Jimmy Greaves, English Football Legend - BBC Sport Comedy

[H3159]

great this man has moved in my village, good to see him in the local shop,,,,,,

[ANDYSAFC85]

"That actually IS a performance enhancing drug!"

[ipitythefoolalouette]

it's a shame he didn't settle in Milan, but as an AC fan i'm glad he played for my team. i never understand why he came back to England after such a good season in terms of goals... anyway, great striker!

[jdig1984]

greavsie is cool great sense of humour

[giantbluemarlin]

Must have something to idolise. Spin the wheel. Where will it stop? Click..click....click.........­­JIMMY GREAVES! And why not? It's a funny old world.

Respect for his achievements on the pitch. They mean a lot in the grand scheme. As much as this comment. Some might get excited about both. Some neither. Lol.

And if you are going to idolise someone that kicks stuff for a living, then I guess Mr Greaves kicks Beckham and Rooney's combined arses. But does it matter?

[wataf211110]

Greavies 44 goals in 57 games for England speaks for itself. If he hadn't have been injured before the 1966 World Cup Final would Geoff Hurst be even spoken about today, because he wouldn't have been in the final 11 or had a knighthood.

[Simonc1952]

The facts gentlemen are these: Jimmy Greaves played his greatest football as a youngster at Chelsea... it is difficult to describe just how amazing he was... up there with Pele and Garrincha... He continued to be a great player for Tottenham but those very early days were incredible. Peter Osgood as a 17/18 year old in the mid-60s came close but Greavsie was the greatest. Respect.

[BillDFC]

Jimmy Greaves was a natural,brilliant goalscorer.....a wonderful player who only had one fault...he wasn't a Scot.

[TumblingDice1972]

jimmy is the man

[sagahammer]

True he was the greatest goalscorer to grace the English game. Shame he wasted most of his career at Shite Hart Lane.

[calvinhealy]

@sagahammer You obviously dont know anything about English Football, let alone Jimmy Greaves. The only thing he won at Chelsea was Top Goalscorer, twice. Whereas at your so called "Shite Hart Lane", he won it 4 times(220/321), he won the F.A Cup twice and was also part of the 1st British team to win a European Trophy, and yes, it was with Spurs, in the Cup Winners Cup(1962/63). So there you have it. You must be an Arsenal scum, or judging by your name, a bloody hooligan West Ham knob'ead.

[sagahammer]

@calvinhealy

Sorry old chap but I don't discuss football with

1. Manchester United fans that don't live within a radius of fifty miles from Old Trafford

2. People wearing baseball caps

3. Deluded T8ttenham (We are a big club honestly) H*tspurs fans.

I'm sorry if this disappoints you but I must maintain standards.

[sagahammer]

@ "calvinhealy you should get your spelling rite and then leave on a high. now u just look like a fool".

I am so sorry but as they are such dirty, disgusting words to see, I turned my head away when typing them, the 8 should have been a * which censors the filthy word in case people of a delicate disposition are lokking in. Thank you for pointing that out, and I return the favour by pointing out that rite without the W in front has a different meaning to what you were trying to convey.

[calvinhealy]

@sagahammer hahahaha."lokking"? loser.

[marxistsoldier]

Chelsea produced England's greatest ever striker.

[geradegan]

Greaves was understandably disappointed he was left out of the 1966 World Cup final but he still made a contribution in other games in the tournament. And he had many great games ahead of him. In 1967, he won the FA Cup with Tottenham. For several years, he had a wonderful partnership with Alan Gilzean.

[tommyrockon]

This is a man who only played at the top level, scoring 422 goals in 602 appearances in a day when forwards were kicked from arsehole to breakfast time. We were gutted when he left Chelsea but he was the greatest goal scorer of all time ... bar none.

[toonged]

@tommyrockon .Spot on mate. Greavsie was the real deal. World class!!. Wish he was a geordie!!

[ann2shoes]

Jimmy Greaves was absolutely brilliant in his day.

[Hicksie52]

PS My last 2 posts are in reply to 'aeonflux67'.

[BillDFC]

I am a Scot....Jimmy Greaves was a superb player,utterly deadly!

[Hicksie52]

Hi BillDFC! Sorry I haven't been in touch. Just found out there's a new book coming out called 'In search of Alan Gilzean' published by Back Page Books. Sounds good. Hope you are well!

[SuperCallum21]

dudez dis is weird my name is Callum Greaves and is dis guy famouse? cuz im curious to find out if wr related!!!

[stugers]

i dont like jimmy greaves

[rbessell]

Jimmy is without any doubt one of the greatest players ever to have graced a football shirt. His work after he left the game is just as great, I remember growing up with Saint and Greavies.LEGEND

[innit27]

is david seaman a hand operated puppet or mechanical?

[lucu01]

Legendary striker, loved the drink, great comedian - Legend !

[ChemistLecherE]

I still believe that Jimmy Greaves is the greatest British striker of all time. It took Gary Lineker a lot more games to break his record, and Shearer and Owen's stats aren't even close to Jimmy's. I feel a bit sad the way he is ridiculed by people, and no I'm not even a Spurs fan.

[madmax8903]

357 goals in 513 First Division games says it all. He was his team's top scorer in 12 seasons out of 14. Top scorer in the league 6/7 times and joint top on another occasion. Scorer in every debut match he ever played in, including a hat-trick first Spurs outing (and he scored 25 hat-tricks). Undoubtedly the greatest goalscorer Britain's ever produced: a veritable Bradman of football.

[liamspoordad]

jimmy was without a doubt the best striker ever and anyone who disagrees with that is either a gooner or a no nothing twat

[alexmiddleton4]

Whenever I watch football with my dad anytime a striker misses a chance he goes on about Jimmy and how good he was.

[redredreds100]

your dad is no fool, whenever my son watches football with me and a striker misses, I always scream, Roger Hunt would have buried that

[alexmiddleton4]

Yeah well he supported tottenham since forever and loved Jimmy, and hated Vinnie Jones :)

[antster1983]

It's amyl nitr"ite" that's used in poppers, not amyl nitr"ate".

[redredreds100]

fuck off you idiot, who cares, what a boring fucked up lonely moron you must be, how is life, living with mum and dad.

[dball111]

Legend.

[aeonflux67]

legendary whiner and pisspot.

[Hicksie52]

I feel very sorry for you, because you clearly don't know anything about football....

[Hicksie52]

Sorry, I had no idea my message had been deleted. FFS , if you're going to pontificate about something, at least do some research. Jimmy is one of the best footballers Britain has ever produced. Just look on YouTube (especially his goal against Man U in 1965). I see you come from Iceland. My Dad was on HMS Belfast on the Arctic Convoys in WW2 and he spent a lot of time there. He said it was most miserable place he'd ever been to and he looked forward to the convoys just to get out of the place!