# 1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | GK | ENG | Milija Aleksic |
| — | GK | ENG | Ray Clemence |
| — | GK | ENG | Tony Parks |
| — | DF | ENG | Pat Corbett |
| — | DF | ENG | John Lacy |
| — | DF | ENG | Giorgio Mazzon |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Miller |
| — | DF | ENG | Gary O'Reilly |
| — | DF | ENG | Graham Roberts |
| — | DF | WAL | Mark Bowen |
| — | DF | WAL | Paul Price |
| — | DF | SCO | Gordon Smith |
| — | DF | IRL | Chris Hughton |
| — | MF | ENG | Garry Brooke |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Ian Crook |
| — | MF | ENG | Micky Hazard |
| — | MF | ENG | Glenn Hoddle |
| — | MF | ENG | Steve Perryman |
| — | MF | SCO | Ally Dick |
| — | MF | IRL | Tony Galvin |
| — | MF | ARG | Ossie Ardiles |
| — | MF | ARG | Ricardo Villa |
| — | FW | ENG | Garth Crooks |
| — | FW | ENG | Mark Falco |
| — | FW | ENG | Terry Gibson |
| — | FW | ENG | Chris Jones |
| — | FW | SCO | Steve Archibald |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| August 1981 | DF | | Don McAllister | Charlton Athletic | Free | |

## Competitions
### First Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 67 | 48 | +19 | 71 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 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 |
* ↑ Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round as the 1981–82 FA Cup winners.
* ↑ Swansea City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup preliminary round as the 1982 Welsh Cup winners.

#### Results

* 6 February: Tottenham Hotspur 6–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
* 20 February: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester City

### Cup Winners' Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| Pos. | Name | Division One | Division One | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Charity Shield | Charity Shield | Cup Winners Cup | Cup Winners Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| GK | Milija Aleksic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Archibald | 26+1 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43+2 | 10 |
| MF | Ossie Ardiles | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 5 |
| MF | Garry Brooke | 12+4 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 12+7 | 4 |
| GK | Ray Clemence | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| DF | Pat Corbett | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| MF | Ian Crook | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| FW | Garth Crooks | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 18 |
| MF | Ally Dick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Falco | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3+2 | 3 | 32+2 | 11 |
| MF | Tony Galvin | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 4 |
| FW | Terry Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Micky Hazard | 26+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41+4 | 10 |
| MF | Glenn Hoddle | 34 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 15 |
| DF | Chris Hughton | 37 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| FW | Chris Jones | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| DF | John Lacy | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 |
| DF | Giorgio Mazzon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Miller | 35 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 57+1 | 1 |
| DF | Gary O'Reilly | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| GK | Tony Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Steve Perryman | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| DF | Paul Price | 18+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 |
| DF | Graham Roberts | 35+2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 53+3 | 7 |
| DF | Gordon Smith | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| MF | Ricardo Villa | 26+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 36+3 | 9 |
Last updated: 15 May 1999 Source:

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Pos | Player | Division One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Charity Shield | Cup Winners Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Garth Crooks | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | MF | Glenn Hoddle | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | FW | Mark Falco | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | Steve Archibald | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | MF | Micky Hazard | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | MF | Ricardo Villa | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | DF | Graham Roberts | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | MF | Ossie Ardiles | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | MF | Garry Brooke | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | MF | Tony Galvin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | DF | Chris Hughton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF | Pat Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Paul Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | Steve Perryman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 68 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 99 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Player | Division One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Charity Shield | Cup Winners Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ray Clemence | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 28 |