1993–94 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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.

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

Transfers and contracts

Released

Loans out

Transfers in

Transfers out

Pre-season and friendlies

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

Peacock

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

League Table

Results Summary

Matches

• Mabbutt
• Samways |team2=Arsenal|goals2=*Wright ,
• Keown
• Parlour |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=28,355|referee=David Elleray|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=11 September 1993|time=15:00 BST|round=7|score=2–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/535|team1=Sheffield United|goals1=Littlejohn |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Sheringham
• Dozzell |stadium=Bramall Lane|location=Sheffield|attendance=21,325|referee=Kelvin Morton|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=18 September 1993|time=15:00 BST|round=8|score=5–0|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/548|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Sedgley
• Sheringham
• Durie
• Dozzell |team2=Oldham Athletic|goals2=|stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=24,613|referee=Allan Gunn|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=26 September 1993|time=16:00 BST|round=9|score=2–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/560|team1=Ipswich Town|goals1=*Milton
• Marshall |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Sheringham
• Calderwood
• Dozzell |stadium=Portman Road|location=Ipswich|attendance=19,411|referee=Gerald Ashby|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=3 October 1993|time=16:00 BST|round=10|score=3–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/571|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Sheringham
• Anderton
• Caskey , |team2=Everton|goals2=*Rideout
• Cottee
• Jackson
• Ward |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=27,487|referee=Roger Milford|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=16 October 1993|time=15:00 BST|round=11|score=2–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/577|team1=Manchester United|goals1=*Keane
• Sharpe |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=Caskey , |stadium=Old Trafford|location=Trafford|attendance=44,655|referee=Keith Burge|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=23 October 1993|time=15:00 BST|round=12|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/592|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Dozzell
• Samways |team2=Swindon Town|goals2=*Ling
• Bodin
• Åge Fjørtoft
• Mutch |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=31,304|referee=Keren Barratt|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=6 November 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=14|score=1–0|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/613|team1=Southampton|goals1=*Maddison
• Allen |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=Edinburgh |stadium=The Dell|location=Southampton|attendance=16,017|referee=David Allison|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=20 November 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=15|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/625|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Anderton |team2=Leeds United|goals2=*Deane
• Pemberton |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=31,275|referee=Joe Worrall|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=24 November 1993|round=16|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/636|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Barmby |team2=Wimbledon|goals2=*Holdsworth
• Barton
• Jones |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=17,744|referee=Keith Hackett|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=17 November 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=17|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/644|team1=Queens Park Rangers|goals1=*Ferdinand
• Holloway |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Anderton
• Campbell |stadium=Loftus Road|location=Shepherd's Bush|attendance=17,694|referee=David Elleray|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=4 December 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=18|score=1–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/657|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Barmby |team2=Newcastle United|goals2=*Beardsley
• Jeffrey |stadium=Tottenham Hotspur Stadium|location=Tottenham|attendance=30,780|referee=Mike Reed|note=|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=6 December 1993|time=20:00 GMT|round=19|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/660|team1=Arsenal|goals1=*Wright
• Selley |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Anderton
• Hazard
• Samways |stadium=Highbury|location=Holloway|attendance=35,669|referee=Philip Don|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=11 December 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=20|score=0–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/671|team1=Manchester City|goals1=*Quigley
• Flitcroft |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Dozzell
• Samways |stadium=Maine Road|location=Manchester|attendance=21,566|referee=Graham Poll|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=18 December 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=21|score=3–3|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/686|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Samways
• Hazard
• Caskey
• Edinburgh |team2=Liverpool|goals2=*Fowler
• Redknapp
• Harkness |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=31,394|referee=Robbie Hart|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=27 December 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=22|score=1–3|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/698|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Barmby
• Sedgley |team2=Norwich City|goals2=*Sutton
• Ekoku , |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=33,130|referee=Allan Gunn|result=L}}{{footballbox collapsible|date=28 December 1993|time=15:00 GMT|round=23|score=1–3|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/702|team1=West Ham United|goals1=*Holmes
• Butler |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Dozzell
• Hazard
• Anderton
• Calderwood
• Edinburgh |stadium=Boleyn Ground|location=Upton Park|attendance=20,787|referee=Gerald Ashby|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=1 January 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=24|score=1–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/718|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Caskey |team2=Coventry City|goals2=*Babb
• Wegerle |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=26,015|referee=Terry Holbrook|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=22 January 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=27|score=2–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/746|team1=Swindon Town|goals1=*Åge Fjørtoft
• Ling
• Whitbread
• Kilcline |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Barmby
• Austin
• Edinburgh |stadium=County Ground|location=Swindon|attendance=16,563|referee=Paul Durkin|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=5 February 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=28|score=1–3|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/757|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Rosenthal
• Samways |team2=Sheffield Wednesday|goals2=*Coleman
• Bright
• Hyde
• Nilsson |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=23,078|referee=David Frampton|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=12 February 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=29|score=0–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/764|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Samways |team2=Blackburn Rovers|goals2=*Shearer ,
• Gallacher ,
• Ripley |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=30,236|referee=Jim Borrett|result=L}}{{Football box collapsible|date=27 February 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=30|score=4–3|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/783|team1=Chelsea|goals1=*Donaghy
• Stein
• Spencer , |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Sedgley
• Dozzell
• Gray |stadium=Stamford Bridge|location=Fulham|attendance=16,807|referee=John Lloyd|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=5 March 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=32|score=2–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/794|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Scott
• Dozzell |team2=Sheffield United|goals2=*Gaye
• Blake |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=25,741|referee=David Allison|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=19 March 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=33|score=1–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/815|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Barmby
• Scott |team2=Ipswich Town|goals2=Kiwomya , |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=26,653|referee=Gerald Ashby|result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=2 April 1994|time=15:00 BST|round=35|score=1–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/845|team1=Norwich City|goals1=Sutton |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Sheringham
• Woodthorpe
• Samways |stadium=Carrow Road|location=Norwich|attendance=21,181|referee=Alan Wilkie|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=4 April 1994|time=15:00 BST|round=36|score=1–4|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/858|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Sheringham |team2=West Ham United|goals2=*Jones
• Morley
• Marsh
• Gale
• Rush |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=31,502|referee=Philip Don|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=9 April 1994|time=15:00 BST|round=37|score=1–0|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/860|team1=Coventry City|goals1=*Ndlovu
• Flynn |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=|stadium=Highfield Road|location=Coventry|attendance=13,391|referee=Mike Reed|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=23 April 1994|time=15:00 BST|round=39|score=3–0|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/888|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=*Sedgley
• Samways
• Anderton
• Edinburgh |team2=Southampton|goals2=|stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=25,959|referee=Paul Durkin|result=W}}{{football box collapsible|date=30 April 1994|time=15:00 BST|round=40|score=2–1|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/905|team1=Wimbledon|goals1=*Holdsworth
• Clarke |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=Sheringham |stadium=Selhurst Park|location=Selhurst|attendance=20,875|referee=David Allison|result=L}}{{football box collapsible|date=5 May 1994|time=19:45 BST|round=41|score=0–2|report=https://www.premierleague.com/match/913|team1=Oldham Athletic|goals1=Henry |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=*Samways
• David Howells
• Sheringham |stadium=Boundary Park|location=Oldham|attendance=14,283|referee=Rodger Gifford|result=W}}

FA Cup

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• Kerslake
• Anderton
• Barmby
• Sedgley |penaltyscore=5–4|penalties2=*Adcock
• Charlery
• Kruszyński
• Furnell
• Greenman |result=D}}{{football box collapsible|date=29 January 1994|time=15:00 GMT|round=Fourth round|score=3–0|report=|team1=Ipswich Town|goals1=*Marshall
• Johnson
• Thompson |team2=Tottenham Hotspur|goals2=|stadium=Portman Road|location=Ipswich|attendance=22,539|referee=Dermot Gallagher|result=L}}

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup}}{{Football box collapsible, [BST]]](bst), [Second round]]
First leg](second-round-br-first-leg), [Burnley]]](burnley), [Second round]]
Second leg](second-round-br-second-leg), [Sheringham]] {{goal|3||90](sheringham-goal-3-90)

• Caskey
• Howells |team2=Burnley|goals2=Eyres |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=20,614|referee=Ray Bigger|aggregatescore=3–1|result=W}}{{Football box collapsible|date=12 January 1994|time=19:45 GMT|round=Fifth round|score=1–2|report=|team1=Tottenham Hotspur|goals1=Caskey |team2=Aston Villa|goals2=*Houghton
• Barrett |stadium=White Hart Lane|location=Tottenham|attendance=31,408|referee=Terry Holbrook|result=L}}

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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

Clean sheets

References

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.
2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/makita8894.html
3. "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".