1986–87 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

During the 1986–87 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary
Tottenham enjoyed a stellar season under David Pleat. Under his management, the club finished third in the First Division, were losing finalists in the FA Cup and reached the semi-finals of the League Cup. Striker Clive Allen arguably played the most important role in Tottenham's success, scoring 33 goals in the league and 49 in all competitions as Tottenham played their best football in years. For his achievements, Allen won both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year awards.

Kit
Tottenham's kits were manufactured by Hummel and sponsored by Holsten. The club retained the previous season's home shirts and white shorts, but also introduced matching navy shorts to use when necessary. They also kept the all-blue diagonal-striped away kit, and introduced, for the first time, a third kit, identical to the away kit but rendered in a darker shade of blue.

Squad

 * Squad at end of season

First Division

 * Home teams listed first


 * 23 August : Aston Villa 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 25 August : Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Newcastle United
 * 30 August : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester City
 * 2 September : Southampton 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 6 September : Arsenal 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 13 September : Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Chelsea
 * 20 September : Leicester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 27 September : Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Everton
 * 4 October : Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Luton Town
 * 11 October : Liverpool 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 18 October : Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday
 * 25 October : Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 1 November : Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Wimbledon
 * 8 November : Norwich City 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 15 November : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Coventry City
 * 22 November : Oxford United 2-4 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 29 November : Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Nottingham Forest
 * 7 December : Manchester United 3-3 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 13 December : Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Watford
 * 20 December : Chelsea 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 26 December : Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 West Ham United
 * 27 December : Coventry City 4-3 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 1 January : Charlton Athletic 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 4 January : Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Arsenal
 * 24 January : Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Aston Villa
 * 14 February : Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Southampton
 * 25 February : Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Leicester City
 * 7 March : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Queens Park Rangers
 * 22 March : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Liverpool
 * 25 March : Newcastle United 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 28 March : Luton Town 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 4 April : Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Norwich City
 * 7 April : Sheffield Wednesday 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 15 April : Manchester City 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 18 April : Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Charlton Athletic
 * 20 April : West Ham United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 22 April : Wimbledon 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 25 April : Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Oxford United
 * 2 May : Nottingham Forest 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 4 May : Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Manchester United
 * 9 May : Watford 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 11 May : Everton 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur

FA Cup

 * Home teams listed first


 * 10 January : Tottenham Hotspur 3–2 Scunthorpe United
 * 31 January : Tottenham Hotspur 4–0 Crystal Palace
 * 21 February : Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Newcastle United
 * 15 March : Wimbledon 0–2 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 11 April : Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Watford (@ Villa Park)
 * 16 May : Coventry City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur

League Cup

 * Home teams listed first


 * 23 September: Barnsley 2–3 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 8 October: Tottenham Hotspur 5–3 Barnsley
 * 29 October: Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 Birmingham City
 * 18 November: Cambridge United 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 27 January: West Ham United 1–1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 2 February: Tottenham Hotspur 5–0 West Ham United
 * 8 February: Arsenal 0–1 Tottenham Hotspur
 * 1 March: Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Arsenal (a.e.t).
 * 4 March: Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Arsenal

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;" | Premier League ! 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
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Clive Allen
 * 38+1 || 33 || 6 || 4 || 8+1 || 12 || 52+2 || 49
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Allen
 * 34+3 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 8+1 || 0 || 48+4 || 4
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇦🇷 Ossie Ardiles
 * 15+9 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 26+9 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Mark Bowen
 * 1+1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1+1 || 1
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇳🇬 John Chiedozie
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🇧🇪 Nico Claesen
 * 18+8 || 8 || 1+5 || 2 || 5 || 1 || 24+13 || 11
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ray Clemence
 * 40 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 55 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Close
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 3+1 || 2
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Falco
 * 6+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 6+2 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🇮🇪 Tony Galvin
 * 20+4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2+3 || 1 || 23+7 || 2
 * DF
 * align="left" | Richard Gough
 * 40 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 9 || 0 || 55 || 2
 * FW
 * align="left" | Phil Gray
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Glenn Hoddle
 * 35+1 || 3 || 6 || 1 || 8 || 4 || 49+1 || 8
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Steve Hodge
 * 19 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 6
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Howells
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🇮🇪 Chris Hughton
 * 9 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 11 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Mabbutt
 * 37 || 1 || 6 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 51 || 4
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Miller
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2+1 || 0 || 4+1 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Moncur
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * FW
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Moran
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🇮🇪 Tim O'Shea
 * 11 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1+1 || 0
 * GK
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tony Parks
 * 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Polston
 * 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 6+1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Roberts
 * 17 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 21 || 3
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neil Ruddock
 * 4 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vinny Samways
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1+1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Stevens
 * 20 || 0 || 1+4 || 0 || 2+1 || 0 || 23+5 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Stimson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Thomas
 * 17 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 28 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Thomas
 * 35+4 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 8+1 || 0 || 49+5 || 4
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Waddle
 * 39 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 11
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Graham Roberts
 * 17 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 21 || 3
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Neil Ruddock
 * 4 || 0 || 0+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4+1 || 0
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vinny Samways
 * 1+1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1+1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Gary Stevens
 * 20 || 0 || 1+4 || 0 || 2+1 || 0 || 23+5 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Stimson
 * 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Thomas
 * 17 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 28 || 0
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Thomas
 * 35+4 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 8+1 || 0 || 49+5 || 4
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Waddle
 * 39 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 11
 * DF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mitchell Thomas
 * 35+4 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 8+1 || 0 || 49+5 || 4
 * MF
 * align="left" | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Waddle
 * 39 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 11
 * 39 || 6 || 6 || 2 || 9 || 3 || 54 || 11