Remember, of course, the Trident nosewheel was offset to avoid damage to the centreline lights due to the high precision of its autoland system.
Ahhh, gotta love this support of a Brit aeroplane, even IF the information is rubbish.
Fact is, the HS.121 nose gear retracted 'sideways' simply because...there was no where else to put it, due to equipment bays being...in the way.
However, there is no such 'offset' with present day airline aircraft, for autoland maneuvers.
However, during trials of the afore mentioned HS.121 autoland system, the glidepath signal was offset slightly, so as to avoid pavement damage, due to very precise touchdown position.
How do I know?
DP Davies mentioned same, several times....and I expect he would have known for sure.