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GREAVSIE’S TALIAN LESSON

DAVID DOCHERTY LOOKS BACK AT JIMMY GREAVES’ SHORT STINT IN ITALIAN FOOTBALL WITH AC MILAN…

DAVID DOCHERTY
GOING ABROAD

JIMMY Greaves is without doubt one of the greatest goalscorers that world football has ever seen.
He was renowned for his acceleration, the effortless way he glided over the turf as exasperated defenders gave chase, his quick feet and his coolness in front of goal as he invariably opted to pass rather than blast the ball into the net.
During season 1960-61 Chelsea’s most exciting player felt that he had reached the end of the road at Stamford Bridge an...

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