| Club: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Season: | 1988–89 |
| Manager: | Terry Venables |
| Chairman: | Irving Scholar |
| Stadium: | White Hart Lane |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Third round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth round |
| Highest Attendance: | 32,621 (9 September vs. Arsenal, First Division) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 14,953 (11 October vs. Notts County, League Cup) |
| Average Attendance: | 24,467 |
| Largest Win: | 5–0 (29 April 1989 vs Millwall, First Division) |
| Pattern B1: | _bluestriped_sides |
| Pattern So1: | _2 white stripes |
| Shorts1: | 003366 |
| Pattern B2: | _ |
| Leftarm2: | ffd700 |
| Body2: | ffd700 |
| Rightarm2: | ffd700 |
| Shorts2: | ffd700 |
| Socks2: | ffd700 |
| Prevseason: | 1987–88 |
| Nextseason: | 1989–90 |
The 1988–89 season was the 83rd season of competitive football played by Tottenham Hotspur. Entering the 1988–89 season, Terry Venables stayed on as manager for his second season in charge of Tottenham with the team ending in sixth position, nineteen points behind eventual champions Arsenal. In the FA Cup, they got knocked out by second division team, Bradford City and they got knocked out in the fourth round of the Football League Cup by Southampton.
See main article: Wembley International Tournament.
See also: 1988–89 FA Cup.
As part of the first division, Tottenham automatically qualified through to the third round of the FA Cup where they was drawn to meet Division Two side Bradford City.
See also: 1988–89 Football League Cup.
As part of the first division, Tottenham started the League Cup in the second round where they were drawn to meet third division side, Notts County.
| Pos. | Name | First Division | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| GK | Bobby Mimms | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| GK |  Erik Thorstvedt | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| DF |  Guðni Bergsson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| DF | Guy Butters | 27+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 29+2 | 1 | |
| DF | Chris Fairclough | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| DF | Terry Fenwick | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 9 | |
| DF |  Chris Hughton | 20+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | |
| DF | Gary Mabbutt | 38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| DF | John Polston | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | |
| DF | Brian Statham | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| DF | Gary Stevens | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| DF | Mark Stimson | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| DF | Mitchell Thomas | 22+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 28+3 | 2 | |
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| MF | Paul Allen | 35+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41+2 | 1 | |
| MF | Paul Gascoigne | 31+1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 36+1 | 7 | |
| MF | David Howells | 12+15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12+16 | 3 | |
| MF | John Moncur | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| MF |  Nayim | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+3 | 2 | |
| MF | Mark Robson | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | |
| MF | Vinny Samways | 12+7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 1 | 15+9 | 4 | |
| MF | Paul Stewart | 29+1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34+1 | 13 | |
| MF | Chris Waddle | 38 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 14 | |
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| FW | Phil Gray | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| FW | Paul Moran | 4+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | |
| FW | Paul Walsh | 28+5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32+5 | 6 | |
| width=10 | width=10 | width=180 | Player | width=50 | First Division | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | League Cup | width=50 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | Chris Waddle | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||
| 2 | MF | Paul Stewart | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
| 3 | DF | Terry Fenwick | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 4 | MF | Paul Gascoigne | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 5 | FW | Paul Walsh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 6 | MF | Vinny Samways | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 7 | MF | David Howells | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | MF | Nayim | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| DF | Mitchell Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 9 | MF | Paul Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| MF | Guy Butters | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | Chris Fairclough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| DF | Gary Mabbutt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 59 | 1 | 5 | 74 | |||||||||
| width=10 | width=200 | Player | width=50 | First Division | width=50 | FA Cup | width=50 | League Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 26 | ||||||
| 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 30 | 1 | 5 | 36 | ||||||