Remarkable Ange Postecoglou omen that hints at big things for Tottenham Hotspur

Ange Postecoglou achieved something this week that only two other men at Tottenham Hotspur have done, but it is also his struggles that draw some remarkable parallels at the club.

The Australian led to victory in the Europa League final against Manchester United on Wednesday night in Bilbao to bring the north London club their first trophy in 17 years and their first European triumph in 41 years. The streets of Tottenham were packed with around 220,000 people on Friday as the team took the trophy on an open-top bus parade through N17 before lifting it in front of the .

and his players gave the Tottenham fans something they will remember but they also served up a dreadful Premier League season, finishing 17th in the table through a mixture of injuries, poor performances and the head coach claiming that he switched priority to the Europa League after the January transfer window.

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Spurs ended up with only 38 points from their 38 matches with 22 defeats, the worst tally in the club's history in a league season. There is a strange quirk, though, that only two managers at the north London club have had worse seasons in the league since 1958 and they are the most prominent ones.

The two coaches are Bill Nicholson and Keith Burkinshaw, who are also the only other two managers in Tottenham's history to win European trophies. In the 1958/59 season under Nicholson, Spurs finished 18th in his first campaign with 36 points from 42 matches with 19 defeats, and in 1977 Tottenham ended up 22nd, losing 21 games under Burkinshaw in his first year in charge and were relegated.

If Spurs fans want to draw any parallels then they will be hoping Postecoglou is given a chance to push on like those two men did. Nicholson famously went on to lead Tottenham to become the first English team to win the double in the 20th century and then the first British side to win a European trophy with the Cup Winners' Cup in 1963. He also won three FA Cups, two League Cups and a UEFA Cup in a remarkable 16-year spell at the club.

Burkinshaw bounced back himself with promotion the next season and went on to win two FA Cups and the UEFA Cup.

Postecoglou has already won more than those two men did by the time their second season ended and if given the chance the Australian will want to continue to leave his own mark on the club's history books.