This week marks the 60th
anniversary of the goal scored by
Jimmy Greaves in the 1962 FA Cup
Final for Tottenham Hotspur against
Burnley. Greaves had predicted he
would score early when in the
dressing room before kick-off. Sure
enough, three minutes into the game,
he spied a narrow gap from the edge
of the area and his shot deceived
everyone.
The anniversary is marked by the
publication of Jimmy Greaves: The
One and Only, written by his close
friend Norman Giller. It is a
meandering biography which,
nonetheless, serves to underline just
how remarkable was the life of the
England striker, perhaps most famous
for not being selected for the 1966
World Cup final.
There is a photograph in the book
that shows Greaves in the dug-out, in
his sharp suit and tie, looking as
perplexed as many England fans
would have felt about his omission.
It was a controversial omission
because Greaves was such a gifted
player and enigmatic character.
Everyone admired him. Sir Geoff
Hurst, who was starting out at West
Ham United when Greaves was a
star at Spurs, was pushing his
baby daughter, Claire, in her pram
in a supermarket when he bumped
into him.
“I was so in awe of him that when I
wandered back into the street,” Hurst
told Giller, “I realised I had left Claire
in the supermarket.”
Greaves, who died last September
aged 81, was incredibly productive.
When playing for the Chelsea youth
team in 1957 he scored seven goals
in one match, which brought him to
the attention of Ted Drake, the first-
team manager.
Drake had famously scored seven
goals from eight shots for Arsenal
against Aston Villa in 1935, and he
told the young Greaves it was a feat
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PWDL FAWDL FAGDPts
W 1 Man City 34 13 2 2 50 13 13 3 1 34 8 63 83
W 2 Liverpool............................................... 34 14 3 0 45 7 11 4 2 41 15 64 82
W 3 Chelsea................................................... 34 8 5 3 32 18 11 4 3 36 11 39 66
W 4 Arsenal................................................... 34 11 2 4 28 15 9 1 7 26 26 13 63
W 5 Tottenham............................................ 34 11 1 5 34 19 8 3 6 25 20 20 61
W 6 Man United........................................... 35 9 5 4 29 22 6 5 6 25 30 2 55
W 7 West Ham.............................................. 35 9 4 5 31 24 6 3 8 22 22 7 52
W 8 Wolves.................................................... 34 7 2 8 18 19 8 2 7 15 13 1 49
Y 9 Brighton................................................. 35 3 7 7 12 22 7 7 4 22 20 -8 44
Z10 Newcastle.............................................. 35 7 6 5 24 27 4 4 9 16 29 -16 43
Z 11 Leicester................................................ 33 8 4 4 26 20 3 5 9 22 34 -6 42
Y 12 Crystal Palace...................................... 34 5 8 4 25 17 4 6 7 20 25 3 41
Y 13 Aston Villa............................................. 33 6 3 7 26 25 6 1 10 18 21 -2 40
Z14 Brentford............................................... 34 6 3 8 18 19 5 4 8 23 30 -8 40
Z 15 Southampton....................................... 35 6 7 5 22 22 3 6 8 19 36 -17 40
Y16 Burnley................................................... 34 5 6 6 16 20 2 7 8 15 26 -15 34
Z 17 Leeds....................................................... 34 4 5 8 18 34 4 5 8 20 38 -34 34
W18 Everton................................................... 33 8 2 7 22 20 1 3 12 13 35 -20 32
W19 Watford.................................................. 34 2 1 14 16 41 4 3 10 16 28 -37 22
W20 Norwich (R).......................................... 34 3 3 11 12 34 2 3 12 10 37 -49 21Non-League and Scotland
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Stockport County..40 27 4 9 83 3548 85
Wrexham....................41 25 9 7 87 42 45 84
FC Halifax...................41 24 8 9 59 31 28 80
Solihull Moors...........41 22 12 7 74 4430 78
Notts County............. 41 21 10 10 76 52 24 73
Grimsby......................41 22 7 12 62 39 23 73
Chesterfield...............41 20 13 8 69 48 21 73
Dag & Red.................. 4121 6 14 76 50 26 69
Boreham Wood...... 4018 11 11 46 33 13 65
Bromley..................... 4017 11 12 54 45 9 62
Torquay..................... 40 17 10 13 63 52 1161
Southend................... 4216 8 18 43 59 -16 56
Yeovil........................... 4114 12 15 40 44 -4 54
Altrincham................ 4015 8 17 60 63 -3 53
Woking........................ 4116 4 21 58 56 2 52
Maidenhead United 4112 11 18 43 63 -20 47
Wealdstone 41 12 10 19 46 63 -17 46
Barnet.......................... 41 12 10 19 54 83 -29 46
Eastleigh..................... 41 11 9 21 45 67 -22 42
Aldershot.................... 41 11 8 22 42 67 -25 41
King’s Lynn (R)........ 42 7 10 25 43 77 -34 31
Weymouth (R).......... 41 5 9 27 36 84 -48 24
Dover Athletic (R)... 41 2 6 33 34 96 -62 0
Aldershot 3 Notts County 1
Ndjoli 8, Willard 34
Armstrong 88Roberts 24 (pen)
Sent off: Kelly-Evans 90+7
Barnet 2 Grimsby 2
Marriott 37
Waterfall (og) 52Smith 81
Waterfall 89
Bromley 4 Chesterfield 2
Al Hamadi 12, 36
Coulson 29, Whitely 50Maguire 39
Denton 43
Dover Athletic^0 Altrincham^1
546 Hancock 38
FC Halifax Town 1 Yeovil 0
Dearnley 83 1,947
Kings Lynn Town 3 Eastleigh 3
Omotayo 40, 90+5
Barrows 89Barnett 64, Harper 76,
Kelly 90+11 (pen)
Stockport^1 Boreham Wood^2
Newby 90 Lewis 24, Fyfield 61
Torquay United 1 Maidenhead United 1
Lewis 90 Barratt 55Wealdstone^1 Dag’m & Redbridge^2
Umerah 90
1,321Morias 23
Onariase 47
Weymouth^2 Solihull Moors^4
Cordner 79
Blair 90+4
756Boyes 7
Harfield (og) 41
Clarke 69, Dallas 90
Wrexham 1 Southend 0
Palmer 47 9,200
National League North
PW D L F A GD Pts
Gateshead.................40 28 6 6 95 44 51 90
Brackley Town........40 25 10 551 21 30 85
AFC Fylde..................40 23 8 9 66 35 31 77
Kidderminster.........40 20 11 9 71 33 38 71
Chorley...................... 40 17 13 10 60 45 15 64
York............................ 4018 8 14 55 48 7 62
Boston United......... 40 17 8 15 60 56 4 59
Alfreton Town......... 40 16 1014 56 57 -1 58
Kettering Town...... 40 1512 13 52 47 5 57
Spennymoor Town 4016 9 15 53 50 3 57
Hereford FC 40 15 9 16 48 48 0 54
Southport.................. 40 1314 13 54 54 0 53
Darlington................ 40 14 1016 56 56 0 52
Curzon Ashton........ 40 1312 15 50 61 -11 51
Leamington.............. 40 1112 17 37 46 -9 45
Gloucester City.......40 10 14 16 44 57 -13 44
Bradford (PA).......... 40 11 11 18 46 61 -15 44
Chester FC................ 40 11 1019 66 71 -5 43
Blyth Spartans......... 40 11 6 23 38 74 -36 39
Farsley Celtic........... 40 9 9 22 36 75 -39 36
AFC Telford Utd...... 40 714 19 46 63 -17 35
Guiseley..................... 40 8 8 24 29 67 -38 32
AFC Fylde^0 Kettering Town^0
AFC Telford United^1 Boston United^1
Oswell 45
1,431Elliott 21Alfreton Town^0 Chester FC^0
Brackley Town 0 Blyth Spartans 1
895 O’Donnell 60
Bradford (Park Avenue) 0 Darlington 0
Curzon Ashton^1 Leamington^2
Poscha 89 Turner 2, 46Farsley Celtic^0 York City^2
Donaldson 75,
John-Lewis 87
Gateshead^3 Southport^1
Ward 5, Scott 11
Bailey 83Archer 37
2,006
Gloucester City 1 Chorley 1
Robert 90+3 Holmes 65
Kidderminster^3 Guiseley^0
Hemmings 6, 54 (pen)
Bajrami 372,077Spennymoor Town 1 Hereford FC 0
Thewlis 67 1,294
National League South
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Maidstone (C) .........38 26 6 6 76 34 42 84
Dorking .....................38 24 5 9 96 49 47 77
Dartford.....................38 20 11 7 68 39 29 71
Ebbsfleet United.....38 22 4 12 74 51 23 70
Oxford City............... 38 18 11 9 65 42 23 65
Eastbourne Borough 3817 9 12 71 58 13 60
H & Waterlooville 38 15 11 12 58 53 5 56
Chippenham Town 38 14 11 13 56 48 8 53
St Albans City 38 15 7 16 52 52 0 52
Slough Town............ 39 12 13 14 50 66 -16 49
Dulwich Hamlet....... 38 12 12 14 58 55 3 48
H’ton & Richmond.. 38 13 9 16 52 53 -1 48
Hungerford Town.. 38 15 3 20 56 64 -8 48
Hemel Hempstead 38 13 8 17 48 70 -22 47
Concord Rangers 38 12 9 17 50 70 -20 45
Bath City.................... 39 13 5 21 42 65 -23 44
Braintree....................38 10 12 16 37 53 -16 42
Chelmsford City...... 38 9 13 16 44 50 -6 40
Tonbridge Angels... 38 9 12 17 38 51 -13 39
Welling....................... 38 9 8 21 42 83-41 35
Billericay Town........ 38 8 9 21 39 66 -27 33
Bath City 1 Tonbridge Angels 0
Fletcher 7 1,081
Braintree Town^3 Hemel Hempstead Town^1
Da Costa 26
Crichlow 31, 87Hughes 65Concord Rangers 1 Oxford City 2
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Greaves was a poet
in football boots
and with words
thegame
that happens once in a lifetime. In his
next match Greaves scored eight.
He was one of very few Chelsea
players to own a car and the day he
bought it he drove it across London
without having had a single lesson
behind the wheel.
No one was ever breathalysed and
so he would take his team-mates to
the pub after matches.
His relationship with alcohol has
been well documented, his lowest
ebb coming when he rooted
through empty bottles of vodka in
bins for the last dregs, but he became,
in time, a confidant to many who
needed his help when battling their
own addictions.
It was Greaves’s move to Milan that
is the most fascinating period of his
life, not least because his high-profile
transfer paved the way for the end of
the maximum wage, with owners
scared that they would lose all their
most talented players.
Greaves made very little money
from his deal, however. He was
constantly fined for breaking club
rules and was deeply unhappy,
depressed and unfit.
Even then he could not stop
scoring. He ended his 14-game spell in
Italy with nine goals.
By the time he signed for West
Ham in 1970 he had a serious drink
problem, but scored twice on his
debut and was so delighted that he
wore his kit on the train home.
He became famous for his natural,
off-the-cuff style when a TV
personality and was even the
television critic for TV-am, but he was
initially reluctant to accept all the
offers of work that came his way,
including being paired with Ian St
John for the hugely successful Saint
and Greavsie.
Danny Blanchflower called Greaves
“a poet in football boots” and, as the
extensive interviews recorded by
Giller prove, he was poetic and
entertaining with words as well.New biography sheds
even more light on ups
and downs of legendary
goalscorer’s remarkable
life, writes Alyson Rudd
Jimmy Greaves: The
One and Only, by
Norman Giller and
published by Pitch, is
out todayGreaves, right, helped Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup 60 years ago this week
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