1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1981–82 season
ChairmanArthur Richardson
ManagerEngland Keith Burkinshaw
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
First Division4th
FA CupWinners
League CupRunners-up
Cup Winners' CupSemi-finals
Charity ShieldTitle shared
Top goalscorerLeague:
Garth Crooks (13)
All:
Garth Crooks (18)

During the 1981–82 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Tottenham enjoyed a hugely successful season. They finished fourth in the First Division, their highest finish in ten years, won a second successive FA Cup (eventually managing to defeat Second Division Queens Park Rangers 1–0 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final), reached the final of the League Cup (losing to Liverpool 3–1 in extra time), were joint winners of the Charity Shield (drawing 2–2 with the previous season's champions Aston Villa) and reached the semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup (losing 2–1 on aggregate to tournament winners Barcelona).

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Milija Aleksic
— GK England ENG Ray Clemence
— GK England ENG Tony Parks
— DF England ENG Pat Corbett
— DF England ENG John Lacy
— DF England ENG Giorgio Mazzon
— DF England ENG Paul Miller
— DF England ENG Gary O'Reilly
— DF England ENG Graham Roberts
— DF Wales WAL Mark Bowen
— DF Wales WAL Paul Price[A]
— DF Scotland SCO Gordon Smith
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Chris Hughton[B]
— MF England ENG Garry Brooke
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Ian Crook
— MF England ENG Micky Hazard
— MF England ENG Glenn Hoddle
— MF England ENG Steve Perryman
— MF Scotland SCO Ally Dick
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Galvin
— MF Argentina ARG Ossie Ardiles
— MF Argentina ARG Ricardo Villa
— FW England ENG Garth Crooks
— FW England ENG Mark Falco
— FW England ENG Terry Gibson
— FW England ENG Chris Jones
— FW Scotland SCO Steve Archibald

Transfers

In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
June 1981 DF England Paul Price Luton Town £250,000 [2]
August 1981 GK England Ray Clemence Liverpool £300,000 [3]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
August 1981 DF England Don McAllister Charlton Athletic Free [4][C]

Competitions

Charity Shield

Main article: 1981 FA Charity Shield
22 August 1981 Final Aston Villa 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur London
15:00 Withe Falco Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 92,500
Referee: Alf Grey

First Division

Main article: 1981–82 Football League § First Division

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Ipswich Town 42 26 5 11 75 53 +22 83 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Manchester United 42 22 12 8 59 29 +30 78
4 Tottenham Hotspur 42 20 11 11 67 48 +19 71 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5 Arsenal 42 20 11 11 48 37 +11 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6 Swansea City 42 21 6 15 58 51 +7 69 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round[b]
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1981–82 FA Cup winners.
  2. ^ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1982 Welsh Cup winners.

Results

FA Cup

Main article: 1981–82 FA Cup
2 January 1982 Third round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Arsenal London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
23 January 1982 Forth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Leeds United London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
13 February 1982 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Aston Villa London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
6 March 1982 Quarter-finals Chelsea 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur London
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
3 April 1982 Semi-final Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Leicester City Birmingham
15:00 Stadium: Villa Park
22 May 1982 Final Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Queens Park Rangers London
15:00 Hoddle 110' Fenwick 115' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 100,000
Referee: Clive White (Harrow)
27 May 1982 Final (reply) Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Queens Park Rangers London
19:30 Hoddle pen' (6) Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 90,000
Referee: Clive White (Harrow)

League Cup

Main article: 1981–82 Football League Cup
7 October 1981 Second Round
First leg		 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Manchester United London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
28 October 1981 Second round
Second leg		 Manchester United 0–1
(0–2 agg.)		 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Stadium: Old Trafford
11 November 1981 Third round Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Wrexham London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
2 December 1981 Forth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Fulham London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
18 January 1982 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Nottingham Forest London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
3 February 1982 Semi-finals
First leg		 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich
Stadium: The Hawthorns
10 February 1982 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0
(1–0 agg.)		 West Bromwich Albion London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
13 March 1982 Final Liverpool 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur London
15:00 GMT Whelan 87' (111)
Rush 119'		 Archibald 11' Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Referee: Peter Willis ( County Durham)

Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup
16 September 1981 First round
First leg		 Ajax Netherlands 1–3 England Tottenham Hotspur Netherlands
Lerby 68' Falco 19' (34)
Villa 67'		 Stadium: De Meer Stadion
30 September 1981 First round
Second leg		 Tottenham Hotspur England 3–0
(6–1 agg.)		 Netherlands Ajax London
Galvin 69'
Falco 76'
Ardiles 81'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
21 October 1981 Second round
First leg		 Dundalk Republic of Ireland 1–1 England Tottenham Hotspur Ireland
Fairclough 82' Crooks 63' Stadium: Oriel Park
4 November 1981 Second round
Second leg		 Tottenham Hotspur England 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 Republic of Ireland Dundalk London
Crooks 63' Stadium: White Hart Lane
3 March 1982 Third round
First leg		 Tottenham Hotspur England 2–0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt London
Miller 59'
Hazard 80'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
3 March 1982 Third round
Second leg		 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 2–1
(2–3 agg.)		 England Tottenham Hotspur Germany
Borchers 2'
Cha Bum-kun 15'		 Hoddle 80' Stadium: Waldstadion
7 April 1982 Semi-finals
First leg		 Tottenham Hotspur England 1 – 1 Spain Barcelona London
Roberts 85' Olmo 60' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands)
21 April 1982 Semi-finals
Second leg		 Barcelona Spain 1–0
(2–1 agg.)		 England Tottenham Hotspur Barcelona
Simonsen 46' Stadium: Camp Nou

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Pos. Name Division One FA Cup EFL Cup Charity Shield Cup Winners Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Milija Aleksic 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW Scotland Steve Archibald 26+1 7 4+1 1 5 2 1 0 7 0 43+2 10
MF Argentina Ossie Ardiles 26 3 5 0 8 1 1 0 6 1 46 5
MF England Garry Brooke 12+4 4 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 12+7 4
GK England Ray Clemence 38 0 7 0 8 0 1 0 8 0 62 0
DF England Pat Corbett 3+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 1
MF England Ian Crook 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3+1 0
FW England Garth Crooks 27 13 7 3 7 0 0 0 5 2 46 18
MF Scotland Ally Dick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW England Mark Falco 21 5 3 1 4 0 1 2 3+2 3 32+2 11
MF Republic of Ireland Tony Galvin 32 3 7 0 8 0 1 0 8 1 56 4
FW England Terry Gibson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF England Micky Hazard 26+2 5 4+1 1 5+1 3 0 0 6 1 41+4 10
MF England Glenn Hoddle 34 10 7 3 8 1 1 0 8 1 58 15
DF Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton 37 2 7 0 8 1 1 0 8 0 61 3
FW England Chris Jones 3+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 3+5 0
DF England John Lacy 7+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 7+6 0
DF England Giorgio Mazzon 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
DF England Paul Miller 35 0 6+1 0 8 0 1 0 7 1 57+1 1
DF England Gary O'Reilly 4+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4+1 0
GK England Tony Parks 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF England Steve Perryman 42 1 7 0 8 0 1 0 8 0 66 1
DF Wales Paul Price 18+3 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 30+3 0
DF England Graham Roberts 35+2 6 6 0 5 0 1 0 6+1 1 53+3 7
DF Scotland Gordon Smith 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1+2 0
MF Argentina Ricardo Villa 26+1 8 2 0 3+1 0 1 0 4+1 1 36+3 9

Last updated: 15 May 1999
Source: [citation needed]

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [1]

Rnk Pos Player Division One FA Cup EFL Cup Charity Shield Cup Winners Cup Total
1 FW England Garth Crooks 13 3 0 0 2 18
2 MF England Glenn Hoddle 10 3 1 0 1 15
3 FW England Mark Falco 5 1 0 2 3 11
4 FW Scotland Steve Archibald 7 1 2 0 0 10
MF England Micky Hazard 5 1 3 0 1 10
6 MF Argentina Ricardo Villa 8 0 0 0 1 9
7 DF England Graham Roberts 6 0 0 0 1 7
8 MF Argentina Ossie Ardiles 3 0 1 0 1 5
9 MF England Garry Brooke 4 0 0 0 0 4
MF Republic of Ireland Tony Galvin 3 0 0 0 1 4
11 DF Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton 2 0 1 0 0 3
12 DF England Pat Corbett 1 0 0 0 0 1
DF England Paul Miller 0 0 0 0 1 1
MF England Steve Perryman 1 0 0 0 0 1
TOTALS 68 9 8 2 12 99

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [2]

Rnk Player Division One FA Cup EFL Cup Charity Shield Cup Winners Cup Total
1 13 5 7 0 3 28
TOTALS 13 5 7 0 3 28

Notes

  1. ^ Price was born in St Albans, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1980.
  2. ^ Hughton was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1979.
  3. ^ It is noted that Tottenham had written a letter to McAllister to offer him a new contract, however he himself said he never received any letter and subsequently joined Charlton on a free.

References

  1. ^ "All Tottenham Hotspur players: 1982".
  2. ^ & Goodwin 1992, p. 300.
  3. ^ & Goodwin 1992, pp. 82–83.
  4. ^ Goodwin 1992, pp. 237–238.

Works cited

  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.