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). Players First-team squad Squad at end of season Transfers In Ray Clemence - Liverpool, £300,000, August 1981 Paul Price - Luton Town, £250,000, June 1981 Out Don McAllister - Charlton Athletic, August 1981 Results Charity Shield First Division League table 6 February: Tottenham Hotspur 6–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 February: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Manchester City FA Cup League Cup Cup Winners' Cup 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;" | 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