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| 1919 | Birth |  |
| 26th Jan Scarborough Birth of Bill Nicholson, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the eighth of nine children |
| 1951 | Debut | |
| 19th May Makes his full international debut for England against Portugal at Goodison Park, Liverpool, and makes an immediate impression by scoring with his first touch of the ball after only 19 seconds |
| 19th May Nicholson's only international appearance, because of injuries, the dominance of Billy Wright, and on many occasions he put his club before his country |
| 1951 | League Champions | |
| Part of the legendary "push and run" Tottenham team which won the league championship in the 1950-51 season |
| 1958 | Manager | |
| 11th Oct Nicholson is called to the Tottenham boardroom and appointed manager of the club in succession to Jimmy Anderson |
| 11th Oct Tottenham Hotspur beat Everton 10-4 at White Hart Lane |
| 1961 | Double, The | |
| Tottenham win the Football League championship and the FA Cup in the 1960-61 season, the first "double" of the twentieth century |
| 1961 | FA Cup | |
| Tottenham win the Football League championship and the FA Cup in the 1960-61 season, the first "double" of the twentieth century |
| 1961 | League Championship | |
| Tottenham win the Football League championship and the FA Cup in the 1960-61 season, the first "double" of the twentieth century |
| 1962 | FA Cup | |
| Tottenham win the FA Cup |
| 1963 | European Cup Winners Cup | |
| 15th May Rotterdam 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 Cup | |
| Nicholson's Spurs win their third FA Cup in seven years by beating Chelsea in the first-ever all-London final |
| 1971 | League Cup | |
| Spurs win the League Cup |
| 1972 | UEFA Cup | |
| Spurs win the UEFA Cup |
| 1973 | League Cup | |
| Spurs win the League Cup |
| 1974 | Resignation | |
| Resigns as Manager of Spurs |
| 2004 | Death | |
| 23rd Oct Death of Bill Nicholson |
