1992–93 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

1992–93 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar
Manager	Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence
Stadium	White Hart Lane
Premier League	8th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Sheringham (21) All: Sheringham (28)
Average home league attendance	27,740
← 1991-92 1993-94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The 1992-93 season saw Peter Shreeves sacked as head coach and replaced by joint head coaches Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence. Spurs became founders of the new Premier League, created by the Football Association as replacement for the Football League First Division as the highest division of English football. To coincide with the massive changes in English Football, Tottenham made a number of major signings. They paid a club record £2.1million for Nottingham Forest striker Teddy Sheringham, £750,000 for Southampton defender Neil Ruddock and £1.75million for Portsmouth's highly rated 19-year-old winger Darren Anderton. In the first ever Premier League season, Spurs finished eighth, with Teddy Sheringham being the division's top scorer with 22 goals, 21 for Tottenham Hotspur and 1 for Nottingham Forest, and also reached the FA Cup semi-final, losing 1-0 to Arsenal.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
11	Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Southampton	A	0–0	19,654
19 August 1992	Coventry City	H	0–2	24,388
22 August 1992	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	25,237	Durie, Sedgley
25 August 1992	Leeds United	A	0–5	28,218
30 August 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	20,100	Cundy
2 September 1992	Sheffield United	H	2–0	21,332	Sheringham, Durie
5 September 1992	Everton	H	2–1	26,503	Allen, Turner
14 September 1992	Coventry City	A	0–1	15,348
19 September 1992	Manchester United	H	1–1	33,296	Durie
27 September 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–2	24,895
3 October 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–4	19,845	Sheringham
17 October 1992	Middlesbrough	H	2–2	24,735	Sheringham (pen), Barmby
25 October 1992	Wimbledon	A	1–1	8,628	Barmby
31 October 1992	Liverpool	H	2–0	32,917	Nayim, Ruddock
7 November 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–0	17,305	Howells, Sheringham (pen)
21 November 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–0	32,852
28 November 1992	Manchester City	A	1–0	25,496	Phelan (own goal)
5 December 1992	Chelsea	H	1–2	31,540	Campbell
12 December 1992	Arsenal	H	1–0	33,707	Allen
19 December 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	11,735	Sheringham
26 December 1992	Norwich City	A	0–0	19,413
28 December 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	32,118	Barmby, Mabbutt
9 January 1993	Manchester United	A	1–4	35,648	Barmby
16 January 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	25,702
27 January 1993	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	23,738
30 January 1993	Crystal Palace	A	3–1	20,937	Sheringham (2), Gray
7 February 1993	Southampton	H	4–2	20,098	Sheringham (2), Barmby, Anderton
10 February 1993	Everton	A	2–1	16,164	Mabbutt, Allen
20 February 1993	Leeds United	H	4–0	32,040	Sheringham (3, 1 pen), Ruddock
27 February 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–2	32,341	Sheringham (2), Anderton
2 March 1993	Sheffield United	A	0–6	16,654
10 March 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–0	37,727
20 March 1993	Chelsea	A	1–1	25,157	Sheringham (pen)
24 March 1993	Manchester City	H	3–1	27,247	Anderton, Nayim, Turner
9 April 1993	Norwich City	H	5–1	31,425	Ruddock, Sheringham (2), Barmby, Nayim
12 April 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	25,682	Sedgley
17 April 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	4–1	26,663	Sheringham (2 pens), Anderton, Turner
20 April 1993	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	14,472
1 May 1993	Wimbledon	H	1–1	24,473	Anderton
5 May 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	23,097	Anderton
8 May 1993	Liverpool	A	2–6	43,385	Sheringham, Sedgley
11 May 1993	Arsenal	A	3–1	26,393	Sheringham, Hendry (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Marlow	H	5–1	26,636	Sheringham, Barmby (2), Samways (2)
R4	24 January 1993	Norwich City	A	2–0	15,003	Sheringham (2)
R5	14 February 1993	Wimbledon	H	3–2	26,594	Anderton, Barmby, Sheringham
QF	7 March 1993	Manchester City	A	4–2	23,050	Nayim (3), Sedgley
SF	4 April 1993	Arsenal	N	0–1	76,263

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1992	Brentford	H	3–1	19,365	Durie, Sheringham, Watson
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Brentford	A	4–2 (won 7-3 on agg)	11,445	Anderton, Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Turner
R3	28 October 1992	Manchester City	A	1–0	18,399	Samways
R4	2 December 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	22,312

First-team squad

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

No. Position Player GK Chris Day GK Kevin Dearden GK Erik Thorstvedt GK Ian Walker DF Dean Austin DF Guðni Bergsson DF Sol Campbell DF Jason Cundy DF Justin Edinburgh DF Terry Fenwick DF Ian Hendon DF Lee Hodges DF Gary Mabbutt (captain) DF David McDonald DF Stuart Nethercott DF Neil Ruddock DF Dave Tuttle DF Pat Van Den Hauwe DF Neil Young MF Paul Allen

No. Position Player MF Darren Anderton MF Nick Barmby MF Darren Caskey MF Andy Gray MF Danny Hill MF Scott Houghton MF David Howells MF Gerry McMahon MF Jeff Minton MF Nayim MF Steve Robinson MF Vinny Samways MF Steve Sedgley MF Andy Turner MF Kevin Watson FW Peter Beadle FW Gordon Durie FW John Hendry FW Paul Moran FW Teddy Sheringham

Transfers

In

• Peter Beadle - Gillingham, £300,000
• Gerry McMahon - Glenavon, £100,000
• Anderton - Portsmouth, 1.7m
• Cundy - Chelsea, 850,000
• Ruddock - Southampton, 750,000
• Gray - C Palace, 700,000
• Austin - Southend, 375,000

Out

• Gascoigne - Lazio, 5.5m
• Stewart - Liverpool, 2.3m
• Lineker - Grampus 8, 1m
• Walsh - Portsmouth, 400,000

Loan out

• Kevin Dearden - Portsmouth, 6 August