Goodbye Greavsie
The Game
The Times
3.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Hugh Woozencroft is joined by Gregor Robertson, Alyson Rudd and Tom Roddy.
We begin by celebrating the life and career of Jimmy Greaves, who sadly passed away on Sunday aged 81. From 1966 World Cup heartbreak and a struggle with alcohol addiction - Greaves’ achievements on the pitch and reinvention as a television star made him a favourite with generations of fans (00:00)
Two of Greavsie’s former teams played each other on the same day of his passing as Spurs hosted Chelsea. After a touching tribute to a man who means so much to both clubs - it wasn’t much of a contest as Chelsea blew Tottenham away. Were Chelsea as good as the scoreline suggests and what’s wrong at Spurs after another 3-0 loss? (10:32)
Jonathan Northcroft joins us following his conversations with Derby County manager, Wayne Rooney for The Times. As the club stares down a points deduction or potential worse - where’s it all gone wrong at Pride Park? (27:04)
The final five minutes of West Ham vs Manchester United was a rollercoaster with Jesse Lingard scoring against the side he took into Europe last season, Ronaldo not being given multiple penalties and Mark Noble’s questionable first kick off the game losing his side at least a point - we break down what happened at the London Stadium (44:44)
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| 1:00.1 | Hello, this is the Game Football Podcast from the Times. Today, tributes are paid to the legend |
| 1:05.1 | that is Jimmy Greaves. Spurs failed to cope with Chelsea's brilliance in the Premier League. |
| 1:10.4 | We'll ask what's gone wrong for Derby County, and was it really a foul on Ronaldo at the London stadium? |
| 1:16.8 | This is the game. |
| 1:18.8 | Hello to all of you. Thank you for joining us once again on the Game Podcast. I am Hugh |
| 1:26.0 | Wiesncroft, helping me through all today, Alison Rudd, Gregor Robinson and Tom Roddy, but we begin |
| 1:32.7 | with sad news, of course, after the death of the great Jimmy Greaves at the age of 81. He scored 44 |
| 1:39.9 | goals in 57 caps for England, a phenomenal record for Spurs. He knocked 266 goals, winning two FA |
| 1:47.8 | cuts and a cup winners cup. He was, of course, part of England's 1966 World Cup winning squad as |
| 1:53.6 | well. He actually holds the record for the most goals scored in the top flight of English football. |
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