Man was he a player, he just seemed to breeze by players with ease, for me he was the best goal scorer of all time.there should be a statue of him outside the ground.
He inspired me to love the game aged seven. I learnt the game watching him, I became two footed because of him and the kids in the playground asked me "who do you think you are, Jimmy Greaves?" It was the greatest derisory comment anyone could ever have given me. I remember arriving at school one Monday hearing he'd been sold to West Ham and it was although my world had fallen apart. I remember the first game my dad took me to at WHL. A dour affair other than Jimmy scoring the winner and him and Bobby Moore doing a little jig on the pitch, that has been shown on tv numerous times. The old man (a Millwall fan) was shouting out "Oi Greaves where's yer handbag?" to wind me up. The looks he got from the Spurs crowd in the Paxton. No one fancied taking him on though. As an aside, illustrious names like Redknapp, Venables, John Charles (gawd I'm old) Pat of course, Peters and Hurst played that day. I also believe it was Grotier's debut in goal for the Hammers.
He'd put on the shirt, go onto the pitch and do his job.. He was very very good at his job... A master of his trade and on top of that, he was a smashing bloke...
Some great footage here of Tottenham’s greatest ever player & my all time hero. Just love the way Tottenham’s fans ran onto the pitch to embrace him in the last clip. It just goes to show how much the fans loved him. An absolute genius & a legend .👏👏👏
Would be great if spurs fans could be given chance to thank Jimmy greaves at the new stadium. A pre season friendly that would be first game at the new stadium. A sort of testimonial. I'm sure Spurs fans would turn out in support of one of our greatest players. Very sad to see Him going through bad times and I'll health. COYS.
As an Arsenal season ticket holder, I have nothing but respect and admiration for Jimmy Greaves. A truly wonderful footballer. Just sorry that he played for 3 London clubs, but never the Arsenal.
@Alexander Bass I came from a generation that would go to Highbury one week and WHL the next. My two uncles were Spurs fans, while my dad was an Arsenal fan. Thanks for your kind commment.
A player of perpetual motion on the pitch, he ghosted past players like they weren't there, he moved with a silky pace, and a balance that made him appear like he was floating, as he left a trail of opponents in his wake, as he rounded the keeper to side foot another goal with effortless class......the word great, and genius is banded round to freely... But not when it came to Jimmy Greave's he was both and much much more.....the Best
I was a man utd fan in the 60sand70s went all over with them.but every time Jimmy got the ball I would be scared to death that he would score.great goal scorer and Tottenham were a great and entertaining team to play against
Sad to say that outside of Britain now he is almost forgotten and never gets mentioned when people talk of the greatest players. My father saw him play and always told me he and Mathews were the best he'd seen.
I’m a Man U fan. Loved to have seen him in red with law best and Charlton. As a goal scorer on par with puskas and muller. Adored him and still do. Maestro 👍
I had the privilege of seeing Mr Greaves play quite a few games over many years, and for me, he was the best i have ever seen. i feel sorry for anyone who didnt get to see him play.
As a kid I saw Jimmy at Chelsea and against Preston who had one of the greats in Tom Finney he scored the greatest goal I ever saw in my 77 years when he beat half the Preston team to score. The ground went quiet and then the crowd erupted in clapping and the Preston player joined in and Finney came over and shook his hand. I looked at my dad and he was crying and I can see that goal to my dying day. My dad who played for Brentford during WW" always said he was the greatest player he ever saw and to me he was my first and only hero. THE GREATEST.
Much is made of Greaves' ability to go round players and walk the ball into the net, and rightly so, but the clips here also show him scoring from a free kick, going around a defensive wall and a longer distance "thunderbolt" shot.
As a youngster i was lucky enough to see Jimmy Greaves play... I rank him with the Mathews ....Bests.....Charltons... That Double winning side of 61/62 was amazing.... In saying that as a Villa fan now living in OZ i remember Villa beating Spurs 2..1 in front of 60,000 early August 62
The double winning side was 1960/61 and Greaves was signed the next season. He is a legend and I saw him play often, his partnership with Alan Gilzean was fantastic, I think they were called the "G" men.
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I’d love the Tottenham legends that are still massive fans of the club, Jimmy, Roberts, Ossie, Ricky,Jones and Jennings....those who knew Bill Nicholson..many more ex players including the likes of Klinsmann, VDV, Robbo....all who love Tottenham.....to witness something resembling those glory days with this current brilliant Tottenham team....COYS!!
The. Best Striker ever and I did see Jimmy playing for Chelsea at Newcastle as one of Drakes Ducklings A game won by Chelsea 6 - 1. with Jimmy scoring 4 of the goals all of the goals coming in the second half He made it look so easy absolutely Brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍
Jimmy Greaves was undoubtly and indisputably the greatest ever English goalscorer.He scored in every debut in his football career. His goalscoring feat for Tottenham Hotspurs was legendary and who can forget the opening goal he scored for Spurs against Burnley at Wembley in the 1962 FA Cup final.Cool as a cucumber he just glided the ball into the net. But unlike his scoring feats for Spurs Jimmy Greaves's England career did not live up to high expectations except for one performance with Scotland at Wembley in the 1961 Home Championship.England thrashed the Scots 9-3 that day and Greaves registered a hat-trick.His maiden World Cup in Chile in 1962 was not impressive.Greaves would be much remembered for catching a stray dog just before England played Brazil in the 1962 World Cup quarter final tie at Rancagua.England were sent crashing out by eventual champions Brazil 3-1. In the 1966 World Cup hosted by England hope and high expectations were placed on the shoulders of Jimmy Greaves to score the goals and win the World Cup for England. Greaves did play in the first three matches but manager the late Alf Ramsey already knew of Greaves inability to perform well in an England shirt.He had seen Greaves perform below expectations when England were stunned 3-2 by Austria in a friendly at Wembley in 1965. But Ramsey was willing to gamble on Greaves in the 1966 World Cup finals. But thanks to an injury to Greaves Ramsey put his faith on the green horn Geoff Hurst and the rest is history. And when Greaves had recovered during the evening of the World Cup final many had expected Ramsey to field Greaves but the latter sticked to the same team that had outplayed Portugal in the semifinals. So disappointed of being omitted from the final line up Greaves the same morning took his bags and leave.It was a disappointment Greaves never recovered from.He said years after that it still hurts but since then respected what Ramsey had did then.
Another Legend lost… the youth today know nothing about this era of football, Sir Stanley Matthews was another great rarely ever mentioned still running past people at 50!
'It's probably the greatest name in the world "Chelsea" . You think about it , it conjures up the best part of the biggest city in the world. CHELSEA it's magical!' - Jimmy Greaves
What the hell is Nicholson on about Greaves having 'more skill than he's credited for ' ???? Only a football ignoramus doesn't know he was one of the most brilliantly skilled players in history ! PS He revealed that in 1970 Brian Clough wanted him at Derby, if he'd gone there instead of West Ham I reckon he'd have scored 100+ more goals and won at least one league championship medal.
Greaves got injured playing France. Whilst out injured, Hurst took his place. Manager Alf Ramsey observed that although Hurst was not the prolific goal scorer of Greaves, the team seemed to play with more cohesion and overall balance. On the day of the final, Greaves although recovered from injury, Ramsey went with Hurst . The rest is history. You have to remember there were no substitutes in those days. I'm sure if there was, Greaves would have had seen some action that day.
Some great footage here of Tottenham’s greatest ever player & my all time hero. Just love the way Tottenham’s fans ran onto the pitch to embrace him in the last clip. It just goes to show how much the fans loved him. An absolute genius & a legend .👏👏👏
Man was he a player, he just seemed to breeze by players with ease, for me he was the best goal scorer of all time.there should be a statue of him outside the ground.
Absolutely there should be a memorial to a true great
He inspired me to love the game aged seven. I learnt the game watching him, I became two footed because of him and the kids in the playground asked me "who do you think you are, Jimmy Greaves?" It was the greatest derisory comment anyone could ever have given me. I remember arriving at school one Monday hearing he'd been sold to West Ham and it was although my world had fallen apart. I remember the first game my dad took me to at WHL. A dour affair other than Jimmy scoring the winner and him and Bobby Moore doing a little jig on the pitch, that has been shown on tv numerous times. The old man (a Millwall fan) was shouting out "Oi Greaves where's yer handbag?" to wind me up. The looks he got from the Spurs crowd in the Paxton. No one fancied taking him on though. As an aside, illustrious names like Redknapp, Venables, John Charles (gawd I'm old) Pat of course, Peters and Hurst played that day. I also believe it was Grotier's debut in goal for the Hammers.
He'd put on the shirt, go onto the pitch and do his job.. He was very very good at his job... A master of his trade and on top of that, he was a smashing bloke...
My all time hero
Simply the greatest
Some great footage here of Tottenham’s greatest ever player & my all time hero.
Just love the way Tottenham’s fans ran onto the pitch to embrace him in the last clip. It just goes to show how much the fans loved him. An absolute genius & a legend .👏👏👏
"Clear I was going to be a footballer...of some sort". Probably the biggest understatement ever.
Would be great if spurs fans could be given chance to thank Jimmy greaves at the new stadium. A pre season friendly that would be first game at the new stadium. A sort of testimonial. I'm sure Spurs fans would turn out in support of one of our greatest players. Very sad to see Him going through bad times and I'll health. COYS.
As an Arsenal season ticket holder, I have nothing but respect and admiration for Jimmy Greaves. A truly wonderful footballer.
Just sorry that he played for 3 London clubs, but never the Arsenal.
Tarquin45 refreshing and great to see positive feedback from a rival fan...much respect 👏🏻
@Alexander Bass I came from a generation that would go to Highbury one week and WHL the next. My two uncles were Spurs fans, while my dad was an Arsenal fan. Thanks for your kind commment.
A player of perpetual motion on the pitch, he ghosted past players like they weren't there, he moved with a silky pace, and a balance that made him appear like he was floating, as he left a trail of opponents in his wake, as he rounded the keeper to side foot another goal with effortless class......the word great, and genius is banded round to freely... But not when it came to Jimmy Greave's he was both and much much more.....the Best
Leeds fan here I saw jimmy play many time ar games with my dad. Simply the best. I wish he'd played for us!!!
I was a man utd fan in the 60sand70s went all over with them.but every time Jimmy got the ball I would be scared to death that he would score.great goal scorer and Tottenham were a great and entertaining team to play against
The greatest British goal scorer ever and in the top 5 in the world of all time imo
Sad to say that outside of Britain now he is almost forgotten and never gets mentioned when people talk of the greatest players. My father saw him play and always told me he and Mathews were the best he'd seen.
I’m a Man U fan. Loved to have seen him in red with law best and Charlton. As a goal scorer on par with puskas and muller. Adored him and still do. Maestro 👍
As a born and bred lifelong Liverpool fan I rate greaves as the best I've seen
The reason I supported Spurs he was and still is the greatest
ONE OF MY IDOLS AND HEROES
Unless you saw Jimmy Greaves play in person, it was impossible to describe what a footballing genius he was. It was an honour to watch him.
A lovely ordinary bloke who was the greatest footballer of his generation.A goal scoring genius.
Jimmy was my football idol
I had the privilege of seeing Mr Greaves play quite a few games over many years, and for me, he was the best i have ever seen. i feel sorry for anyone who didnt get to see him play.
The one legend I want on FIFA... legend of the game quite possibly the best striker the games ever seen
Get well soon jimmy
On a planet especially reserved for him as there was and never will be his equal
As a kid I saw Jimmy at Chelsea and against Preston who had one of the greats in Tom Finney he scored the greatest goal I ever saw in my 77 years when he beat half the Preston team to score.
The ground went quiet and then the crowd erupted in clapping and the Preston player joined in and Finney came over and shook his hand. I looked at my dad and he was crying and I can see that goal to my dying day.
My dad who played for Brentford during WW" always said he was the greatest player he ever saw and to me he was my first and only hero. THE GREATEST.
Greatest goalscorer I ever saw, because he had all the skills not just some.
Much is made of Greaves' ability to go round players and walk the ball into the net, and rightly so, but the clips here also show him scoring from a free kick, going around a defensive wall and a longer distance "thunderbolt" shot.
I'm an Arsenal fan and I met Greavsie back in 2005.
One of the all time greates .when he got the ball around the penalty area us opposing fans were in a state of terror
As a youngster i was lucky enough to see Jimmy Greaves play... I rank him with the Mathews ....Bests.....Charltons... That Double winning side of 61/62 was amazing.... In saying that as a Villa fan now living in OZ i remember Villa beating Spurs 2..1 in front of 60,000 early August 62
The double winning side was 1960/61 and Greaves was signed the next season. He is a legend and I saw him play often, his partnership with Alan Gilzean was fantastic, I think they were called the "G" men.
Jimmy Greaves the GOAT... can't believe you played Brand New over this... great song, nice touch.
How I wish I was one of those lucky kids who run on the pitch to hug our Jimmy end of this lovely vid, ❤️ ya Jimmy cheers boss RIP
RIP The lanes hero and LEGEND Thank you for all the memories Jimmy God bless you
Absolutely amazing video,man !
Beautiful song and well edited
1887VDV23 ed sheeran
It's not Ed Sheeran it's a band called Brand New
Pure magic and lethal in the box. His goal tally will never be surpassed.
Jim's style was pure rolls-royce smooth..:)
I just stumbled on your channel, after seeing your collab with yidvids2. Best stumbling I have done this season. Absolutely beautiful work. Keep them coming. #COYS .. Regards from India.
Another top vid. I've got jimmy's autograph:D
The one and only one of a kind
Old footage, new footage... You're always a great editor! COYS
RIP Jimmy ❤
I’d love the Tottenham legends that are still massive fans of the club, Jimmy, Roberts, Ossie, Ricky,Jones and Jennings....those who knew Bill Nicholson..many more ex players including the likes of Klinsmann, VDV, Robbo....all who love Tottenham.....to witness something resembling those glory days with this current brilliant Tottenham team....COYS!!
Top vid Mont! :)
As a Gooner....what a player!!! I saw him several times and believe me he was so much more than a goalscorer....
The best. No words can describe how good he actually was...
RIP Jimmy.
The. Best Striker ever and I did see Jimmy playing for Chelsea at Newcastle as one of Drakes Ducklings
A game won by Chelsea 6 - 1. with Jimmy scoring 4 of the goals all of the goals coming in the second half
He made it look so easy absolutely Brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍
Lovely video
Wow that's excellent from the legend Jimmy Greaves
Jimmy Greaves was undoubtly and indisputably the greatest ever English goalscorer.He scored in every debut in his football career.
His goalscoring feat for Tottenham Hotspurs was legendary and who can forget the opening goal he scored for Spurs against Burnley at Wembley in the 1962 FA Cup final.Cool as a cucumber he just glided the ball into the net.
But unlike his scoring feats for Spurs Jimmy Greaves's England career did not live up to high expectations except for one performance with Scotland at Wembley in the 1961 Home Championship.England thrashed the Scots 9-3 that day and Greaves registered a hat-trick.His maiden World Cup in Chile in 1962 was not impressive.Greaves would be much remembered for catching a stray dog just before England played Brazil in the 1962 World Cup quarter final tie at Rancagua.England were sent crashing out by eventual champions Brazil 3-1.
In the 1966 World Cup hosted by England hope and high expectations were placed on the shoulders of Jimmy Greaves to score the goals and win the World Cup for England.
Greaves did play in the first three matches but manager the late Alf Ramsey already knew of Greaves inability to perform well in an England shirt.He had seen Greaves perform below expectations when England were stunned 3-2 by Austria in a friendly at Wembley in 1965.
But Ramsey was willing to gamble on Greaves in the 1966 World Cup finals.
But thanks to an injury to Greaves Ramsey put his faith on the green horn Geoff Hurst and the rest is history.
And when Greaves had recovered during the evening of the World Cup final many had expected Ramsey to field Greaves but the latter sticked to the same team that had outplayed Portugal in the semifinals.
So disappointed of being omitted from the final line up Greaves the same morning took his bags and leave.It was a disappointment Greaves never recovered from.He said years after that it still hurts but since then respected what Ramsey had did then.
A failure in an England shirt! 44 goals in 57 games. By far the best goals to games ratio of any English player.
Nice, well done.
Jimmy greaves a Spurs great a British football great 👍
Another Legend lost… the youth today know nothing about this era of football, Sir Stanley Matthews was another great rarely ever mentioned still running past people at 50!
My club..we are spurs
Wish id seen him play - absolute genius of a player - his record speaks for itself
No porches or Ferraris in them days for football players Jimmy got the bus to many a game
No porches or Ferraris in them days for footballJimmy got the bus to many a game Q13
The best English footballer ever
Different class.
Our Jimmy
RIP
Harry Kane ? , never heard of her !!!
Brand New and Jimmy Greaves. What's going on?
'It's probably the greatest name in the world "Chelsea" . You think about it , it conjures up the best part of the biggest city in the world. CHELSEA it's magical!' - Jimmy Greaves
What the hell is Nicholson on about Greaves having 'more skill than he's credited for ' ????
Only a football ignoramus doesn't know he was one of the most brilliantly skilled players in history !
PS He revealed that in 1970 Brian Clough wanted him at Derby, if he'd gone there instead of West Ham I reckon he'd have scored 100+ more goals and won at least one league championship medal.
Rip
What's the story behind Alf Ramsey leaving Greaves out of the '66 World Cup Final?
Greaves got injured playing France. Whilst out injured, Hurst took his place.
Manager Alf Ramsey observed that although Hurst was not the prolific goal scorer of Greaves, the team seemed to play with more cohesion and overall balance. On the day of the final, Greaves although recovered from injury, Ramsey went with Hurst . The rest is history. You have to remember there were no substitutes in those days. I'm sure if there was, Greaves would have had seen some action that day.
He wasn’t a good player he was a great player he glided across the pitch and made defenders look like mugs
He learnt his trade at cfc
Some great footage here of Tottenham’s greatest ever player & my all time hero.
Just love the way Tottenham’s fans ran onto the pitch to embrace him in the last clip. It just goes to show how much the fans loved him. An absolute genius & a legend .👏👏👏
Kev lar
For me the greatest, no question about it . Tottenham will never have another Jimmy Greaves 😢😢