After a gruelling first game of the season, Tottenham finally overcame a determined Redhill side in a penalty shoot out to go through to the next round of the Cup. Starting the match with ten players because of some late arrivals, Spurs were on the back foot in the early stages.  As early as the sixth minute a shot from a Redhill forward went narrowly over the bar and on 20 minutes, Tina Hills in the Tottenham goal mis-kicked a clearance outside the box, but not as badly as the Redhill player it fell to, who sliced it out for a throw-in. Zoella Freeman, who began the match in an unfamiliar defensive role, made a decisive block on the edge of her own box, as one of the opponents unleashed a fierce shot. Tottenham's play was not as fluent as their pre-season play had been, but in the 25th minute Jackie Fearon launched a towering lob from 35 yards out, that the visiting keeper did well to catch.  Shortly after, Zoella, pushing forward, hit a 25 yarder that the keeper saved.  Tottenham's best chance of the half came when Ruth Waghorn, making her senior debut, was put through by a clever pass from Freeman.  She took the ball on the right hand corner of the box and hit a shot that shook the goalpost.  Two minutes later, Zoella hit a shot just over the bar from the edge of the area, as Spurs finished the half strongly. The teams turned round with the game scoreless and the opening exchanges of the second half were fought out in midfield.  A quarter of an hour into the half, Steph Lappen, also making her full debut, crossed from the left and Zoella was just beaten to the waist high ball by the keeper.  Five minutes after this, Redhill took the lead against the run of play at that time. A throw in on the Tottenham right found a striker in the box and Short turned goalwards and shot home across Hills and just inside the far post.  Straight from the restart, they could have extended their lead, but Redhill's Dunn shot over the bar when clean through the middle.  The play swung to the other end, where La Toyah Johnson, on as a substitute, beat two players and shot just over the goal from 25 yards out. In the 72nd minute, good work on the right wing between Freeman and Christina Oshodi produced a Sparrow corner which was firmly headed home by Lucy Auguste, four yards out, to equalise for Tottenham.    Towards the end of normal time, LaToyah could have won the game herself with a hat-trick of chances.  Each time she was denied by the keeper, but Labassi didn't have a chance with an Auguste shot that flew across the goal in injury time, but unfortunately, it also flew past the post. Extra time was required and Tottenham looked the stronger of the two sides, although Redhill were enjoying a fair amount of possession and passed the ball well.  At the start of the first fifteen minute spell, Lappen had a shot deflected up into the air and the keeper was beaten, but it was headed off the line, with Freeman hitting the rebound over the bar.  Johnson dragged a shot across goal and as time ran out in the first half of extra time, Gill Blackmore hit a 25 yard shot that crept inches past the left hand upright.  Lucy Auguste also blasted a fierce drive from 25 yards out just too high. Still with nothing between the two sides, Spurs Ladies switched to playing three at the back and pushing an extra player forward.  Four minutes into the second half of extra time, it paid off.  A corner was won on the left wing and Lorraine Sparrow swung it in to the near post, where Fearon caused havoc with her height.  With this confusion, the ball fell into the six yard box, where Christina Oshodi arrived to side foot the ball in to give Tottenham the lead. Redhill pushed forward to find an equaliser, but found Hills in inspired form.  She saved well from Dunn, then with five minutes remaining, a long range free kick nearly brought Redhill level.  It hit the underside of the bar, bounced out and as Tina tried to punch clear, there was a collision with two opposition forwards and all three players needed treatment.  This left Hills limping for the remainder of the game and right on time, she would have had no hope even if fully mobile, as a long range shot was deflected wide of her for a last gasp goal to make it 2-2. It was a blow for Tottenham who had looked the better side in extra time, but there was no time to respond and the result was to be decided by penalty shoot-out. With Hills still carrying the knock into the shoot out, she made one save and another penalty was kicked wide to match the two saves the Redhill keeper made.  When it looked as though nothing could separate the sides, Steph Lappen stepped up to shoot high into the top corner to give Spurs a 4-3 lead as it entered sudden death.  Dunn, who had played so well, was entrusted with the Redhill spot-kick and blasted narrowly over to leave Tottenham winners at the death. The game was a tight one with both sides fairly well matched, as the nature of the result suggests, but Tottenham will feel that the refereeing decisions may have gone against them in the 90 minutes of normal time, with a Redhill defender handballing on the half-way line when Ruth Waghorn would have been clean through and Johnson pushed over inside the box, for what appeared a clear penalty.  Redhill played a neat passing game, but they really lacked a killer finish, which might have made getting back in the match difficult for Spurs early on. So, Tottenham Ladies are in the draw for the next round, but will have to fare better than this to progress further in the competition.