1993–94 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur
1993–94 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar
Manager	Osvaldo Ardiles
Stadium	White Hart Lane
FA Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Teddy Sheringham (13); All: Teddy Sheringham (15)
Average home league attendance	27,160
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

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.^[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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round^[a]
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

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	Sheringham (2)
18 September 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	5–0	24,614	Sedgley (2), Dozzell, Durie, Sheringham
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


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


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

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	NOR	Erik Thorstvedt
2	DF	ENG	Dean Austin
3	DF	ENG	Justin Edinburgh
4	MF	ENG	Vinny Samways
5	DF	SCO	Colin Calderwood
6	DF	ENG	Gary Mabbutt (captain)
7	MF	ENG	Nick Barmby
8	DF	ENG	Kevin Scott
9	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham
11	FW	ISR	Ronny Rosenthal
12	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell
13	GK	ENG	Ian Walker
14	MF	ENG	Steve Sedgley
15	MF	ENG	David Howells
16	MF	ENG	Micky Hazard
17	MF	IRL	Andy Turner


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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	DF	ISL	Guðni Bergsson (released)
30	GK	ENG	Kevin Dearden (sold to Luton Town)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	NOR	Erik Thorstvedt	37	0	32	0	1	0	4	0
13	GK	ENG	Ian Walker	14	0	10+1	0	2	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Dean Austin	26	0	20+3	0	2	0	0+1	0
3	DF	ENG	Justin Edinburgh	31	0	24+1	0	3	0	3	0
5	DF	SCO	Colin Calderwood	34	0	26	0	3	0	5	0
6	DF	ENG	Gary Mabbutt	32	0	29	0	0	0	3	0
8	DF	ENG	Kevin Scott	12	1	12	1	0	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	David Kerslake	23	0	16+1	0	1+1	0	4	0
23	DF	ENG	Sol Campbell	41	1	27+7	0	1+2	0	4	1
26	DF	ENG	Stuart Nethercott	12	0	9+1	0	1	0	1	0
27	DF	IRL	Stephen Carr	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
4	MF	ENG	Vinny Samways	47	3	39	3	3	0	5	0
7	MF	ENG	Nick Barmby	33	7	27	5	3	1	3	1
9	MF	ENG	Darren Anderton	45	6	35+2	6	3	0	5	0
12	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell	38	10	28+4	9	2	1	4	0
14	MF	ENG	Steve Sedgley	49	5	42	5	3	0	4	0
15	MF	ENG	David Howells	20	2	15+3	1	0	0	1+1	1
16	MF	ENG	Micky Hazard	19	2	13+4	2	2	0	0	0
17	MF	IRL	Andy Turner	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Darren Caskey	32	5	16+9	4	3	0	3+1	1
21	MF	ENG	Danny Hill	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	NIR	Steve Robinson	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF	ENG	Andy Gray	2	1	0+2	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	ENG	Teddy Sheringham	21	15	17+2	13	0	0	2	2
11	FW	ISR	Ronny Rosenthal	16	2	11+4	2	0	0	1	0
24	FW	ENG	Paul Moran	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	FW	SCO	John Hendry	5	0	0+3	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
32	FW	ENG	Paul Mahorn	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
8	MF	SCO	Gordon Durie	12	1	10	1	0	0	2	0
11	MF	ENG	Paul Allen	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 15 May 1999
Source: [[^[4]]]

Goal scorers

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Total
1	FW	10	Teddy Sheringham	13	0	2	15
2	MF	12	Jason Dozzell	9	1	0	10
3	MF	7	Nick Barmby	5	1	1	7
4	MF	9	Darren Anderton	6	0	0	6
5	MF	14	Steve Sedgley	5	0	0	5
5	MF	20	Darren Caskey	4	0	1	5
7	MF	4	Vinny Samways	3	0	0	3
8	FW	11	Ronny Rosenthal	2	0	0	2
	MF	15	David Howells	1	0	1	2
	MF	16	Micky Hazard	2	0	0	2
11	FW	8	Gordon Durie	1	0	0	1
	DF	8	Kevin Scott	1	0	0	1
	DF	23	Sol Campbell	0	0	1	1
	MF	33	Andy Gray	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				53	2	6	61

Clean sheets

Last updated: 26 July 2020.
Source: premierleague.com

Rnk	No.	Player	Premier League	EFL Cup	Total
1	1	Erik Thorstvedt	7	2	9
2	13	Ian Walker	1	1	2
TOTALS			8	3	11

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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
^ "Tottenham Hotspur 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1993/94".
^ "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

[table_note_res_CHE0.64404996561075-2] Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

[1] 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. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

[3] "Tottenham Hotspur 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2012.

[4] "FootballSquads - Tottenham Hotspur - 1993/94".

[5] "Tottenham FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base".

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