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

MPX5145181: Queens Park Rangers 1 v. Northampton Town 3. Fans invade the pitch at Loftus Road. February 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145184: League Cup Final 1969. Swindon Town reception at the Royal garden Hotel. Members of the Swindon team with the League Cup. March 18th 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145182: Chelsea manager Tommy Docherty at home with his car on the drivewayMay 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145214: West Ham United pose for a team group photograph at Upton parkApril 1964 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145188: Tottenham Hostpur players pose for a group photograph during a training session at White Hart LaneMarch 1961 Double Winning Team Spurs League Champions 1961 FA Cup Winners 1961 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145229: Tottenham Hotspur's Alan Gilzean heads at goal during the English League Division One match against Fulham at Craven CottageOctober 1966 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145325: English League Division One match at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hotspur 1 v Manchester City 1. City and Spurs players pick up pieces of broken glass with City's Doyle (right) holding glass and making "lunatic" gesture to "supporters" behind City's goal. December 1968 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145311: Members of the Tottenham Hotspur team training. Dave Mackay July 1965 1965-1971-025 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145364: Birmingham grounds staff seen here clearing snow from the pitch. January 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145356: English League Cup Semi Final Second Leg match at White Hart Lane. Tottenham Hostpur 1 v Arsenal 1. Action during the match with goalkeeper Bob Wilson looking on December 1968 DM Y10781-4c (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145385: 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. George Curtis takes his shot on the golf course as Jimmy Hill and Peter Hill(trainer) look on. 28th February 1967 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145440: Leeds United goalkeeper Gary Sprake in pre season training session July 1969 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145403: Liverpool Chairman T. V. Williams, manager Bill Shankly and head groundsman Arther Riley inspecting the pitch after the referee McCabe had called off the match. November 1966 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145464: Manchester United footballer George Best poses at Old Trafford c. 1965 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145418: Tottenham Hotspur team pose for a group photograph at White Hart LaneMarch 1961 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

MPX5145439: Doncaster R. L. Bryn Goldswain in sgt. major attitude during training. Bryn is a former Oldham star and Welsh international. November 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images

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

MPX5145442: Tottenham Hotspur team return to North London in an open top double decker bus with the European Cup Winners Cup trophy after their victoryMay 1963 (photo) / Bridgeman Images