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1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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Manager
  
Keith Burkinshaw

First Division
  
4th

League Cup
  
Runners-up

Stadium
  
White Hart Lane

FA Cup
  
Winners

Cup Winners' Cup
  
Semi-finals

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

Contents

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

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

In

  • Ray Clemence - Liverpool, £300,000
  • Paul Price - Luton Town, £250,000, June 1981

    • Out

  • Don McAllister - Charlton Athletic, August 1981

    • 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

    • Barcelona won 2–1 on aggregate.

    References

    1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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