The best of Greaves is lost to us save for fading memories lodged in the ageing synapses of those who stood on the terraces at Stamford Bridge in the late 50s and White Hart Lane in the 60s, a period when live games were restricted to the FA Cup final and the Home Internationals. While the defender flounders trying to right himself, Greaves cuts inside, dummies the advancing keeper with another show of the left foot before skipping around him in that deft, fleet-footed stride so delicate it would not leave prints in the snow.

The feint to shoot with his left induces cataclysmic distress in Burton’s legs. Even George Best at his El Beatle finest was clapping.Īnother marvellous exhibit comes from October 1969 when he turns Newcastle’s Ollie Burton into a puppet without strings. With Bobby Charlton and Nobby Stiles frantically chasing back Greaves spun out of a tackle and raced towards goal, evading two attempts to chop him in half before rounding the keeper to score. Jimmy Greaves: Gary Lineker and Glenn Hoddle on why ‘Greavsie’ was Tottenham’s greatest ever striker Greaves retired at the age of just 31 but with more than 300 league goals to his name (Photo: Getty)

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