It’s a very happy morning in N17. Tottenham Hotspur Women announced that Olivia Holdt has signed a new long-term deal with the club.
The Danish international signed from Swedish side FC Rosengard in January, 2025 and took a little time to settle. However, she has been brilliant so far this season and crucial to how Martin Ho wants his side to attack. She has delivered 12 goal contributions in 23 appearances in all competitions, including a couple of absolute screamers!
Fair to say that Clare Hunt has had a breakthrough season. After a difficult time under Robert Vilahamn, she has been resurgent under Martin Ho. Her form was crucial to Spurs’s early season success. However, she missed the Women’s Asian Cup final due to injury.
Following Australia’s defeat to Japan, Spurs announced that Hunt was to have surgery on her right knee. There is no specific information as to what the knee injury is. My understanding is that it’s not an ACL, though. It is also unconfirmed whether she undergoing surgery and rehabilitation in the UK or in Australia.
Spurs stars Clare Hunt, Toko Koga and Maika Hamano will go head-to-head in the Women’s Asian Cup final. Hamano, on loan from Chelsea, scored as Japan beat South Korea 4-1 to progress to the tournament decider. There, she and Koga will meet Hunt’s Australia.
The hosts fell to defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium once again. The game ended Spurs 1-2 Everton as the visitors grabbed a late winner through Kelly Gago.
You could sense Tottenham boss Martin Ho’s anger as he reacted to events. He was clear his team had simply not been at it:
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Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton Women kicks off at 11.55am GMT/7.55am ET on Sunday, 15 March, 2026. You can watch it on Sky Sports+/Now and for FREE on YouTube in the UK. It is also available for FREE on YouTube in many other countries, including in the US. The game is on Stan Sport in Australia. If you’re away, you can still access your usual services by using a VPN. I use NordVPN.
The WSL is back after a three week break, with Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton Women at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It might see some joy return to White Hart Lane, where there has hardly been a home victory in… forever?
The hosts go into the game a whopping 12 points ahead of their opponents. However, the Toffees are on a good run. They have won their last three WSL games. Spurs’s fortunes have been more mixed, going win-loss-win-loss-win in their last five. They are in fifth, behind Arsenal on goal difference alone. However, Gunners have two matches in hand.
As Lily White grows, it needs some support. I’m thrilled to say that FootballScribbles is the first brand to back this website.
FootballScribbles is an Etsy store with wonderful prints dedicated to women’s football. I have this fantastic one documenting the growth of Tottenham’s women’s team, and a smaller version of a Beth England print. They are very reasonably priced, arrived quickly and look great.
Missing watching Spurs Women over this international break? Well, the club has released a new documentary about the Nildén sisters that might tide you over until the next game against Everton.
Called Nildén Sisters | From Sweden to becoming a Lilywhite, the 21-minute show tells the tale of the pair. Amanda made her move Tottenham in January 2024, initially on loan. The deal was made permanent in that summer. The defender/midfielder signed on a three-year deal at that point, and has grown in confidence as she has settled into the WSL. Her younger sister, Matilda, joined this January. She is slowly being introduced to the side by manager Martin Ho.
Tottenham Hotspur Women’s boss Martin Ho has been named Manager of the Month for February 2026. The well deserved accolade follows another hugely successful few weeks in his tenure.
During February 2026, Spurs Women beat West Ham and Aston Villa away. The latter was a particularly extraordinary game, and a devastating attacking performance that saw Ho side’s net seven times. They also overcame London City Lionesses 8-9 in a dramatic penalty shootout to progress in the FA Cup. The only frustration was a defeat at home to champions Chelsea.
There has been an awful lot of hyperbole about the Spurs vs Crystal Palace fixture on Thursday, 5 March, 2026. After the results the night before, a lot of it is warranted. As regular readers know, this site is almost entirely focussed on Tottenham Hotspur Women. However, it’s hard to look away from the disaster unfolding on the men’s side of the club.
After an apocalyptically bad performance against Fulham, Tottenham go into this match a solitary point behind Nottm Forest and West Ham. It’s a dire situation. The players look bereft not just of confidence, but of any idea how to win a football match – a point rightly made on the latest View From the Lane podcast.