During the 1981–82 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary Tottenham enjoyed a hugely successful season. They finished fourth in the First Division, their highest finish in ten years, won a second successive FA Cup (eventually managing to defeat Second Division Queens Park Rangers 1–0 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final), reached the final of the League Cup (losing to Liverpool 3–1 in extra time), were joint winners of the Charity Shield (drawing 2–2 with the previous season's champions Aston Villa) and reached the semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup (losing 2–1 on aggregate to tournament winners Barcelona).
Players First-team squad Squad at end of season
Transfers
In Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. June 1981 DF Paul Price Luton Town £250,000 August 1981 GK Ray Clemence Liverpool £300,000
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. August 1981 DF Don McAllister Charlton Athletic Free
Competitions Charity Shield
First Division
League table
Results 6 February: Tottenham Hotspur 6–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 February: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester City
FA Cup
League Cup
Cup Winners' Cup
Statistics Appearances and goals {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;" | Pos. ! rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom; width:240px" | Name ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Division One ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | FA Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | EFL Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Charity Shield ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Cup Winners Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Total |- ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- | GK | align="left" | Milija Aleksic || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- | FW | align="left" | Steve Archibald || 26+1 || 7 || 4+1 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 43+2 || 10 |- | MF | align="left" | Ossie Ardiles || 26 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 46 || 5 |- | MF | align="left" | Garry Brooke || 12+4 || 4 || 0+2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 12+7 || 4 |- | GK | align="left" | Ray Clemence || 38 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 62 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | Pat Corbett || 3+1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 1 |- | MF | align="left" | Ian Crook || 3+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 |- | FW | align="left" | Garth Crooks || 27 || 13 || 7 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 46 || 18 |- | MF | align="left" | Ally Dick || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | FW | align="left" | Mark Falco || 21 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3+2 || 3 || 32+2 || 11 |- | MF | align="left" | Tony Galvin || 32 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 56 || 4 |- | FW | align="left" | Terry Gibson || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | MF | align="left" | Micky Hazard || 26+2 || 5 || 4+1 || 1 || 5+1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 41+4 || 10 |- | MF | align="left" | Glenn Hoddle || 34 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 58 || 15 |- | DF | align="left" | Chris Hughton || 37 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 61 || 3 |- | FW | align="left" | Chris Jones || 3+4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 3+5 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | John Lacy || 7+5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 7+6 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | Giorgio Mazzon || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | Paul Miller || 35 || 0 || 6+1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 57+1 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | Gary O'Reilly || 4+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 0 |- | GK | align="left" | Tony Parks || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 |- | MF | align="left" | Steve Perryman || 42 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 66 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | Paul Price || 18+3 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 30+3 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | Graham Roberts || 35+2 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6+1 || 1 || 53+3 || 7 |- | DF | align="left" | Gordon Smith || 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 1+2 || 0 |- | MF | align="left" | Ricardo Villa || 26+1 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 36+3 || 9
Goal scorers
Player Division One FA Cup EFL Cup Charity Shield Cup Winners Cup Total1 FW Garth Crooks 13 3 0 0 2 182 MF Glenn Hoddle 10 3 1 0 1 153 FW Mark Falco 5 1 0 2 3 114 FW Steve Archibald 7 1 2 0 0 10 MF Micky Hazard 5 1 3 0 1 106 MF Ricardo Villa 8 0 0 0 1 97 DF Graham Roberts 6 0 0 0 1 78 MF Ossie Ardiles 3 0 1 0 1 59 MF Garry Brooke 4 0 0 0 0 4 MF Tony Galvin 3 0 0 0 1 411 DF Chris Hughton 2 0 1 0 0 312 DF Pat Corbett 1 0 0 0 0 1 DF Paul Miller 0 0 0 0 1 1 MF Steve Perryman 1 0 0 0 0 1TOTALS689821299
Clean sheets
PlayerDivision OneFA CupEFL CupCharity ShieldCup Winners CupTotal1 13 5 7 0 3 28TOTALS13570328
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