# 1992–93 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was the 111th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of English football in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.

## Season summary

The 1992–93 season saw Peter Shreeves sacked as head coach and replaced by joint head coaches Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence. Spurs became founder members of the new Premier League, created by the Football Association as a replacement for the Football League First Division as the highest division of English football. To coincide with the massive changes in English Football, Tottenham made a number of major signings. They paid a club record £2.1million for Nottingham Forest striker Teddy Sheringham, £750,000 for Southampton defender Neil Ruddock and £1.75million for Portsmouth's highly rated 19-year-old winger Darren Anderton. In the first ever Premier League season, Spurs finished eighth, with Teddy Sheringham being the division's top scorer with 22 goals, 21 for Tottenham Hotspur and 1 for Nottingham Forest, and also reached the FA Cup semi-final, losing 1–0 to Arsenal.

## Squad
### First-team 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 |
| — | GK | ENG | Chris Day |
| — | GK | ENG | Kevin Dearden |
| — | GK | NOR | Erik Thorstvedt |
| — | GK | ENG | Ian Walker |
| — | DF | ENG | Dean Austin |
| — | DF | ISL | Guðni Bergsson |
| — | DF | ENG | Sol Campbell |
| — | DF | ENG | Jason Cundy |
| — | DF | ENG | Justin Edinburgh |
| — | DF | ENG | Terry Fenwick |
| — | DF | ENG | Ian Hendon |
| — | DF | ENG | Lee Hodges |
| — | DF | ENG | Gary Mabbutt (captain) |
| — | DF | IRL | David McDonald |
| — | DF | ENG | Stuart Nethercott |
| — | DF | ENG | Neil Ruddock |
| — | DF | ENG | Dave Tuttle |
| — | DF | WAL | Pat Van Den Hauwe |
| — | DF | ENG | Neil Young |
| — | MF | ENG | Paul Allen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Darren Anderton |
| — | MF | ENG | Nick Barmby |
| — | MF | ENG | Darren Caskey |
| — | MF | ENG | Andy Gray |
| — | MF | ENG | Danny Hill |
| — | MF | ENG | Scott Houghton |
| — | MF | ENG | David Howells |
| — | MF | NIR | Gerry McMahon |
| — | MF | ENG | Jeff Minton |
| — | MF | ESP | Nayim |
| — | MF | NIR | Steve Robinson |
| — | MF | ENG | Vinny Samways |
| — | MF | ENG | Steve Sedgley |
| — | MF | IRL | Andy Turner |
| — | MF | ENG | Kevin Watson |
| — | FW | ENG | Peter Beadle |
| — | FW | SCO | Gordon Durie |
| — | FW | SCO | John Hendry |
| — | FW | ENG | Paul Moran |
| — | FW | ENG | Teddy Sheringham |

## Transfers
### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Player | To | Date until |
| 6 August 1992 | GK | Kevin Dearden | Portsmouth | 31 May 1993 |
| 23 December 1992 | MF | Andy Gray | Swindon Town | 31 May 1993 |
| 21 January 1993 | DF | David Tuttle | Peterborough United | 31 May 1993 |
| 1 February 1993 | DF | Ian Hendon | Barnsley | 1 May 1993 |
| 26 February 1993 | MF | Lee Hodges | Plymouth Argyle | 31 May 1993 |
| 1 March 1993 | FW | John Hendry | Charlton Athletic | 30 June 1993 |
| 25 March 1993 | FW | Peter Beadle | AFC Bournemouth | 31 May 1993 |

### Transfers in

| Date from | Position | Player | From | Fee |
| July 1992 | MF | Gerry McMahon | Glenavon | £100,000 |
| 1 July 1992 | MF | Darren Anderton | Portsmouth | £1,750,000 |
| 1 July 1992 | DF | Dean Austin | Southend | £375,000 |
| 2 July 1992 | DF | Jason Cundy | Chelsea | £850,000 |
| 29 July 1992 | DF | Neil Ruddock | Southampton | £750,000 |
| 28 August 1992 | FW | Teddy Sheringham | Nottingham Forest | £2,100,000 |

### Transfers out

| Date from | Position | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 July 1992 | MF | Paul Gascoigne | Lazio | £5,500,000 |
| 1 July 1992 | FW | Gary Lineker | Nagoya Grampus 8 | £2,000,000 |
| 1 July 1992 | FW | Paul Walsh | Portsmouth | £400,000 |
| 29 July 1992 | FW | Paul Stewart | Liverpool | £2,300,000 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| FA Premier League | 15 August 1992 | 11 May 1993 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 038.10 |
| FA Cup | 2 January 1993 | 4 April 1993 | Third round | Semi-finals | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 080.00 |
| League Cup | 21 September 1992 | 2 December 1992 | Second round | Fourth round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 075.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 82 | 77 | +5 | 045.10 |
Source: Competitions

### FA Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 6 | Liverpool | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 62 | 55 | +7 | 59 | |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 55 | 51 | +4 | 59 | |
| 8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 66 | −6 | 59 | |
| 9 | Manchester City | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 51 | +5 | 57 | |
| 10 | Arsenal | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 38 | +2 | 56 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
* ↑ Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup and therefore did not take up their UEFA Cup spot for winning the League Cup, which reverted to the league.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| Result | D | L | D | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | L | D | D | W | W | D | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | L | L | W |
| Position | 16 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Points | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 52 | 55 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 59 |

#### Matches
### League Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Pos. | Name | FA Premier League | FA Premier League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| GK | Kevin Dearden | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| GK | Erik Thorstvedt | 25+2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 |
| GK | Ian Walker | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| DF | Dean Austin | 33+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 40+2 | 0 |
| DF | Guðni Bergsson | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| DF | Sol Campbell | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
| DF | Jason Cundy | 13+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15+2 | 1 |
| DF | Justin Edinburgh | 31+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 39+2 | 0 |
| DF | Terry Fenwick | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| DF | Lee Hodges | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Mabbutt | 29 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| DF | David McDonald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Stuart Nethercott | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| DF | Neil Ruddock | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| DF | Dave Tuttle | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 |
| DF | Pat Van Den Hauwe | 13+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15+5 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| MF | Paul Allen | 38 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
| MF | Darren Anderton | 32+2 | 6 | 4+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38+3 | 8 |
| MF | Nick Barmby | 17+5 | 6 | 3+1 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 22+7 | 9 |
| MF | Andy Gray | 9+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9+8 | 1 |
| MF | Danny Hill | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| MF | David Howells | 16+2 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 18+4 | 1 |
| MF | Jeff Minton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| MF | Nayim | 15+3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 20+3 | 6 |
| MF | Vinny Samways | 34 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 3 |
| MF | Steve Sedgley | 20+2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25+2 | 4 |
| MF | Andy Turner | 7+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 7+14 | 4 |
| MF | Kevin Watson | 4+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| FW | Gordon Durie | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| FW | John Hendry | 2+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 2 |
| FW | Paul Moran | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| FW | Teddy Sheringham | 38 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 47 | 28 |
Last updated: 15 May 1999 Source:

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Pos | Player | FA Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Teddy Sheringham | 21 | 4 | 3 | 28 |
| 2 | MF | Nick Barmby | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | Darren Anderton | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | Nayim | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | Gordon Durie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Steve Sedgley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | Andy Turner | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | Paul Allen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DF | Neil Ruddock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Vinny Samways | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | John Hendry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | Gary Mabbutt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Sol Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Jason Cundy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Andy Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | David Howells | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Kevin Watson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 59 | 14 | 8 | 81 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Player | FA Premier League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | Erik Thorstvedt | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Ian Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Kevin Dearden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 |