1989–90 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

English football club season April 2022 Tottenham Hotspur 1989–90 Terry Venables Irving Scholar White Hart Lane First Division 3rd FA Cup Third-round League Cup Quarter-final Gary Lineker(24) Gary Lineker(26) 33,944 (18 October vs. Arsenal, First Division) 15,734 (20 September vs. Southend United, League Cup) 26,465 _bluestriped_sides _whitesides _navytop 003366 _ ffd700 ffd700 ffd700 ffd700 ffd700 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 season was the 108th season in the history of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, the club participated in the FA Cup and the Football League Cup. Entering the 1989–90 season, Terry Venables stayed on as manager for his third season in charge of Tottenham with the team ending in third position, sixteen points behind eventual champions Liverpool. In the FA Cup, they got knocked out by fellow first division team, Southampton and they got knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Football League Cup by Nottingham Forest. Pre-season and friendlies Pre-season 19 July 1989 Friendly 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur ENG *Howells Moran ENG Fulham Chase Lodge Barnet W23 July 1989 15:00 BST Tour 0–2 Bohemian IRE ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart Walsh Dalymount Park Dublin, Ireland W25 July 1989 Tour 0–3 Cork City IRE ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Mabbutt Gascoigne Linerker Musgrave Park Cork, Ireland W28 July 1989 Friendly 6–0 Tottenham Hotspur ENG *Walsh Stewart Gascoigne Howells ENG Bournemouth Chase Lodge Barnet W1 August 1989 Friendly 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur ENG ENG Swindon Town Chase Lodge Barnet L6 August 1989 Tour 1–0 Rangers SCO Steven ENG Tottenham Hotspur Ibrox Stadium Glasgow, Scotland 41,214 L8 August 1989 Tour 1–5 Viking FK NOR ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart Fenwick pen. Gascoigne Lineker Stavanger Stadion Stavanger, Norway W10 August 1989 Tour 0–2 SK Brann NOR ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker Brann Stadion Bergen, Norway W Trofeo Villa de Madrid tournament Trofeo Villa de Madrid 11 August 1989 Friendly 3–1 Dinamo București ROM *Sabău 12 Vaișcovici Răducioiu pen. ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Howells 24 pen. Vicente Calderón Madrid, Spain 2,500 L13 August 1989 Friendly 1–0 Atlético Madrid SPA Marina ENG Tottenham Hotspur Vicente Calderón Madrid, Spain L Mid-season 31 October 1989 Friendly 1–2 SM Caen FRA ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart Howells W6 November 1989 Friendly 2–5 Leicester City ENG ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart Gascoigne Sedgley Filbert Street Leicester Paul Ramsey testimonial W26 January 1990 Friendly 0–3 Plymouth Argyle ENG ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Mabbutt Gascoigne o.g. W3 April 1990 Friendly 0–3 Brighton & Hove Albion ENG ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne Stewart W23 April 1990 Friendly 1–1 Vålerenga NOR ENG Tottenham Hotspur *Howells D1 May 1990 Friendly 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur ENG *Howells 13 Gascoigne 42 pen. NIR Northern Ireland XI Wilson 20 White Hart Lane Tottenham 6,769 Danny Blanchflower benefit match W Competitions Overview 3 First Division 19 August 1989 5 May 1990 Matchday 1 3rd 19 6 13 59 47 FA Cup 6 January 1990 6 January 1990 Third round Third round 0 0 1 1 3 League Cup 20 September 1989 24 January 1990 Second round Fifth round 3 2 2 16 10 First Division 1989–90 Football League First Division League Table y TOT Matches #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA19 August 1989 15:00 BST 1 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart 29 Allen 80 Luton Town Wegerle 46 White Hart Lane Tottenham 17,668 Terry Holbrook W22 August 1989 2 2–1 Everton *Newell 2 Sheedy 70 Tottenham Hotspur *Allen 19 Goodison Park Walton 34,402 Gerald Ashby L26 August 1989 15:00 BST 3 1–1 Manchester City White 29 Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne 37 Maine Road Manchester 32,004 D9 September 1989 4 2–0 Aston Villa *Olney 9 25 Tottenham Hotspur Villa Park Birmingham 24,769 Kelvin Morton L16 September 1989 15:00 BST 5 1–4 Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne 61 Chelsea *Dixon 36 Wilson 44 76 Clarke 69 White Hart Lane Tottenham 16,260 L23 September 1989 15:00 BST 6 2–2 Norwich City *Phillips 48 Bowen 57 Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne 20 Lineker 34 Carrow Road Norwich 20,095 D30 September 1989 15:00 BST 7 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur Lineker 32 38 87 Queens Park Rangers *Bardsley 51 Francis 70 White Hart Lane Tottenham 23,781 W14 October 1989 15:00 BST 8 1–3 Charlton Athletic Williams 55 Tottenham Hotspur *Thomas 73 Lineker 83 Gascoigne 87 Selhurst Park Selhurst 17,692 David Axcell W18 October 1989 19:45 BST 9 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Samways 34 Walsh 37 Arsenal Thomas 53 White Hart Lane Tottenham 33,944 Roger Milford W21 October 1989 15:00 BST 10 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker 21 42 Moran 64 Sheffield Wednesday White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,909 Martin Bodenham W29 October 1989 15:30 GMT 11 1–0 Liverpool *Barnes 25 Tottenham Hotspur Anfield Liverpool 36,550 L4 November 1989 15:00 GMT 12 1–1 Southampton Cockerill 61 Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne 43 Sedgley 0 78 The Dell Southampton 19,601 Rodger Gifford D11 November 1989 15:00 GMT 13 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon Sanchez 62 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,876 John Key L18 November 1989 15:00 GMT 14 2–3 Crystal Palace Bright 21 62 Tottenham Hotspur *Howells 23 Lineker 25 pen. Samways 76 Selhurst Park Selhurst 26,266 W25 November 1989 15:00 GMT 15 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur Stewart 4 Derby County *Saunders 52 Goddard 76 White Hart Lane Tottenham 28,075 Ken Redfern L2 December 1989 15:00 GMT 16 0–0 Luton Town Tottenham Hotspur Kenilworth Road Luton 12,620 D9 December 1989 15:00 GMT 17 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker 24 Stewart 60 Everton Cottee 12 White Hart Lane Tottenham 29,374 W16 December 1989 15:00 GMT 18 0–1 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur Lineker 69 Old Trafford Trafford 36,230 W26 December 1989 11:30 GMT 19 3–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Samways 8 McLeary 18 o.g. Lineker 35 Millwall Cascarino 71 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,874 Roger Wiseman W30 December 1989 15:00 GMT 20 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker 11 89 Nottingham Forest *Clough 27 Crosby 29 Parker 70 White Hart Lane Tottenham 33,401 L1 January 1990 15:00 GMT 21 0–0 Coventry City Tottenham Hotspur Highfield Road Coventry 19,559 D13 January 1990 15:00 GMT 22 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Howells 44 Manchester City Hendry 85 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,384 D20 January 1990 15:00 GMT 23 1–0 Arsenal *Adams 63 Tottenham Hotspur Highbury Holloway 46,132 L4 February 1990 15:30 GMT 24 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker 24 47 63 pen. Howells 44 Norwich City White Hart Lane Tottenham 19,599 W10 February 1990 15:00 GMT 25 1–2 Chelsea *Bumstead 59 65 Tottenham Hotspur *Howells 44 Lineker 88 Gascoigne Stamford Bridge Fulham 28,130 W21 February 1990 19:45 GMT 26 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur Aston Villa *Ormondroyd 51 Platt 66 White Hart Lane Tottenham 32,472 L24 February 1990 27 2–1 Derby County *Saunders 37 Harford 52 Tottenham Hotspur Moncur 84 Baseball Ground Derby 19,676 L3 March 1990 15:00 GMT 28 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur Crystal Palace Pardew 60 White Hart Lane Tottenham 26,181 Bob Nixon L10 March 1990 15:00 GMT 29 3–0 Tottenham Hotspur *Polston 21 Lineker 56 Howells 77 Charlton Athletic White Hart Lane Tottenham 21,204 Philip Don W17 March 1990 15:00 GMT 30 3–1 Queens Park Rangers *Clarke 4 Sinton 46 Barker 53 Tottenham Hotspur Walsh 54 Loftus Road Shepherd's Bush 17,434 David Allison L21 March 1990 20:05 GMT 31 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart 83 Liverpool White Hart Lane Tottenham 25,656 W31 March 1990 15:00 BST 32 2–4 Sheffield Wednesday *Hirst 21 Atkinson 53 Tottenham Hotspur *Allen 3 Lineker 60 62 Stewart 70 Hillsborough Sheffield 26,582 W7 April 1990 33 1–3 Nottingham Forest *Hodge 59 Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart 9 Allen 44 71 City Ground Nottingham 21,668 W14 April 1990 15:00 BST 34 3–2 Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker 33 69 Stewart 45 Coventry City *Smith 18 Speedie 32 White Hart Lane Tottenham 23,917 W16 April 1990 15:00 BST 35 0–1 Millwall Tottenham Hotspur Lineker 50 The Den New Cross 10,574 Paul Durkin W21 April 1990 15:00 BST 36 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne 21 Lineker 25 Manchester United Bruce 68 pen. White Hart Lane Tottenham 33,317 Trevor Simpson W28 April 1990 15:00 BST 37 1–0 Wimbledon Fashanu 7 Tottenham Hotspur Plough Lane Wimbledon 12,800 L5 May 1990 15:00 BST 38 2–1 Tottenham Hotspur *Stewart 21 Allen 34 Southampton Cook 88 White Hart Lane Tottenham 31,038 Trelford Mills W FA Cup 1989–90 FA Cup As part of the first division, Tottenham automatically qualified through to the third round of the FA Cup where they was drawn to meet fellow first division side Southampton in their first match.Petrifying Forest Stephen Bierley 15 11 December 1989 The Guardian In the match, Tottenham was dominated by the Southampton midfield in Jimmy Case, Glenn Cockerill and Barry Horne with Southampton getting a 3–1 victory despite a goal from David Howells giving Tottenham hope with twelve minutes to go.Spurs defense crumbles in open-and-shut-case David Lacey 17 8 January 1990 The Guardian6 January 1990 15:00 GMT Third round 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur *Howells Southampton *Le Tissier Wallace Horne White Hart Lane Tottenham 33,134 Joe Worrall L Football League Cup 1989–90 Football League Cup As part of the first division, Tottenham started the League Cup in the second round where they were drawn to meet fourth division side, Southend United. Over two legs, Tottenham would only scrape through on away goals with David Lacey from The Guardian describing their defence as secure as a sandcastle on high tide after the first leg.Finally Fenwick David Lacey 19 21 September 1989 The Guardian Two weeks later, they played fellow first division club Manchester United in the third round. After losing Terry Fenwick early in the match, Tottenham won 3–0 with goals on either side of the break securing the victory.Spurs ride Fenwick loss Stephen Blerery 14 26 October 1989 The Guardian Tottenham had another away game in the fourth round, this time to Prenton Park to take on third division side Tranmere Rovers. A goal from Paul Gascoigne an own goal from Dave Higgins sent the match into a replay at White Hart which Tottenham winning 4–0.Tranmere flying high in pursuit of another scalp Cynthia Baterman 17 23 November 1989 The GuardianTottenham's gloss finish David Lacey 20 30 November 1989 The Guardian The following round saw them visit City Ground, the home stadium of Nottingham Forest and saw them go two goals down before the half but goals from Gary Lineker and Steve Sedgley force the match into a replay at White Hart.Cavalier Tottenham have the last laugh David Lacey 14 18 January 1990 The Guardian Nayim scored the opening goal within the first minute before Nottingham scored the equalizer in the 36th minute before gaining the lead five minutes later. In the 64th minute, Tottenham equalized with Paul Walsh after coming of a David Howells kick. But two minutes later, Steve Hodge scored the match winner for Nottingham and knocking out Tottenham in the process.Spurs consumed by Forest's fire David Lacey 16 25 January 1990 The Guardian20 September 1989 Second roundFirst leg 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Fenwick Southend United White Hart Lane Tottenham 15,734 W4 October 1989 19:45 BST Second roundSecond leg 3–2 Southend United * Tottenham Hotspur *Allen Nayim Roots Hall yes Southend 10,400 Paul Danson 3–3 (a.) L25 October 1989 19:45 BST Third round 0–3 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur *Samways Lineker Nayim Old Trafford Trafford 45,759 W22 November 1989 Fourth round 2–2 Tranmere Rovers *Vickers Steele Tottenham Hotspur *Gascoigne Higgins o.g. Prenton Park Birkenhead 13,789 Lester Shapter D29 November 1989 19:45 GMT Fourth round replay 4–0 Tottenham Hotspur *Howells Mabbutt Stewart Allen Tranmere Rovers White Hart Lane Tottenham 23,724 W17 January 1990 Fifth round 2–2 Nottingham Forest *Crosby Parker Tottenham Hotspur *Lineker Sedgley City Ground Nottingham 30,044 D24 January 1990 19:45 GMT Fifth round replay 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur *Nayim Walsh Nottingham Forest *Hodge Jemson White Hart Lane Tottenham 32,357 Brian Hill L Statistics Appearances 26 July 2020 January 2022 {| class="wikitable sortable" 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;" | First Division ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | FA Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | EFL Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Total |- ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Goalkeepers |- | GK | align="left" | NOR Erik Thorstvedt || 34 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 41 || 0 |- | GK | align="left" | ENG Bobby Mimms || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders |- | DF | align="left" | ISL Guðni Bergsson || 17+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 19+1 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Guy Butters || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Terry Fenwick || 10 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 13 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | IRL Chris Hughton || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 9+1 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Gary Mabbutt || 36 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 44 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Andy Polston || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG John Polston || 10+3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 13+3 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Gary Stevens || 4+3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 4+4 || 0 |- | DF | align="left" | ENG Mitchell Thomas || 18+8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 26+8 || 1 |- | DF | align="left" | WAL Pat Van Den Hauwe || 31 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 37 || 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Paul Gascoigne || 34 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 38 || 7 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG David Howells || 33+1 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 5+1 || 1 || 39+2 || 7 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Paul Allen || 29+3 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 36+3 || 8 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG John Moncur || 2+3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2+3 || 1 |- | MF | align="left" | ESP Nayim || 18+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 3 || 21+2 || 3 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Mark Robson || 0+3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1+3 || 0 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Vinny Samways || 18+5 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 23+6 || 4 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Paul Stewart || 25+3 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 32+3 || 9 |- | MF | align="left" | ENG Steve Sedgley || 31+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 38+1 || 1 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards |- | FW | align="left" | ENG Gary Lineker || 38 || 24 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 45 || 26 |- | FW | align="left" | ENG Paul Moran || 0+5 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 0+6 || 1 |- | FW | align="left" | ENG Paul Walsh || 12+14 || 2 || 0+1 || 0 || 1+3 || 1 || 13+18 || 3 |- 15 May 1999 https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2590&teamTabs=stats Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base October 2016 Goal scorers 26 July 2020 January 2022 Rnk Ranking Pos Position Player First Division FA Cup EFL Cup Total1 FW ENG Gary Lineker 24 0 2 262 MF ENG Paul Stewart 8 0 1 93 MF ENG Paul Allen 6 0 2 84 MF ENG Paul Gascoigne 6 0 1 7 MF ENG David Howells 5 1 1 76 MF ENG Vinny Samways 3 0 1 47 MF ESP Nayim 0 0 3 3 FW ENG Paul Walsh 2 0 1 39 DF ENG Terry Fenwick 0 0 1 1 DF ENG Gary Mabbutt 0 0 1 1 MF ENG John Moncur 1 0 0 1 FW ENG Paul Moran 1 0 0 1 DF ENG John Polston 1 0 0 1 MF ENG Steve Sedgley 0 0 1 1 DF ENG Mitchell Thomas 1 0 0 1Total5811574 Clean sheets 26 July 2020 January 2022 Rnk RankingPlayerFirst DivisionFA CupEFL CupTotal1left NOR Erik Thorstvedt 6 0 3 92left ENG Bobby Mimms 2 0 0 2Total80311 See also 1989–90 in English football List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons Notes 30em References External links http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/ Tottenham Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. seasons Category:1989 in sport in London Category:1990 in sport in London