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Article: Obituary: Bill Nicholson.(Features)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- October 26, 2004
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HIS debut as a manager in what was then the English First Division still chills the souls of Evertonians of a certain age -- those who are now a little grizzled by their club's ability to delight and dismay in about equal measure.
Although the team of October 11, 1958, was rooted to the bottom of the table, even the most pessimistic habitue of the Gwaldys Street end, could not have predicted the headline in that night's pink Echo.
``Everton Counted Out in Record Defeat. ''
Tottenham Hotspur 10 Everton 4.
Bill Nicholson had arrived with a startling bang for one of such modest manners.
In 1961, Spurs became the first club to win ...