1992–93 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was the 87th season of competitive football played by Tottenham Hotspur. They competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

Tottenham Hotspur
1992–93 season
ChairmanAlan Sugar
Joint managersDoug Livermore and Ray Clemence
StadiumWhite Hart Lane
Premier League8th
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sheringham (21)
All: Sheringham (28)
Average home league attendance27,740

Season summary edit

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,[1] and also reached the FA Cup semi-final, losing 1–0 to Arsenal.[2]

Squad edit

First-team squad edit

[3] 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 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[4]
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[5]
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 edit

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality 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 edit

Date from Position Nationality Player From Fee Ref.
July 1992 MF   Gerry McMahon   Glenavon £100,000 [6]
1 July 1992 MF   Darren Anderton   Portsmouth £1,750,000 [7]
1 July 1992 DF   Dean Austin   Southend £375,000 [8]
2 July 1992 DF   Jason Cundy   Chelsea £850,000
29 July 1992 DF   Neil Ruddock   Southampton £750,000 [9]
28 August 1992 FW   Teddy Sheringham   Nottingham Forest £2,100,000 [10]

Transfers out edit

Date from Position Nationality Player To Fee Ref.
1 July 1992 MF   Paul Gascoigne   Lazio £5,500,000 [11]
1 July 1992 FW   Gary Lineker   Nagoya Grampus 8 £2,000,000 [12]
1 July 1992 FW   Paul Walsh   Portsmouth £400,000 [13]
29 July 1992 FW   Paul Stewart   Liverpool £2,300,000 [14]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

Pre-season edit

20 July 1992 Friendly Tottenham Hotspur   3–1   Reading Barnet
  Stadium: Chase Lodge
21 July 1992 Friendly Tottenham Hotspur   2–0   Gillingham Barnet
Stadium: Chase Lodge
25 July 1992 Friendly Heart of Midlothian   1–2   Tottenham Hotspur Edinburgh, Scotland
Levein   Durie   (pen.)   Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 7,018
29 July 1992 Friendly Brighton & Hove Albion   1–1   Tottenham Hotspur Hove
  Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 4,877
1 August 1992 Friendly Glenavon   0–1   Tottenham Hotspur Lurgan, Northern Ireland
Samways   Stadium: Mourneview Park
Attendance: 4,500
3 August 1992 Friendly West Bromwich Albion   0–2   Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich
Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 8,078
5 August 1992 Friendly Sunderland   0–3   Tottenham Hotspur Sunderland
Anderton   (pen.)     Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 22,672
8 August 1992 Friendly Watford   0–1   Tottenham Hotspur Watford
Ruddock   Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 5,567
Note: Nigel Gibbs Testimonial
10 August 1992 Friendly Portsmouth   4–2   Tottenham Hotspur Portsmouth
       
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 10,929

Mid-season edit

Capital Cup edit

23 September 1992 First leg Lazio   3–0   Tottenham Hotspur Rome, Italy
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 23,650
20 October 1992 Second leg Tottenham Hotspur   0–2   Lazio Tottenham
19:45 BST Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 11,112
Referee: Tony Ward


10 November 1992 Friendly Swansea City   3–3   Tottenham Hotspur Swansea, Wales
     
Stadium: Vetch Field
Attendance: 3,527
28 March 1993 Friendly Crystal Palace   3–3   Tottenham Hotspur Selhurst
12:00 BST      
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Ray Lewis
Note: Malcolm Allison's Testimonial match
23 April 1993 Friendly Real Zaragoza   2–0   Tottenham Hotspur Zaragoza, Spain
    Stadium: La Romareda
Attendance: 30,000

Fiorucci Trophy edit

27 April 1993 First round Tottenham Hotspur   0–1   Real Madrid Tottenham
Esnáider   25' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 7,651
27 April 1993 Second round Tottenham Hotspur   0–0
(5–6 p)
  Inter Milan Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 7,651

Post-season edit

14 May 1993 Friendly Enfield   1–5   Tottenham Hotspur Enfield
 
Stadium: Southbury Road
Note: Eddie Baily's Testimonial match

Competitions edit

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
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 51 23 11 17 82 77 +5 045.10

Source: Competitions

FA Premier League edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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[a]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ 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 edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
42 16 11 15 60 66  −6 59 11 5 5 40 25  +15 5 6 10 20 41  −21

Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHHAAAHHAHAHHAA
ResultDLDLDWWLDLLDDWWDWLWLDWLLLWWWWWLDDWWLWLDLLW
Position16191821211815161517191918171515121413131312131415141310101010910141510767778
Points1122369910101011121518192222252526292929293235384144444546495252555556565659
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

15 August 1992 1 Southampton 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,654
Referee: Vic Callow
19 August 1992 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Coventry City Tottenham
Durie   Williams   4', 29' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,388
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
22 August 1992 3 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Crystal Palace Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,237
Referee: Philip Don
25 August 1992 4 Leeds United 5–0 Tottenham Hotspur Leeds
Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 28,218
Referee: Mike Reed
30 August 1992 5 Ipswich Town 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Ipswich
Cundy   29' Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 20,100
Referee: Keith Hackett
2 September 1992 6 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Sheffield United Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 21,322
Referee: Ian Mitchell
5 September 1992 7 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Everton Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,503
Referee: Robert Hart
14 September 1992 8 Coventry City 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Coventry
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 15,348
Referee: Martin Bodenham
19 September 1992 9 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Manchester United Tottenham
Durie   38',  
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,296
Referee: Ron Groves
27 September 1992 10 Sheffield Wednesday 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
Sedgley   Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 24,895
Referee: Mike Peck
3 October 1992 11 Queens Park Rangers 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST
Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 19,845
Referee: Joe Worrall
17 October 1992 12 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Middlesbrough Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,735
Referee: Paul Durkin
25 October 1992 13 Wimbledon 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Selhurst
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 8,628
Referee: Allan Gunn
31 October 1992 14 Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 Liverpool Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,917
Referee: Gerald Ashby
7 November 1992 15 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn
Sherwood  
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 17,305
Referee: Keren Barratt
21 November 1992 16 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 Aston Villa Tottenham
Ruddock   Teale   Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,852
Referee: Jim Borrett
28 November 1992 17 Manchester City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 25,496
Referee: David Allison
5 December 1992 18 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Chelsea Tottenham
15:00 GMT Campbell   88' Newton   76', 85' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,540
Referee: Roger Dilkes
12 December 1992 19 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Arsenal Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 33,707
Referee: Alf Buksh
19 December 1992 20 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Oldham
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 11,735
Referee: Roger Milford
26 December 1992 21 Norwich City 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 19,413
Referee: John Martin
28 December 1992 22 Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Nottingham Forest Tottenham
Gemmill   73' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,118
Referee: Mike Reed
9 January 1993 23 Manchester United 4–1 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Barmby   88' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 35,648
Referee: Mike Peck
16 January 1993 24 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 25,702
Referee: Kelvin Morton
27 January 1993 25 Tottenham Hotspur 0–2 Ipswich Town Tottenham
19:45 GMT
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 23,738
Referee: Stephen Lodge
30 January 1993 26 Crystal Palace 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Selhurst
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,937
Referee: David Elleray
7 February 1993 27 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 Southampton Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,089
Referee: Ken Redfern
10 February 1993 28 Everton 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Sansom   29'
Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 16,164
Referee: Keren Barratt
20 February 1993 29 Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Leeds United Tottenham
Rocastle   Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,040
Referee: Gerald Ashby
27 February 1993 30 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Queens Park Rangers Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 32,341
Referee: David Elleray
2 March 1993 31 Sheffield United 6–0 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield
Van Den Hauwe   Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 16,654
Referee: Joe Worrall
10 March 1993 32 Aston Villa 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Birmingham
Sedgley   Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,727
Referee: Keith Hackett
20 March 1993 33 Chelsea 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Fulham
15:00 GMT
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 25,157
Referee: Roger Dilkes
24 March 1993 34 Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Manchester City Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 27,247
Referee: John Martin
9 April 1993 35 Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Norwich City Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,425
Referee: Keren Barratt
12 April 1993 36 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,682
Referee: Alan Wilkie
17 April 1993 37 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Oldham Athletic Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,663
Referee: Keith Hackett
20 April 1993 38 Middlesbrough 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,472
Referee: David Allison
1 May 1993 39 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Wimbledon Tottenham
Anderton   39'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 24,473
Referee: Ray Lewis
5 May 1993 40 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Wimbledon Tottenham
Anderton   86'
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 23,097
Referee: Kelvin Morton
8 May 1993 41 Liverpool 6–2 Tottenham Hotspur Liverpool
Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 43,385
Referee: Stephen Lodge
11 May 1993 42 Arsenal 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Holloway
19:45 BST Dickov   52'
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 26,393
Referee: Keith Burge

FA Cup edit

2 January 1993 Third round Tottenham Hotspur 5–1 Marlow Tottenham
Lay   Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,636
Referee: Keith Burge
24 January 1993 Fourth round Norwich City 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Norwich
Sheringham   48', 51' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 15,003
Referee: Roger Dilkes
14 February 1993 Fifth round Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Wimbledon Tottenham
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 26,594
Referee: Martin Bodenham
7 March 1993 Quarter-finals Manchester City 2–4 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 34,050
Referee: Ray Lewis
4 April 1993 Semi-finals Arsenal 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Wembley
12:00 BST
Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 76,263
Referee: Philip Don

League Cup edit

21 September 1992 Second round
First leg
Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Brentford Tottenham
19:45 BST
Blissett   56' Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 19,365
Referee: John Martin
7 October 1992 Second round
Second leg
Brentford 2–4
(3–7 agg.)
Tottenham Hotspur Brentford
19:45 BST
Stadium: Griffin Park
Attendance: 11,445
28 October 1992 Third round Manchester City 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester
Samways   40' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 18,399
Referee: John Key
2 December 1992 Fourth round Nottingham Forest 2–0 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,312

Statistics edit

Appearances edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [1]

Pos. Name FA Premier League FA Cup League Cup Total
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: [15]

Goal scorers edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [2]

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
MF   Steve Sedgley 3 1 0 4
MF   Andy Turner 3 0 1 4
8 MF   Paul Allen 3 0 0 3
DF   Neil Ruddock 3 0 0 3
MF   Vinny Samways 0 2 1 3
11 FW   John Hendry 2 0 0 2
DF   Gary Mabbutt 2 0 0 2
13 DF   Sol Campbell 1 0 0 1
DF   Jason Cundy 1 0 0 1
MF   Andy Gray 1 0 0 1
MF   David Howells 1 0 0 1
MF   Kevin Watson 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 59 14 8 81

Clean sheets edit

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: [3]

Rnk Player FA Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total
1 10 1 1 12
2 2 0 0 2
3 1 0 0 1
Total 13 1 1 15

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ FA Premier League 1992-93 Football Club History Database
  2. ^ FA Cup 1992/93 Results Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Football Site
  3. ^ "All Tottenham Hotspur players: 1993".
  4. ^ Van Den Hauwe was born in Dendermonde, Belgium, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally through his mother and made his international debut for Wales in 1985.
  5. ^ Turner was born in Greenwich, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and represented them at U-21 level.
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