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We can confirm a number of changes and an addition to our Under-18s fixture schedule in the coming weeks.

As previously announced, we have been drawn away to Bristol City in the quarter-finals of the Under-18 Premier League Cup.

This tie has now been confirmed to take place on Thursday 29 January, kick-off 7pm at the Robins High Performance Centre.

Due to the scheduling of the Bristol City trip, our Under-18 Premier League fixture away to Reading on Saturday 31 January has been postponed, with a new date to be confirmed in due course.

In addition, our home Under-18 Premier League match against Aston Villa, postponed earlier this month, will now take place on Wednesday 21 January, kick-off 12pm at Hotspur Way.

Furthermore, our away league fixture against Arsenal at Under-18 level has been brought forward from its initial date of Saturday 11 April and will now be played on Tuesday 17 February, kick-off 11am at the Gunners’ London Colney training centre.

Details on the scheduling of our UEFA Youth League round of 16 trip to Real Betis will be confirmed in the coming days.

New for this season, our Official Matchday Programme brings fans a collection of photos sourced from a deep dive into our Mirrorpix photography archive, most of which have never been seen before.

We'll bring you a taster of the gallery here on tottenhamhotspur.com...

Next up, Liverpool, always one of the most anticipated matches on the calendar, and a fixture with a storied history since we first met back in the old First Division in 1909!

Above - Two of the greatest to ever play the game – Paul Gascoigne and John Barnes – do battle at the Lane in our 1-0 win in March 1990...

Always one of the big games in the calendar, we've enjoyed some fantastic encounters against Liverpool at home over the years - with the Reds back in N17 on Saturday (5.30pm UK) here are six of the best - spanning the start of the Premier League in 1992/93 right up to that late, late winner in 2023...

Our first-ever Premier League encounter with Liverpool came 14 games into the inaugural season of the new competition back on Halloween in 1992, with a magnificent goal from Nayim the highlight of the afternoon. Both sides were going through a transitional stage and that was reflected in the league positions at the time, as we sat five places off the bottom and Liverpool just five places above us. While the visitors may have had the better of the first half, we scored the goals in the second period to take the points. The opener was magnificent, as Gary Mabbutt headed Neil Ruddock’s free-kick square to Nayim, whose dipping 25-yard volley flew over David James. And we wrapped things up when Nayim’s corner found Ruddock and he scored his first league goal for Spurs.

Ledley King made his Spurs debut as a substitute in a 3-2 defeat at Anfield in May 1999, but had only featured a further three times for us when he was selected to face the Reds again in November 2000. The Academy graduate was joined in the starting line-up by fellow youth product Alton Thelwell, who was making his professional debut and the pair both rose to the challenge on what was another great victory over the Merseysiders. Up against a formidable strike-force of Michael Owen and Robbie Fowler, the youngsters acquitted themselves well, even though Fowler did open the scoring after just 18 minutes. By half-time though, we were ahead, as Les Ferdinand and Tim Sherwood each scored and we held on during the second period for a fantastic victory.

Rock bottom of the Premier League at the time, confidence was in short supply here at Spurs when Liverpool arrived at White Hart Lane in November 2008. Harry Redknapp’s recent appointment had helped to lift the mood though and our dramatic 4-4 draw at Arsenal four days earlier was certainly a step in the right direction. But we feared the worst when Dirk Kuyt blasted home to give the visitors a third minute lead, assisted by a familiar face in Robbie Keane. Darren Bent sliced against his own post, Steven Gerrard hit the woodwork twice and Heurelho Gomes made a string of fine saves as Liverpool dominated. But, when Jamie Carragher headed into his own net on 70 minutes to level the scores, momentum swung our way and we completed an unlikely comeback when Bent crossed for Roman Pavlyuchenko to score a 90th-minute winner.

Having been hammered 1-5 at White Hart Lane by Manchester City in our opening home league game of 2011/12, it was with some trepidation that we welcomed Liverpool for our second Premier League game in N17. New signings Scott Parker and Emmanuel Adebayor made their home debuts for us and we made a dream start with the imperious Luka Modric scoring a stunning 25-yard curler on seven minutes. Our task was certainly helped by two red cards to Kenny Dalglish’s side, Charlie Adam and Martin Skrtel receiving their marching orders either side of half-time. Jermain Defoe doubled our lead on 66 minutes, while Adebayor marked his home debut with a brace, his second coming with the last kick of the game.

Wembley Stadium hadn’t quite felt like home when we entertained Liverpool there in October 2017. Our temporary accommodation while Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was being built, we’d struggled to find our feet at the national stadium, losing to Chelsea, drawing with Burnley and Swansea and only just edging past Barnsley (League Cup) and Bournemouth with 1-0 wins. But this was the day it all changed as we blew Jurgen Klopp’s side away. Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son struck early, Mo Salah pulled one back but Dele scored on the stroke of half-time to leave us in control. Kane’s second on 56 minutes completed the scoring and we only lost one other league game at Wembley that term, to champions-elect Manchester City in April.

This was the seventh of our 10-match unbeaten run under Ange Postecoglou at the start of the 2023/24 campaign - and the second dramatic climax in front of the South Stand on the trot, after the win against Sheffield United. This was another incident-packed encounter with Liverpool reduced to nine men for the last 20 minutes. The visitors had an opener ruled out by VAR before Heung-Min Son slotted home for 1-0 from Richarlison's pass. Curtis Jones was sent off after 26 minutes but Liverpool levelled before the break through Cody Gakpo. Diogo Jota, off the bench for the second half, picked up two yellow cards, but the nine men held firm, with Alisson keeping out James Maddison and Son. We had time for one last attack - Pedro Porro rifled over a low cross and Joel Matip sliced into his own net - cue pandemonium in N17!

We’re back at Manchester United once again this weekend – this time in the quarter-final of the Subway Women’s League Cup – and Martha Thomas is targeting one more strong performance to round off a solid first half of the 2025/26 campaign.

Following an unbeaten run in the group phase of the competition, accumulating eight points out of three games while preserving three clean sheets, we booked our spot in the last eight of the competition and were drawn away to Marc Skinner’s side last month.

And we certainly know what to expect from our fellow Barclays Women’s Super League side, having faced United last weekend in our final league game of the calendar year, where they staged a late comeback to draw 3-3 at Leigh Sports Village.

Despite the disappointment and frustration to let a three-goal lead disappear, the Scotland international, who scored our third goal in the contest, wants to focus on the positives from large parts of the performance to take into Sunday’s cup tie.

Watch | Martha's emphatic finish against Man Utd last weekend

“We’re really looking forward to it,” she told us. “It’s a bit of an unusual circumstance where we are playing the same team in back-to-back games, but I think it can also give us an advantage as we know what to expect, especially after how the last game went, how we performed and what we need to work on.

“We can take all that into this weekend as we want to progress further in this competition, so it’s an important fixture. We also want to go into Christmas and the New Year break with a positive performance once again.

“United is a tough away trip, though. They have a strong fanbase, but it’s not very likely that they concede three goals at home, let alone go three-nil down.

“We defended really well for the whole 70 minutes and then just the wave after wave of pressure they were putting on us, we ended up suffering. But there’s a lot of positives we can take from 70 minutes or so of that performance into Sunday.”

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Stations

Please note that Bruce Grove and Silver Street stations will be closed for two hours post-match on Saturday.

White Hart Lane

On the Weaver line, 7 services are expected to call at White Hart Lane in both directions before the game, with 6 services due in both directions afterwards. Services operate between Liverpool Street and Enfield Town/Cheshunt.

Supporters travelling to Liverpool Street post-match are reminded that Northumberland Park services have greater capacity and frequency to those at White Hart Lane, and the journey time should be shorter as there are fewer stops.

White Hart Lane is a fully accessible station.

Tottenham Hale

Tottenham Hale is a fully accessible station and is served by the Victoria line and Greater Anglia services.

There will be 12 Greater Anglia services per hour operating in each direction through Tottenham Hale, including 4 Stansted Express trains each way. We recommend using Northumberland Park for Greater Anglia services as it is a shorter distance to the stadium than Tottenham Hale.

Supporters travelling on the Victoria line are encouraged to use Tottenham Hale rather than Seven Sisters as it is a shorter journey to and from the stadium. Victoria line services will operate every 2-3 minutes in both directions before and after the game. Alternatively, Piccadilly Line services are expected to be considerably less busy, and can be easily accessed from Wood Green via the stadium’s free shuttle bus service.

Seven Sisters

Victoria line services will be operating every 2-3 minutes in each direction before and after the game.

Pre-match, a diversion route will be in place at Birstall Road for pedestrians entering Seven Sisters station for interchange between the Victoria line and London Overground services. This is to avoid congestion on the northbound platform.

We encourage supporters to consider using Tottenham Hale for Victoria Line services as it is a shorter distance to the stadium than Seven Sisters. Alternatively, Piccadilly Line services are expected to be considerably less busy, and can be easily accessed from Wood Green via the stadium’s free shuttle bus service.

Queue management

Queue management systems will be in place at all stations for the safety of all passengers and staff.

At each station, the queue management staff are in contact with the Station Managers who will confirm when platforms are clear to enable more passengers to enter the station. For the safety of all passengers and staff, supporters are kindly asked to cooperate with station staff and always follow their instructions.

Shuttle buses

The Club operates a free Shuttle Bus service from Wood Green (Piccadilly Line) and Alexandra Palace (Great Northern) stations to the stadium.

The Piccadilly line is expected to operate with services every 2-3 minutes in both directions throughout the day.

The Great Northern line will operate 6 northbound and 6 southbound trains per hour through Alexandra Palace before the match, and 7 northbound and 7 southbound trains per hour afterwards.

Our Women’s Under-19s earned a bonus point in the Professional Game Academy League after a penalty shootout success over London City Lionesses on Wednesday following a 1-1 draw in normal time in our final game of the calendar year.

Olivia Bennett opened the scoring direct from a corner inside the opening quarter of the contest but we responded 10 minutes into the second half as Rania Oukriss netted her first goal of the season to bring us back on level terms in the encounter at Hotspur Way.

Both sides had opportunities to win the game in normal time, Eloise Summers-Mee and Oukriss both striking the woodwork while, at the other end, Erin Radbourne produced two huge saves in the closing stages to deny Chloe Kabo and force the game into a shootout.

After 11 well-taken spot-kicks in the shootout, Radbourne was on hand to produce the heroics once again, pushing Rayne Bryan’s penalty on to the crossbar to win 6-5 and secure an extra point in the league ahead of the winter break.

More details to follow...

The Premier League has announced changes to four of our fixtures scheduled for February.

Firstly, our trip to face Manchester United at Old Trafford remains scheduled for Saturday 7 February but has now been selected for the lunchtime kick-off (12.30pm UK).

This game will now be broadcast on TNT Sports in the UK.

Next, our home clash with Newcastle United has been moved to Tuesday 10 February with kick-off at 7.30pm (UK). This game will also be broadcast live on TNT Sports in the UK.

This season’s north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has also been moved with the game with Arsenal now set to be played on Sunday 22 February with kick-off at 4.30pm (UK). The clash with the Gunners will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK.

Finally, our trip to Fulham has moved to Sunday 1 March with kick-off at 2pm (UK). This game will also be broadcast on Sky Sports.

Our Women’s Under-16s have reached the Professional Game Academy League Plate semi-final after penalty shootout success over Bristol City in the previous round.

Despite a goalless draw at home to the Robins the quarter-final last Saturday, we overcame the visitors on penalties to win 4-2 in the shootout and secure our spot in the last four of the competition.

We’ll face Newcastle United at home in the semi-finals, with Leicester City and Liverpool competing in the other tie.

Clementine Thomas, Ruby Leathers, Lexi Withey and Riley Jannese all found the back of the net in the shootout before goalkeeper Cassie Shield produced a significant save to save the Robins’ third spot-kick to secure our place in the semi-final.

Reflecting on their progression to the last four of the competition, Head Coach Matheus Scapin said: "It was a resilient, disciplined performance and a strong team mentality were key to progressing in a competitive quarter-final.

“Our girls showed great aggression without the ball and the group attempted well to execute the plan we have been working on. Time to reflect well during this Christmas break and prepare the team for the semi-final."

Our Under-18s fell at the first hurdle in this season’s FA Youth Cup, suffering a 5-2 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday night.

We’d led twice during an at-times chaotic opening half-hour through Reiss Elliott-Parris and Tynan Thompson at Stevenage’s Lamex Stadium but were pegged back each time, conceding in sloppy fashion to Harry Howell and Adam Brett, before the latter struck again to give the visitors the upper hand going in at the break.

We struggled to meaningfully threaten after the restart, Luca Williams-Barnett going closest to a reply when he fired just wide of the far post after a trademark solo run, but it was game over when Howell netted his second from the penalty spot on 87 minutes after Jun’ai Byfield’s foul on Jackson Morby.

Substitute Billy-Ray Cullinane added insult to injury with a stoppage-time fifth for the Seagulls, firing home from distance as his side marched on to a round four date with Queens Park Rangers, leaving us to ponder what might have been.

There was plenty of optimism at the start of the game with both teams naming strong starting sides and we duly made a positive start, Elliott-Parris with a low angled shot repelled by William Rutter before the same player latched onto a wayward back-pass and fired us into a ninth-minute lead.

Brighton equalised five minutes later after a slick move which ended with the unmarked Howell nodding Morby’s cross inside the near post, but at that point you still sensed we were in control and after Oliver Boast’s effort from distance sailed just off-target and Elliott-Parris swiped a tame effort straight at the keeper, we restored our lead on the half-hour mark when Thompson collected Elijah Upson’s long ball out from the back, cut inside from the left wing and fired home via a deflection off the heels of Brighton’s Jesse Middleton.

Back came the Seagulls again six minutes later, though, Brett’s effort from the left angle floating over goalkeeper Dylan Thompson – who got a touch on it – and bouncing fractionally in off the far post, the assistant referee on the far side deeming the ball to have crossed the line despite the keeper’s subsequent clearance. The contest’s key moment then arrived three minutes before the break as Younes Ibrahim’s diagonal free-kick was met at the back post by Tate Ferdinand, his effort was blocked on the line by keeper Thompson but Brighton kept it alive and Brett found a gap in a congested six-yard box to force home from close range.

In truth, we never really recovered from that and struggled to penetrate the visitors’ back line during the second period outside of a couple of half-chances, Rutter with an impressive double save to deny substitute Miracle Adewole and Elliott-Parris in quick succession on 73 minutes before Williams-Barnett took matters into his own hands six minutes from time when he collected Upson’s diagonal ball out from the back and broke forward, only to see his angled low drive creep the wrong side of the far stick.

Brighton made sure of their win two minutes later, Byfield impeding Morby as he came across to the side of the box with Howell converting the resulting penalty, before Cullinane ran onto a loose ball to curl home and compound our misery in the 98th minute.

Anna Csiki stepped off the bench to open her account in the Barclays Women’s Super League – her first in England’s top flight – to help West Ham United to a 2-2 draw with Liverpool on Sunday.

The midfielder, who joined West Ham United on a season-long loan in the summer, was on hand to reinstate her side’s lead in the second half at Chigwell Construction Stadium after Mia Enderby cancelled out Riko Ueki’s opener within two minutes.

Introduced just before the hour mark, it only took Anna eight minutes to find the target with her in the right place right place at the right time to flick home Ffion Morgan’s effort from the edge of the box to net her very first goal in the WSL on 67 minutes.

The home side were unable to hold on to the lead as Beata Olsson grabbed an equaliser with three minutes left to play in the contest as both sides settled for a point in east London.

It was her eighth appearances of the season, with four of those coming in the WSL.