Tottenham Hotspur fans have paid emotional tributes to Ange Postecoglou after the Australian was sacked by the club.
Spurs supporters rushed to social media to express their gratitude to Postecoglou for giving them the 'best night of their lives' after he guided the north Londoners to Europa League victory last month - their first piece of silverware since 2008.
Brennan Johnson scored the only goal of the game against Manchester United in Bilbao as Spurs lifted their first European trophy in 41 years.
The victory means that despite enduring a miserable domestic campaign, with the club finishing in 17th place, they will compete in next season's Champions League.
Pressure was building on the 59-year-old throughout the season but he silenced critics by ending Tottenham's trophy drought.
He hinted at remaining at the club next season, jubilantly telling fans 'season three is better than season two' at their Europa League victory parade.
But chairman Daniel Levy and the board have moved to dismiss Postecoglou, exactly two years to the day he was hired.
Supporters have since taken to social media to pay their 'eternal thanks' for delivering one of Spurs' 'greatest nights'.
'Thank you Ange Postecoglou for the best night of my life following this football club. A man who dared to do... and did. You have a fan in me for life, mate,' one fan wrote on X.
Another added: 'We were getting rejected by Feyenoord managers when Ange came in. He saw us sell Kane weeks after.
'Still he defended the club in every press conference and delivered our greatest night in 41 years, despite a summer window of only one senior player.
'I will be eternally thankful.'
One fan wrote: 'To dare is to do - and Ange Postecoglou did just that.
'Ended Tottenham's 17-year trophy drought and gave us the greatest night in 41 years.
'Eternally grateful, Ange.'
'Thank you for giving us one of the best nights of our lives, Ange,' another added.
The former Celtic boss made a promising start to his Tottenham career but his side's form dipped towards the end of his first season and they missed out on Champions League qualification.
Last season, the Australian had been forced to make do without many of his first team regulars this season after an unprecedented injury crisis which particularly hit his defensive line.
First choice centre backs Cristian Romero and Micky van De Ven were sidelined for significant spells of the season, as were Dejan Kulusevski, Destiny Udogie, Dominic Solanke and James Maddison.
He had also clashed with the Spurs supporter based throughout his time in charge, before winning them over with the historic trophy win.
He said he would 'never understand' fans who wanted Spurs to lose to City - a result which would prevent arch-rivals Arsenal from taking the lead in the Premier League title race, last May.
Postecoglou also came in for abuse after appearing to taunt fans in the stands after Tottenham scored a goal - which was later ruled out - against Chelsea in their March Premier League meeting.
The head coach was booed loudly by travelling supporters in Stamford Bridge, but remained adamant in the aftermath that he had only been trying to gee up the crowd as he cupped his hand to his ear.
The mood in north London had grown increasingly sour, with Postecoglou hitting out at the board in a recent press conference, implying that he was taking the lion's share of the blame for Tottenham's failings.
But he leaves with a heroic status, as the man who ended Tottenham's long trophy drought.
Thomas Frank is the leading candidate to replace him. Other alternatives have been sounded out by Tottenham, including Fulham boss Marco Silva, but Frank is emerging as perhaps the strongest contender.