‘I called my parents on FaceTime, they were crying’ – Tandberg on the moment she joined Spurs

From playing against boys when she was younger to achieving a lifelong dream as a Spurs player from when she first stood in the stands at the iconic White Hart Lane in 2014, it has been some journey for the 21-year-old Norway international with her dad alongside her at every step.

When conducting her media duties as a Spurs player for the first time last summer, the powerhouse forward revealed her affiliation with the club having travelled to north London in October, 2014 to watch a Europea League fixture at our iconic former home.

Mesmerised by her experience in the stands and watching under the lights, she turned to her dad at that point and said, ‘I will play here one day’ where she stood true to her promise all those years later.

Now, having completed her first season as a Lilywhite, where she has become a fan favourite among our supporters for her passion on and off the pitch, Tinka and her dad took a stroll around Hotspur Way to reflect on the moment she knew a move to Spurs would become a reality and how her dad reacted to the news.

“England had always been my dream and I always followed Spurs,” our number 19 explained. “As soon as my agent called me and told me about Spurs, my dad had been really important in that process because I really appreciate his thoughts, so we were both like ‘you have to do it and that's what you have to choose, it’s been your dream your whole life so you can't miss this.’

“So, when the opportunity came for me, it was no doubt and after talking to the club as well, it just felt like home.

“I called my mom and dad on FaceTime and they were both crying because it was like very tight in the last few hours, it was on the last day of the transfer window, but then we all were just so happy.

“It was like relief and great because you actually achieved what you worked for so hard for so many years,” Joachim added.

Scoring three goals in her first five games in the Women’s Super League, Tinka enjoyed a strong start to her career in Lilywhite and eventually completed her maiden campaign with six in total to finish as our third leading goalscorer in all competitions.

One standout from her first year at the club, alongside her goalscoring abilities, has been her aggression across the opponent’s backline and to make her presence known – and her dad revealed those attributes came from her early years of playing football.

“She always had the temper and she was pretty strong, so she was actually more or less one of the guys,” he told us.

“I remember often when I played with the girls, especially if I shoot really hard, they said ‘you can't shoot that hard’ or ‘you can't tackle or anything like that’ but when I played with the boys, you can shoot how hard you want and be how tough you want,” Tinka then added.

“My dad has been to every game since I was young so he's just there to watch the game and watch me play but he can stand on whatever pitch and I can hear him scream from the stands - that's where I got my what you say winning vitality and my aggression from, but I think that's a good thing as you need that in football.”