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The
club was formed in 1985 as Broxbourne Ladies by the late Sue Sharples and
Kay Lovelock after the East Herts College team folded. For the 1991/92
season, the team got permission granted for the name Tottenham Hotspur to
be used and at the start of the 1992/93 season a reserve side was added to
the Senior side.
The
Club were winners of the Greater London League Cup in 1995/96. In 1995, the Reserve side were the proud winners of the new
Sue Sharples Memorial Trophy named after our founder and Secretary who
tragically died suddenly on 19th April 1994 aged just 32.
The
end of the 1996/97 season saw a major re-organisation of the Club and the
two teams, now containing many young players, took their respective places
in Division 1 and Reserve Division 3 West.
At the end of that season, Tottenham Hotspur Ladies had won the two
respective leagues League titles - the first team dropping just two points
along the way. The Russell Cup also found it’s way on to the trophy shelf
after a 2-1 win over Fulham.
In
1998/99 the Club finished third in the Greater London Premier Division and
were runners-up in the League Cup. The
Club once again finished third in The Greater London Premier Division in
season 1999/2000. The 2000/01 season saw the Club finish runners-up by one
point to West Ham Utd.
The
First Team are currently wearing replica Kappa kit, which the company
have kindly donated to the team, following in the steps of adidas, who
clothed them in previous seasons. Sponsorship from Tottenham Hotspur
FC, Thomson holidays and Damage Control plc are also of great help in the
development of the club and such support makes a big difference to the
teams.
The
Club runs two senior sides and also a Youth team along with four junior sides at
Under 12, Under 14, Under-11 and one at Under-10 for the first time starting
in 2003-04.
The
club have played at a variety of grounds and in different locations.
They started off in Hertford at Bengeo, then at East Herts College, before
moving onto the Tesco Country Club at Cheshunt, which had a lovely
pitch. The team then had the Brimsdown Rovers ground as their home
turf, before moving close to White Hart Lane by playing at the Frederick
Knight Sports Ground on Willoughby Lane at Northumberland Park (near the
gas holders). Having moved the first team games back to
Brimsdown, while the Reserves will stage their home fixtures at the
Frederick Knight Sports Ground, in 2003-04, the first team reverted to
FK's and this became the home ground for the club as a whole.
The club
continues to grow and the Under-15's League Cup success in 2003 shows that
there is talent at the club coming through the youth ranks.
KAY
LOVELOCK
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