| "Nice One Cyril" | |
|---|---|
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| Single by Cockerel Chorus | |
| B-side | "Cyril Marches On" |
| Released | February 1973 |
| Genre | Singalong, Football |
| Label | Young Blood International |
| Songwriter(s) | Harold Spiro, Helen Clarke |
| Producer(s) | Martin Clarke[1] |
"Nice One Cyril" is a single by Cockerel Chorus written by Harold Spiro and Helen Clarke. The song title is a reference to Cyril Knowles, a left back who played for Tottenham Hotspur. It was released before the 1973 Football League Cup Final where Tottenham played Norwich City. It reached No. 14 on the UK Singles Chart, after Tottenham won, and its writers Spiro and Clarke received an Ivor Novello Award for Best Novel or Unusual Song in 1974.[2][3]
- ^ "Hits of the World". Billboard. 17 March 1973. p. 55.
- ^ "Two in U.K. Get Writer Novellos". Billboard. 1 June 1974. p. 40.
- ^ "The Ivors 1974". The Ivors. Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2018-02-04.