We’ve won the WSL north London derby on five occasions at home – twice at Meadow Park in Borehamwood and three times at Emirates Stadium.
Ahead of Saturday’s visit of Tottenham Hotspur in N5, let’s remind ourselves of four of the best!
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October 18, 2020
Arsenal 6-1 Tottenham
Katie McCabe demonstrated the power and precision we’ve come to expect by curling a free-kick in off the post to kickstart this rout, and Vivianne Miedema made it 2-0, becoming the WSL’s all-time top scorer in the process. Caitlin Foord added our third after latching onto a long ball by Leah Williamson, before Miedema netted twice more to seal her hat-trick before half-time.
After the restart, Lucia Leon went down in the penalty area but Manuela Zinsberger saved Rianna Dean’s spot-kick, and we made it 6-0 when Beth Mead crossed for Foord, who converted for her second of the game. Spurs did pull one back when Leon headed past Zinsberger late on.
May 4, 2022
Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham
We got off to a flying start after just four minutes when Williamson found Mead who shifted the ball onto her left foot before picking out the bottom corner to register her seventh goal in 10 games, but we had to wait until the 71st minute to add to our lead when Miedema’s cross was converted by Foord.
Spurs were reduced to 10 players when Josie Green was shown a second yellow card for a foul on Lia Walti, and we utilised that advantage when Foord curled the ball beautifully past Tinja-Riikka Korpela to make it 3-0. The visitors were awarded a late penalty for a foul by Lotte Wubben-Moy on Angela Addison late on, but she hit the post.
September 24, 2022
Arsenal 4-0 Tottenham
Off the back of England’s Euro 2022 success, a WSL record-breaking attendance of 47,367 packed into Emirates Stadium to see the Euros Golden Boot winner Mead curl in the opener in front of a packed Emirates Stadium. At the end of the first half, Foord won the ball off of Eveliina Summanen, allowing Miedema to go through on goal and make it 2-0.
Rafaelle then headed in our third from a corner kick in the second half, before Miedema headed in her second to complete another big scoreline against our neighbours and send the majority of the crowd home happy.
February 16, 2025
Arsenal 5-0 Tottenham
Chloe Kelly marked her return to the club on loan by featuring in this emphatic victory against Spurs in front of 56,784 supporters at Emirates Stadium. Russo forced a Clare Hunt own goal to get the scoring going, before Mariona Caldentey doubled our lead in the first half.
Once play restarted, Frida Maanum netted our third before Russo picked out the bottom left corner to get on the scoresheet herself, and then the victory was wrapped up in style when Emily Fox rocketed one into the top left corner from long range to score her first WSL goal.
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