Yet another Jimmy Greaves Q&A
Monday, June 14, 2010 at 11:01PM Jimmy Greaves, quizzed by Dear Mr Levy.
Well actually, not quite. I was unable to travel into London and speak face to face with the great man this past Thursday. He was in Leicester Square for the Burger King Whopper Legend promotion, so thanks to Jack Clothier for the one-to-one facetime and the unexpected (and much appreciated) video footage.
The Whopper Legend promotion by the way will see the winner watch the WC final with three mates and Jimmy Greaves. So get whopping.
Back to the interview, a couple of answers you might not like, but then it's Greaves and the last thing he's going to do is appease for the sake of it. Don't get too upset. And no, I didn't ask him whether he preferred Aaron or Theo, because everyone knows Theo is shit. And I'll hazard a guess that he isn't a fan of James Corden either. Just a hunch.
I should add, the questions are not exactly ground-breaking, and that's my fault for thinking that because I wasn't actually present to speak to Jimmy that time would be of an essence and the Q's would not actually be asked. Grateful to Jack for the effort and for Jimmy's honesty and charm. For a far more in-depth interview, check this out over at Spurs Odyssey and this interview at Tottenham on my Mind.
Qs:
Spurs or Chelsea?
King or Campbell?
Park Lane or Paxton?
Levy or Sugar?
Video:
Enjoy.
Reader Comments (17)
Jimmy wearing red colours.
Disgraceful.
Good old Jim Greaves. Not the best answers for the first two questions but made me laugh with his answer to the Levy/Sugar one.
Remind me again, what's Greaves problem with Sugar?
probably that he showed as spurs chairman that he knew jack about football
He doesn't always say the things we want to hear, but I still think the world of him. He is the reason I started supporting the club and for making me fall in love with Tottenham I am indebted to him for life!!
Thanks for this
Greaves is a legend.
Nice one spooky.
Jimmy Greaves is pure class. saw him doing "an evening with" down the Millfield Theatre in Edmonton not too long ago. The guy has an anecdote and innuendo for everything....
I think he has fallen out with the club re the hall of fame or whatever they call it, because the club benefit financially from it.
It is for that reason that he has not entered it and plenty of players with less than half his ability have.
I'm with you SLEAZEY WHEEZY, he was worth the admission money alone and is still the best British goalscorer I have ever seen.
The most natural goal scorer I ever saw; nobody else made it look so easy.
Greaves would pass the ball into the net, he had no need to smash it in.
Haha, the first couple of questions backfired but you've gotta love the guy.
Yeah, in a big way, but hey, it's Greaves.
Still telling Whoppers
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I think Sol's gone crazy.
Chelsea?
Judas?
F**k off you mug c**t!!
That it should come to this. England legend Jimmy Greaves wasting his time on flogging Whoppers and answering questions by some spud who's never heard of a tripod.