The Jimmy Greaves We Knew

An Authorised Celebration of a National Treasure

Mike Donovan

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781801504065
• Year: 2022

The Jimmy Greaves We Knew celebrates the life and career of a national treasure through the memories of friends, family, team-mates, the media and fans. They recall a goalscoring great, a TV celebrity - most notably as one half of the legendary Saint and Greavsie - a newspaper columnist, comedian and raconteur who battled alcohol addiction. The modern game also pays tribute to this charismatic, friendly, down-to-earth, witty individual who built a reputation for hitting the back of the net playing for Chelsea, AC Milan, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and England. Greaves set a European record of 357 goals in 516 top-flight games and netted 44 in 57 full international appearances. Tragically, Greaves suffered a stroke in 2015 and died on 19 September 2021, when two of his former clubs, Spurs and Chelsea - plus 60,000 fans - gave him a minute's applause before they played each other at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The love and affection is as strong as ever.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword by Terry Baker
• Prologue
• Part One: The Private Life Nearest and Dearest
• Part Two: The Public Life It’s a Funny Old Game
• Part Three: The People Treasuring Their Treasure
• Appendix 1: Poem
• Appendix 2: Extras
• Appendix 3: Statistics
• Appendix 4: The Last Word
• Acknowledgements
• Image credits
• Bibliography
• Photos