# 1989–90 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1989-90 season was the 108th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. Entering the 1989–90 season, Terry Venables stayed on as manager for his third season in charge of Tottenham with the team ending in third position, sixteen points behind eventual champions Liverpool. In the FA Cup, they got knocked out by fellow first division team, Southampton and they got knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Football League Cup by Nottingham Forest.

## 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 % |
| First Division | 19 August 1989 | 5 May 1990 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 050.00 |
| FA Cup | 6 January 1990 | 6 January 1990 | Third round | Third round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| League Cup | 20 September 1989 | 24 January 1990 | Second round | Fifth round | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 042.86 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 22 | 8 | 16 | 76 | 60 | +16 | 047.83 |
Source: Competitions

### First Division
#### League Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Liverpool (C) | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 78 | 37 | +41 | 79 | Disqualified from the European Cup |
| 2 | Aston Villa | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 70 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 63 | |
| 4 | Arsenal | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 38 | +16 | 62 | |
| 5 | Chelsea | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 58 | 50 | +8 | 60 | |

#### Matches

Win Draw Loss

### FA Cup

As part of the first division, Tottenham automatically qualified through to the third round of the FA Cup where they was drawn to meet fellow first division side Southampton in their first match. In the match, Tottenham was dominated by the Southampton midfield in Jimmy Case, Glenn Cockerill and Barry Horne with Southampton getting a 3–1 victory despite a goal from David Howells giving Tottenham hope with twelve minutes to go.

### Football League Cup

As part of the first division, Tottenham started the League Cup in the second round where they were drawn to meet fourth division side, Southend United. Over two legs, Tottenham would only scrape through on away goals with David Lacey from The Guardian describing their defence as secure as a sandcastle on high tide after the first leg. Two weeks later, they played fellow first division club Manchester United in the third round. After losing Terry Fenwick early in the match, Tottenham won 3–0 with goals on either side of the break securing the victory.
Tottenham had another away game in the fourth round, this time to Prenton Park to take on third division side Tranmere Rovers. A goal from Paul Gascoigne an own goal from Dave Higgins sent the match into a replay at White Hart which Tottenham winning 4–0. The following round saw them visit City Ground, the home stadium of Nottingham Forest and saw them go two goals down before the half but goals from Gary Lineker and Steve Sedgley force the match into a replay at White Hart. Nayim scored the opening goal within the first minute before Nottingham scored the equalizer in the 36th minute before gaining the lead five minutes later. In the 64th minute, Tottenham equalized with Paul Walsh after coming of a David Howells kick. But two minutes later, Steve Hodge scored the match winner for Nottingham and knocking out Tottenham in the process.

## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Pos. | Name | First Division | First Division | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | Total | Total |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| GK | Erik Thorstvedt | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| GK | Bobby Mimms | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| DF | Guðni Bergsson | 17+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 |
| DF | Guy Butters | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| DF | Terry Fenwick | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| DF | Chris Hughton | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Mabbutt | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 1 |
| DF | Andy Polston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | John Polston | 10+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13+3 | 1 |
| DF | Gary Stevens | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 |
| DF | Mitchell Thomas | 18+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 26+8 | 1 |
| DF | Pat Van Den Hauwe | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| MF | Paul Gascoigne | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 7 |
| MF | David Howells | 33+1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 39+2 | 7 |
| MF | Paul Allen | 29+3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 36+3 | 8 |
| MF | John Moncur | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| MF | Nayim | 18+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 | 21+2 | 3 |
| MF | Mark Robson | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| MF | Vinny Samways | 18+5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 23+6 | 4 |
| MF | Paul Stewart | 25+3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 32+3 | 9 |
| MF | Steve Sedgley | 31+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 38+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| FW | Gary Lineker | 38 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 26 |
| FW | Paul Moran | 0+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+6 | 1 |
| FW | Paul Walsh | 12+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 13+18 | 3 |
Last updated: 15 May 1999 Source:

### Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Pos | Player | First Division | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | Gary Lineker | 24 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| 2 | MF | Paul Stewart | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | MF | Paul Allen | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | MF | Paul Gascoigne | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | MF | David Howells | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | MF | Vinny Samways | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | MF | Nayim | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | FW | Paul Walsh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | Terry Fenwick | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Gary Mabbutt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | John Moncur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Paul Moran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | John Polston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | Steve Sedgley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | Mitchell Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 58 | 1 | 15 | 74 |

### Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020. Source:
| Rnk | Player | First Division | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Total |
| 1 | Erik Thorstvedt | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | Bobby Mimms | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 0 | 3 | 11 |