BBC tribute to Bill Nicholson

Tribute to Bill Nicholson which aired on Football Focus on Saturday 23 October 2004.

[@davidgillett249]

TWO people who should have been knighted Bill Nic and Bobby Moore legends.

[@michaelhampton9493]

I'm not a Spurs fan , but i still think that Bill was one of the greatest managers of all time. He was just as good as Shankly , Revie , Busby etc. The teams he managed were good to watch and played excellent football. He should have been knighted.

[@rhodsullivan7773]

He is and always will be Spurs greatest ever manager. If we are not in Europe we are nothing. This my club my one and only club. Legend.

[@Ukeylad]

One of the truly great football managers. As a kid I used to deliver his morning newspapers. Sometimes he'd be driving away from his house on his way to a morning's training and would stop for me to give him his papers in his car. The day after a match he'd have one of every newspaper... they weighed a ton and it was always a relief to unload half my delivery bag at his house. Other kids at school were well jealous tho!

[@MikeCOYS]

He showed more passion and desire for Spurs than our whole Spurs team for the entire season. Can't create, can't score, can't defend now. Bill would have destroyed our current crop of players if he seen the way we've been performing so far.

[@dode5064]

The greatest.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 He made Spurs

[@johnmercury2272]

I'm West Ham but Bill Nicholson was a class act and a good manager, RIP

[@alex2k380]

venom gaming no need for that really

[@simonbowles6910]

John Mercury fair play ammer respect

[@renbranagan7678]

true legend. was never knighted but should have been, one of the greatest managers of all time, he would have been proud of our current team, RIP

[@josephazzopardi322]

Spurs played a couple of friendly matches in Malta after the 1970 season and before the matches he came out of the dressing rooms distributing autographed pictures of the team! A great man and yet such a humble one. May he rest in peace.

[@MegaCOYS]

I got gooesbumps right at the end of the video, what a terrific man with some terrific memories COYS

[@darrenskelly3160]

I met bill Nicholson at the 99 league cup Final , he was sitting behind me I couldn’t believe I was in the presence of greatness , and when Alan Neilson scores in the last minute I turned round and he had his stick in the air in celebration , if only I had the bottle to ask for his autograph but I shook his hand ! What a day ! Spurs the club that bill built ! Coys

[@victorformosa2825]

You shook the hand of not only a great man but also a true legend, it don't get better than that.

[@Razamabaz]

A great,great man. A legend, up there with all the other legends.

[@simonbowles6910]

Billy nick the greatest ❤️

[@AB-kx4nc]

"Sir" Bill

[@14willjones14]

happy birthday Bill RIP

[@KrisTHFC26]

RIP Billy Nic, you are truly a Spurs legend. I wonder how he would feel with the squad we have at the moment!

[@CamcorderSteve]

six years after you typed that Cor Blimey, I think he would be delighted!!

[@colinturner4158]

Cor Blimey pulling his hair out

[@Peterkonto]

First team to do the double in the 20th century and the first english team to win two european tropies...We were even the first british hooligans....COYS...Always make history and others follow...

[@paulbloom8847]

He was and still is Spurs

[@MaccaTheYido]

RIP Sir Bill. Great man x

[@littlebigbrain]

It is not a question of like, though I pressed the button, it is about love for a man that was, no is, the soul of Tottenham Hotspur.

[@Olliefox26]

I was born after his time but born into a Lilywhite existence. This man speaks to my soul. COYS, Tottenham till I die!

[@davidsmith2356]

Bill Nicholson and John Lyall were the unsung heroes (Coaches) behind Terry Venables and Englands success in the Euro 96 finals.

[@colinturner4158]

A special man a special club he’s the reason I’m a spurs supporter

[@ramseyjames7154]

RIP

[@kebabyuchenko]

An absolute LEGEND of the very highest order. COYS! Kebabyuchenko

[@stevewalker4331]

Bill Nicholson a manager in charge. Not like these managers we have at Spurs today, where the players have the voice. Impossible for Bill to have ever lost the dressing room.

[@victorformosa2825]

Pat jennings, you didn't need a contract with Bill, shaking his hand was good enough, that's how it was then, unlike today.

[@robertwren8878]

I was there but it was not the spurs supporters it was there supporters who kicked off in the paxton end pelting us with everything to hand and young school boys were pointing to our supporters to the police and our own police intervened on us. Do me a favour i saw it all

[@dlamiss]

After the 63 ECWC final Tottenham fell away somewhat and probably fell short of what they should have achieved for the next few years

[@michaelhampton9493]

I'm not a Spurs fan, but i.m.o Bill was as good if not better than Busby , Shankly ,Revie etc .He should have been Knighted

[@Aristilus]

How do you knight God?

[@TONYSPURSMAN]

he should be knighted

[@TONYSPURSMAN]

why why the great man was never knighted

[@jaimesy27]

He'd be proud the way we played and felt utter contempt to chavski blagging the champions league parking the bus!?

[@mizofan]

So Spurs fans weren't worthy of him- shame on them.

[@polarbear2475]

??????

[@jakenicholas2171]

shut up

[@tommylucy4738]

He only won one title !!! Just 1 mmmmmm

[@markbarker6739]

Two actually he was a player in 51 first British manager to win two European competitions and f a cups back to back that was at a time when all teams were near enough equal deserved a knighthood

[@colinturner4158]

Tommy Lucy it took you years understand what class football was

[@tommylucy4738]

Colin Turner myth !

[@polarbear2475]

Have some shame hes dead

[@TONYSPURSMAN]

why why the great man was never knighted