The 1993–94 season was the 112th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, their 16th consecutive season in the top flight of English football and their second season in the FA Premier League. The club also participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup.
Season summary Tottenham Hotspur were full of excitement in the close season when, after the controversial dismissal of chief executive and former manager Terry Venables, former player Ossie Ardiles returned to the club as manager. He quickly set about bringing the glory days back to White Hart Lane by creating a new style of attacking football which regularly featured up to five players in the forward positions. Striker Teddy Sheringham was prolific once again, scoring 13 goals despite being restricted to just 19 league games due to injuries.
But the new regime failed to deliver, and Tottenham finished 15th in the final table. This dismal showing was hardly helped by Sheringham's injury problems, but the rest of the side failed to come close to Sheringham when it came to scoring goals. Defeats were all too frequent, with a seven-match losing run in mid-season being the longest succession of defeats endured by any Premier League team during the season.
This was soon to be the least of Tottenham's worries, as the Football Association announced that they were investigating financial irregularities which had occurred at the club during the 1980s under the chairmanship of Irving Scholar. The hammer blow was delivered when Tottenham were found guilty on all the charges and received the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an English club; they were fined £600,000 as well as having 12 league points deducted for the 1994–95 season and being banned from that season's FA Cup. Chairman Alan Sugar quickly appealed against the ruling, backing up his argument with the fact that the people responsible were no longer at the club.
A defiant Ardiles, fearful that the 12-point deduction might end up costing them their Premiership status, made a momentous transfer swoop for German striker Jürgen Klinsmann and Romanian midfielders Ilie Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Popescu.
Season squad
Transfers and contracts
Released Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerSubsequent clubNotesRef.5 September 1993DFTerry Fenwick Swindon Town31 May 1994FWPaul Moran Peterborough United
Loans out Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerToDate untilRef.1 May 1994DFGuðni Bergsson ValurDecember 1994
Transfers in Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerFromFeeRef.22 July 1993DFColin Calderwood Swindon Town£1,250,0001 August 1993MFJason Dozzell Ipswich Town£1,900,00024 September 1993DFDavid Kerslake Leeds United£450,000November 1993MFMicky Hazard Swindon Town£50,00026 January 1994FWRonny Rosenthal Liverpool£250,0001 February 1994DFKevin Scott Newcastle United£850,000
Transfers out Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerToFeeRef.31 May 1993MFNayim Real Zaragoza£500,00022 July 1993DFNeil Ruddock Liverpool£2,500,0001 August 1993DFDavid Tuttle Sheffield United£350,00010 August 1993MFScott Houghton Luton TownFree9 September 1993DFPat Van Den Hauwe MillwallFree16 September 1993MFPaul Allen Southampton£550,00024 November 1993FWGordon Durie Rangers£1,200,000
Pre-season and friendlies During the pre-season Tottenham hosted The Makita International Soccer Tournament.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/makita8894.html
Competitions
Premier League
League Table
Results Summary
Matches
FA Cup
League Cup
Statistics Appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season
Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total1 FW 10 Teddy Sheringham 13 0 2 152 MF 12 Jason Dozzell 9 1 0 103 MF 7 Nick Barmby 5 1 1 74 MF 9 Darren Anderton 6 0 0 65 MF 14 Steve Sedgley 5 0 0 5 MF 20 Darren Caskey 4 0 1 57 MF 4 Vinny Samways 3 0 0 38 FW 11 Ronny Rosenthal 2 0 0 2 MF 15 David Howells 1 0 1 2 MF 16 Micky Hazard 2 0 0 211 FW 8 Gordon Durie 1 0 0 1 DF 8 Kevin Scott 1 0 0 1 DF 23 Sol Campbell 0 0 1 1 MF 33 Andy Gray 1 0 0 1TOTALS532661
Clean sheets
PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 1 Erik Thorstvedt 7 0 2 92 13 Ian Walker 1 0 1 2TOTALS80311
References