News about Bill Nicholson

MIKE EEGAN: Joe Kinnear died at the age of 77. As he passed away peacefully this afternoon, the former Tottenham player, who led Wimbledon to sixth place in the Premier League in 1993-94, was surrounded by his family. Kinnear, a Dublin-born Dublin-born woman who also worked Newcastle, Nottingham Forest, and Luton, had been suffering from dementia since being diagnosed in 2015.

Sir Alex Ferguson, the former Manchester United manager, has stated that Tottenham will never win the Premier League. Ange Postecoglou's work since being appointed as Tottenham manager has been lauded. Tottenham Hotspur, who were at the top of the table in October, are now in fourth place, and Ferguson is concerned that they will never win the title.

GILL AT EUROPA-PARK STADION: Freiburg's nickname Breisgau-Brasilianer - the Brazilians of Breisgau - is a nod to their historically vibrant style of play. On this Europa League victory for West Ham in Germany, it was Lucas Paqueta who sprinkled his Samba sorcery. David Moyes' men made it 17 European games unbeaten, a new record for an English team after being tied on 16 with Don Revie's Leeds from 1968 and Bill Nicholson's Tottenham from 1972. After a good passing move, Paqueta put in a magnificent display, scoring the most majestic of headers from a Jarrod Bowen cross. As Nayef Aguerd returned home, the visitors declared the victory with James Ward-Prowse securing yet another assist from a corner.

West Ham have been marginally favored to win their Europa League match against Freiburg, making the first European champions their Europa League match in history. The Europa Conference League winners this season are now ties with Pep Guardiola's upcoming Man City team, Don Revie's Leeds in the 1960s, and Bill Nicholson's 1970s Tottenham team for the longest unbeaten run by an English side on the continent. The Hammers' run to 17 games would be extended if they were not defeated, according to Sky Bet, and they have priced them at 75% to win in Germany.

KIERAN GILL: If West Ham win their 17th European game on Thursday night, they will go back to the ground for the longest run of any English side ever. West Ham's Münster from 1968 and Bill Nicholson's Tottenham from 1972 are currently tied on 16 with Don Revie's Leeds from 1968 and Bill Nicholson's Tottenham from 1972, as they face Freiburg in Germany in the Europa League tonight. I didn't know it,' Moyes, who won the Europa Conference League in June, said, 'I didn't know that.' 'Not bad names them, are they? Two extraordinary managers have been with English football for a long time. If we could do that, it would be a major achievement. Let's hope we can keep it going. These nights bring the excitement of being in Europe for a long, long time,' these clubs haven't been in the club's DNA.' We are not a European club. We are now. In Europe, we are now in our third year in a row. I take pride in that. We certainly don't take it for granted,' explains the author.'

HUGH MACDONALD: Scottish junior football once whistled down a South Wales colliery for a Welsh fly half or knocked down a Yorkshire mine shaft for an English fast bowler, Scottish junior footballer David Beckham's called down. Scottish junior football once had a conveyor belt carrying strapping centre-halves to the elite game, but this was not the same as selectors had whistled down a Yorkshire mine shaft for an English fast bowler or called down a Gordon McQueen, who died at the age of 70, was one of the most illustrious of this breed. McQueen, who stood 6 foot 3in with his muscular frame topped by a mop of blond hair, was a striking presence at the forefront of defence for Leeds United, Manchester United, and Scotland's national team. His death, which suffered with dementia in his latter years, will only fuel the discussion about football and the disease. Hayley, the television host, is an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society's Sport United Against Dementia campaign, which aims to raise money for dementia research and supports studies into any correlations between sport and dementia.

GRAEME SOUNESS: If you are a small club with little funds and struggling to make the sums add up, you are hoping for someone to call and ask for one of your players, Chelsea is the one you want to hear about right now. They've just paid Enzo Fernandez a British record £105 million, owing to just 29 games for Benfica and a role in Argentina's World Cup winning team, with the first £40 million up front. Well, on the basis of my 18 months as Benfica's manager in the late Nineties, I can say without a doubt that the boy's limited involvement in the Primeira Liga shows us very little about whether he will live up to that price tag or the intensity of the Premier League.

Maurice Norman, a former Tottenham and England defender, has died at the age of 88, according to the Premier League. After playing 35 appearances for Norwich, a teenage Norman joined Spurs in 1955 and went on to play 411 times for the north London outfit over the next ten years. Tottenham's center-back helped Tottenham win the league and FA Cup double in 1960-61, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1963.

ON SUNDAY, IAN HERBERT FOR THE MAIL: No one ever made it to the bottom of why Wales were based in Saltsjobaden, a town without any training facilities, on the last occasion they were based, but Cliff Jones is fairly certain that no one was allowed to stay on board for their wives, but the Welsh FA chartered a plane to fly to the Swedish tournament of 1958. 'The four of them stayed at home,' Jones, who at 87 is one of the team's four remaining members. And that was all.' The same spirit was used to what could be described as Wales' World Cup preparation camp. A group of Murphy's players discovered themselves with a few days to kill in London before a flight to Stockholm from Heathrow, where they met for a kickabout in Hyde Park.