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‘He still holds all those records and he’s done so many things in his life. Now he’s 80, he’s had a stroke and they do something about it.
‘To me, it feels like they have the attitude that they’ve got to give him something so let’s give him that, because it will stop people going on about it. So I’m not too happy about it, but that’s how I feel.’
Greaves scored 357 goals in the top-flight of English football for Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham, which stands as a record almost 50 years after his final game.
Football fans are furious at the apparent overlooking of Jimmy Greaves in the New Year s Honours after he received just an MBE for his services to football - while Lewis Hamilton will be knighted.
Greaves is included in the Honours revealed yesterday, after Sportsmail campaigned for his achievements, inexplicably overlooked for so many years.
He became a beloved public figure for decades after a successful football career which saw him score 357 goals in the top-flight of English football for Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham – which stands as a record almost 50 years after his last game.
Greaves also scored 44 goals in 57 games for England and was part of the World Cup-winning squad in 1966, though injury denied him a place in the final.