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Jimmy Greaves - RIP

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  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885
    edited September 2021
    RIP Jim, legend. He never tried to burst the net but always tried to pass it in between the sticks, thanks for the memories.
  • killer kish
    killer kish Posts: 2,019
    RIP Jimmy
  • Isawlearyplay
    Isawlearyplay Posts: 273
    Saw him at the Bridge aged 18 - scored 5 against I think Wolves
    Just seemed to walk the ball into the net
    RIP
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,824
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts said:
    Jimmy once said of the legendary manager Bill Nicholson, "it was a pleasure and a privilege to play for him"
    "We didn't always see eye to eye. We had a love/hate relationship. I loved the way I played and he hated it"  :D
    Heard him say “if you asked Spurs fans, they’d say I played my best football at Spurs. If you asked Chelsea fans, they’d say I played my best football at Chelsea. And if you asked West Ham fans, they’d agree with the Spurs and Chelsea fans”
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,674
    My boyhood hero.

    RIP Jim.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    The word legend is too often over used in football but it definitely applies to Jimmy RIP..what a player! 
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,776
    Very sad. My boyhood hero. RIP Jimmy 😢
  • Bods64
    Bods64 Posts: 472
    Very sad news. One of England's truly greatest players. Always felt sad for him in that Sir Alf never really favoured him in 66. RIP Jimmy.
  • cabbles
    cabbles Posts: 15,254
    RIP - aware of him through Saint & Greavsie from my childhood and then as I got older realised what a ridiculous scoring record he had.  Amazing number of goals in a career 
  • SaySomething
    SaySomething Posts: 2,526
    RIP
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  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,240
    Rest in peace Greavsie, used to properly make me laugh when I was a kid watching him on Saint and Greavsie 
  • BFG94
    BFG94 Posts: 457
    One of my heroes. Loving the stories appearing online from old teammates. A true legend. RIP Jimmy
  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,678
    Just seen on sky that he did the qtr final draw for the 1992 rumbelows cup in Trump towers with president trump. I did not know that. “It’s some pad you have here” he said to trump at the conclusion 😂😂😂😂

    RIP
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    Too young to have seen him play but his goalscoring record was insane. In his first senior season at Chelsea he scored 22 goals and he scored 30 goals or more 9 times in a season. Shearer and Henry combined managed that total 9 times between them!

    Scored 44 in 57 games for England as well but the best stats of all are this on his wiki page:

    "he made an impression at youth level, scoring 51 goals in the 1955–56 season and 122 goals in the 1956–57 season".

    122 goals!! 
  • 3blokes
    3blokes Posts: 4,610
    And watching back those old clips so good with either foot. I had forgotten that.
    Definitely a childhood hero, whichever team you supported just because he was a great great goalscorer.
  • Afternoon Delight
    Afternoon Delight Posts: 912
    RIP Jimmy

    His scoring record speaks for itself as to how good he was.
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,929
    What a player - RIP Greavsie
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Incredibly upset at this. I loved him as a footballer. Him and Gilzean were magic to watch.

    It’s a funny old game, as he said.

    Thanks Jimmy football was made better because of you.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,674
    Found Glen Hoddle's observance about Greaves' awareness really interesting.

    Heard Glen tell this story years ago, a great education to his young self, but to be fair he was smart enough to learn. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7CYquyJVpE&t=354s

     
  • willieduff
    willieduff Posts: 986
    RIP Jimmy one of footballs true greats, he made scoring goals look ridiculously easy.
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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,840
    edited September 2021
    Just looking at his stats, I hadn't realised how soon he finished his professional career. He was only 30 when he left Spurs, and 31 when he left West Ham when alcohol and lack of motivation ended his career prematurely

    Despite that, his goal scoring stats are ridiculously good.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,474
    The greatest goal scorer ever to have played for England and a real character into the bargain, one of my big time heroes.
    Football has lost one of its favourite sons.
    RIP…..Jimmy…..RIP.
  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,808
    Played a lot of golf with Bobby Smith’s son who talks fondly of ‘Uncle Jimmy’s’ visits to their family home in the early 60s. Spoke very highly of Greaves as a person.

    RIP, a true great.


  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,905
    One of the greats. RIP Jimmy
  • Silverdreammachine
    Silverdreammachine Posts: 370
    RIP Jimmy, so very sad news.
    I believe that he made his debut for Chelsea as a 17-year old at
    White Hart Lane and scored in a 1-1 draw.
    Also scored on all his debut's for Spurs and West Ham.
    Our greatest ever goalscorer. Does anyone know if
    he ever played against us at the Valley?
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 35,994
    Silverdreammachine said:
    RIP Jimmy, so very sad news.
    I believe that he made his debut for Chelsea as a 17-year old at
    White Hart Lane and scored in a 1-1 draw.
    Also scored on all his debut's for Spurs and West Ham.
    Our greatest ever goalscorer. Does anyone know if
    he ever played against us at the Valley?
    Think he also scored on his England and AC Milan debuts as well
  • Plumstead_Micky
    Plumstead_Micky Posts: 932
    I enjoyed reading his autobiography. As others have already said, that whilst he had his career before I was born the clips of his many goals show how fantastic he was and Saint and Greavsie was at a time (as Jimmy says in his book) when football was less serious. RIP.
  • Redhenry
    Redhenry Posts: 5,357
    SheffieldRed said:

    England’s greatest striker.

    Enjoyed Saint & Greavsie (albeit less so after they criticised Carl Leaburn)

    RIP

    What did they say?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,374
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,987
    Greavsie ITV 23.05-00.50 Monday (now).
    Worth recording on +1 or watching on the ITV hub, loads of clips of his goals.

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