page_title: Danny Thomas (footballer, born 1961)
section_title: Club career
hierarchical_section_title: Danny Thomas (footballer, born 1961) / Club career
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Johan Cruijff (l) in actieEnglish: Johan Cruyff playing with Feyenoord against Tottenham Hotspur, 2 Nov. 1983
context_page_description: Daniel Joseph Thomas is an English former professional footballer who played for Coventry City and Tottenham Hotspur and for the England national team. He was a member of the Tottenham Hotspur team that won the 1983–84 UEFA Cup, despite missing his penalty in the shootout in the final against Anderlecht.
context_section_description: Thomas made his debut for Coventry City during the 1979–80 season, making 3 appearances during that season. Over the next three seasons he was a regular for the first team. In June 1983 he was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £250,000. He made his Tottenham league debut on 27 August 1983 in a 3–1 defeat at Ipswich Town. He collected a UEFA Cup winner's medal at the end of the 1983–84 season and made a total of 87 league appearances for the White Hart Lane club, scoring once, before suffering a knee injury in 1987. He retired the following year, having failed to recover from the injury.
caption: Thomas (right) and Johan Cruyff, Feyenoord vs Tottenham during the 1983–84 UEFA Cup competition
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