 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Spurs yakapinda munguva yekuderera mushure mekubudirira kwekutanga kwema1970, uye Nicholson akasiya basa mushure mekutanga kwakashata kwemwaka wa1974-75. Chikwata chakabva chadzingwa pakupera kwemwaka wa1976-77 naKeith Burkinshaw semaneja. Burkinshaw akakurumidza kudzorera kirabhu kumusoro ndege, achivaka timu yaisanganisira Glenn Hoddle, pamwe nevaArgentina vaviri, Osvaldo Ardiles naRicardo Villa, izvo zvaive zvisina kujairika sezvo vatambi vanobva kunze kweBritish Isles vaive vashoma panguva iyoyo. Chikwata icho Burkinshaw akavakazve chakapfuurira kukunda FA Cup muna 1981 na 1982uye UEFA Cup muna 1984. 