Greaves was the 'best this country has produced' | BBC Sport 

Great tribute from the guys. Saint and Greavsie go down as the funniest sports broadcasting duo ever.

Jimmy Greaves was quite simply the greatest striker I've ever seen - The Best of The Best.

I had the luck to see Jimmy Greaves play a number of times he and Alan Gilzean were absolutely BRILLIANT

The fondest of farewells to a legend of the sport! 🙏

Still feels eerie that he died on the day Chelsea Football Club played Tottenham. The team he scored his debut goal for Chelsea Football Club against Spurs. The other part of it is Chelsea Football Club were playing away at White Heart Lane...condolences to his family. Jimmy Greaves The Goal Machine forever is a Football Legend and will always be remembered also for helping England secure the first ever World Cup. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🕊🕊🕊

Was at the match yesterday & to describe the man’s legacy is; 2 rivals who he played for adore him, old men welling up talking about the joy he brought them as kids & seeing a boy no older than 8 in the current Spurs shirt with “Greaves 8” on the back. The word legend is thrown about so casually but Jimmy was not only a Tottenham legend but a Football legend.

Dion Dublin hit the nail on the head when he suggested how good he would be if he played on todays pitches that are like carpet compared to the 60s and 70s. Also don't forget modern balls are lighter and so are modern football boots. Greavsie was quick anyway over short distances, modem boots would have felt like hush puppies compared to the 'Dr Martens' he wore back then. He would have gained extra pace and been even quicker. Forget his 30+ goals a season - he would have been closer to 50 a season. A true legend and a very likeable bloke as well. RIP

Love Jimmy the very best by FAR , his book is brilliant too.

Yeah. Why the hell was he never knighted. Big mistake we made there.. A true English legend. RIP Jimmy!!

🌹RIP Tottenham Legend✨

from a LFC fan, Greavsie i loved watching him and St. John on ITV.....better than the crap you have now with PC WOKEness pundits and pundits. a genuine superstar goalscorer and one of England's greatest ever scorers...from an Irishman too RIP Greavsie

Legend .... !!!!!

In the same class as Messi and pele.brilliant player

RIP legend

R.I.P LEGEND 🙏🏻🙏🏻🕯️🕯️🕊️

Without doubt Jim was the top of the tree...........most prolific England scorer....light years ahead of Rooney etc etc.

You have to honour these players for creating these records and achievements because they stand the test of time and they bring so much joy to so many. He should have been knighted, absolutely. Massive mistake made there.

And I'd love to see Ronaldo and Messi play on some of the pitches that Greaves played on.

Deon is wearing glasses... sign he is indeed getting on now lol RIP both Jimmy & Roger

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A great tribute from Alan Shearer. Spot on. Greavesie was probably the greatest player I’ve seen, and this from a fan who doesn’t support Spurs.

🧐: The headline of this BBC Sport RU-vid segment, is, a, Fact! May he rest peacefully throughout the Cosmos. 🙏🏾🕊

How come John Aldridge wasn’t included in that list?

A real legend