1981–82 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

During the 1981–82 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary
Tottenham enjoyed a hugely successful season. They finished fourth in the First Division, their highest finish in ten years, won a second successive FA Cup (eventually managing to defeat Second Division Queens Park Rangers 1–0 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final), reached the final of the League Cup (losing to Liverpool 3–1 in extra time), were joint winners of the Charity Shield (drawing 2–2 with the previous season's champions Aston Villa) and reached the semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup (losing 2–1 on aggregate to tournament winners Barcelona).

First-team squad

 * Squad at end of season

In

 * Ray Clemence - Liverpool, £300,000, August 1981
 * Paul Price - Luton Town, £250,000, June 1981

Out

 * Don McAllister - Charlton Athletic, August 1981

League table

 * 6 February: Tottenham Hotspur 6–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
 * 20 February: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester City

Appearances and goals
{| class="wikitable" 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;" | Division One ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | FA Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | EFL Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Charity Shield ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Cup Winners Cup ! colspan="2" style="width:85px;" | Total ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Milija Aleksic
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | Steve Archibald
 * 26+1 || 7 || 4+1 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 43+2 || 10
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇦🇷 Ossie Ardiles
 * 26 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 46 || 5
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garry Brooke
 * 12+4 || 4 || 0+2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 12+7 || 4
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Clemence
 * 38 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 62 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Pat Corbett
 * 3+1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 1
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ian Crook
 * 3+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3+1 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Garth Crooks
 * 27 || 13 || 7 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 2 || 46 || 18
 * MF
 * align="left" | Ally Dick
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Falco
 * 21 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3+2 || 3 || 32+2 || 11
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇮🇪 Tony Galvin
 * 32 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 56 || 4
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Terry Gibson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Micky Hazard
 * 26+2 || 5 || 4+1 || 1 || 5+1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 41+4 || 10
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glenn Hoddle
 * 34 || 10 || 7 || 3 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 58 || 15
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🇮🇪 Chris Hughton
 * 37 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 61 || 3
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Jones
 * 3+4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 3+5 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Lacy
 * 7+5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 7+6 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Giorgio Mazzon
 * 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Miller
 * 35 || 0 || 6+1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 57+1 || 1
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary O'Reilly
 * 4+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 0
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Parks
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Perryman
 * 42 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 66 || 1
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Price
 * 18+3 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 30+3 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Roberts
 * 35+2 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6+1 || 1 || 53+3 || 7
 * DF
 * align="left" | Gordon Smith
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 1+2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇦🇷 Ricardo Villa
 * 26+1 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 36+3 || 9
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary O'Reilly
 * 4+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 0
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Parks
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Perryman
 * 42 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 66 || 1
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Paul Price
 * 18+3 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 30+3 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Roberts
 * 35+2 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6+1 || 1 || 53+3 || 7
 * DF
 * align="left" | Gordon Smith
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 1+2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇦🇷 Ricardo Villa
 * 26+1 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 36+3 || 9
 * align="left" | Gordon Smith
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 1+2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇦🇷 Ricardo Villa
 * 26+1 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 36+3 || 9
 * 26+1 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 3+1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4+1 || 1 || 36+3 || 9