{"id":54499,"date":"2025-11-26T07:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-super-league-apologises-to-tottenham-for-gk-barrys-comment-during-league-cup-draw-football-news\/26\/11\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T07:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T12:53:22","slug":"womens-super-league-apologises-to-tottenham-for-gk-barrys-comment-during-league-cup-draw-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/sport\/womens-super-league-apologises-to-tottenham-for-gk-barrys-comment-during-league-cup-draw-football-news\/26\/11\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Super League apologises to Tottenham for GK Barry&#8217;s comment during League Cup draw | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-testid=\"article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>The Women&#8217;s Super League has apologised to Tottenham Hotspur for a remark made during the League Cup draw on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The draw for the quarter-finals and semi-finals was held on the WSL&#8217;s official TikTok page and conducted by personality GK Barry and her partner, Portsmouth midfielder Ella Rutherford.<\/p>\n<p>The draw included some crude references, with GK Barry making a comment about Tottenham. She shouted, &#8220;What do you think of Tottenham?&#8221;, a chant used by rival clubs, when she pulled their number out.<\/p>\n<p>The WSL have been in contact with Tottenham to discuss their concerns and has formally apologised.<\/p>\n<p>GK Barry also pulled a ball out of the bag, dropped it back in by accident and then took it out again to be used as part of the draw.<\/p>\n<p>An adjudicator from the WSL was present at the draw and is satisfied that the process was conducted fairly and correctly.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\" data-testid=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-testid=\"article-image-caption-text\">GK Barry (left) and and her partner Ella Rutherford at the Pride of Britain Awards in October<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The WSL decided to make the draw on its official TikTok channel to try and do something different and to appeal to a diverse audience.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sky Sports News<\/em> understands learnings from the draw will be introduced in the future.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also understood that no other club has approached the WSL regarding concerns over the draw as things stand.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>League Cup draw<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Quarter-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool v Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace v Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United v Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>West Ham v Manchester City<\/p>\n<p><strong>Semi-finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crystal Palace\/Arsenal v Manchester United\/Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>West Ham\/Manchester City v Liverpool\/Chelsea<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/news\/12040\/13475645\/womens-super-league-apologises-to-tottenham-for-gk-barrys-comment-during-league-cup-draw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Women&rsquo;s Super League has apologised to Tottenham Hotspur for a remark made during the League Cup draw on Tuesday night. 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