CONGESTION? TELL THEM ABOUT 1981-2 AND THEY WON'T BELIEVE YOU.

On 27th May 1982, Spurs played the replay of their FA Cup Final against QPR, winning 1-0 at Wembley, having been at Wembley five days earlier, playing out a 1-1 draw with the Rangers. (see earlier blog!)
This was the end of a long and busy season, in which Spurs also came 4th in the First Division (top one), they were Runners-up in the League Cup and
got to the Semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup (ECWC).

They played 66 matches in all, 4 at Wembley, with 19 games played in the last 2 months of the season, April and May.

They played 42 games in the First Division;
at home P21 W12 D4 L5 F41 A26 and
away     P21 W8 D7 L6 F26 A22 Total 71 pts.
It all began in August: and not including League games, here are the important fixtures:

August 22nd The Charity Shield (Cup winners v League winners) at Wembley v Aston Villa 2-2
Then
Sept 16 and 29th European Cup Winners Cup v Ajax (2 legs) 6-1 aggregate
Oct 7 and Oct 28 Two legs Football League Cup Rd 2 v Man Utd 2-0
Oct 21 and 4 Nov ECWC v Dundalk 2-1 (h and a)
Nov 11 League Cup Rd 3 v Wrexham h 2-0
Dec 2 League Cup Rd 4 v Fulham h 1-0
Jan 2  FA Cup 3 v Arsenal h 1-0
Jan 18 League Cup Rd 5 v Nottingham  h 1-0
Jan 23 FACup  Rd 4 v Leeds Utd h 1-0
Feb 3 LC Semi-final First leg v WBA a 0-0
Feb 10 LC Semi-final Second leg v WBA h 1-0
Feb 13 FACup Rd 5 v Aston Villa h 1-0
March 3 ECWC v Eintracht Frankfurt h 1st leg 2-0

March 6 FACup Rd 6 v Chelsea a 3-2
March 13 League Cup Final v Liverpool at Wembley 1-3
March 17* ECWC v Eintracht Frankfurt a 1-2 (3-2 win agg)
April 3 FACup Semi-final v Leicester City 2-0 at Villa Park
April 7 ECWC Semi-final v Barcelona h 1-1
April 21 ECWC S-f v Barcelona a 0-1 (1-2 loss)
**
May 22 FA Cup Final v QPR 1-1 at Wembley
May 27 FA Cup Final Replay v QPR 1-0 win. at Wembley

**There were also 10 League games completed between 24th April and 17th May.