2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season explained

The 2019–20 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women season was the club's 35th season in existence but only their first as a professional team having been promoted to the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, at the end of the 2018–19 season. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also contested two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020.^{[1] [2]} After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect.^[3] Tottenham sat in 6th at the time but were overtaken by Everton and finished in 7th on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.^{[4] [5]}

Squad

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Pre-season

As part of Tottenham's preseason, the team traveled to Spain to compete in the invitational Ramon de Carranza Trophy, marking the first time women's teams took part. Spurs beat Real Betis in one semi-final with Athletic Bilbao beating CD Tacón in the other. The winners met each in the final the following day with Athletic Bilbao winning on penalties.^[7] Tottenham also scheduled five domestic friendlies against English opposition with every game open to the public.^[8]

FA Women's Super League

See main article: article and 2019–20 FA WSL. In response to the record viewing figures during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, three fixtures were moved to Premier League grounds. These included two Spurs games: the away trip to Chelsea on the opening weekend and Tottenham's hosting of the North London derby in November.^{[9] [10]} The latter saw an attendance of 38,262, setting a new FA WSL attendance record.

League table

Women's FA Cup

See main article: 2019–20 Women's FA Cup. As a member of the top two tiers, Tottenham entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating National League Division One side Barnsley in their opening fixture.^[11] A successive 5–0 Cup victory, this time over Championship team Coventry United, set up a quarter-final tie against North London derby rivals Arsenal which was picked for television by BBC.^[12] However, the match was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic before the season was ultimately curtailed. On 24 July 2020 it was announced the 2019–20 FA Cup would resume play during the 2020–21 season starting with the quarter-final ties rescheduled for the weekend of 26/27 September 2020.^[13]

FA Women's League Cup

See main article: 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup.

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable. Players listed with no appearances have been in the matchday squad but only as unused substitutes.|-|colspan="14"|Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup:|-|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Tottenham Hotspur but left during the season:|}

Goalscorers

			Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Rianna Dean	4	5	1	10
2	19	FW	Lucy Quinn	2	0	3	5
3	14	FW	Angela Addison	1	0	3	4
	16	FW	Kit Graham	3	0	1
5	15	DF	Siri Worm	1	2	0	3
6	2	DF	Lucia Leon	0	1	1	2
	21	DF	Emma Mitchell	2	0	0
8	4	MF	Josie Green	0	0	1	1
	6	MF	Anna Filbey	0	0	1
	7	FW	Gemma Davison	0	1	0
	23	FW	Rosella Ayane	0	0	1
	27	MF	Rachel Furness	1	0	0
	33	MF	Elisha Sulola	0	1	0
Own goal				1	0	0	1
Total				15	10	12	37

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
5 July 2019	FW		Rosella Ayane	Bristol City	[14]
	FW		Gemma Davison	Reading
	MF		Chloe Peplow	Brighton & Hove Albion
	DF		Ria Percival	West Ham United
	FW		Lucy Quinn	Birmingham City
	GK		Becky Spencer	West Ham United
	DF		Siri Worm	Everton
24 July 2019	DF		Hannah Godfrey	South Alabama Jaguars	[15]
14 August 2019	FW		Kit Graham	Charlton Athletic	[16]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
6 September 2019	MF		Rachel Furness	Reading	28 December 2019	[17] [18]
3 January 2020	DF		Emma Mitchell	Arsenal	End of season	[19]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
5 July 2019	GK		Grace Staunton	Navarro Bulldogs	[20]
	DF		Anne Meiwald	Watford	[21]
	DF		Renée Hector	Charlton Athletic	[22]
	FW		Sarah Wiltshire	Yeovil Town	[23]
	FW		Bianca Baptiste	Crystal Palace	[24]
	MF		Wendy Martin	Retired	[25]
	GK		Emma Gibbon	Crystal Palace	[26]
	MF		Maya Vio	Retired
	DF		Ryah Vyse	Watford	[27]
	MF		Emma Beckett	Watford

Loans out

Notes and References

1. Web site: Association . The Football . Decision made to postpone professional football until Friday 3 April at the earliest . www.thefa.com.
2. Web site: Flood . George . Women's Super League and Championship suspended due to coronavirus . Evening Standard. 13 March 2020.
3. Web site: Statement: FA Barclays WSL and Women's Championship season ended . womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
4. Web site: Chelsea named Women's Super League champions, Liverpool relegated . BBC Sport . en-gb . 5 June 2020.
5. Web site: Association . The Football . Chelsea Women awarded Barclays FA WSL title and Aston Villa win Women's Championship . www.thefa.com . en.
6. Web site: Tottenham Hotspur Women . Tottenham Hotspur . en.
7. Web site: Women set for Spanish tournament . Tottenham Hotspur . en.
8. Web site: Pre-season fixtures confirmed for Spurs Women . Tottenham Hotspur . en.
9. Web site: WSL: Etihad Stadium & Stamford Bridge to host 2019-20 season openers . 8 July 2019.
10. Web site: Women's Super League: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to host Spurs v Arsenal in November . BBC . 10 July 2019.
11. Web site: Women's FA Cup dates. Association. The Football. www.thefa.com. en.
12. Web site: Women's FA Cup: Arsenal-Tottenham quarter-final tie live on the BBC . BBC Sport . 5 March 2020.
13. Web site: Women's FA Cup: Wembley final on 31 October as resumption gets go-ahead . BBC Sport . en-gb . 24 July 2020.
14. Web site: Introducing our Tottenham Hotspur Women players. Tottenham Hotspur. en. 2019-07-19.
15. Web site: Godfrey becomes eighth new signing for Spurs Women . Tottenham Hotspur.
16. Web site: Graham completes move to Spurs Women . Tottenham Hotspur.
17. Web site: Furness loan agreed . Tottenham Hotspur.
18. Web site: Furness recalled by Reading . Tottenham Hotspur.
19. Web site: Emma Mitchell loan agreed . Tottenham Hotspur.
20. Web site: Grace Staunton Announces Commitment to Play Soccer at Navarro College . www.fieldlevel.com.
21. Web site: Ladies: Watford FC Sign Anne Meiwald . WatfordFC . en .
22. Web site: Charlton Athletic Women's Official Site . cafcwomen.co.uk . 8 August 2019 . 8 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190808164357/http://cafcwomen.co.uk/news/rene-hector-signs-for-the-addicks-2540.php . dead .
23. Web site: Sarah Wiltshire has rejoined Yeovil Town. 2019-07-25. Yeovil Town Women FC. en-US. 2019-07-30.
24. Web site: Crystal Palace (Women) continue exciting summer recruitment with signing from Spurs. www.cpfc.co.uk. en-gb. 2019-08-02.
25. Web site: Women bid fond farewell to some familiar faces . Tottenham Hotspur . en.
26. Web site: Crystal Palace (Women) make host of signings . www.cpfc.co.uk . en-gb.
27. Web site: Ladies: Vyse Signs From Tottenham. WatfordFC. en. 2019-07-30. 30 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190730214840/https://www.watfordfc.com/teams/ladies/ladies-vyse-signs-tottenham. dead.
28. Web site: Ga-Eul, Wynne and Bryson sign with City Women. Bristol City. en. 2020-01-18.