It was quite a return to English football. Over 13,000 people turned up to see you play your first game, a reserve team match against Plymouth... Insistent that the game is flooded with too many foreign players, Dyson believes that has eroded affinity for any particular club. He was very fair, honest, a great coach and he was absolutely Tottenham through and through. I used to be in awe of him with respect - most players were." The first few fixtures may not have been played as the scheduled end of season tour to South Africa was replaced by a six-week trip to Canada. Our party did not return home until June 27. In 1962-63 Tottenham became the first British club to win a European trophy with their success in the European Cup Winners’ Cup. The previous season, Spurs had just failed to reach the Final of the European Cup competition but had qualified for the Cup Winners’ Cup by retaining the FA Cup with a victory over Burnley at Wembley. Tottenham’s 1962-63 success gave Spurs another first to add to their collection.

Over 2.5m people watched Spurs during their 49-match march to glory in 1960-61 - an unsurpassed average of over 50,000 a game - and 115 goals in 42 League matches tells its own story. We went out that night and had a few drinks, so it was good. It is amazing, you don't think of it at the time but it has gone down in history."

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Despite his successful career at Tottenham, Dyson only made one appearance for the England national team, which came in a friendly match against the USA in 1959.

Baily captained the team with George Ludford as vice captain while Eddie Gibbins served as club secretary. Ted Ditchburn joined those three to make up the selection committee. Honorary umpire was F. Bean with honorary scorer W. Plant. Indeed, following Robb's retirement, the arrival of Cliff Jones appeared to cut his chances further but, despite huge interest, Bill Nicholson made sure Dyson stayed at the club. Another masterstroke. Jimmy's goals helped Bill Nicholson's 'glory, glory' team retain the FA Cup in 1962, create history by becoming the first British team to lift a European trophy, the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963 - Greavsie scored in both finals - and then claim the FA Cup again in 1967. The names of the ‘Double’ team and manager Bill Nicholson will be forever etched in the memories of every Tottenham supporter. Too easily are players now labelled ‘legends’ but this was a team of ‘Legends’ and the one that every subsequent Tottenham team have been trying emulate and live up to. Danny was great because he could be playing diabolically and he still wanted the ball. He never hid and I learned from that. He was also a good liaison with Bill and everyone respected him for who he was and what he had done.I always got on with Bill, though, and he mellowed down the years. You could talk to him and he was fine, but he was a perfectionist really and wanted us to play with style. He was brought up playing 'push and run' under Arthur Rowe and wanted us to win playing the Tottenham way. The Wall Street Journal has reported the sudden death at a friend’s home of its long-serving drama critic Terry Teachout. Terry, who was 65, had an insatiable appetite for all performing arts and a bottomless knowledge of most.