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There would have to be one for Arthur Rowe.
Born and bred in Tottenham too.
The battle goes on for Jimmy Greaves' gong: 357 goals in English top-flight but still no MBE - Sportsmail continue to fight for recognition legendary striker deserves after 80-year-old was left out of Queen's birthday honours
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Sportsmail call for Jimmy Greaves to receive recognition
Jimmy Greaves, 80, the greatest goalscorer in English top-flight history, is not included in the Queen's birthday honours. Sportsmail are calling Greaves to receive the recognition he deserves.
Reading through this thread has reignited an anger that has burned inside me for 28 years now, the shameful resetting of records to accomodate the fucking "Premier League Era", that at a stroke airbrushed so many greats from football history for most.
Let us pause to remember another leviathan, Sir Dixie Dean, whose monumental feat of 60 goals in a season has been largely forgotten beyond Goodison Park.
But hey, Mohammed Salah scored 32 a couple of years ago, which is far more noteworthy
Let us pause to remember another leviathan, Sir Dixie Dean, whose monumental feat of 60 goals in a season has been largely forgotten beyond Goodison Park.
But hey, Mohammed Salah scored 32 a couple of years ago, which is far more noteworthy
I didn't realise that Greaves hadn't been recognised by the honours system. I just took it for granted that he already had.
It seems an insult to such a great player that he is given the lowest of the honours for services to football when he hasn't played in the top tier for 50 years.
Why award it now? Because he's old and frail and next year might be too late?
I'll say it again. It's an insult.
I don't like the honours system but if there is to be one then there should be some kind of consistency to them.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (a good actor but let's not get carried away here - awarded a CBE when he was 37)
Jimmy Greaves (awarded the MBE when he was 80)
What a joke.
For fuck's sake... Harry Kane!!
A great, great player but he was born FIFTY THREE YEARS AFTER Greaves and he STILL got the MBE before Greaves did!!!
Just ridiculous.
It seems an insult to such a great player that he is given the lowest of the honours for services to football when he hasn't played in the top tier for 50 years.
Why award it now? Because he's old and frail and next year might be too late?
I'll say it again. It's an insult.
I don't like the honours system but if there is to be one then there should be some kind of consistency to them.
Chiwetel Ejiofor (a good actor but let's not get carried away here - awarded a CBE when he was 37)
Jimmy Greaves (awarded the MBE when he was 80)
What a joke.
For fuck's sake... Harry Kane!!
A great, great player but he was born FIFTY THREE YEARS AFTER Greaves and he STILL got the MBE before Greaves did!!!
Just ridiculous.
The greatest English striker of all time and probably the greatest Spur of all time.Legend is an overused word but on this occasion it doesn’t go far enough.Rest in peace Jimmy, your legend and legacy will live forever.
All my family are Woolwich , Greavsie is why I am a Spurs fan. RIP Jimmy , best pure finisher I have ever seen
Why does he have to put "quite possibly" in there? He doesn't do himself any favours sometimes.
Yep, I was lucky enough to be at the Lane for some of those great games in the 60s. For me Bobby Charlton is the greatest ever English player, and to see him on the same pitch with Jimmy and to see them both scoring trademark goals as happened in 1965, unforgettable stuff.
I can so easily just close my eyes and go back 50 years and remember the game, the friends I was with (one has already sadly passed on), the crowd ... I tell you, I'm on the verge on getting tearful, so I'll stop being a silly old man, and end the post here
There have been various good articles about Jimmy lately, but time and again the key stat(s) about him are missed out.
His 357 top flight goals still leads the way in English football. (Hence my '357 best ever' name tag) Shearer gets a lot of praise for being the Prem leading scorer and rightly so, but Greaves outscored him by quite a distance, and has outscored every English top flight player EVER! (That includes foreign players like Henry, Van Persie, whoever as well.)
Also missed out time and again is Greavesie is still the leading scorer in all the 'Big 5 leagues'
Yep, more than Muller, Puskas, Law, Dean, Messi, Ronaldo (though the latter two may overtake him) you name 'em, Greavesie has currently outscored all of them in the very top leagues.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...me-list-scorers-Europe-s-big-five-league.html
His 357 top flight goals still leads the way in English football. (Hence my '357 best ever' name tag) Shearer gets a lot of praise for being the Prem leading scorer and rightly so, but Greaves outscored him by quite a distance, and has outscored every English top flight player EVER! (That includes foreign players like Henry, Van Persie, whoever as well.)
Also missed out time and again is Greavesie is still the leading scorer in all the 'Big 5 leagues'
Yep, more than Muller, Puskas, Law, Dean, Messi, Ronaldo (though the latter two may overtake him) you name 'em, Greavesie has currently outscored all of them in the very top leagues.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...me-list-scorers-Europe-s-big-five-league.html
Whilst it's lovely to see Jimmy with his family, the poor old bugger looks really unhappy.
I know it's an old cliche but seeing photos like the one of Jimmy and knowing he was England's greatest ever centre forward, a sportsman at his peak, reminds me to be thankful for every healthy day
I know it's an old cliche but seeing photos like the one of Jimmy and knowing he was England's greatest ever centre forward, a sportsman at his peak, reminds me to be thankful for every healthy day
My first game was in 1969, Jimmy's last season, and unfortunately he didn't score. I don't remember much of the game, although I do remember Jimmy swearing at a linesman for calling him offside ( I was right up the front, standing near the corner of the East Stand/Paxton). I learned quite a few choice words that day, I can tell you - mum wasn't impressed!
Really good news, hope he stays well, not ready to lose him yet.
The battle goes on for Jimmy Greaves' gong: 357 goals in English top-flight but still no MBE - Sportsmail continue to fight for recognition legendary striker deserves after 80-year-old was left out of Queen's birthday honours
Sportsmail call for Jimmy Greaves to receive recognition
Jimmy Greaves, 80, the greatest goalscorer in English top-flight history, is not included in the Queen's birthday honours. Sportsmail are calling Greaves to receive the recognition he deserves.
It's bullshit!
People forget how loved he was as a TV personality too....
Jimmy's a national treasure.
Should be a knighthood!!!
One of Spurs and England's very best players and a huge part of why I became a football fan, watching him and his old mate St. John on TV.
An absolute LEGEND.
I hope he's at peace now.
An absolute LEGEND.
I hope he's at peace now.