1990–91 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham's league form was average at best: having stood in third place after 17 games, the club won only three of their next 21 league matches,^[1] slumping to tenth place in the final table. The club had better luck in the FA Cup: after defeating London arch-rivals (and that season's eventual champions) Arsenal in the semi-final, they defeated Nottingham Forest 2-1 in the final. As well as giving Tottenham their first post-Heysel European campaign (in the Cup Winners' Cup) and ending the club's seven-year trophy drought, the FA Cup win made Tottenham the first club to win the trophy eight times, although this record has since been surpassed by Arsenal and Manchester United.

The only downside of the FA Cup triumph was an injury to star midfielder Paul Gascoigne, who ruptured his cruciate ligaments in a tackle on Forest fullback Gary Charles early in the first half. The injury would put his transfer to Italian side Lazio on hold until the 1992–93 season. Gascoigne had earlier scored a tremendous free-kick in the 3–1 win against Arsenal in the semi-final (Gary Lineker scored Tottenham's other goals, with Arsenal's Alan Smith scoring Arsenal's goal).

Kit

The FA Cup final saw Tottenham debut a longer style of shorts as part of their kit. Although the long shorts were ridiculed at first, within the decade all clubs in English football would have adopted the style.

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kevin Dearden
		GK	Ian Walker
		GK	Erik Thorstvedt
		DF	Justin Edinburgh
		DF	Ian Hendon
		DF	Terry Fenwick
		DF	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
		DF	Mitchell Thomas
		DF	Dave Tuttle
		DF	Pat Van Den Hauwe
		DF	David McDonald
		DF	Guðni Bergsson
		MF	Paul Allen
		MF	Peter Garland
		MF	Paul Gascoigne

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Danny Hill
		MF	Scott Houghton
		MF	David Howells
		MF	John Moncur
		MF	Vinny Samways
		MF	Mark Robson
		MF	Steve Sedgley
		MF	Paul Stewart
		MF	Nayim
		FW	Gary Lineker
		FW	Paul Moran
		FW	Paul Walsh
		FW	John Hendry
		FW	Phil Gray

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Bobby Mimms (to Blackburn Rovers)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Neil Smith
		MF	Nick Barmby

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Ollie Morah

Results

Results courtesy of Topspurs^[4]

FA Cup

Home teams listed first

Round 3: Blackpool 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur
Round 4: Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 Oxford United
Round 5: Portsmouth 1–2 Tottenham Hotspur
Round 6: Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 Notts County
Semi-final: Tottenham Hotspur 3–1 Arsenal (at Wembley Stadium, London)
Final: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Nottingham Forest

Transfers

Out

Guy Butters - Portsmouth
Bobby Mimms - Blackburn Rovers, December, £250,000

References

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club

Players Managers Reserves & Academy Records & Statistics Honours Current Season

History	History Seasons European Record

Home Stadium	White Hart Lane Northumberland Development Project (Proposed)

Rivalries	North London derby

Other	Superleague Formula team Tottenham Hotspur Ladies F.C.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester City Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stoke City Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic

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Others	Colchester United Newport

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