Tottenham - Greater London

About Tottenham - Greater London

Tottenham, London

Year by year from 1980

1980
Old West Stand demolished to make way for new modern structure.

1981
FA Cup winners for the sixth time. Steve Perryman sets a new Club record of League appearances by passing Pat Jennings' previous record total of 472.

1982
New West Stand opened. FA Cup winners for the seventh time in the Club's Centenary year.

1983
By finishing fourth in the League, qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time since season 1973/74. First football club to float shares on the London Stock Exchange.

1984
Winners of the UEFA Cup for the second time.

1985
Playing strip changed to white shirts and white shorts.

1986
Steve Perryman transferred to Oxford United after making a record 655 League appearances for Spurs.

1987
Spurs reach eighth FA Cup Final. Clive Allen sets a new Club record with 49 goals in a single season. Kit returns to white shirts and navy shorts.

1988
First million plus signing Paul Stewart from Manchester City for £1.5 million.

1989
East Stand refurbished.

1991
FA Cup winners for eighth time and back in European competition. Alan Sugar becomes Chairman and steers club away from impending bankruptcy.

1992
Founder members of the new FA Premier League. Paul Gascoigne joins Lazio for £5.5 million - a record.

1994
'The Shelf' becomes an all-seater enclosure.

1995
New South Stand completed. Record signing of Chris Armstrong from Crystal Palace for £4.5 million.

1996
New Rights Issue raises £10.9 million to redevelop North Stand, complete hospitality areas in South Stand and reconstruct pitch.

1997
Record signing, £6million for Les Ferdinand from Newcastle United.

1998
New North Stand completed. Increased capacity to 36,257.

1999
Winners of the League Cup for the third time.

2000
New record signing, £11million for Sergei Rebrov from Dynamo Kiev.

2001
Glenn Hoddle took over as manager from George Graham. ENIC completed takeover, Daniel Levy became chairman. Teddy Sheringham rejoined the club from Manchester United and joined new arrivals Christian Ziege and Gus Poyet.

2002
We reached the final of the Worthington Cup in Glenn Hoddle's first season as manager but lost out 2-1 to Blackburn Rovers at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Jamie Redknapp signed in April before the £7m capture of Irish star striker Robbie Keane from Leeds United in August.

2003
We finished 10th in the Premiership in 2002-03, successfully toured South Africa, signed Helder Postiga and Bobby Zamora, Jamie Redknapp was named captain. We parted company with Glenn Hoddle in September. David Pleat took over in a caretaker capacity.

2004
We finished 14th in the Premiership in 2003-04. David Pleat departed in July 2004 as we formed a new, continental-style management structure. Frank Arnesen arrived from PSV as Sporting Director, Jacques Santini as Head Coach, Martin Jol as First Assistant and Dominique Cuperly as fitness coach. Santini left in November and Jol took over as Head Coach. In October, England started with three Spurs players (Defoe, Ledley King, Paul Robinson) for the first time since 1987.

2005
We were in the running for European qualification in 2004-05 via the Premier League until defeat at Middlesbrough in the penultimate game of the season. We ended up ninth.

2006
A memorable year! With the likes of Aaron Lennon and Michael Dawson coming to the fore, we held on to fourth place for most of the 2005-06 season until defeat at West Ham on the final day. However, our aim to return to Europe was achieved and we returned to UEFA Cup action at the start of the 2006-07 season. Four of our players went to the World Cup with England with Jermain Defoe and Dawson on stand-by and just missing out. Going into the 2006-07 season, we signed Bulgarian hitman Dimitar Berbatov, Ivory Coast midfielder Didier Zokora, left-back Benoit Assou-Ekotto from Lens, Pascal Chimbonda from Wigan and Steed Malbranque from Fulham. Michael Carrick moved to Manchester United.

2007
We matched our exploits of 2005-06 with a fifth-placed league finish in 2006-07 and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. Going into the 2007-08 season, new arrivals included Gareth Bale and Darren Bent but following a poor start, Martin Jol was asked to stand down alongside coach Chris Hughton. Highly-rated Juande Ramos was appointed Head Coach with coaching assistants Marcos Alvarez and former Spur Gus Poyet.

The year marked our 125 anniversary.

2008
A magnificent start to the year saw us first beat Arsenal 5-1 and then topple Chelsea 2-1 to lift the League Cup at Wembley Stadium. We finished the league campaign in 11th place