Tottenham Hotspur

Season Ticket Holders can apply for tickets online - applications are now open and the deadline to apply is 5pm on Monday 7 July.

In the event that tickets are oversubscribed for this match, they will be allocated in line with the Club’s ticketing points system. The ticketing point total in supporters’ accounts as of the end of the 2024/2025 Season will be the number used to determine ticket eligibility for this fixture.

As this is a pre-season friendly, no ticketing points will be awarded.

We are delighted to announce the signing of Tōko Koga from Feyenoord, subject to international clearance and work permit.

The 19-year-old Japan international has agreed a deal that will run until June 2029, and will wear the number 32 shirt.

From Osaka, Japan, the talented centre-back began her footballing career with JFA Academy Fukushima before joining Vrouwen Eredivisie side Feyenoord in January, 2024.

First competing in the Dutch top flight at the age of 18, she made 35 appearances for Feyenoord in total, scoring on three occasions to help the club to a fifth-place finish in the table last season, while also reaching the semi-final of the KNVB Cup.

Featuring for Japan’s youth teams from Under-17 to Under-23 level, Tōko made her senior international debut against the USA as a substitute in the SheBelieves Cup in April, 2024. Following an impressive 2023/24 season, the defender was then named in Japan’s 2024 Olympic squad and started in all four games for her nation in the tournament.

This year, she featured in all three SheBelieves Cup fixtures and scored the winning goal against the USWNT to help Japan claim the trophy for the first time. Tōko has 19 caps to date for her country, scoring three times.

Season Ticket Holders can apply for tickets online - applications are now open and the deadline to apply is 5pm on Monday 7 July.

As this is a pre-season friendly, no ticketing points will be awarded.

In the event that tickets are oversubscribed for this match, they will be allocated in line with the Club’s ticketing points system. The ticketing point total in supporters’ accounts as of the end of the 2024/2025 season will be the number used to determine ticket eligibility for this fixture.

Digital Tickets

For this fixture we will be issuing our allocation as digital tickets.

As for home games, a link will be sent to the assigned supporter via email to download their ticket to their Apple/Google Wallet. This link will be sent to the individual successful Season Ticket Holder and not to the lead applicant.

Any supporter who is successful with their application and who does not have a compatible device will be able to submit a request to collect a paper ticket on the day from the Select Car Leasing Stadium on production of photographic ID.

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation hosted a special ‘takeover’ event at Lea Valley Primary School as it celebrated another year of delivering Premier League Primary Stars.

The education programme is funded by the Premier League, through the Premier League Charitable Fund, and uses the appeal of football to help children be active and develop essential life skills.

More than 7,000 youngsters across almost 100 local primary schools have benefited from the Foundation’s delivery of the programme over the last four years.

At Lea Valley, where Tottenham Hotspur Stadium can be seen from the playground, pictures of pupils enjoying Foundation activities adorn the walls and our staff were recently invited to take over the timetable for a day.

The morning began with a health and wellbeing energiser for children and their parents.

Ivana, in Year 6, said: “It was fun, the games and the dance moves. I really liked them. It hyped me up; it made me feel good and happy.

“Having Spurs coming into the school, it’s really cool.

“I really like the football we do with them in PE. The coaches come up with new things we can do to keep it interesting. I’ve learnt how to do new tricks and movements, and I practice these when I’m at home and at the park. It teaches me how to be more confident and focused.”

Ivana’s dad, Obasi Nwaobasi, said: “It’s been a fantastic morning. It was really entertaining and an experience I’ll cherish.

“My kids are very excited whenever they engage with Spurs. They come back home so happy and excited – supercharged! They talk about the experiences and what they’ve learnt, and we’re really pleased with the impact.

“It’s also great the opportunities provided outside the school, like trips to the Stadium.”

Following the energiser, the Foundation brought in a local partner, Spurs fan Kostas Vais, from essi Restaurant, to support the children with cooking classes.

Kostas said: “Tottenham Hotspur has a huge reach, a huge following and to be able to use their power to bring in local partners for days like this is fantastic. I’ve really enjoyed working with the Foundation, having the opportunity to share my life experience and give back to the kids.”

The Foundation team then utilised Premier League Primary Stars resources to run a classroom-based session for Year 6’s, focused on the transition to secondary school.

Among the group was Luca, who said: “Having Spurs here is amazing. It makes you feel excited to learn new things.”

The takeover concluded with PE activities, including one of the Foundation’s Sports Leaders sessions whereby Year 6’s had the opportunity to coach younger pupils in the school.

One of those Year 6’s, Karen, said: “It helps us to build confidence and teamwork. It’s always very exciting to have Spurs in the school.”

Headteacher Maria Kokotsis explained the difference it makes having the Foundation offer its support.

“We pride ourselves on our outstanding personal development for children and the Foundation activities are very much part of our package here at Lea Valley.

“We believe happy children are happy learners and when Spurs is involved the feedback from the children is always so positive

“It’s not just what they say, it’s how they are when they’ve finished. They’re skipping and you can just see the joy in their faces. The feedback is generally ‘Miss, that was the best day!’

“They’re always in awe of what the Foundation and the Club can offer them. Indeed, since the new stadium opened, the children have experienced a wider variety of opportunities, with a No Room For Racism workshop run in partnership with the Premier League and Chicago Bears among highlights.”

Andrew Wands, Foundation education manager, said: “We’re committed to empowering the young people in our local schools with the skills to help them succeed in the future.

“We also support young or newly-qualified teachers who will only have had a small amount of PE training to become more confident in delivering activities so that pupils can stay active, healthy and enjoy their education.

“Bringing together the power of Spurs, Premier League funding and local partners like Kostas, we see the difference it makes for children in schools every day and couldn’t be more grateful for the support.”

To find out more about the Foundation’s delivery of the Premier League Primary Stars programme email andrew.wands@tottenhamhotspur.com.

The Club’s Fan Advisory Board (FAB) held its latest meeting on Tuesday 24 June.

The FAB welcomed Club CEO Vinai Venkatesham to his first meeting, where he provided supporter representatives with an overview of his role, his motivations for joining the Club and explained recent changes within the football department, including the appointment of Thomas Frank as Men’s Head Coach. Vinai confirmed he will attend all future FAB meetings.

The FAB shared ideas to further strengthen the connection between the Club and supporters and to promote the role of the FAB to the wider fan base – including more ways to contact supporter representatives and for fans to contribute their feedback to FAB discussions.

The following initiatives were confirmed at the meeting:

• The Bill Nicholson Gates will be reinstated within the stadium environs this summer with further details to be communicated to supporters in due course.

• The Club and FAB are working together to create a revamped Tottenham Hotspur Hall of Fame, following a meeting between the Club and supporter representatives.

• The Club committed to continue working with supporters’ groups on atmosphere initiatives and to build upon the success of our collaborations last season – including the matchday displays at home, at European away games and in Bilbao.

• FAB subgroups have been established for the 2025/26 season to focus on ticketing, a singing section within the stadium/atmosphere, the women’s team and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, with a focus group being formed to hear from our One Hotspur Members.

• The Club also confirmed exciting plans to create a junior supporters’ focus group for Season Ticket Holders and Members aged 11-16, aiming to deepen the Club’s relationship with young fans, generate new ideas to enhance the junior experience and ensure their voices are heard at the highest level of the Club. More information will be communicated to junior Season Ticket Holders and Members in the coming weeks.

Minutes and how to contact your supporter representatives

The FAB provides a forum for fan group representatives and elected members from different sections of our fanbase, inclusive and reflective of our diversity, ensuring fans are consulted, kept informed and their views considered during Club decision-making.

Minutes from the meeting can be found here.

Tottenham Hotspur Foundation has hosted its first cerebral palsy (CP) football tournament at Hotspur Way.

The seven-a-side event brought together CP teams from across the country, representing professional clubs including Brighton & Hove Albion, Colchester United, Norwich City, Sutton United and West Bromwich Albion.

It came less than a year since the Foundation established a Tottenham Hotspur CP team and three months on from the team’s first trophy.

CP is a heath condition affecting movement and coordination, primarily caused by a shortage of oxygen in parts of the brain before, during or soon after birth.

In CP football, players are assigned a classification, ranging from minimally impaired to significantly impaired, based on their range of movement and the location of their impairment. There is a limit on the number of players from each classification allowed on the pitch at any one time.

The Foundation team is run by programme coordinator John Abel and trains on Saturday mornings at Goffs Academy.

Here, players Joe, Sami and Christian share what the opportunity means...

Joe Quick

Joe, 30, is the team’s number one goalkeeper. His mental toughness on the pitch is born from his journey off it, with Joe in the 10-15% of people with CP who develop the condition after birth.

It was in 2003 when Joe, then eight, suffered a stroke. He was in a coma for two weeks and subsequently left with CP.

Joe would go on to play pan-disability football for 15 years. He then stopped playing after being diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Showing great strength in adversity, once again, Joe overcame the disease. His focus turned to working until the Foundation gave him the support and confidence to return to the game he loves.

He explained: “Playing CP football means everything to me. I used to play pan-disability football and it’s a bit harder because there can be players with fuller physicality, whereas everyone here’s on the same sort of level. It’s better for me and I enjoy it a lot more.

“Representing Tottenham Hotspur brings me a lot of pride. Everyone’s very supportive of each other here. Coach John knows we’ve got the potential and is working with us to slowly bring it out whilst we get used to playing together.”

When the team won their first trophy in March, Joe sat out the majority of the tournament, offering support for his understudy, 16-year-old Reks, having picked up a concussion making a brave block in the first match.

He said: “I just love making a save. It’s better than scoring a goal in my opinion. I haven’t won a lot of trophies, so it was nice to pick that one up.”

Joe added that the team were boosted by support from the Club.

“Spurs hosting these occasions is amazing. When else do you get to come to a Premier League training ground? You just wouldn’t get this chance anywhere else.”

Sami El-Kashef

Sami is a 46-year-old defender who represented the England CP team earlier in his career. He was playing pan-disability football until this opportunity to link up with the Foundation.

“It’s been a whirlwind reintroduction to CP football,” he said. “It means everything to play and the support’s been brilliant.

“At elite teams I’ve played for in the past, the mandate has been aggressiveness and ‘You’ve got to want it’. The draw here has been that it’s a really inclusive environment, where everybody appreciates their teammates’ disabilities.”

Sami played mainstream football until he was 18 and explained how CP football varies.

“Mobility is the main difference. When you’ve got CP and you’re tired, staying on your feet and keeping balance isn’t easy. In a mainstream game, it means you sink further behind on the pitch the more it goes on. When you’re younger, of course, that doesn’t have so much of an impact because of your natural energy, but obviously it starts to as you get older.”

Sami travels from West London to play and explained the difference it makes to have a professional club providing opportunities through its charitable arm.

“The draw of a club like Tottenham Hotspur means people will get out of bed and travel for opportunities like this. I feel absolutely proud and very motivated to do well.

“I certainly wouldn’t make the effort and the journey if I didn’t enjoy it, and I’d recommend anyone with CP to come along and get involved because it’s super fun.”

Luana Buhler has unfortunately been ruled out of this summer’s UEFA Euro 2025 for Switzerland through injury.

The defender missed the last four games of the Barclays Women’s Super League campaign due to an injury but recovered in time to be named in the Switzerland squad earlier this month.

However, with the European Championship set to kick-off on Wednesday (2 July), Switzerland announced on Monday (30 June) morning that Luana has been ruled out of the tournament, with the Finals on home soil coming too soon for the 29-year-old.

We would like to wish Luana a speedy recovery.

We will still have four Spurs representatives at the European Championships this summer – Olga Ahtinen and Eveliina Summanen for Finland, Amanda Nilden for Sweden and Lize Kop for the Netherlands – with the former two involved in the tournament opener against Iceland on Wednesday.

Archie Gray collected a second winner’s medal in as many months on Saturday night, tasting European Under-21 Championship final glory with England.

The Young Lions triumphed 3-2 against Germany after extra time to make it back-to-back successes in the tournament, having also won it in 2023.

Archie was on the bench for the showpiece match in Bratislava, having featured in three of England’s six matches at the tournament.

He proudly stepped up to collect his medal after the game, having done likewise with us in the Europa League final in Bilbao a little over a month ago.

Jonathan Rowe’s header won it for Lee Carsley’s side at the beginning of extra time after the regulation 90 minutes had ended 2-2. Germany’s Nelson Weiper and Paul Nebel had earlier cancelled out goals from Harvey Elliott and Omari Hutchinson, which had seen the Young Lions take a 2-0 lead.

Congratulations, Archie!

We are delighted to announce that Oliver Irow has signed a new contract with the Club, which will run until 2028.

The 19-year-old forward was top scorer for our Under-21s during 2024/25 – his first full season at that level – as he netted 10 goals in all competitions, including an impressive stint of six goals in seven games around the turn of the year.

Oli first joined the Club in the Under-8s and has been a regular goalscorer throughout his time in the Academy.

He first turned professional in July, 2023, and has represented England at Under-16 and Under-17 levels to date.

Lize Kop spoke of the ‘special feeling’ as she prepares to compete at her first UEFA Women’s Euros next month.

The European Championships, which are being held in Switzerland for the first time, will kick off on Wednesday (2 July) as Eveliina Summanen’s and Olga Ahtinen’s Finland take on Iceland in the tournament opener.

Competing in Group D, alongside holders England, France and Wales, the Netherlands and Lize have a slightly longer wait to get their tournament underway – facing Wales in the first game on Saturday 5 July at Swissporarena in Lucerne.

Joining us back in January from Leicester City, the shot stopper has featured in the last two FIFA World Cups for her country – 2023 and 2019 – but this summer will be the first time she is involved in a Euro Finals squad.

With the tournament just around the corner, the 27-year-old spoke to us about her excitement to represent her nation across the next four weeks.

“It’s always special to represent my country and, for me, I haven’t been to the Euros yet in my career, so it makes it feel even more unique,” she told us.

“The significant moments for me are things you work on as a team and you get success out of it. When you feel the team growing in the tournament, it’s a special feeling.”

While it’s set to be a busy couple of weeks for Lize and her nation, playing three group games in eight days, our number one highlighted the importance to rest and recover in the downtime.

“I love to talk with my friends about other things than football, go for a walk, get a coffee somewhere, do some mediations or work a bit on school, while also making sure to call home,” Lize added.