I've been a Spurs fan for 60 years, Greavsie was my boyhood hero. Served my time in Islington,all my workmates were arsenal fans. One of my colleagues told me the year gunners won the double in '70 he would swop any 3 of their players for " the Old Tea- Leaves" Greatest compliment anyone could make. God Bless you Jimmy,we will never see your like again.
I'm a gooner since 1958 but went to all spurs home games as most of my mates were fans. Saw them rise to the top but Greavsy was the icing on the cake. Classic game 1963 4. 4 draw at Highbury. Spurs like gods of soccer but somehow gooners snatched a draw. 70000 crowd spilling onto the pitch at the clock end.
Elaine Kerslake I went to a Villa/Arsenal away game in 1961 I think it was and back then you often got on the train home with the players. While waiting on the platform, the manager George Swindin was holding court with several Arsenal fans and I have never forgotten this bit of conversation. One fan asked Swindin if they had any interest in signing Jimmy Greaves because he was coming back from Milan. He haughtily replied “No, he’s a troublemaker.” I often thought of this ‘troublemaker’ as he came back signed by Bill Nicholson and scored lorry loads of goals for Spurs! I also used to go to Highbury one week and White Hart Lane the next, even saw the 13-2 game against Crewe in the FA cup replay! There was also a 10-4 game against Everton. I used to only associate that score before when it was used by Dan Matthews (Broderick Crawford) on the Highway Patrol series!
@@tarquin4592 I am a Ipswich fan sometimes Ipswich players travel on trains before and after fans I got a video of Luke chambers talking and chanting with our fans so it still happens even now 🚜🚜🚜👍👍
@@tarquin4592 I used to go to both also. Jimmy was a bit of a lad but very young when he went to Italy. No worse than any other young player really. They all liked a drink back then. Some of them would talk to us kids after the game but Jimmy and Gilzean went straight in the pub next to WHL, no stopping.
Only seeing the some of the highlights of Jimmy Greaves in the last few days since he passed away (RIP) but i was amazed at how skillfull, two footed, balanced and how fast he dribbled past defenders like they were not there. And that's before his immaculate finishing, usually passed into the net past a helpless goalkeeper. It made the hair stand up on my neck seeing this god in action all those years ago. I am a little jealous of those who saw him showcase his gift. Sleep well old son.
Same. He'd peaked just before my awareness of football. I remember getting his sticker for one of those sticker books but I never saw him play on the telly. Like most of us, I loved him as a TV pundit, so it was his wit and genial nature I remember most. Only now am I seeing how amazing he was on the pitch.
Jimmy was the greatest forward we ever had, I used to see jimmy training around the rugby pitches in Upminster in the mid 70’s, bottle or not, jimmy was the finest goal scorer England ever had
Yes, I think so too. I saw him many times (I’m not a Spurs fan) and our David Gibson (probably Leicester’s finest-ever player) said Greavesie was the best opponent he had faced.
Agree. Fed up of records ‘beginning with the premier league’ nonsense. Saw a documentary on Stanley Matthews: another player who deserves more recognition with the modern football fan.
We also forget about all great players from older eras we only saw a small amount of what they did on film because only a handful of games were televised. Now if a boy farts in training it's on sky sport news
i remember jimmy being interviewed after an f a cup match while he was playing for barnet and he came out with the comment "i thought the f a cup started in january not august" brilliant with his jokes, sadly missed!
Jimmy Greaves was the ultimate finisher and England's best ever striker, Dennis law was a great striker and certainly up there with best and so was Allan Clarke.
I agree Jimmy was an incredible player, and the most instinctive natural finisher th is country as ever produced,....I remember him recalling his saddest moment in football,...and the real irony of it actually being England's finest hour, when they won the world cup in 1966.....he was dropped for the final and his replacement Geoff Hurst was the hero scoring an hatrick in a 4-2 triumph o very West Germany.......leaving Jimmy with butter sweet memories of that memorable day.....
200 million. When he was first at spuds he had no equal although Law and Alex Young of Everton were close as strikers . I saw his home debut , beat Blackpool 5 2 then Man city 5. 2. 2 Hat tricks I think. I thought Is he going to score every week?.
All the top richest clubs in the world would be fighting to outbid each other and sign him if he were about today and the fee would be ludicrous especially if you take a look back at history when he was playing . I think it was Juventus that offered Westham over £400,000 for Geoff Hurst which I think was about 4x the record transfer fee at that time . Westham virtually laughed at it and said he was too valuable to be sold . Now Hurst was an excellent striker with a superb record but in his own words he was nowhere near as good as jimmy Greaves ,nobody was ,so imagine what he would have been worth if Hurst was worth about 4x the record and then translate that to today’s money and fees . I think it would be mind blowing what a top club would offer for Jimmy if he was playing today.
Had the pleasure of watching Jimmy play for Barnet in the FA Cup vs Woking. He scored a great goal from a free kick but the ref disallowed it as the wall wasn't properly set. Jimmy, less than impressed, "had a word" with the ref and was promptly sent off.
As I grew up for me Andy gray became my hero for my beloved villa. I'm 51 now and football heroes the likes of Jimmy greaves, George best, malcolm Mcdonald, Kenny Dalglish, Trevor Francis and so on are a sad distant memory. How much would a Jimmy greaves be worth now? Loved him with Ian St John.
In that era, it must have been tough knowing your career was ending, adapting to a new life - especially when you were a big star. Jimmy sorted himself out and had a hugely successful media career. I take my hat off to him.
@@garethmorgan8768 no football during the war apart from a few friendly games, and before the war..........how would you remember. It was 80years plus.
When you're a relatively small club, hardly any media coverage, hardly ever spoken of etc, to have a great player or manager even reference you in a positive light, means the world.
Greavsie at 01:15 looks interesting. Very different from a Ronaldo type. Where’s the fake tan, perfect hair, chiselled jaw, tattoos, jewellery etc? Why hasn’t he got earphones around his neck. Like really big ones.
A great player, saw him play at Worcester City and how amazing seeing Steve Percy on this video...he and his good wife saw me doing Clubshop at Evesham Utd many years later--how are you and your wife Steve from John & Gladys!?
His life could have been entirely different had he not been injured during the 1966 World Cup Group games. Hurst replaced him and the rest was history.
Everybody assumes missing the world cup was Jimmys worst moment but he says his time at Barnet was worse,but this docu proves he meant his private life & nothing against the club.
Barnet vs Woking I watched the 2nd replay on a neutral ground Brentford's old Griffin Park. Went because Jimmy Greaves was playing. I think Woking won the tie.
Woking won and played John Toshacks Swansea City in the next round. They drew 2-2 at the Vetch and lost the replay at Woking. (2-2 at full time 2-4 a e t). Tommy Smith featured among others in the Swansea team.
If I was a young football fan now, I would think football started in 1993, ie Premier league. The media and television are to blame because when they talk about best team or best striker or defender they always bleat on about Premier league era. Totally brainwashed younger fans into thinking football didn't exist before '93 and completely ignoring past greats such as Jimmy Greaves. Best english forward. Much better than Hurst. He's up there, at the pearly gates with his old buddy, another legend Ian St. John. Both will YNWA.
Wtf. How can Davies so blatantly handle the ball like that? He was like a goalie tipping the ball over the crossbar, arms right above his head. Just cannot think that was accidentally done.
Everyone who saw Greavesie said the same thing - no matter how hectic the action was around him, he always seemed to have plenty of time on the ball. Greaves once said his decision to move to West Ham was a mistake - especially with that club's indisciplined attitude to drink. Cloughie made him an offer to go to Derby at around the same time. It was something he always regretted no doing.
This is my favourite comment on here! Of course not Nigel, there's not a huge amount of top level footage from the era, never mind Southern League. But the video is, in it's entirety, about the little known period of Jimmy Greaves career, at Barnet. Cheer up!
