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

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. After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect. 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.

## Squad

    As of 18 January 2020.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Chloe Morgan |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Lucia Leon |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Ria Percival |
| 4 | MF | WAL | Josie Green |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Sophie McLean |
| 6 | MF | WAL | Anna Filbey |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Gemma Davison |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chloe Peplow |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rianna Dean |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Coral-Jade Haines |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Jenna Schillaci (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Angela Addison |
| 15 | DF | NED | Siri Worm |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Kit Graham |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jessica Naz |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lucy Quinn |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Emma Mitchell (on loan from Arsenal) |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Becky Spencer |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Rosella Ayane |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Hannah Godfrey |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ashleigh Neville |

## 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. Tottenham also scheduled five domestic friendlies against English opposition with every game open to the public.

## FA Women's Super League

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. The latter saw an attendance of 38,262, setting a new FA WSL attendance record.

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 23 February 2020. Source: FA WSL

### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | W | C | C | C | C | C | C | C |
| Position | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
| 5 | Reading | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 21 | 1.50 |
| 6 | Everton | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 19 | 1.36 |
| 7 | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 20 | 1.33 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 16 | 1.14 |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 30 | −19 | 13 | 0.81 |

## 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. 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. 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.

## FA Women's League Cup
### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CHE | REA | WHU | TOT | CRY | LEW |
| 1 | Chelsea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Advance to Knock-out stage | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | — | — |
| 2 | Reading | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 11 | Advance to Knock-out stage | — | — | 0–1 | — | 6–0 | 3–2 |
| 3 | West Ham United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 | | — | — | — | 2–2 | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 8 | | — | 0–4 | — | — | — | 6–0 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 | | 0–3 | — | — | 0–3 | — | — |
| 6 | Lewes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 0 | | 1–2 | — | — | — | 2–3 | — |

## 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.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Chloe Morgan | 8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Lucia Leon | 13 | 2 | 2+3 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Ria Percival | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | WAL | Josie Green | 19 | 1 | 12+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | ENG | Sophie McLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Anna Filbey | 16 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Gemma Davison | 18 | 1 | 9+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Chloe Peplow | 19 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Rianna Dean | 19 | 10 | 13+1 | 4 | 2+1 | 5 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ENG | Coral-Jade Haines | 10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ENG | Jenna Schillaci | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Angela Addison | 13 | 4 | 2+5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | DF | NED | Siri Worm | 15 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Kit Graham | 20 | 4 | 12+2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Jessica Naz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lucy Quinn | 22 | 5 | 5+10 | 2 | 0+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| 21 | DF | SCO | Emma Mitchell | 6 | 2 | 3+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Becky Spencer | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Rosella Ayane | 17 | 1 | 6+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | Hannah Godfrey | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ENG | Ashleigh Neville | 18 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ENG | Renea Jarrett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ENG | Sofia Stovold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | ENG | Elisha Sulola | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joined during 2020–21 season but competed in the postponed 2019–20 FA Cup: ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | CAN | Shelina Zadorsky | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Kerys Harrop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | AUS | Alanna Kennedy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| 12 | MF | WAL | Megan Wynne | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Tottenham Hotspur but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 27 | MF | NIR | Rachel Furness | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | 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 |
| 3 | 16 | FW | Kit Graham | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 15 | DF | Siri Worm | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | DF | Lucia Leon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 21 | DF | Emma Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | MF | Josie Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | MF | Anna Filbey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 7 | FW | Gemma Davison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 23 | FW | Rosella Ayane | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 27 | MF | Rachel Furness | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 33 | MF | Elisha Sulola | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 10 | 12 | 37 |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

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

### Loans in

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

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Grace Staunton | Navarro Bulldogs |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | Anne Meiwald | Watford |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | Renée Hector | Charlton Athletic |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Sarah Wiltshire | Yeovil Town |
| 5 July 2019 | FW | Bianca Baptiste | Crystal Palace |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Wendy Martin | Retired |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | Emma Gibbon | Crystal Palace |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Maya Vio | Retired |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | Ryah Vyse | Watford |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | Emma Beckett | Watford |

### Loans out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Until | Ref. |
| 18 January 2020 | MF | | Megan Wynne | Bristol City | End of season | |