1993–94 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
1993–94 season
ChairmanAlan Sugar
ManagerOsvaldo Ardiles
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
FA Premier League15th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Teddy Sheringham (13)
All: Teddy Sheringham (15)
Average home league attendance27,160

The 1993–94 season was the 112th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their second season in the FA Premier League. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.

Season summary

Tottenham Hotspur were full of excitement in the close season when, after the controversial dismissal of chief executive and former manager Terry Venables, former player Ossie Ardiles returned to the club as manager. He quickly set about bringing the glory days back to White Hart Lane by creating a new style of attacking football which regularly featured up to five players in the forward positions. Striker Teddy Sheringham was prolific once again, scoring 13 goals despite being restricted to just 19 league games due to injuries.

But the new regime failed to deliver, and Tottenham finished 15th in the final table. This dismal showing was hardly helped by Sheringham's injury problems, but the rest of the side failed to come close to Sheringham when it came to scoring goals. Defeats were all too frequent, with a seven-match losing run in mid-season being the longest succession of defeats endured by any Premier League team during the season.

This was soon to be the least of Tottenham's worries, as the Football Association announced that they were investigating financial irregularities which had occurred at the club during the 1980s under the chairmanship of Irving Scholar. The hammer blow was delivered when Tottenham were found guilty on all the charges and received the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an English club; they were fined £600,000 as well as having 12 league points deducted for the 1994–95 season and being banned from that season's FA Cup. Chairman Alan Sugar quickly appealed against the ruling, backing up his argument with the fact that the people responsible were no longer at the club.[1]

A defiant Ardiles, fearful that the 12-point deduction might end up costing them their Premiership status, made a momentous transfer swoop for German striker Jürgen Klinsmann and Romanian midfielders Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu.

Season squad

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
1 GK  NOR Erik Thorstvedt
2 DF  ENG Dean Austin
3 DF  ENG Justin Edinburgh
4 MF  ENG Vinny Samways
5 DF  SCO Colin Calderwood
6 DF  ENG Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7 MF  ENG Nick Barmby
8 DF  ENG Kevin Scott
9 MF  ENG Darren Anderton
10 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham
11 FW  ISR Ronny Rosenthal
12 MF  ENG Jason Dozzell
13 GK  ENG Ian Walker
14 MF  ENG Steve Sedgley
15 MF  ENG David Howells
16 MF  ENG Micky Hazard
17 MF  IRL Andy Turner
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 DF  ENG Jason Cundy
19 MF  ENG Kevin Watson
20 MF  ENG Darren Caskey
21 MF  ENG Danny Hill
22 DF  ENG David Kerslake
23 DF  ENG Sol Campbell
24 FW  ENG Paul Moran
25 FW  SCO John Hendry
26 DF  ENG Stuart Nethercott
27 DF  IRL Stephen Carr
28 MF  ENG Lee Hodges
29 MF  NIR Steve Robinson
30 GK  ENG Chris Day
31 FW  ENG Robert Simpson
32 FW  ENG Paul Mahorn
33 MF  ENG Andy Gray

Transfers and contracts

Released

Date from Pos. Nationality Player Subsequent club Notes Ref.
5 September 1993 DF Terry Fenwick Swindon Town
31 May 1994 FW Paul Moran Peterborough United

Loans out

Date from Pos. Nationality Player To Date until Ref.
1 May 1994 DF Guðni Bergsson Valur December 1994

Transfers in

Date from Pos. Nationality Player From Fee Ref.
22 July 1993 DF Colin Calderwood Swindon Town £1,250,000
1 August 1993 MF Jason Dozzell Ipswich Town £1,900,000
24 September 1993 DF David Kerslake Leeds United £450,000
November 1993 MF Micky Hazard Swindon Town £50,000
26 January 1994 FW Ronny Rosenthal Liverpool £250,000
1 February 1994 DF Kevin Scott Newcastle United £850,000

Transfers out

Date from Pos. Nationality Player To Fee Ref.
31 May 1993 MF Nayim Real Zaragoza £500,000
22 July 1993 DF Neil Ruddock Liverpool £2,500,000
1 August 1993 DF David Tuttle Sheffield United £350,000
10 August 1993 MF Scott Houghton Luton Town Free
9 September 1993 DF Pat Van Den Hauwe Millwall Free
16 September 1993 MF Paul Allen Southampton £550,000
24 November 1993 FW Gordon Durie Rangers £1,200,000

Pre-season and friendlies

During the pre-season Tottenham hosted The Makita International Soccer Tournament.[2]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

31 July 1993 Semi-final Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Lazio Tottenham, London
Stadium: White Hart Lane
31 July 1993 Final Chelsea 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham, London
Cascarino 13' (32), 51'
Peacock 38'
Stadium: White Hart Lane

Competitions

Premier League

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
13 West Ham United 42 13 13 16 47 58 −11 52
14 Chelsea 42 13 12 17 49 53 −4 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
15 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 12 19 54 59 −5 45
16 Manchester City 42 9 18 15 38 49 −11 45
17 Everton 42 12 8 22 42 63 −21 44
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

Results Summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42 11 12 19 54 59  −5 45 4 8 9 29 33  −4 7 4 10 25 26  −1

Matches

14 August 1993 1 Newcastle United 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 BST Venison Report Sheringham 36' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 35,216
Referee: David Allison
16 August 1993 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Arsenal Tottenham
20:00 BST Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 28,355
Referee: David Elleray
21 August 1993 3 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Manchester City Tottenham
15:00 BST Sedgley 68' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,535
Referee: Keith Hackett
25 August 1993 4 Liverpool 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
19:45 BST Clough 18' Report
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 42,456
Referee: Keren Barratt
28 August 1993 5 Aston Villa 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
15:00 BST Staunton 71' (pen.), Report Sheringham Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 32,498
Referee: Keith Cooper
1 September 1993 6 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Chelsea Tottenham
19:45 BST Sheringham 85' (pen.) Report Cascarino 23' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,567
Referee: Vic Callow
11 September 1993 7 Sheffield United 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
15:00 BST Littlejohn 47', 62' Report
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 21,325
Referee: Kelvin Morton
18 September 1993 8 Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Oldham Athletic Tottenham
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,613
Referee: Allan Gunn
26 September 1993 9 Ipswich Town 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
16:00 BST
Report Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,411
Referee: Gerald Ashby
3 October 1993 10 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Everton Tottenham
16:00 BST
Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,487
Referee: Roger Milford
16 October 1993 11 Manchester United 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Trafford
15:00 BST
Report Caskey 73', Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 44,655
Referee: Keith Burge
23 October 1993 12 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Swindon Town Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,304
Referee: Keren Barratt
30 October 1993 13 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
15:00 GMT Shearer 15' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 16,849
Referee: Alan Wilkie
6 November 1993 14 Southampton 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
15:00 GMT Report Edinburgh Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,017
Referee: David Allison
20 November 1993 15 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Leeds United Tottenham
15:00 GMT Anderton 81' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,275
Referee: Joe Worrall
24 November 1993 16 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Wimbledon Tottenham
Barmby 6' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 17,744
Referee: Keith Hackett
17 November 1993 17 Queens Park Rangers 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Shepherd's Bush
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 17,694
Referee: David Elleray
4 December 1993 18 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Newcastle United Tottenham
15:00 GMT Barmby 61' (pen.) Report
Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Attendance: 30,780
Referee: Mike Reed
6 December 1993 19 Arsenal 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Holloway
20:00 GMT Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 35,669
Referee: Philip Don
11 December 1993 20 Manchester City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 21,566
Referee: Graham Poll
18 December 1993 21 Tottenham Hotspur 3–3 Liverpool Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,394
Referee: Robbie Hart
27 December 1993 22 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Norwich City Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,130
Referee: Allan Gunn
28 December 1993 23 West Ham United 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Upton Park
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 20,787
Referee: Gerald Ashby
1 January 1994 24 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Coventry City Tottenham
15:00 GMT Caskey 43' Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,015
Referee: Terry Holbrook
3 January 1994 25 Sheffield Wednesday 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
15:00 GMT Bright 5' Report Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 32,514
Referee: Keith Burge
15 January 1994 26 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Manchester United Tottenham
15:00 GMT Calderwood Report Hughes 49' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,343
Referee: Roger Milford
22 January 1994 27 Swindon Town 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Swindon
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 16,563
Referee: Paul Durkin
5 February 1994 28 Tottenham Hotspur 1–3 Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 23,078
Referee: David Frampton
12 February 1994 29 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham
15:00 GMT Samways Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 30,236
Referee: Jim Borrett
27 February 1994 30 Chelsea 4–3 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 16,807
Referee: John Lloyd
2 March 1994 31 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Aston Villa Tottenham
19:45 GMT Rosenthal 74' Report Parker 9' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 17,452
Referee: Kelvin Morton
5 March 1994 32 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Sheffield United Tottenham
15:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,741
Referee: David Allison
19 March 1994 33 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Ipswich Town Tottenham
15:00 GMT Report Kiwomya 12', Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,653
Referee: Gerald Ashby
26 March 1994 34 Everton 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
15:00 GMT Report Sedgley 70' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 23,580
Referee: Gary Willard
2 April 1994 35 Norwich City 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich
15:00 BST Sutton 71' Report Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 21,181
Referee: Alan Wilkie
4 April 1994 36 Tottenham Hotspur 1–4 West Ham United Tottenham
15:00 BST Report
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,502
Referee: Philip Don
9 April 1994 37 Coventry City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
15:00 BST
Report Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 13,391
Referee: Mike Reed
17 April 1994 38 Leeds United 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
16:00 BST
Report Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 33,658
Referee: Roger Milford
23 April 1994 39 Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 Southampton Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,959
Referee: Paul Durkin
30 April 1994 40 Wimbledon 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Selhurst
15:00 BST Report Sheringham 72' (pen.) Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,875
Referee: David Allison
5 May 1994 41 Oldham Athletic 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Oldham
19:45 BST Henry Report Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,283
Referee: Rodger Gifford
7 May 1994 42 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham
15:00 BST Report Sinclair 36', 77' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,105
Referee: Allan Gunn

FA Cup

8 January 1994 Third round Peterborough United 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Peterborough
15:00 GMT Brissett 62' Dozzell 85' Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 19,169
Referee: Ray Bigger
19 January 1994 Third round replay Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(5–4 p)
Peterborough United Tottenham
19:45 GMT Barmby 12' Charlery 24' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,893
Referee: Graham Poll
Penalties
29 January 1994 Fourth round Ipswich Town 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
15:00 GMT Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 22,539
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

League Cup

22 September 1993 Second round
First leg
Burnley 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Burnley
19:30 BST Stadium: Turf Moor
Attendance: 16,844
Referee: Brian Coddington
11 October 1988 Second round
Second leg
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1
(3–1 agg.)
Burnley Tottenham
Eyres 7' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,614
Referee: Ray Bigger
27 October 1993 Third round Derby County 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Derby
19:45 GMT Barmby 71' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 17,593
Referee: Brian Hill
1 December 1993 Fourth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham
19:45 GMT Campbell 64' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 22,295
Referee: Roger Milford
12 January 1994 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Aston Villa Tottenham
19:45 GMT Caskey 63'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,408
Referee: Terry Holbrook

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK  NOR Erik Thorstvedt 37 0 32 0 1 0 4 0
13 GK  ENG Ian Walker 14 0 10+1 0 2 0 1 0
Defenders
2 DF  ENG Dean Austin 26 0 20+3 0 2 0 0+1 0
3 DF  ENG Justin Edinburgh 31 0 24+1 0 3 0 3 0
5 DF  SCO Colin Calderwood 34 0 26 0 3 0 5 0
6 DF  ENG Gary Mabbutt 32 0 29 0 0 0 3 0
8 DF  ENG Kevin Scott 12 1 12 1 0 0 0 0
22 DF  ENG David Kerslake 23 0 16+1 0 1+1 0 4 0
23 DF  ENG Sol Campbell 41 1 27+7 0 1+2 0 4 1
26 DF  ENG Stuart Nethercott 12 0 9+1 0 1 0 1 0
27 DF  IRL Stephen Carr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
4 MF  ENG Vinny Samways 47 3 39 3 3 0 5 0
7 MF  ENG Nick Barmby 33 7 27 5 3 1 3 1
9 MF  ENG Darren Anderton 45 6 35+2 6 3 0 5 0
12 MF  ENG Jason Dozzell 38 10 28+4 9 2 1 4 0
14 MF  ENG Steve Sedgley 49 5 42 5 3 0 4 0
15 MF  ENG David Howells 20 2 15+3 1 0 0 1+1 1
16 MF  ENG Micky Hazard 19 2 13+4 2 2 0 0 0
17 MF  IRL Andy Turner 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 MF  ENG Darren Caskey 32 5 16+9 4 3 0 3+1 1
21 MF  ENG Danny Hill 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF  NIR Steve Robinson 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF  ENG Andy Gray 2 1 0+2 1 0 0 0 0
Forwards
10 FW  ENG Teddy Sheringham 21 15 17+2 13 0 0 2 2
11 FW  ISR Ronny Rosenthal 16 2 11+4 2 0 0 1 0
24 FW  ENG Paul Moran 6 0 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0
25 FW  SCO John Hendry 5 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
32 FW  ENG Paul Mahorn 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Players transferred out during the season
8 MF  SCO Gordon Durie 12 1 10 1 0 0 2 0
11 MF  ENG Paul Allen 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Last updated: 15 May 1999
Source: [[[3]]]

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 FW 10 Teddy Sheringham 13 0 2 15
2 MF 12 Jason Dozzell 9 1 0 10
3 MF 7 Nick Barmby 5 1 1 7
4 MF 9 Darren Anderton 6 0 0 6
5 MF 14 Steve Sedgley 5 0 0 5
MF 20 Darren Caskey 4 0 1 5
7 MF 4 Vinny Samways 3 0 0 3
8 FW 11 Ronny Rosenthal 2 0 0 2
MF 15 David Howells 1 0 1 2
MF 16 Micky Hazard 2 0 0 2
11 FW 8 Gordon Durie 1 0 0 1
DF 8 Kevin Scott 1 0 0 1
DF 23 Sol Campbell 0 0 1 1
MF 33 Andy Gray 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 53 2 6 61

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk No. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 1 Erik Thorstvedt 7 0 2 9
2 13 Ian Walker 1 0 1 2
TOTALS 8 0 3 11

References

  1. ^ White, Clive (15 June 1994). "Football: Spurs are 'staggered' by punishment: Tottenham escape relegation over illegal payments but FA sanctions send a shudder through White Hart Lane". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  2. ^ https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/makita8894.html
  3. ^ "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".