Ground improvements increased Vale Park's capacity, though a watered down pitch persuaded "Spurs" boss Terry Venables to leave star man Osvaldo Ardiles on the bench.
Osvaldo Golijov | Osvaldo Bayer | Osvaldo Ríos | Osvaldo Ardiles | Osvaldo Pugliese | Osvaldo Soriano | Osvaldo Fresedo | Osvaldo Civile | Osvaldo Valenti | Osvaldo Peralta | Osvaldo Nunez | Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb | Osvaldo de León | Osvaldo Cruz | Osvaldo Cavandoli | Osvaldo Cacciatore | Osvaldo Aranha | Cristian Osvaldo Álvarez |
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.
Famous players who have played at Instituto include Osvaldo Ardiles, Mario Alberto Kempes, José Luis Saldaño, Alberto Beltran, Raul Chaparro La Cruz, Salvador Mastrosimone, Mauricio Caranta, Oscar Dertycia, Alejandro Faurlín, Paulo Dybala, Daniel Ángel Jiménez, and Marcelo Bielsa.
Patrick attended The Broxbourne School in Hertfordshire, along with the sons of his father's fellow Tottenham Hotspur players Chris Hughton, Osvaldo Ardiles and his father's goalkeeping contemporary Ray Clemence.