1993–94 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

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 14 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.^[1]

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.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round¹
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round²
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round³
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–0	35,216	Sheringham
16 August 1993	Arsenal	H	0–1	28,355
21 August 1993	Manchester City	H	1–0	24,535	Sedgley
25 August 1993	Liverpool	A	2–1	42,456	Sheringham (2, 1 pen)
28 August 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–1	32,498
1 September 1993	Chelsea	H	1–1	27,567	Sheringham
11 September 1993	Sheffield United	A	2–2	21,325	Dozzell, Sheringham
18 September 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	5–0	24,614	Sheringham (2), Sedgley, Dozzell, Durie
26 September 1993	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	19,411	Dozzell, Sheringham
3 October 1993	Everton	H	3–2	27,487	Anderton, Sheringham, Caskey
16 October 1993	Manchester United	A	1–2	44,655	Caskey
23 October 1993	Swindon Town	H	1–1	31,394	Dozzell
30 October 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	16,849
6 November 1993	Southampton	A	0–1	16,017
20 November 1993	Leeds United	H	1–1	31,275	Anderton
24 November 1993	Wimbledon	H	1–1	17,744	Barmby
27 November 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	17,694	Anderton
4 December 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–2	30,780	Barmby
6 December 1993	Arsenal	A	1–1	35,669	Anderton
11 December 1993	Manchester City	A	2–0	21,566	Dozzell (2)
18 December 1993	Liverpool	H	3–3	31,394	Hazard (pen), Samways, Caskey
27 December 1993	Norwich City	H	1–3	33,130	Barmby
28 December 1993	West Ham United	A	3–1	20,787	Anderton, Hazard, Dozzell
1 January 1994	Coventry City	H	1–2	26,015	Caskey
3 January 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	32,514
15 January 1994	Manchester United	H	0–1	31,343
22 January 1994	Swindon Town	A	1–2	16,563	Barmby
5 February 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	23,076	Rosenthal
12 February 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	30,236
27 February 1994	Chelsea	A	3–4	16,807	Sedgley, Dozzell, Gray (pen)
2 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	1–1	17,452	Rosenthal
5 March 1994	Sheffield United	H	2–2	25,741	Scott, Dozzell
19 March 1994	Ipswich Town	H	1–1	26,653	Barmby
26 March 1994	Everton	A	1–0	23,580	Sedgley
2 April 1994	Norwich City	A	2–1	21,181	Woodthorpe (own goal), Sheringham
4 April 1994	West Ham United	H	1–4	31,502	Sheringham (pen)
9 April 1994	Coventry City	A	0–1	14,491
17 April 1994	Leeds United	A	0–2	33,658
23 April 1994	Southampton	H	3–0	25,959	Sedgley, Samways, Anderton
30 April 1994	Wimbledon	A	1–2	20,875	Sheringham (pen)
5 May 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	2–0	14,283	Samways, Howells
7 May 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–2	26,105	Sheringham

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Peterborough United	A	1–1	19,169	Dozzell
R3R	19 January 1994	Peterborough United	H	1–1 (won 5-4 on pens)	24,893	Barmby
R4	29 January 1994	Ipswich Town	A	0–3	22,539

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Burnley	A	0–0	16,844
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Burnley	H	3–1 (won 3-1 on agg)	20,614	Sheringham (2), Howells
R3	27 October 1993	Derby County	A	1–0	19,855	Barmby
R4	1 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	22,295	Campbell
R5	12 January 1994	Aston Villa	H	1–2	31,408	Caskey

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Erik Thorstvedt
2	DF	Dean Austin
3	DF	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	Vinny Samways
5	DF	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	Nick Barmby
8	DF	Kevin Scott
9	MF	Darren Anderton
10	FW	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	Ronny Rosenthal
12	MF	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	Ian Walker
14	MF	Steve Sedgley
15	MF	David Howells
16	MF	Micky Hazard
17	MF	Andy Turner

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Jason Cundy
19	MF	Kevin Watson
20	MF	Darren Caskey
21	MF	Danny Hill
22	DF	David Kerslake
23	DF	Sol Campbell
24	FW	Paul Moran
25	FW	John Hendry
26	DF	Stuart Nethercott
27	DF	Stephen Carr
28	MF	Lee Hodges
29	MF	Steve Robinson
30	GK	Chris Day
31	FW	Robert Simpson
32	FW	Paul Mahorn
33	MF	Andy 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
8		FW	Gordon Durie (sold to Rangers)
11		MF	Paul Allen (sold to Southampton)

No.		Position	Player
22		DF	Guðni Bergsson (released)
30		GK	Kevin Dearden (sold to Luton Town)

References

↑ White, Clive (15 June 1994). "Football: Spurs are 'staggered' by punishment: Tottenham escape relegation over illegal payments but FA sanctions send a shudder through White Hart Lane". The Independent. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/tottenham-hotspur/1993-1994

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