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

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date until Ref. October 1986 GK Tony Parks Oxford United November 1986

Transfers in Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref. July 1986 DF Mitchell Thomas Luton Town £275,000 August 1986 DF Richard Gough Dundee United £700,000 October 1986 FW Nico Claesen Standard de Liège £600,000 December 1986 MF Steve Hodge Aston Villa £650,000

Transfers out Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref. June 1986 MF Ian Crook Norwich City £80,000 July 1986MFAlly Dick AjaxFreeOctober 1986FWMark Falco Watford£300,000 December 1986 DF Graham Roberts Rangers £450,000 February 1987DFPaul Miller Charlton AthleticUndisclosed

Results

First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance 23 August 1986 Aston VillaA3–0C. Allen (3)24,712 25 August 1986 Newcastle UnitedH1–1C. Allen25,381 30 August 1986 Manchester CityH1–0Roberts23,764 2 September 1986 SouthamptonA0–217,911 6 September 1986 ArsenalA0–044,707 13 September 1986 ChelseaH1–3C. Allen (pen.)28,202 20 September 1986 Leicester CityA2–1C. Allen (2)13,141 27 September 1986 EvertonH2–0C. Allen (2)28,007 4 October 1986 Luton TownH0–022,738 11 October 1986 LiverpoolA1–0C. Allen43,139 18 October 1986 Sheffield WednesdayH1–1C. Allen26,876 25 October 1986 Queens Park RangersA0–221,579 1 November 1986 WimbledonH1–2M. Thomas21,820 8 November 1986 Norwich CityA1–2Claesen22,139 15 November 1986 Coventry CityH1–0C. Allen20,255 22 November 1986 Oxford UnitedA4–2C. Allen (2), Waddle (2)12,143 29 November 1986 Nottingham ForestH2–3C. Allen (2)30,042 7 December 1986 Manchester UnitedA3–3Mabbutt, Moran (o.g.), C. Allen35,957 13 December 1986 WatfordH2–1Hoddle, Gough23,137 20 December 1986 ChelseaA2–0C. Allen (2)21,576 26 December 1986 West Ham UnitedH4–0C. Allen (2), Hodge, Waddle39,019 27 December 1986 Coventry CityA3–4C. Allen (2), Claesen22,182 1 January 1987 Charlton AthleticA2–0Claesen, Galvin19,744 4 January 1987 ArsenalH1–2M. Thomas37,723 24 January 1987 Aston VillaH3–0Hodge (2), Claesen19,121 14 February 1987 SouthamptonH2–0Gough, Hodge22,066 25 February 1987 Leicester CityH5–0Claesen (2), C. Allen (2; 1 pen.), P. Allen16,038 7 March 1987 Queens Park RangersH1–0C. Allen (pen.)21,071 22 March 1987 LiverpoolH1–0Waddle32,763 25 March 1987 Newcastle UnitedA1–1Hoddle30,782 28 March 1987 Luton TownA1–3Waddle13,447 4 April 1987 Norwich CityH3–0C. Allen (3)22,400 7 April 1987 Sheffield WednesdayA1–0C. Allen19,488 15 April 1987 Manchester CityA1–1Claesen21,460 18 April 1987 Charlton AthleticH1–0C. Allen26,926 20 April 1987 West Ham UnitedA1–2C. Allen23,972 22 April 1987 WimbledonA2–2Claesen (pen.), Bowen7,887 25 April 1987 Oxford UnitedH3–1Waddle, P. Allen, Hoddle20,064 2 May 1987 Nottingham ForestA0–219,837 4 May 1987 Manchester UnitedH4–0M. Thomas (2), C. Allen (pen.), P. Allen36,692 9 May 1987 WatfordA0–120,024 11 May 1987 EvertonA0–128,287

League table

Littlewoods Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersAttendance2(1L)23 September 1986 BarnsleyA3–2Waddle, Roberts, C. Allen9,9792(2L)8 October 1986BarnsleyH5–3Close, Hoddle (2), Galvin, C. Allen12,299329 October 1986Birmingham CityH5–0Waddle, C. Allen (2), Roberts, Hoddle15,542426 November 1986 Cambridge UnitedA3–1C. Allen, Close, Waddle10,033527 January 1987 West Ham UnitedA1–1C. Allen28,6485(R)2 February 1987West Ham UnitedH5–0Claesen, Hoddle, C. Allen (3; 1 pen.)41,995SF(1L)8 February 1987 ArsenalA1–0C. Allen41,306SF(2L)1 March 1987 ArsenalH1–2 (AET - 1–2 at 90 mins.)C. Allen37,099SF(R)4 March 1987 ArsenalH1–2C. Allen41,005

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersAttendance310 January 1987 Scunthorpe UnitedH3–2Mabbutt, Claesen, Waddle19,339431 January 1987 Crystal PalaceH4–0Mabbutt, O'Reilly (o.g.), C. Allen (pen.), Claesen29,603521 February 1987 Newcastle UnitedH1–0C. Allen (pen.)38,033615 March 1987 WimbledonA2–0Waddle, Hoddle15,636SF11 April 1987 WatfordN4–1Hodge (2), C. Allen, P. Allen46,161SF16 May 1987 Coventry CityN2–3 (AET - 2–2 at 90 mins.)C. Allen, Mabbutt98,000

Statistics 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

Goal scorers

Player Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup Total1 FW Clive Allen 33 4 12 492 MF Nico Claesen 8 2 1 11 MF Chris Waddle 6 2 3 114 MF Glenn Hoddle 3 1 4 85 MF Steve Hodge 4 2 0 66 MF Paul Allen 3 1 0 4 DF Gary Mabbutt 1 3 0 4 DF Mitchell Thomas 4 0 0 49 DF Graham Roberts 1 0 2 310 FW Shaun Close 0 0 2 2 MF Tony Galvin 1 0 1 2 DF Richard Gough 2 0 0 213 DF Mark Bowen 1 0 0 1TOTALS671525107

Clean sheets

PlayerPremier LeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal1 18 3 3 242 1 0 0 1TOTALS193325

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