Ashleigh Neville

Ashleigh Neville (born 29 April 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Women's Super League club Charlton Athletic.

She previously played for fellow WSL sides Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur, and Sporting Club Albion and Coventry City in the FA Women's Premier League.

Career Sporting Club Albion Neville began her career with her local club Sporting Club Albion. Her final season with the club was the 2012–13 FA WPL season in which she made 23 appearances and scored 14 goals in all competitions, while her team finished fourth out of nine teams in the third level Northern Division.

Coventry United Neville joined newly founded Coventry City for the 2013–14 season. In her time with the club she had 69 appearances and 20 goals. She made 20 appearances for the club, now known as Coventry United, in the 2016–17 season, her final with the team.

Tottenham Hotspur On 14 July 2017, Neville was announced as having signed for Tottenham Hotspur after their promotion to the FA WSL 2 for the 2017–18 season. Her former club Coventry United were title rivals with Tottenham in the FA WPL Premier Division Southern Division, but fell four points behind Spurs, who won promotion.

Neville appeared in 36 matches and scored a total of five goals during her first two seasons with the club. Neville was named Player of the Year for Tottenham for 2017–18, and was FAWC Player of the Month for April 2019. Tottenham's first top flight season would ultimately end prematurely, but Neville appeared in 13 of 15 matches and helped Spurs finish seventh out of twelve sides.

On 12 June 2020, Neville re-signed with Tottenham through the end of the 2022 season. In the 2021–22 WSL season, Neville was ranked first for tackles and interceptions, and for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, she would continue to be ranked first for tackles.

Leicester City

On 8 January 2026, Neville signed a one and a half year contract with Leicester City.

Charlton Athletic In July 2026, Neville joined newly-promoted WSL side Charlton Athletic on a two-year contract.

Personal life Neville married her wife Liz in June 2022. She and her partner have three children. She previously worked as a full-time primary school teacher, where she would travel from her home in Birmingham to London two to three times a week to train before turning fully professional in 2017.

Career statistics Club

Honours

Coventry United FA Women's National League Plate: 2015–16

Tottenham Hotspur Women's FA Cup: 2023–24 runner-up Women's Super League Goal of the Month: September 2022 Women's Championship Player of the Month: 2018–19 Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Year: 2017–18