Drew Spence

Drew Spence signed for us from Chelsea ahead of the 2022/23 season.

Netting in the season opener against Crystal Palace at Brisbane Road, the midfielder enjoyed a consistent first half of the season, where she started in 11 consecutive games, completing 90 minutes in seven of those, as she built a strong partnership with Eveliina Summanen.

However, towards the end of January, her season was interrupted by a short spell on the sidelines, before returning to action in the north London derby as she came on as a substitute at Emirates Stadium in February.

Drew finished the season strongly, taking her appearance tally to 21 in all competitions, starting 19, and scored three goals.

With 50 goals in 238 appearances in all competitions for the Blues, she was Chelsea’s longest serving player having represented the club for 14 years between 2008 and 2022.

During her time in west London, Drew helped Chelsea win 11 major trophies. She became a champion of England five times, an FA Cup winner three times, and has two Continental Cup trophies and one Community Shield under her belt.

In June, 2022, Drew made the short switch to north London and she certainly made a quick impression in her first start for the Club, scoring and providing an assist in our WSL season opener against Leicester City. She made 28 appearances in total for that term, 22 in England’s top flight, including 25 starts, and scored five goals.

Her second year at the Club was hampered by injuries as, after featuring in the opening five games of the 2023/24 campaign, she sustained a hamstring issue that kept her out of action until March, 2024. Having marked her returned at the Emirates Stadium in our WSL clash against Arsenal, Drew went on play in our final seven league games, scoring twice in our final two matches.

In total, she featured in 17 games for us in all competitions, netting two goals and registering three assists.

Her first senior call-up for the England national team also came in 2015, but after a couple of appearances for the Lionesses, she switched allegiances to Jamaica’s national team in 2021, and helped them qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, where she helped her nation reach the knockout stages of the tournament for the first time.