Then along came Arthur Rowe. Later, as manager, Arthur was the mastermind of the famous "push and run" style which was to bring our beloved club so much success. To play alongside Rowe, Willie Hall was signed from Notts. County. A year later they both played in the England team
which beat France 4-1 at White Hart Lane.
Rowe was forced however, to retire prematurely because of injury. spurs the slipped disastrously out of the First after only our second season back among the elite.
Fifteen years later, in 1949-50, Tottenham Hotspur proudly regained their First Division status with stars such as: goalkeeper Ted
Ditchburn; full-back Alf Ramsey; wing-halves Ronnie Burgess, Bill Nicholson and Eddie Baily ; centre-half Harry Clark; and inside-forward Les Bennett. The man responsible for our change in fortune was manager
Arthur Rowe, whose famous "push and run" style achieved promotion from the Second Division in 1950 at his first attempt. Priding itself on its "flair," the team won admiration for not having a single player sent off between 1928 and 1965.
Greater triumphs were to follow for our club. Twelve months later we were League Champions. Gates at White Hart Lane that season averaged over 55,000! In 1951-52, spurs, with manager Arthur Rowe and his revolutionary "push and run" tactics were providing some
of the most exciting football of the age. But the seeds of the second really great team were already being sown. Rowe’s last act as a manager was to sign the great Danny Blanchflower from Aston Villa---for peanuts!
The following season spurs finished second in the league to Manchester United, which was no mean feat, but the "push and run"
side was looking rather old and jaded. Rowe resigned due to ill-health in 1955 and his successor, Jimmy Anderson slowly but surely  moulded the greatest team in spurs’ history. We claimed second spot in 1956-57 and third place in 1957-58, largely due to the
creative combination of Tommy Harmer and Danny Blanchflower with the goal-scoring prowess of Bobby Smith. Then Anderson went
the same way as Rowe and retired due to ill-health.
Blanchflower was a very eloquent Irishman who saw football as a game of chess. "We aim to equalise before the other team score,"
was one epigram from the Irishman, although you may have be familiar with other Blanchflower-isms. But Blanchflower’s genious did
not flower until Bill Nicholson was appointed manager