We wouldn't have been anywhere near competing for his signature if it was today we are no longer that club from the past we are mediocre nowadays.
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It's taken a couple of days to get my thoughts together after this, absolutely devastated.
I once met Greaves in the Brookmans Park Hotel, back when Chivers was running it (not sure if he still is as I haven't been that way in over 30 years). I was just a youngun at the time, and the Old Man took me over there to meet Martin Chivers. We were in the bar having a chat with MC, reminiscing about games that my Dad had watched, and the ones he took me to back in the late 60's and early 70's, when in walked Greaves. Don't worry, he wasn't drinking, he'd just popped in to say hello to MC.
After saying hello, I was a bit overawed as this man was my Dad's all time hero, we said we'd leave them to it, but Greavsie being an absolute gent, invited us to join them.
I still remember that night as one of my most Golden memories. We were treated to a feast of story telling that had me in tears of laughter. The one that sticks out the most was the story he told about how he'd been on the lash one Friday night, got plastered and, worried that he'd not make the game the following day, he drove to WHL and kipped in the car! He then went out and scored a hat trick with a banging hangover!
I really don't do the story justice because no one could deliver a story like Greaves, I've never seen my Dad laugh so much.
For most, the memory of Greaves is from his Saint and Greavsie days or, for the real olduns, his sublime gift as a striker.
For me the memory is of an absolute gent who went out of his way to entertain a youngster he'd only just met and a man who held him on a pedestal.
Heaven's 11 just got the greatest striker the World has ever seen, and the banter in the bar afterwards just went up a level.
RIP you wonderful man, you are sorely missed already.
I once met Greaves in the Brookmans Park Hotel, back when Chivers was running it (not sure if he still is as I haven't been that way in over 30 years). I was just a youngun at the time, and the Old Man took me over there to meet Martin Chivers. We were in the bar having a chat with MC, reminiscing about games that my Dad had watched, and the ones he took me to back in the late 60's and early 70's, when in walked Greaves. Don't worry, he wasn't drinking, he'd just popped in to say hello to MC.
After saying hello, I was a bit overawed as this man was my Dad's all time hero, we said we'd leave them to it, but Greavsie being an absolute gent, invited us to join them.
I still remember that night as one of my most Golden memories. We were treated to a feast of story telling that had me in tears of laughter. The one that sticks out the most was the story he told about how he'd been on the lash one Friday night, got plastered and, worried that he'd not make the game the following day, he drove to WHL and kipped in the car! He then went out and scored a hat trick with a banging hangover!
I really don't do the story justice because no one could deliver a story like Greaves, I've never seen my Dad laugh so much.
For most, the memory of Greaves is from his Saint and Greavsie days or, for the real olduns, his sublime gift as a striker.
For me the memory is of an absolute gent who went out of his way to entertain a youngster he'd only just met and a man who held him on a pedestal.
Heaven's 11 just got the greatest striker the World has ever seen, and the banter in the bar afterwards just went up a level.
RIP you wonderful man, you are sorely missed already.
Apologies if this has been posted before. I came across it by chance. The quality is poor at times, but there are some insightful views from the time.
The Roar of the Crowd - The Enigmatic Mr Greaves (BBC TV Documentary about Jimmy Greaves) 1969
The Roar of the Crowd - The Enigmatic Mr Greaves (BBC TV Documentary about Jimmy Greaves) 1969
Sorry if a repeat posting.....
Probably an old story for some; this made me laugh but also spoke of how much of a top lad Greavsie was
comicus.co.uk
In short Moore got fitted up on some bullshit charge over the theft of a bracelet during a stop-over in Bogota whilst on tour with the England team on the run up to the 1970 world cup finals and found himself holed up in the British Embassy out there......
Probably an old story for some; this made me laugh but also spoke of how much of a top lad Greavsie was
Bobby Moore: Bogotá Bracelet Arrest Scandal Revisited · Comicus
At the El Tequendama hotel (Bogotá) Bobby Moore and Bobby Charlton were accused of stealing a valuable bracelet from a display case.
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In short Moore got fitted up on some bullshit charge over the theft of a bracelet during a stop-over in Bogota whilst on tour with the England team on the run up to the 1970 world cup finals and found himself holed up in the British Embassy out there......
Jimmy Drops in on Bobby
In a bizarre incident on the final South American leg of this competition in Mexico City. Greaves persuaded Fall and the Daily Express journalist Norman Giller to help him find the embassy where his best friend, fellow West Ham player Bobby Moore was being kept as a guest. Having discovered it, the cheeky Jimmy shined over the wall. “I got into the back of the house through some French windows,” Greaves said. “Mooro almost dropped his lager in surprise when he saw me approaching from the direction of the kitchen. He was even more surprised when I asked him where he’d hidden the bracelet!” The two best mates sat down to ease their troubles. It was a welcome amusing distraction to what was a very serious situation.
Also.... Check out Danny Kelly's 'My Sporting Life' with Greavsie.... It's being repeated now on TS, but bound to be available for download too.
It's the bollocks!
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It's the bollocks!
English Football Genius: A Tribute To Jimmy Greaves – Premier League All Access
Join us as talkSPORT mark the passing of the legendary England Striker and Tottenham’s all time leading goal scorer Jimmy Greaves.
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Love that story playing for England and everyone bricking it at HT because they're going to be bollocked.
First match I ever saw, Greaves and Hurst were both playing for WHU at Palace. Moore too.