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Our Under-18s made it 15 goals in three games in the FA Premier Academy League with another five-star victory on Saturday. The table-toppers followed up a 6-0 win against MK Dons and 4-0 win at Watford with a 5-0 victory against Birmingham City at Spurs Lodge. Ryan Mason (pictured) led the way with two goals with John Bostock, Jonathan Obika and Nathan Byrne also on target. The lads have now won seven of their last eight matches in the FAPAL and remain top of Group B - Birmingham were fourth at start of play. "We played really well," reported coach Alex Inglethorpe. "John Bostock opened the scoring with a goal from outside the box and Ryan Mason made it 2-0 from the penalty spot after Jonathan Obika was brought down. "Nathan Byrne grabbed the third with a good finish at the far post and that was the score at half-time. "We controlled the second half and created plenty of chances. "The fourth goal was a great team goal that ended with Sam Cox crossing for Jon Obika and Ryan Mason completed the scoring." Spurs U18s: Butler, Smith, Cox, Kasim, Caulker, Butcher (Nicholson, 70), M'poku (Byrne, 30), Bostock, Obika (Ekim, 70), Mason, Townsend. Unused subs: Ranieri, Jack.

Spurs Ladies earned a 1-1 draw from their visit to Northampton Town in the first of three consecutive meetings with the Midlands side.

Goalkeeper Ricole Vyse was in a commanding form as the home side applied the early pressure.

A loose ball on the edge of the box was fired home by a Northampton forward to give Town a 1-0 lead, but Spurs felt aggrieved not to have a first half penalty when Alex Small was bundled over in the box.

The second half brought improvement and it wasn't long before Spurs were level when a goalmouth scramble resulted in the Northampton keeper spilling a low cross which fell to the feet of Kirsten Thomson (pictured), who accordingly put the ball hard and low into the right hand corner of the net to equalise.

The rest of the match was tense, although Spurs did come close when substitute Jessie Richards side-stepped the goalkeeper only to be intercepted by a Northampton defender who had tracked her run to deny her a winning goal.

In other results, the Under-11 side defeated Bedmond Ajax 2-0, while the Under-10 Whites ran out 1-0 winners over Enfield Rangers.

But perhaps the most exciting game of the weekend came at Under-14 level, where Laura Newby scored a dramatic late equaliser for Spurs at Harvesters to keep the sides locked together at the top of their league table.