SAINTS Women will face Super League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Reading, when they compete in the Continental Cup for a first ever time.

Following promotion to the Women’s Championship this season, Marieanne Spacey-Cale will lead her team into their Continental Cup debut.

Saints have been drawn in Group E, and will face Reading, Spurs and fellow Championship side Coventry United.

Group games will begin on the weekend of Saturday, October 2 and information regarding the full Continental Cup fixture schedule will be released once confirmed.

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