1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
1981–82 season | |||
Manager | Keith Burkinshaw | ||
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Stadium | White Hart Lane | ||
First Division | 4th | ||
FA Cup | Winners | ||
League Cup | Runners-up | ||
Cup Winners' Cup | Semi-finals | ||
Charity Shield | Joint winners | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Garth Crooks (13) All: Garth Crooks (18) | ||
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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).
Squad
- Squad at end of season[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
- Ray Clemence - Liverpool, £300,000
- Paul Price - Luton Town, £250,000, June 1981
Out
- Don McAllister - Charlton Athletic, August 1981
Results
First Division
- Home teams listed first
- 6 February: Tottenham Hotspur 6–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
- 20 February: Tottenham Hotspur ?-? Manchester City
FA Cup
3r 2 Jan Tottenham 1-0 Arsenal
League Cup
- Home teams listed first
Cup Winners' Cup
- Home teams listed first
- Ajax 1-3 Tottenham Hotspur
- Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Ajax
- Dundalk 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
- Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Dundalk
- Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Eintracht Frankfurt
- Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
7 April 1982 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 – 1 | Barcelona | White Hart Lane, London |
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Roberts 85' | Olmo 60' | Referee: Egbert Mulder (Netherlands) |
21 April 1982 | Barcelona | 1 – 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | Camp Nou, Barcelona |
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Simonsen 46' |
Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.
References
- ↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/tottenham-hotspur/tab/players/season/1982
- ↑ Price was born in St Albans, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1980.
- ↑ Hughton was born in Newham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for Ireland in 1979.