| Club: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Season: | 1981–82 |
| Manager: | Keith Burkinshaw |
| Chairman: | Arthur Richardson |
| Stadium: | White Hart Lane |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Winners |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Runners-up |
| Cup3: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup4: | Charity Shield |
| Cup4 Result: | Title shared |
| League Topscorer: | Garth Crooks (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Garth Crooks (18) |
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| Pattern B1: | _navycollar |
| Pattern Ra1: | _navyborder |
| Pattern So1: | _navyline |
| Shorts1: | 003366 |
| Pattern B2: | _navyshoulders |
| Leftarm2: | ffd700 |
| Body2: | ffd700 |
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| Prevseason: | 1980–81 |
| Nextseason: | 1982–83 |
During the 1981–82 English football season, Tottenham Hotspur competed in the Football League First Division.
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).
Squad at end of season[1]
See main article: 1981 FA Charity Shield.
See main article: 1981–82 FA Cup.
See main article: 1981–82 Football League Cup.
See main article: 1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup.
| Pos. | Name | Division One | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Charity Shield | Cup Winners Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| GK | Milija Aleksic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Archibald | 26+1 | 7 | 4+1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43+2 | 10 |
| MF |  Ossie Ardiles | 26 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 5 |
| MF | Garry Brooke | 12+4 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 12+7 | 4 |
| GK | Ray Clemence | 38 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| DF | Pat Corbett | 3+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| MF | Ian Crook | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| FW | Garth Crooks | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 46 | 18 |
| MF | Ally Dick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Falco | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3+2 | 3 | 32+2 | 11 |
| MF |  Tony Galvin | 32 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 56 | 4 |
| FW | Terry Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Micky Hazard | 26+2 | 5 | 4+1 | 1 | 5+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 41+4 | 10 |
| MF | Glenn Hoddle | 34 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 58 | 15 |
| DF | Chris Hughton | 37 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| FW | Chris Jones | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| DF | John Lacy | 7+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 |
| DF | Giorgio Mazzon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Miller | 35 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 57+1 | 1 |
| DF | Gary O'Reilly | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| GK | Tony Parks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Steve Perryman | 42 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| DF | Paul Price | 18+3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30+3 | 0 |
| DF | Graham Roberts | 35+2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6+1 | 1 | 53+3 | 7 |
| DF | Gordon Smith | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| MF | Ricardo Villa | 26+1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | 36+3 | 9 |