Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women is an English women's football club affiliated with Tottenham Hotspur, that currently plays in the FA WSL. The club gained promotion for the 2019-20 FA WSL season from the FA WSL 2. Tottenham Hotspur currently plays at The Hive Stadium located in Canons Park, on the former site of the Prince Edward Playing Fields in the London Borough of Harrow.
The club was founded in 1985, under the name Broxbourne Ladies before it became Tottenham Hotspur Ladies F.C. in the 1991–92 season. The name was changed to Tottenham Hotspur Women in the 2019–20 season. The first team have won twelve trophies, the most recent being the overall FA Women's Premier League in the 2016–17 season.
History
In 1985, the club was founded as Broxbourne Ladies by Sue Sharples and Kay Lovelock, following the folding of East Herts College. In the 1991–92 season, permission was obtained to change the name to Tottenham Hotspur. The reserve team started in 1992–93. In the 1996–97 season, the club's teams started playing in the national division. In the 2015–16 season, the club completed a historic double as they won the Ryman's Women's Cup and the FA Women's Premier League Cup. In the same season they finished runners up in the Capital Cup nearly completing a cup treble. The following season was the team's most successful, claiming the quadruple including winning promotion to the WSL 2.
At the start of the 2017–18 campaign, the club made high-profile signings such as former England u20 midfielder Coral-Jade Haines and Wales international forward Sarah Wiltshire. The season saw the team claim their first ever victory over a top flight side, beating Bristol City in their FA Women's League Cup matchup. The club finished their first season in a professional league in seventh place out of ten sides. In March 2018 it was confirmed that the club would apply to remain in the newly re-branded Women's Championship and would compete in the upcoming season. There were several moves in made the lead up to their