Me & Jimmy Greaves
The Mickley Jimmy Greaves. On what is the 5th anniversary of the passing of footballing legend, Jimmy Greaves, I thought it would be a good time to tell the world about the shared record me and Jimmy hold. Like the great man, I too have scored on all my debuts. I should mention at this point that my football “career” never involved organised or club football, but I’m sure you’ll agree that doesn’t take anything away from my achievement. My footballing education was honed on the pieces of grass and concrete in Mickley, the estate I was brought up on, and the neighbouring village of Stonebroom. Council Estate Footy. We played a lot on the street back in Mickley, and down at the playing fields, either next to the hut or at the “dead end”, so named because it was at the end of the estate. I wasn’t totally useless at football but I was usually in the last 2 to be picked for any side and definitely not up to the standard of those in the school team. At Stonebroom, I used to play ...
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