Birth of Bill Nicholson26 January 1919
Birth of Bill Nicholson, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the eighth of nine children
Historical person
Bill Nicholson Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Bill Nicholson, based on 12 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.
12 records1919–200412 events3 places
Chronological biography
1919
1951
League Championship1951
Part of the legendary "push and run" Tottenham team which won the league championship in the 1950-51 season
Debut19 May 1951
Nicholson's only international appearance, because of injuries, the dominance of Billy Wright, and on many occasions he put his club before his country. Makes his full international debut for England against Portugal at Goodison Park, Liverpool, and makes an immediate.
1961
League and FA Cup Double1961
Guides Tottenham to the League and FA Cup Double, the first English twentieth-century side to achieve it.
Tottenham FA Cup Victory1961
Manages Tottenham to a 2-0 FA Cup final victory over Leicester City.
Transfer1961
Bill Nicholson signs Jimmy Greaves for Tottenham Hotspur for œ99,999, the fee is intended to relieve Greaves of the pressure of being the first œ100,000 player
1962
Tottenham Retain FA Cup1962
Manages Tottenham to a 3-1 final victory over Burnley as the club retains the FA Cup.
1963
European Cup Winners Cup15 May 1963
Puts Spurs in the history books when they became the first British club to win a major European trophy, Spurs defeat favourites Atl‚tico Madrid 5-1 to win the European Cup Winners Cup
1967
FA Cup1967
Nicholsons Spurs win their third FA Cup in seven years by beating Chelsea in the first-ever all-London final.
1971
League Cup1971
Spurs win the League Cup
1974
Resignation of Bill Nicholson1974
Resigns as Manager of Spurs
2004
Death of Bill Nicholson23 October 2004
Death of Bill Nicholson
Titles and roles
Manager of Tottenham
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.