title of this article says it all, tomorrow is the 23rd of October we have a important game away to Blackburn, but the 23rd of October will always be remembered for a much more important reason.
The 23rd of October 2004 Bill Nicholson our greatest ever manager passed away and was taken to the heavens.
I am too young to have watched his teams live in person when he was in charge of the club, I have seen clips,videos and the influence of this great man on our club will never be forgotten. I as a Tottenham supporter till the day I die will always be grateful for what he did for our club, the double team, first British team to win a European trophy, also the League and Uefa cups his passion for our team and what he expected from our players that they play the game the right way, What man he was, the most influential person ever at Spurs, I end this with a quote from the great man R.I.P Bill Nicholson
‘It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low. And we of Spurs have set our sights very high, so high in fact that even failure will have in it an echo of glory.
R.I.P Bill Nicholson
posted on 22/10/11
great article , complete legend and should of been knighted yrs ago
posted on 22/10/11
Shame the way football is gone these days. No manager these days can truly take full credit for bringing a team together its all down to money. Ferguson is the last of a dying breed but even hes had riches available to him.
posted on 22/10/11
Lets hope the boys put on a show for him tomorrow.
posted on 22/10/11
I'm reading the Glory Game about the 71/72 season at the minute and throughout that book it is clear that Bill's life revolved around the club. He lived only a few doors away and spent pretty much every waking hour in it's service.
A poignant note is that at his daughter's wedding he was seen to be shedding a tear (most unlike him) and he explained to his wife (who was almost as much a slave to the club as he was) that he had just realised he'd completely missed his daughter growing up.
Whats largely forgotten is that he was a fine player who (like many of his generation had their careers curtailed by war) but underused by his country, He was a great manager (as even Cloughie acknowledged), a fine servant (who was even so neglected after he gave up the job he loved) and his name is indelibly written into our club's history.
RIP Bill
posted on 22/10/11
Look at the careers of Bill Nick, Shankly, and Clough and remember that those kind of managers wouldn't be allowed to exist in today's game. Is that progress? I don't think so.
posted on 23/10/11
It's a great shame he never got to see us in the Champions League
posted on 23/10/11
his team should of won the european cup.. robbed in the semi final.. RIP