Ebook: Bill Nicholson: Football's Perfectionist

Bill Nicholson was revered as one of the most honest football managers in the business. Between 1960 and 1964 he turned Tottenham Hotspur into the finest team in Britain. This book, the first biography of Nicholson, commemorates the 50th anniversary of Tottenham's pioneering 1961 Double, which Nicholson followed up in 1963 by becoming the first manager to win a European trophy. By molding great players like Dave Mackay, Danny Blanchflower, John White, Cliff Jones, and Jimmy Greaves into an almost perfectly balanced team, he set new standards of attacking play. Nicholson was born in Scarborough.;Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 The Right Image; 2 A Real Nice Gentleman; 3 Night Train to London; 4 'The Best Thing I Ever Did'; 5 Arthur Rowe's Electric Shocks; 6 An Early Goal; 7 Pipping Ramsey to the Post; 8 Assembling His Greatest Team; 9 The Double; 10 Knocked Out By Alf Ramsey's Haymakers; 11 'The Greatest Game I've Ever Played In!'; 12 Struck Down!; 13 Tommy Docherty Slips Up; 14 Martin Chivers Plays Up; 15 Exposed By Hunter Davies; 16 Disillusionment Sets In; 17 'Get Your Hair Cut!'; 18 On His Bike; 19 Back On Home Soil Again; 20 The Final Farewell.