Tottenham Women’s Ashleigh Neville wins Barclays FA Women’s Super League Player of the Month award | Football News

Tottenham Women defender Ashleigh Neville has won the Barclays FA Women’s Super League Player of the Month award for February.

Spurs won both of their WSL games in February against Brighton and Birmingham. Neville scored in both games and crucially for a defender, also kept clean sheets.

Neville is also the first Tottenham player to win the Player of the Month award with the team sitting third in the WSL, two points behind Chelsea in second.

Speaking to Inside the WSL, Neville said: “I didn’t know until I got the call last week to say ‘congratulations, you’ve won the award’. I also got told I’d made history being the first one [from Spurs].

“It’s nice for me, but also for the team. It shows how far we’ve come and I’m proud of myself for getting it but I couldn’t have done it without the girls.

“Looking back, we’ve come long way. To get the two wins [in February] after a tough start after Christmas. It’s boosted us up to third in the league and it’s only a positive for all of us.

“I love getting a clean sheet but I also love scoring as well so it’s a bit of both. It’s worked well this month, which is great.”

The Manager of the Month and Goal of the Month awards are to be announced later on Thursday.

Watch Neville’s full interview on Inside the WSL from 6.30pm on Sky Sports Premier League.