Manager Jimmy Ryan was dismissed shortly afterwards to make way for the returning David Pleat, who had previously been in charge from 1978 to 1986.
As commentator David Pleat described: "They will literally park the bus (in front of goal)".
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In his time at Spurs, he served under ten different managers: Ray Clemence, Doug Livermore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Gerry Francis, Christian Gross, George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat, Jacques Santini and Martin Jol.
Petter Rudi was signed by David Pleat in October 1997 from Molde FK and he made his debut against Spurs; his style of play made him popular with the Wednesday fans and he became a regular starter under Ron Atkinson later that season after Pleat was sacked, he failed to score in his first season however he did score the 5-3 penalty shoot-out victory against Watford in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.