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Wowbagger

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Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« on: 19 September, 2021, 10:21:19 am »
Just that really. 81.
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T42

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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #1 on: 19 September, 2021, 10:40:59 am »
Spurs?  Long time ago.
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Peter

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« Reply #2 on: 19 September, 2021, 11:07:46 am »
Wow, you may have put this in the wrong thread.  Jimmy's son played for Southend, so talent isn't always genetic!

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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #3 on: 19 September, 2021, 11:10:22 am »
One of the most gifted players of his generation

RIP

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Peter

Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #4 on: 19 September, 2021, 11:10:59 am »
Quote from: T42 on 19 September, 2021, 10:40:59 am
Spurs?  Long time ago.

Not so long that his phenomenal ability has been forgotten.  Whilst with Spurs he scored four hat-tricks in a season and three in another and is still, I believe, their leading goal-scorer.  He is up there with Brian Clough - two players who make modern players' tallies look feeble.
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bobb

Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #5 on: 19 September, 2021, 02:37:32 pm »
Legend. Used to see him out and about now and again. He lived on the slopes of The Mighty North Hill...
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Wowbagger

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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #6 on: 19 September, 2021, 02:38:55 pm »
Quote from: bobb on 19 September, 2021, 02:37:32 pm
Legend. Used to see him out and about now and again. He lived on the slopes of The Mighty North Hill...

I didn't know that.
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Von Broad

Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #7 on: 19 September, 2021, 04:18:52 pm »
John White to Danny Blanchflower during a game : "Greaves is again standing on the half way line doing nothing."
Blanchflower replied, "...and when you score 40 goals in a season you can stand up there and do nothing with him!".

Classic  :D
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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #8 on: 19 September, 2021, 06:27:28 pm »
I did like his comment on seeing Brian Clough thumping a pitch invader, along the lines of “That’s the first time I've actually seen the shit hitting the fan!”
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Peter

Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #9 on: 19 September, 2021, 07:27:48 pm »
I do hope he really said that.  It's a terrific quote.  It's a shame if they didn't get on together.  They did play in the same team for England.  It might be envy - Greaves's record was phenomenal: 2 goals in every 3 games, and all in the top division.  Cloughie managed pretty much a goal a game and had about 250 before Bury's goalkeeper ended his career.  Most of these were in the second division, from which he was picked for England, when playing for MIDDLESBROUGH. (or possibly Sunderland)

Whatever, it's still a great quote, from one of the two best players mentioned in this post.

RIP Jimmy Greaves.
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Peter

Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #10 on: 19 September, 2021, 07:29:39 pm »
Quote from: Von Broad on 19 September, 2021, 04:18:52 pm
John White to Danny Blanchflower during a game : "Greaves is again standing on the half way line doing nothing."
Blanchflower replied, "...and when you score 40 goals in a season you can stand up there and do nothing with him!".

Classic  :D

God obviously liked Greavesie, hence the thunderbolt for poor John White?
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #11 on: 20 September, 2021, 12:43:14 am »
He also finished 6th in the 1970 World Cup Rally sharing an Escort with Tony Fall.
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Re: Greavsie goes to meet the saints
« Reply #12 on: 22 September, 2021, 10:06:58 pm »
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 September, 2021, 12:43:14 am
He also finished 6th in the 1970 World Cup Rally sharing an Escort with Tony Fall.
Cool. I can add that here!
https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1356.msg2552280;topicseen#msg2552280
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