1993–94 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 1993–94 Osvaldo Ardiles Alan Sugar White Hart Lane FA Premier League 15th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Fifth round Teddy Sheringham (13) Teddy Sheringham (15) 27,160 1992–93 1994–95 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.White Clive Football: Spurs are 'staggered' by punishment: Tottenham escape relegation over illegal payments but FA sanctions send a shudder through White Hart Lane https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-spurs-are-staggered-by-punishment-tottenham-escape-relegation-over-illegal-payments-but-fa-sanctions-send-a-shudder-through-white-hart-lane-1422815.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-spurs-are-staggered-by-punishment-tottenham-escape-relegation-over-illegal-payments-but-fa-sanctions-send-a-shudder-through-white-hart-lane-1422815.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 15 June 1994 19 June 2012 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 1 NOR GK Erik Thorstvedt 2 ENG DF Dean Austin 3 ENG DF Justin Edinburgh 4 ENG MF Vinny Samways 5 SCO DF Colin Calderwood 6 ENG DF Gary Mabbutt captain 7 ENG MF Nick Barmby 8 ENG DF Kevin Scott 9 ENG MF Darren Anderton 10 ENG FW Teddy Sheringham 11 ISR FW Ronny Rosenthal 12 ENG MF Jason Dozzell 13 ENG GK Ian Walker 14 ENG MF Steve Sedgley 15 ENG MF David Howells 16 ENG MF Micky Hazard 17 IRL MF Andy Turner 18 ENG DF Jason Cundy 19 ENG MF Kevin Watson 20 ENG MF Darren Caskey 21 ENG MF Danny Hill 22 ENG DF David Kerslake 23 ENG DF Sol Campbell 24 ENG FW Paul Moran 25 SCO FW John Hendry 26 ENG DF Stuart Nethercott 27 IRL DF Stephen Carr 28 ENG MF Lee Hodges 29 NIR MF Steve Robinson 30 ENG GK Chris Day 31 ENG FW Robert Simpson 32 ENG FW Paul Mahorn 33 ENG MF Andy Gray FootballSquads.co.uk May 2023 Transfers and contracts Released Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerSubsequent clubNotesRef.5 September 1993DFENGTerry FenwickENG Swindon Town31 May 1994FWENGPaul MoranENG Peterborough United Loans out Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerToDate untilRef.1 May 1994DFISLGuðni BergssonISL ValurDecember 1994 Transfers in Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerFromFeeRef.22 July 1993DFSCOColin CalderwoodENG Swindon Town£1,250,0001 August 1993MFENGJason DozzellENG Ipswich Town£1,900,00024 September 1993DFEnglandDavid KerslakeENG Leeds United£450,000November 1993MFEnglandMicky HazardENG Swindon Town£50,00026 January 1994FWISRRonny RosenthalENG Liverpool£250,0001 February 1994DFENGKevin ScottENG Newcastle United£850,000 Transfers out Date fromPos.NationalityPlayerToFeeRef.31 May 1993MFESPNayimESP Real Zaragoza£500,00022 July 1993DFENGNeil RuddockENG Liverpool£2,500,0001 August 1993DFENGDavid TuttleENG Sheffield United£350,00010 August 1993MFENGScott HoughtonENG Luton TownFree9 September 1993DFWALPat Van Den HauweENG MillwallFree16 September 1993MFENGPaul AllenENG Southampton£550,00024 November 1993FWSCOGordon DurieSCO 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 Makita Tournament 1988-1994 Rsssf.org 19 October 2026 #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFFF Fixtures 1px solid #AAAAAA Semi-final 31 July 1993 Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Lazio White Hart Lane Tottenham, London W Final 31 July 1993 Chelsea 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur Cascarino 13 32 51 Peacock 38 White Hart Lane Tottenham, London L Competitions Premier League 1993–94 FA Premier League League Table TOT Results Summary 4 8 9 29 33 7 4 10 25 26 Matches 14 August 1993 15:00 BST 1 0–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/468 Newcastle United Venison Tottenham Hotspur Sheringham 36 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 35,216 David Allison W16 August 1993 20:00 BST 2 0–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/474 Tottenham Hotspur *Austin Mabbutt Samways Arsenal *Wright 87, Keown Parlour White Hart Lane Tottenham 28,355 David Elleray L21 August 1993 15:00 BST 3 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/493 Tottenham Hotspur Sedgley 68 Manchester City White Hart Lane Tottenham 24,535 Keith Hackett W25 August 1993 19:45 BST 4 1–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/502 Liverpool Clough 18 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 30 pen. 42 Anfield Liverpool 42,456 Keren Barratt W28 August 1993 15:00 BST 5 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/509 Aston Villa Staunton 71 pen., Tottenham Hotspur Sheringham Villa Park Birmingham 32,498 Keith Cooper L1 September 1993 19:45 BST 6 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/528 Tottenham Hotspur Cascarino 23 Chelsea Sheringham 85 pen. White Hart Lane Tottenham 27,567 Vic Callow D11 September 1993 15:00 BST 7 2–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/535 Sheffield United Littlejohn 47 62 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 15 51 Dozzell Bramall Lane Sheffield 21,325 Kelvin Morton D18 September 1993 15:00 BST 8 5–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/548 Tottenham Hotspur *Sedgley 5 7 Sheringham 6 Durie 62 Dozzell 86 Oldham Athletic White Hart Lane Tottenham 24,613 Allan Gunn W26 September 1993 16:00 BST 9 2–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/560 Ipswich Town *Milton 58 Marshall 80 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 28 Calderwood 0 63 Dozzell 87 Portman Road Ipswich 19,411 Gerald Ashby D3 October 1993 16:00 BST 10 3–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/571 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 58 Anderton 88 Caskey 90, Everton *Rideout 16 Cottee 67 pen. Jackson Ward White Hart Lane Tottenham 27,487 Roger Milford W16 October 1993 15:00 BST 11 2–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/577 Manchester United *Keane 65 Sharpe 70 Tottenham Hotspur Caskey 73, Old Trafford Trafford 44,655 Keith Burge L23 October 1993 15:00 BST 12 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/592 Tottenham Hotspur *Dozzell 51 Samways Swindon Town *Ling 62 Bodin 64 pen. Åge Fjørtoft Mutch White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,304 Keren Barratt D30 October 1993 15:00 GMT 13 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/596 Blackburn Rovers Shearer 15 Tottenham Hotspur Ewood Park Blackburn 16,849 Alan Wilkie L6 November 1993 15:00 GMT 14 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/613 Southampton *Maddison 60 Allen Tottenham Hotspur Edinburgh The Dell Southampton 16,017 David Allison L20 November 1993 15:00 GMT 15 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/625 Tottenham Hotspur Anderton 81 Leeds United *Deane 53 Pemberton White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,275 Joe Worrall D24 November 1993 16 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/636 Tottenham Hotspur Barmby 6 Wimbledon *Holdsworth 72 Barton Jones White Hart Lane Tottenham 17,744 Keith Hackett D27 November 1993 15:00 GMT 17 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/644 Queens Park Rangers *Ferdinand 2 Holloway Tottenham Hotspur *Anderton 87 Campbell Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush 17,694 David Elleray D4 December 1993 15:00 GMT 18 1–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/657 Tottenham Hotspur Barmby 61 pen. Newcastle United *Beardsley 55 90 Jeffrey 89 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tottenham 30,780 Mike Reed L6 December 1993 20:00 GMT 19 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/660 Arsenal *Wright 66 Selley Tottenham Hotspur *Anderton 25 Hazard Samways Highbury Holloway 35,669 Philip Don D11 December 1993 15:00 GMT 20 0–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/671 Manchester City *Quigley 67 Flitcroft Tottenham Hotspur *Dozzell 64 88 Samways Maine Road Manchester 21,566 Graham Poll W18 December 1993 15:00 GMT 21 3–3 https://www.premierleague.com/match/686 Tottenham Hotspur *Samways 37 Hazard 69 pen. Caskey 77 Edinburgh Liverpool *Fowler 49 54 pen. Redknapp 52 Harkness White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,394 Robbie Hart D27 December 1993 15:00 GMT 22 1–3 https://www.premierleague.com/match/698 Tottenham Hotspur *Barmby 74 Sedgley Norwich City *Sutton 27 90 Ekoku 36, White Hart Lane Tottenham 33,130 Allan Gunn L28 December 1993 15:00 GMT 23 1–3 https://www.premierleague.com/match/702 West Ham United *Holmes 11 Butler Tottenham Hotspur *Dozzell 34 Hazard 42 Anderton 77 Calderwood Edinburgh Boleyn Ground Upton Park 20,787 Gerald Ashby W1 January 1994 15:00 GMT 24 1–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/718 Tottenham Hotspur Caskey 43 Coventry City *Babb 25 Wegerle 77 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,015 Terry Holbrook L3 January 1994 15:00 GMT 25 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/723 Sheffield Wednesday Bright 5 Tottenham Hotspur Hillsborough Stadium Sheffield 32,514 Keith Burge L15 January 1994 15:00 GMT 26 0–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/735 Tottenham Hotspur Calderwood Manchester United Hughes 49 White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,343 Roger Milford L22 January 1994 15:00 GMT 27 2–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/746 Swindon Town *Åge Fjørtoft 38 Ling 61 Whitbread 80 Kilcline Tottenham Hotspur *Barmby 30 Austin Edinburgh County Ground Swindon 16,563 Paul Durkin L5 February 1994 15:00 GMT 28 1–3 https://www.premierleague.com/match/757 Tottenham Hotspur *Rosenthal 66 Samways Sheffield Wednesday *Coleman 17 Bright 54 62 Hyde Nilsson White Hart Lane Tottenham 23,078 David Frampton L12 February 1994 15:00 GMT 29 0–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/764 Tottenham Hotspur Samways Blackburn Rovers *Shearer 61, Gallacher 72, Ripley White Hart Lane Tottenham 30,236 Jim Borrett L27 February 1994 15:00 GMT 30 4–3 https://www.premierleague.com/match/783 Chelsea *Donaghy 29 Stein 33 90 pen. Spencer 40, Tottenham Hotspur *Sedgley 17 Dozzell 18 Gray 73 pen. Stamford Bridge Fulham 16,807 John Lloyd L2 March 1994 19:45 GMT 31 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/785 Tottenham Hotspur Rosenthal 74 Aston Villa Parker 9 White Hart Lane Tottenham 17,452 Kelvin Morton D5 March 1994 15:00 GMT 32 2–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/794 Tottenham Hotspur *Scott 64 Dozzell 90 Sheffield United *Gaye 57 Blake 86 White Hart Lane Tottenham 25,741 David Allison D19 March 1994 15:00 GMT 33 1–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/815 Tottenham Hotspur *Barmby 56 Scott Ipswich Town Kiwomya 12, White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,653 Gerald Ashby D26 March 1994 15:00 GMT 34 0–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/825 Everton Tottenham Hotspur Sedgley 70 Goodison Park Liverpool 23,580 Gary Willard W2 April 1994 15:00 BST 35 1–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/845 Norwich City Sutton 71 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 56 Woodthorpe 76 o.g. Samways Carrow Road Norwich 21,181 Alan Wilkie W4 April 1994 15:00 BST 36 1–4 https://www.premierleague.com/match/858 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 66 pen. West Ham United *Jones 38 Morley 60 pen. 73 Marsh 80 Gale Rush White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,502 Philip Don L9 April 1994 15:00 BST 37 1–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/860 Coventry City *Ndlovu 62 pen. Flynn Tottenham Hotspur Highfield Road Coventry 13,391 Mike Reed L17 April 1994 16:00 BST 38 2–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/878 Leeds United *Wallace 61 89 Tottenham Hotspur Elland Road Leeds 33,658 Roger Milford L23 April 1994 15:00 BST 39 3–0 https://www.premierleague.com/match/888 Tottenham Hotspur *Sedgley 5 Samways 67 Anderton 89 Edinburgh Southampton White Hart Lane Tottenham 25,959 Paul Durkin W30 April 1994 15:00 BST 40 2–1 https://www.premierleague.com/match/905 Wimbledon *Holdsworth 58 Clarke 63 Tottenham Hotspur Sheringham 72 pen. Selhurst Park Selhurst 20,875 David Allison L5 May 1994 19:45 BST 41 0–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/913 Oldham Athletic Henry Tottenham Hotspur *Samways 37 David Howells 78 Sheringham Boundary Park Oldham 14,283 Rodger Gifford W7 May 1994 15:00 BST 42 1–2 https://www.premierleague.com/match/922 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 39 Queens Park Rangers Sinclair 36 77 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,105 Allan Gunn L FA Cup 1993–94 FA Cup8 January 1994 15:00 GMT Third round 1–1 Peterborough United Brissett 62 Tottenham Hotspur Dozzell 85 London Road Peterborough 19,169 Ray Bigger D19 January 1994 19:45 GMT Third round replay 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur Barmby 12 Peterborough United Charlery 24 White Hart Lane yes Tottenham 24,893 Graham Poll *Caskey Kerslake Anderton Barmby Sedgley 5–4 *Adcock Charlery Kruszyński Furnell Greenman D29 January 1994 15:00 GMT Fourth round 3–0 Ipswich Town *Marshall 53 Johnson 64 Thompson 85 Tottenham Hotspur Portman Road Ipswich 22,539 Dermot Gallagher L League Cup 1993–94 Football League Cup22 September 1993 19:30 BST Second roundFirst leg 0–0 Burnley Tottenham Hotspur Turf Moor Burnley 16,844 Brian Coddington D11 October 1988 Second roundSecond leg 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Sheringham 3 90 Caskey 0 63 Howells 75 Burnley Eyres 7 White Hart Lane Tottenham 20,614 Ray Bigger 3–1 W27 October 1993 19:45 GMT Third round 0–1 Derby County Tottenham Hotspur Barmby 71 Baseball Ground Derby 17,593 Brian Hill W1 December 1993 19:45 GMT Fourth round 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Campbell 64 Blackburn Rovers White Hart Lane Tottenham 22,295 Roger Milford W12 January 1994 19:45 GMT Fifth round 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Caskey 63 Aston Villa *Houghton 56 Barrett 68 White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,408 Terry Holbrook L Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Erik Thorstvedt GK NOR 32 0 1 0 4 0 13 Ian Walker GK ENG 10+1 0 2 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Dean Austin DF ENG 20+3 0 2 0 0+1 0 3 Justin Edinburgh DF ENG 24+1 0 3 0 3 0 5 Colin Calderwood DF SCO 26 0 3 0 5 0 6 Gary Mabbutt DF ENG 29 0 0 0 3 0 8 Kevin Scott DF ENG 12 1 0 0 0 0 22 David Kerslake DF ENG 16+1 0 1+1 0 4 0 23 Sol Campbell DF ENG 27+7 0 1+2 0 4 1 26 Stuart Nethercott DF ENG 9+1 0 1 0 1 0 27 Stephen Carr DF IRL 1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 4 Vinny Samways MF ENG 39 3 3 0 5 0 7 Nick Barmby MF ENG 27 5 3 1 3 1 9 Darren Anderton MF ENG 35+2 6 3 0 5 0 12 Jason Dozzell MF ENG 28+4 9 2 1 4 0 14 Steve Sedgley MF ENG 42 5 3 0 4 0 15 David Howells MF ENG 15+3 1 0 0 1+1 1 16 Micky Hazard MF ENG 13+4 2 2 0 0 0 17 Andy Turner MF IRL 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 20 Darren Caskey MF ENG 16+9 4 3 0 3+1 1 21 Danny Hill MF ENG 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 29 Steve Robinson MF NIR 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 33 Andy Gray MF ENG 0+2 1 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 10 Teddy Sheringham FW ENG 17+2 13 0 0 2 2 11 Ronny Rosenthal FW ISR 11+4 2 0 0 1 0 24 Paul Moran FW ENG 0+5 0 0 0 0+1 0 25 John Hendry FW SCO 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 32 Paul Mahorn FW ENG 1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 8 Gordon Durie MF SCO 10 1 0 0 2 0 11 Paul Allen MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 15 May 1999 [[https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2590&teamTabs=stats Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present Soccerbase.vom ]] October 2016 Goal scorers 26 July 2020 premierleague.com The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. Rnk Ranking Pos Position No. Squad Number Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total1 FW 10 ENG Teddy Sheringham 13 0 2 152 MF 12 ENG Jason Dozzell 9 1 0 103 MF 7 ENG Nick Barmby 5 1 1 74 MF 9 ENG Darren Anderton 6 0 0 65 MF 14 ENG Steve Sedgley 5 0 0 5 MF 20 ENG Darren Caskey 4 0 1 57 MF 4 ENG Vinny Samways 3 0 0 38 FW 11 ISR Ronny Rosenthal 2 0 0 2 MF 15 ENG David Howells 1 0 1 2 MF 16 ENG Micky Hazard 2 0 0 211 FW 8 SCO Gordon Durie 1 0 0 1 DF 8 ENG Kevin Scott 1 0 0 1 DF 23 ENG Sol Campbell 0 0 1 1 MF 33 ENG Andy Gray 1 0 0 1TOTALS532661 Clean sheets 26 July 2020 premierleague.com Rnk Ranking No. Squad NumberPlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 1 NOR Erik Thorstvedt 7 0 2 92 13 ENG Ian Walker 1 0 1 2TOTALS80311 References Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons Tottenham Hotspur