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Far Cough 11:52 Thu Feb 20
Happy birthday, Jimmy Greaves
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Without a doubt the greatest ever English striker.
Had a phenomenal strike rate:
1957–1961-----Chelsea---------------157---(124)
1961-------------A.C. Milan--------------12------(9)
1961–1970----Tottenham Hotspur--321--(220)
1970–1971----West Ham United-----38----(13)
1959–1967----England-----------------57----(44)
Could drink for England as well :-)
Saint & Greavsie, what a team
Happy birthday, Jim son
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bruuuno
3:48 Sat Feb 22
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Saint and greavesie was a great show, I was on it once too when bonzo became manager
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gph
1:41 Sat Feb 22
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Tottenham and Chelsea footballing legend.
West Ham drinking legend.
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D.B Cooper
12:36 Sat Feb 22
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I’ve got no time for Greaves. Always took the piss out of West Ham on the telly and never wanted to play for us in the first place.
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Far Cough
2:58 Fri Feb 21
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Sold, I've recorded that, will watch it tonight
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Northern Sold
12:38 Fri Feb 21
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One thing that stood out on that Greavsie film was his electrifying pace to get on the end of the ball… like lightning… loved the story Tommy Docherty and Ron Harris told about him… Chopper had marked him out of the game and the Doc’ had warned him about Jimmy and his tricks… says to chopper…”Oh look at that plane up there”… harris looks up… Greaves has gone… and scores the winner… shall view again… great watch
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Sven Roeder
8:56 Thu Feb 20
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He was probably thinking of the alternative universe where Greaves played and Helmut got 3
Understood he said something like he thought the ball went to the first goalscorer?
About as truthful as ...
We aren’t going to invade Poland &
They ARE showers just go in and have a wash
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Far Cough
8:51 Thu Feb 20
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HelmEt Haller was nothing but a Geoff Hurst hat-trick ball thief
Give it back you German bastard
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Sven Roeder
8:48 Thu Feb 20
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Helmut Haller?
England 0 West Germany 3 (Haller 3)
England struggle after late selection J Greaves nips off to the dressing room for a pint after 3 mins
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Far Cough
8:09 Thu Feb 20
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Sven, if it wasn't for that French player who raked his studs down Jimmy Greaves' leg, we might be talking about a different world cup final hat-trick hero
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Far Cough
8:07 Thu Feb 20
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Jimmy Greaves interviewing Mike Tyson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtFbyOzgf4w
Jimmy was shitting it a bit when Iron Mike was shadow boxing him
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Sven Roeder
7:37 Thu Feb 20
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Bobby Moore the World Cup winning captain?
Versus the Spurs player in the crowd in his polyester suit
Tough choice but I’d pick the WINNER
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Percy Dalton
7:22 Thu Feb 20
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Oh dear
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
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Side of Ham
7:15 Thu Feb 20
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Wish I could have seen him play, and he is one of those that if our neck of the woods could put an all time great team together by region of birth I'd like to think it would piss over everybody.
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Far Cough
7:08 Thu Feb 20
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You can't really compare our Bobby to Jimmy, different positions and all that, having said that, both were impeccable in their respective roles
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Oh dear
6:31 Thu Feb 20
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He is without a doubt the greatest English player of all time.
Better than Moore*, Bobby Charlton, Shearer, Beckham and every other pretender.
Watch old clips of him, he just glides across the grass with the ball, never on his arse and always stands up. His kit never seemed to be dirty.
I saw him play and I saw him score.
*you couldn't get a fag paper between them, but i'm sticking Jimmy Greaves
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ted fenton
6:17 Thu Feb 20
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I heard that we turned him down as a youngster and he signed for Chelsea.
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Leeshere
5:59 Thu Feb 20
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I take it West Ham didn't sign him as a youth player as we were a second division club at the time?
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ted fenton
4:58 Thu Feb 20
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Great player when British football was fun and exciting !
As for his drinking well we all have our demons.
Happy Birthday Jimmy one of England's finest.
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riosleftsock
4:48 Thu Feb 20
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JLAP
He was before my time as well. But, I remember being amazed watching a fairly veteran Pop Robson when I was a kid and being amazed at his finishing skills and telling my sister he was the best ever, when an older voice said behind me, that's because you never saw Greavsie.
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1964
4:43 Thu Feb 20
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Hermit Road 3:38 Thu Feb
Yup, every time he was interviewed he had to get a dig in re the bad culture (drinking, down the cafe etc) by the players at West Ham.
He was right and perhaps we'd have been more successful if that culture had been stamped out.
Can't argue with his record.
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