Hotspur

We are delighted to announce the signing of Julie Blakstad following the expiration of her contract at Hammarby IF, subject to international clearance and work permit.

The 24-year-old Norway international joins the Club on a permanent contract and will wear the number 41 shirt.

Julie said: “This is such a great Club, I’m so excited to start. This is a club with ambitions, I know both the players and staff have high ambitions, which I really like. They focus on development, which is really important for me, and I’ve always said I want to play against the best players as often as I can. I can’t wait to meet everyone in the team.”

Our Head Coach Martin Ho said: “Julie is a modern, dynamic full-back who brings a real attacking edge to her game. She combines pace, technical quality and game intelligence with the ability to consistently impact the game in the final third, while still delivering the defensive intensity and discipline required at the highest level. Julie’s bravery in possession, timing of her forward runs and quality of decision-making mean she will regularly influence decisive moments in advanced areas.

“She was a clear priority for us, and despite strong competition from a number of top clubs in England and across Europe, Julie chose Tottenham Hotspur as the best environment to continue her development. That decision reflects her ambition, belief in our project, and the clarity of our vision.

“We are delighted to welcome a player of her quality, mentality and potential to the Club.”

Julie’s early footballing days were spent in her hometown with Ottestad IL in Norway’s third division before making the switch to FL Fart in the summer of 2018, helping the club earn promotion to the Toppserien (top flight) at the end of that campaign with seven goals in 11 appearances.

Competing at the highest level in Norway for the first time, Julie continued to impress for FL Fart and, after scoring four goals in 22 games alongside a number of strong performances, she was voted as the league’s Breakthrough Player and earned a move to Sweden to join Rosengard, where she scored on her competitive debut for the club.

Scoring 17 goals in 35 league games across two full seasons in Trondheim, Julie was named Toppserien’s Young Player of the Year award in 2021 for her standout performances at just 20 years old while also making her UEFA Women’s Champions League debut.

She joined Manchester City in January, 2022, and featured 13 times in total for the 2022/23 campaign which ended with Women’s League Cup success. Having made a further nine appearances for City the following term, she joined BK Hacken on loan in March, 2023, for the remainder of the season.

Julie made the switch back to Sweden permanently in January, 2024, to join Hammarby IF and started all but one of her 26 appearances for the Stockholm-based side, scoring eight goals and providing eight assists. Arguably her best season to date in her career came in the season just gone, providing 21 goal involvements (15 goals and six assists) in 26 games, while netting three times in the Champions League.

On the international stage, her senior debut for Norway came in October, 2020, against Wales in a game that secured her nation’s spot at the 2022 European Championship. Julie would go on to score her nation’s first goal in the tournament against Northern Ireland and went on to feature at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The winger has 31 caps and three goals for her country to date.

Thomas Frank rued the lack of a second goal as he reflected on Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Sunderland.

We were good value for our 1-0 half-time lead at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Ben Davies proving to be the man of the moment as he came up with the breakthrough goal on his first start of the season.

But the visitors came back into the contest after the restart and although we managed to keep them largely at bay, a good spell of play with just under 10 minutes remaining saw them snatch a share of the spoils through an emphatic finish from Brian Brobbey.

Head Coach Thomas said he felt a second goal for us at 1-0 would have killed the game off as he reflected on a frustrating afternoon in north London.

“It was a positive first half, a first half where I think we were front-footed, very aggressive in the pressure, winning the ball back, ending in many very good situations, but unfortunately without the cutting edge of quality because I think we could have easily scored a second goal in the first half,” he told SPURSPLAY.

“We couldn’t keep that up in the second half for whatever reason. We still have four or five transitions where we need to score the 2-0 goal and then the game is over, but on the flip side, we gave very little away and then the one moment where they put a little bit of good play together and unfortunately it did not give us the three points I think we should have had. It’s the lack of a 2-0 goal that kills us.”

Speaking about our front-footed approach in the first period, Thomas added: “I think we really want to press and be very aggressive in the man-to-man pressure, which we were and we won it back so many times, so I was very happy with that.

“But again, in those situations, we need to get more out of them – that’s been our biggest thing, that we don’t get more out of those situations.”

We return to action at AFC Bournemouth on Wednesday evening (kick-off 7.30pm UK time).

Watch | Thomas reflects on Sunderland draw

Maika Hamano became our fourth signing of the winter having secured a loan for the remainder of the season from Chelsea on Sunday morning (4 January).

With the additions of Signe Gaupset, Hanna Wijk and Matilda Nildén, the Japan international is another strong addition to Martin Ho’s squad as we look to build on our strong first half of the Barclays Women’s Super League season.

Only 21 years old, Maika has racked up wealth of experience already – and we’ve seen that first hand in the WSL – while impressing on the international stage for her nation across major tournaments.

Born and raised in Osaka, Japan, the young forward’s journey began at Cerezo Osaka Sakai, predominately competing in the second tier of Japanese football and scored 11 goals in 33 league games, before making the move to top-flight side INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2021 at just 17 years old.

A forward with plenty of high energy on either flank, she was straight into the first team for the 2021/22 season and instantly made her mark on her competitive debut for the club, scoring a brace in their 5-0 win over Omlya Ardija in September, 2021. She went on to feature in 16 games in total that season, starting nine of those, registering two goals and one assists, as her side went on to finish top of the table by eight points.

Not only did she shine in domestic club football that season, but Maika was one of the standout players at the Under-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Netting four goals and one assist in six appearances, the versatile forward helped Japan to a second-place finish in the tournament before being awarded the Golden Ball award, a trophy that recognises the best player in the competition, plus the Silver Boot award for finishing as the second-highest goalscorer.

Returning to action for her club in Japan, she went on to make seven appearances in the 2022/23 campaign in all competitions, scoring two goals and providing one assist, before agreeing a move to England to join Chelsea in January, 2023.

Just prior to her switch to the WSL, her impressive form for Japan at Under-20 level saw her rewarded with a senior debut for her nation in October, 2022, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2-0 friendly win over Nigeria.

Maika immediately headed out on loan to Swedish side Hammarby IF for the 2023 season, playing alongside Matilda Vinberg in the squad, and went on to make 22 appearances for the club in all competitions, registering 11 goals and three assists in that time, before her loan was cut short due to a shoulder injury.

In the summer of 2023, she was named in Japan’s World Cup squad and played for the first time in the competition when she was substituted on in their defeat to Sweden in the quarter-final.

Having recovered from surgery for her shoulder injury, Maika made her Chelsea and WSL debut in December, 2023, before netting her first goal in England in a 3-0 win at home to Aston Villa in April, 2024. She went on to play eight times for the Blues for the remainder of the 2023/24 season, scoring twice in the WSL, before collecting a WSL winner’s medal.

Major international tournaments kept continuing for the forward, this time being part of Japan’s squad for the 2024 Olympic games in Paris, where she featured in all four games in their run to the quarter-final, scoring once in their 3-1 victory over Nigeria.

The following term, she made her UEFA Women’s Champions League debut in the group phase opener against Real Madrid in October, 2024 before, on her second appearance, she netted her first goal in the competition in a 3-1 win over FC Twente and followed that up with another strike against Celtic in the next fixture, making seven appearances in total for the competition.

In the 2024/25 WSL season, she featured 17 times for the Blues, starting in 10 and scoring twice, to help retain the league title while also lifting the Women’s FA Cup and the Women’s League Cup.

Prior to her move to Lilywhite this month, Maika has played seven games in the first half of this term, scoring twice – one in the WSL and the Champions League, which came in their 6-0 win over AS Roma just a few weeks ago.

Thomas Frank spoke to the media at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium following our 1-1 draw with Sunderland on Sunday.

Here’s what he had to say...

Did the team start to sit back a bit towards the end of the second period?

Thomas: “Yeah, I don't think that's too wrong. I'm pleased with the first half, I think we showed a lot of good intentions, a lot of good play, I think we came into some very good offensive situations where we lacked the cutting-edge quality, so that was positive, and I think the big headline is we didn't score the 2-0 goal. We didn't kill the game off for 2-0, then the game, we are out of sight. We gave nothing away throughout the game. We have one bit where they do a top bit of play and then it's 1-1, so, for me, it was the 2-0 goal we lacked. I think first half was very good, we were totally dominant. Second half, not as dominant, but we still get into some very good situations, have some good counter-attack situations where we need to get more out of it. You can't rely on in the Premier League just to win 1-0.”

Were you affected by having a lack of like-for-like substitutions?

Thomas: “I think it was that we lacked a little extra freshness. I looked at some teams last night, they just put three players on like-for-like, and then they run away with the win – a club we can't speak about – but that's probably also a little bit in it. So let me put it that way, that would have helped us, it's not the same that we couldn't have put the score to 2-0 for the first 17 minutes.”

How do you reflect on the timing of Brennan Johnson’s transfer after Mohammed Kudus went off injured?

“Decisions are made and decisions I'm backing in every aspect. There's always more bigger picture stuff to some of those decisions. Sometimes it can look like perfect timing, sometimes it looks like not so perfect timing.”

Do you accept it looks like a risk to have let him go?

Thomas: “I think it's very important (to highlight) we took the decision before Mo got injured. We don't know how that looks like. So I think that's one thing. And sometimes when you take that decision, sometimes you can't delay them if you want to, for example.”

Is it important to make an attacking signing?

Thomas: “Yeah, as I think I said, we are out there. We are really, how can you say, alert. The club really wants to see what we can do to strengthen the squad and the team. I say many times it's a difficult window and we still need to have the short-term solution to be the long-term solution as well.”

Can you explain the reasoning behind letting Brennan Johnson leave?

Thomas: “I think the depth is one thing. Sometimes, you know, the decisions make more sense further down the line. And now there was an opportunity to sell a player, which the club hasn't been that good at in the past and sometimes that window can be small, if you want to do that, for example.”

Did it leave you light in attacking areas?

Thomas: “You can say that if we had Xavi (Simons) and Mo for today, then I think we have enough. But now we, for this game, didn't have them. Mo only for, what, 10 minutes? So there's just some games where you're very light, and that happens for teams.”

Was this a tough situation to put Luca Williams-Barnett into if you’d used him?

Thomas: “Yeah, I think it was not a game where we were just, boom, on top of it, and we just need that goal, and we were just controlling the game. So if that was the case, then it could have been a different decision. I think when we put Joao and Lucas on, there's been a lot of running, and it was a little bit back and forth. So Lucas played 10 many times, and been a very good creative player for us, so that was more or less like-for-like (positionally in this game) for Wilson, and then with Joao for Archie, it was a game where we, I think it's fair to say, maybe lacked the exact cutting edge. Maybe it would be good just to make sure we could win 1-0, which we unfortunately couldn't.”

Can you talk about the pressing and urgency from the team today, compared to Brentford?

Thomas: “I think there's two things in it. There's always different opponents, and then there's always a difference by playing home and away, in terms of when you play with short turnaround games. That was, I think, the biggest thing. It was not that we didn't want to press high against Brentford, so if you saw that game, we still tried to press high, they just played a little bit longer. That means it was not as successful, it was not that visible. I think the biggest thing there was we just gave the ball away 200 times. That didn't help.”

Were you pleased with Mathys Tel today?

Thomas: “Yeah, I'm very happy with Mathys stepping in and looking very positive. That was a big positive, I would say.”

What was the reasoning behind Ben Davies coming in for Djed Spence?

Thomas: “It was nice that he scored the goal! I felt for this game that we needed a left-footer, so that was the biggest reason. I think in the build-up, he had two fantastic passes going forward, also balls in behind and gave that little bit of calmness plus a bit of leadership and helping Mathys in front of him. Then we’re playing five games in a short amount of time.”

Are you saying it would have been impossible to Brennan Johnson to leave at a later time?

Thomas: “No, no, I just say that sometimes the timings are not and I am not talking only about the Brennan situation, but I guess there is two clubs that need to agree and a player that needs to agree, so there is always a lot of things that impact things.”

Did that performance warrant the boos from the crowd at full-time?

Thomas: “What I said many times, I liked the backing of the fans for the team throughout the 90 minutes. I think that was excellent and pushed us forward in many ways. I am sure everyone could acknowledge especially the first half was positive and a step in the right direction, getting in good areas, doing all the right things and I am sure 100 per cent sure everyone could acknowledge the effort and hard work of the players. That is all you can ask for and then we’re all a little disappointed that we couldn’t get the three points.”

Ben Davies netted his first Spurs goal for over two years but it wasn’t enough to earn us the win as Sunderland hit a late equaliser on Sunday afternoon.

The Welsh defender was on hand in the first half to give us the lead on what was his first start of the season – his first goal since scoring in the 4-2 defeat at Brighton on 28 December, 2023. However, the Black Cats levelled with 10 minutes remaining through Brian Brobbey as we had to settle for a point in an entertaining encounter at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The draw in our opening home match of 2026 took our unbeaten Premier League run against Sunderland to 15 matches and leaves us 13th in the table.

Thomas Frank made two changes from the midweek draw at Brentford, Davies and Mathys Tel coming into the team, with Djed Spence and Joao Palhinha dropping to the bench. Sunderland named our former Academy players Dennis Cirkin and Romaine Mundle in their squad, Cirkin starting while Mundle came off the bench in the second period.

We took just 60 seconds to launch our first shot on target, Tel testing Robin Roefs in the Sunderland goal with a low 20-yard drive which he gathered at the second attempt, while Pedro Porro tried a cheeky 40-yard lob from the right flank on eight minutes which went a couple of yards over the bar. Richarlison then dragged a shot which Roefs saved easily as we started very much on the front foot.

We were forced into an early change when Mohammed Kudus had to go off injured, replaced by Randal Kolo Muani on 19 minutes but continued to be the dominant team and went close again when Tel curled just wide with a right-footed effort. It was no real surprise when we took the lead right on the half hour mark. Tel’s deep corner was controlled by Cristian Romero, he laid off to Micky van de Ven whose shot was turned home inside the six-yard box by Davies, a lovely moment for our long-serving defender.

Sunderland responded with their first effort at goal in the 37th minute, Trai Hume latching onto a loose ball and fizzing just over the bar from 25 yards, before Richarlison was well wide with a bicycle kick from Kolo Muani’s cross as the half drew to a close.

The second period opened with a chance for the visitors, Eliezer Mayenda with a header which was straight at Guglielmo Vicario before Davies made a goalline clearance after Hume had beaten Vicario to Simon Adingra’s cross. The Welsh international then got the merest of touches to deflect Brobbey’s fierce drive onto the outside of the post as the Black Cats started to exert some serious pressure.

We had a few attacking opportunities without quite making the most of them – Richarlison’s ball cut out when Kolo Muani was unmarked in the middle the best of them – while Adingra curled wide at the other end. The closing stages started to get edgy as we looked to hold onto our narrow advantage while Sunderland stepped it up again and hit the post in the 79th minute through Enzo Le Fee’s powerful downward header. But they levelled it up just moments later with a well-worked goal, Nordi Mukiele playing a square ball in to Brobbey on the edge of the area, he laid off to Le Fee who passed first time back into the Sunderland forward and he took a touch before rifling past Vicario.

That sparked a frantic finish as both sides went for the win and we almost snatched it deep into stoppage time but Joao Palhinha’s glancing header from Pedro Porro’s cross was just wide as it ended all square in N17.

When Amanda Nildén and her younger sister Matilda used to play football in the garden as kids in Sweden, it was always their dream to one day to share the same pitch together as professionals – and that’s a moment that has taken a huge step to becoming a reality.

Following a two-year spell in Sweden with BK Häcken, Matilda became our third signing of the winter, joining us on a long-term contract earlier this week to become team-mates with her older sister Amanda for the first time in their professional careers.

With spells at IF Brommapojkarna, Bollstanas SK and AIK Fotboll, alongside her time in Gothenburg, the 21-year-old Sweden international has racked up plenty of experience in the early years of her career – but she’s now excited to share those moments with her older sister on the pitch for the first time in her career.

“It’s really special,” Matilda said at Hotspur Way. “I have dreamt about this moment for many years, from when I first started to play football. To have this thought that we could potentially play together, it just exciting and a moment I think we have both dream about.

“I have seen her [Amanda] play a lot and she also moved to England when she was young – I am even younger! But it was good to see her there and that was quite a big impact for me,” she explained.

And football certainly runs in the family. Her grandfather Jim and father David were both professional footballers while, alongside Amanda and Matilda, their younger brother is also currently plying his trade in Sweden with IF Brommapojkarna.

With half a century of appearances to her name since joining us just over two years ago, the 27-year-old defender never knew if the opportunity would arise to be at the same club as her sister – so it was understandable that she was full of excitement that possibility has now become a reality.

“It feels a bit unreal, it’s a dream you would always have – to play with one of your siblings,” Amanda added.

“We have six years in between us, so we never knew if the opportunity would ever come but, now we’re here, it feels like a dream come true. It will be so interesting and so fun to work close with each other and potentially share a pitch together. I’m really excited for that.”

Being six years older than Matilda – the oldest sibling in the Nilden family - Amanda has seen her younger sister grow into the senior football, hoping to have inspired the young Swede throughout the years.

“I have followed her a lot when she was younger and I saw her qualities early on. She was always on the sidelines when I would play my games. She is obviously younger than me, so I would hope to think I was like a role model to her.

“It’s so nice we can now share this moment together. We have both worked so hard to get here and now to be at Spurs, it’s a dream.”

Watch | Go behind the scenes of Matilda's first day at Hotspur Way

We can confirm the starting line-ups and substitutes for this afternoon's Premier League clash with Sunderland (Sunday 4 January, kick-off 3pm UK).

Thomas Frank has made two changes to our side for today's meeting with the Mackems.

Ben Davies comes in for his first of the season with Djed Spence rotating to the bench while Mathys Tel comes in for Joao Palhinha.

Here’s our team in full...

Starting XI: Vicario, Richarlison, Tel, Gray, Romero (c), Kudus, Pedro Porro, Odobert, Bentancur, Davies, van de Ven.

Substitutes: Kinsky, Dragusin, Danso, Palhinha, Bergvall, Spence, Kolo Muani, Scarlett, Williams-Barnett.

Maika Hamano said she ‘will do her best to contribute to the team’s success’ as she became a Spurs player in the next chapter of her career.

The Japan youth international forward arrived on loan from Chelsea on Sunday (4 January), where she made the move to England on a permanent deal in 2023 and has since made 27 appearances in the Barclays Women’s Super League, scoring five goals in total.

Upon becoming a Lilywhite for the second half of the 2025/26 campaign, she spoke about her excitement to be part of the squad and helping the team to achieve their goals for the rest of the season.

Speaking as a Spurs player for the first time, Maika said: “Watching the team this season, I really felt they’ve been playing some great football and I thought if I joined this team, I could develop a lot as a player - and I wanted to play for this team.

“I want to show fans the connection with my team-mates and exciting plays. At the end of the day, football is about winning and I’ll do my best to really contribute to the team’s success.”

Despite being only 21, Maika has enjoyed an impressive career to date. She has 122 senior appearances, with 10 of those coming in the UEFA Women’s Champions League, while also impressing on the international stage for her nation.

Having shone at the Under-20 FIFA Women’s World Cup, where she was awarded the Golden Ball award as one of the best players in the competition, she made her senior debut in October, 2022, and has since represented Japan in the Olympics, World Cup and SheBelieves Cup – winning the latter at the beginning of this year.

And in that same Japan squad, there has been a familiar face that Spurs fans will know well– teenage defender Tōko Koga - and Maika spoke about their friendship ahead of her move to north London.

“[Tōko and I] travelled together in Okinawa this summer. Having her around is really reassuring,” she told us.

Reflecting on her time with Japan, Maika added: “For me, this is a place I’ve always dreamed of, so I’m truly grateful to have the opportunity but at the same time, nothing is guaranteed, so if I want to keep playing for the Japan national team, I know I need to keep improving and constantly updating myself as a player.

“That’s why joining Tottenham Hotspur means so much to me. I want to learn as much as I can here.”