MPX5145473: Chelsea footballer George Graham in the dressing room at Stamford Bridge with the number 12 shirtAugust 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145476: Chelsea footballer George Graham in the dressing room at Stamford Bridge with the number 12 shirtAugust 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145207: FA Cup Semi Final match at Villa Park. Liverpool 2 v Chelsea 0. Liverpool and Chelsea fans watch the match. 27th March 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145258: FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur 3 v. Burnley 1. Action from the matchMay 1962 Q3891-009 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145267: Tottenham Hotspurcaptain Danny Blanchflower watched by manager Bill Nicholson holds the FA Cup trophy aloft to a crowd of fans as they arrive home after defeating Burnley 3-1 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. May 1962 Q3890-041 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145270: FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur 3 v. Burnley 1. Spurs captain Danny Blanchflower receives the trophy from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II after the match. May 1962 Q3891-026 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145273: Tottenham Hotspur team hold the FA Cup trophy aloft at Tottenham Town Hall to a crowd of fans as they arrive home after defeating Burnley 3-1 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. May 1962 Q3890-024 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145276: Tottenham Hotspur Manager Bill Nicholson publicly pinned his faith in his players yesterday (Wednesday 11-12-63) - and privately stepped up the search for new strength. Inside a month he has lost both wing halves - the heart of a great side. Danny Blanchflower can no longer cope, and a specialist's report on his knee injury will probably be the first step towards retirement. Now Dave Mackay will miss the rest of this season's championship challenge after breaking his leg at Old Trafford on Tuesday (10-12-63) when playing against Manchester United in the European Cup Winners' Cup. But Nicholson's answer is a firm: "We shall not panic. We shall not buy for the sake of buying. Mackay's injury is a tremendous blow to us but it's not the end of the world. My biggest headache for months has not been my team, but the constant and so far unsuccessful search to find players to back them up. A broken leg can't keep Dave Mackay down! He was in cheerful mood when Spurs team-mates Terry Dyson (left) and Bobby Smith called at his Enfield home. Dave's children are Valerie, 4, and Derek, 6. December 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145279: Tottenham Hotspur team hold the FA Cup trophy aloft from an open top double decker bus to a crowd of fans as they arrive home after defeating Burnley 3-1 in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. May 1962 Q3890-004 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145297: Tottenham Hotspur team training in preparation for their upcoming FA Cup final match. Alan Mullery sits on the sidelinesMay 1967 1967-1271-048 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145300: Tottenham Hotspur team training in preparation for their upcoming FA Cup final match. Alan Mullery sits on the sidelinesMay 1967 1967-1271-018 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145324: Members of the Tottenham Hotspur team training. Dave Mackay practices his tacklingJuly 1965 1965-1971-051 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145336: FA Cup final at Wembley stadiumTottenham Hotspur 3 v Burnley 1. Action during the matchMay 1962 1962-963-014 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145345: FA Cup final at Wembley stadiumTottenham Hotspur 3 v Burnley 1. Scenes on the pitch after the match with Spurs manager Bill Nicholson. May 1962 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145348: English League Cup Semi Final First Leg match at Highbury. Arsenal 1 v Tottenham Hostpur 0. John radford tries a shot at goal but his shot is blocked by goalkeeper Pat JenningsNovember 1968 DM Y10313-11a (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145366: Manchester United v Arsenal. 28th November 1964 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145390: Coventry City Football Club players relax at Worthing after a gruelling season so far. With a four-point lead in Division II, 18 wins and seven draws the management decided they needed a change of scenery. 28th February 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145393: Coventry City Football Club players relax at Worthing after a gruelling season so far. With a four-point lead in Division II, 18 wins and seven draws the management decided they needed a change of scenery. Seen here taking a stroll along the sea front. 28th February 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145405: The Liverpool players who knocked champions Manchester United out at Old Trafford. - Goal scorers Roger Hunt (above, right) and Ronnie Yeats - relax at their Blackpool hotel with Alf Arrowsmith ( left) and Ian St. John (second from left). April 1968 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145408: The Liverpool seaside retreat was supposed to be a secret - but these young fans were not put off. Here they watch through the window of a Blackpool Hotel as there heroes Tony Hateley and Emlyn Hughes play snooker. April 1968 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145411: Manchester City's new manager George Poyser. June 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145432: FA Cup Semi Final at HillsboroughManchester United 0 v Leeds United 0Manchester United's Nobby Stiles fastens his bootlaces before the matchMarch 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145447: Manchester United footballer George Best with fiancee Eva Haraldsted, captain of Blinkers United October 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145477: Chelsea footballer George Graham in the dressing room at Stamford Bridge with the number 12 shirtAugust 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145486: Ipswich Town football manager Bobby Robson at Portman Road with his teamJuly 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145489: Leeds United goalkeeper Gary Sprake and Paul Reaney in pre season training session July 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145510: Referee from Finsbury Park stands outside Arsenal Football Ground. 6th March 1968 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145534: Mr. Danie Craven, President of ths Springbok Rugby Football team, today arrived at Heathrow Airport from South Africa. December 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145564: Sport: Football: Crystal Palace v. Arsenal. Arsenal forward George Graham tackles Palace half back Payne. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145576: Burnley v. Manchester United. Nobby Stiles and Bobby Charlton. December 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145579: Sport: Football: Crystal Palace v. Arsenal. Action from the match. November 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145588: John Cobbold Dec 1959 Ipswich FC Chairman looks at a picture of the FA cup draw which put his Club against Peterborough December 1959 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145524: Pat Boland aged 20 of Eccles in a Cabaret XI plays a George Best XI in a charity game this Sunday. December 1969 / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145642: Sir Stanley MatthewsÍs 1965 testimonial football match held on the 28th April 1965. His professional career covered 34 years; when he retired in 1965 -aged 50 - he had made nearly 700 League appearances for Stoke City and Blackpool and played for England 56 times. Sir Stanley Matthews 1960s Sir Stanley Matthews holds his boots up after his last football match. Changing roomBare chest30/04/19651960s©MirrorpixNB: Original negative was in very poor condition (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145648: Sister Gabriel explains the art of trapping the ball to a young footballer of the St Joseph's team in Bradford, Yorkshire during pre season trainingSeptember 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145651: Arsenal coach Don Howe 6th February 1969P1969-266AB (photo) / Bridgeman Images