Martin Tyler pays tribute to Jimmy Greaves 

Great striker rip he's stroke done him but legend x

@Tom Smith ~ and with a 0.77 goal to game ratio better than Rooney, Charlton and Lineker above him in the all time list..... ..and let's not forget his 6 hattricks ( still a record) two of which were four baggers ( still another record )......and scoring on all his professional debuts; Chelsea, AC Milan, Spurs, West Ham...and England. Quite simply the greatest goalscorer this country has ever produced.

To be fair, a lot of those goals were against not very good opposition - 10 against Northern Ireland e.g.

@@cerneuffington2656 and to be fair to greaves that’s how most top scorers since then and including today get huge goal tallies. He still got goals against the big countries and didn’t take penalties, his goal record is outstanding

Only the one goal in 7 World Cup finals matches.

l actually wonder how long martin tyler has got...He's an old man now, and is not the commentator he was

he's a see you next thursday. rip jimmy

@@nikreece6295 needs to retire. The game has passed him by.

Died without months of each other. Back together again though now for a light-hearted discussion on the game.

Rip another one of the ‘66 boys gone

Read it, you wont be disappointed, the man was a legend

I second the above. It's a great read.

Plus the fact his career in the top flight was only 8 years. Ronaldo was in La Liga for 9, and his career has been going on since 03, so approx. 18 years. True legend of the game, and incredibly underrated.

One of the greatest strikers England ever produced along with Bobby Charlton. What an era that time *really* was

Great footballer great man from millwall boys

Dixie Dean is the greatest English striker of all time

@@johnross4185 Jimmy all the way mate

Well Said.....He was my all time Favourite Player

The greatest was Gerd Muller, then I'd choose Romario, then maybe Greaves.

He got the recognition from the fans my friend!! And that says it all!! From a southern manc!!!

Chelsea and spurs* 🤝

That’s more debatable. Dave McKay, Danny Blanchflower, Ossie Ardilles, and Glenn Hoddle are all in the conversation there. Also I think it’s debatable about Chelsea as well but he is imo the greatest English post war goal scorer!

He's up there But The likes of Mckay, Blanchflower and hoddle are too

sums it up...you had players we had teams😉 from a gooner

Bale was unreal aswell laugh all you want lol

Mate i come from a family that is mental about everything Liverpool. But my memories as a kid, was wanting to know who this jimmie grieves was because my Dad would bang on about him and at the time it annoyed me because i knew my Dad was a liverpool fan, so why was he talking about this Spurs/Chelsea legend like he loved him. I think this is why i turned into a football historian, all thanks to the likes of Jimmie Grieves, Emlin Hughs, Tommy Smith, King Kenny and many more.

​@@2TenRLiverpool has always brought passion and excellence to this beautiful game

Yes a good comparison, also Gerd Muller for Germany.

And remember the state of some of those pitches he played on with a heavier ball in those days If he was playing in this era with his talent on better pitches he would be a super star he was the greatest and I was lucky to see him play in the late 60's with Alan Gilzean.

@@mrdemocracy7106 Sir, I’m jealous beyond measure. I came along in time to watch Malcolm McDonald and Tony Green at Newcastle and I consider myself lucky yet despite Supermac’s more explosive talents in front of goal, Jimmy was, quite literally, on another level. My Dad used to say he only ever saw 5 truly world class players, Best, Milburn, Finney, Maradona and Greaves. When I asked him who was the best striker, he would always say “Jimmy Greaves was the best, bar none.”

The interview of Jimmy with Brian Moore is a good one and available on YT

@@garyrichardson8934You're right it's excellent

Met him yesterday such a genuinely nice guy

Greaves was injured and out of form.

Yes it was very sad and ironic really as he is undoubtably the best striker that England have ever produced yet he had to sit in the stand and watch two lesser strikers than himself ( Hunt and Hurst ) play the entire game for 120 minutes . Those two were both terrific strikers in their own right yet they both have generously admitted many times that they were not in the same league as he was . Sir Alf said that Hunt and Hurst were a better combination for the team and worked better as a duo than Greaves with either of them but I have always been a bit doubtful of that ever since watching the final all those years ago . I think it had more to do with the fact that Ramsey definitely did not like Greaves as much as the other two . He liked players who were ‘ Yes men ‘ and obeyed his every word on and off the pitch . Jimmy wasn’t like that and was a bit of a practical joker and a maverick . That didn’t sit well with Ramsey and it definitely annoyed him . The real shame of it all is that Ramsey didn’t bring him on for at least a spell in the match as other managers often do when they have a Great player on the sub bench in a Big Final . I know that Hurst scored 3 but I think we would have won anyway if Jimmy had been playing . He took it like a man and was very fair and humble about it over the years but I don’t think he ever quite got over it emotionally . He SHOULD of been playing . He was and still is our greatest striker of all time .

@@choppy249 Greaves was coming off an injury in an earlier game and was not in good form.

@@speedking7224 Now is not the time.

@@festavision Not like I'm disrespecting him But maybe you're right.

@@festavision sorry

@@speedking7224 Thank you for your respect mate. You don't see that often on here 💯❤

@@festavision welcome