The Goalscoring Knee Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 From the Press Association Liverpool great Ian St John has died at the age of 82, the club have announced. Saint and Greavesie - good viewing back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruyff Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Another Scottish football great. Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11669/12233291/ian-st-john-former-liverpool-and-scotland-striker-dies-aged-82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Seen him on the BT sport documentary Greavsie and he didn't look or sound well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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martoon Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Required viewing for me as a teen before setting off for Tynecastle. The footage of Saint watching Scotland v. Uruguay in the '86 World Cup captured the frustration of every Scot that day. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick James Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sad news. Don't think his good pal Greavesie will be far behind either. Been seriously unwell for a while now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyces beard Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Really enjoyed Saint and Greavsie back in the day. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costanza Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 As well as Saint & Greavsie, went to a couple of his soccer schools as a kid at Heriot Watt, which were great. A top man and player. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killinman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 When I was a wee laddie in the fifties it was the custom to watch Hearts at home with my old man and if there was a good game at Easter Road we would sometimes go with my uncle Drew who was the only Hubby in the family. My father and Drew were talking to me about Ian St John before the game at Easter Road v Motherwell and no wonder. He scored a hat trick in two and a half minutes in a 3 1 win .I was there. Small striker but revered on Merseyside in the sixties. RIP Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Fantastic player. Motherwell and Merseyside will be in mourning. RIP saint. Thanks for the lovely memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 26 minutes ago, martoon said: Required viewing for me as a teen before setting off for Tynecastle. The footage of Saint watching Scotland v. Uruguay in the '86 World Cup captured the frustration of every Scot that day. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martoon Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Cheers, MS. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deevers Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 His soccer camps at Herriot Watt University during the summer holidays used to be an absolute highlight for my boys. He spent lots of time encouraging everyone who attended the camp and it was thoroughly enjoyable for the kids. Lots of real legends on the coaching staff as well. RIP Ian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Nice image, this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niemi’s gloves Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Always liked the story about the poster reading “Jesus Saves!” to which a Liverpudlian wit had added “ But St John knocks in the rebound” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wish Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 47 minutes ago, martoon said: Required viewing for me as a teen before setting off for Tynecastle. Same here. Rest in peace Saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pans Jambo Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Best football show ever. Loved it. Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilnunb Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 😥 The Chart Show followed by Saint and Grievsie were Saturdays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peakybunnet Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Good video about him visiting Melwood. Picture above taken at same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo1998 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Rest in Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizla Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 50 minutes ago, Killinman said: When I was a wee laddie in the fifties it was the custom to watch Hearts at home with my old man and if there was a good game at Easter Road we would sometimes go with my uncle Drew who was the only Hubby in the family. My father and Drew were talking to me about Ian St John before the game at Easter Road v Motherwell and no wonder. He scored a hat trick in two and a half minutes in a 3 1 win .I was there. Small striker but revered on Merseyside in the sixties. RIP Saint. Good story Killinman, could it be a record for fastest hat trick? RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William H. Bonney Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 11 minutes ago, Peakybunnet said: Good video about him visiting Melwood. Picture above taken at same time. That’s a great video, tinged with sadness but great nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 16 minutes ago, Pans Jambo said: Best football show ever. Loved it. Sad news. Really enjoyed it. As you say sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK2020 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 RIP The Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) Sad news. Saint & Greavsie is part of everyone's football heritage. RIP. Edited March 2, 2021 by Geoff Kilpatrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sad news. Like many, he was part of my match day build up as a kid when he was on Saint and Greavsie. Watch that, jump on the bus and along to Tynie with no more than a fiver to get in and get a pie and bovril. 🙂 I said this before on a thread ages ago but Ian St John talked about Motherwell v Hearts as the “football classic” when he played back then. I just can’t find an article though. My late Dad actually told me first about the tag it got and then I saw Ian St John talk about it. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkishcap Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Yep sad news him and Greavsie were great together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitonastranger Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Watching Saint and Greavies in the Nirvana before heading to Tynecastle. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 One poignant memory is their interview with Wallace Mercer at the time of the vermin takeover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 28 minutes ago, Peakybunnet said: Good video about him visiting Melwood. Picture above taken at same time. Thanks for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Alexander Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 One of the best job Hearts footballing displays that I can remember was his Motherwell team demolish Hearts 5-1 at Tynecastle in 1961. Fabulous side to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 My Grandad's a Motherwell fan, an Ian St John is his favourite ever player. He'll still tell me about games he went to when he was young, and about the way St John played and the goals he set up or scored. Every time he does, the look on his face is like he's there again, re-living the moment exactly as it was. He'll be devastated by this news. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22games nro Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Met him in the Carlsberg lounge at Anfield the night we played Liverpool , was full of praise for the fans that night and very happy to pose for pictures etc. came across as a genuine guy. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guess The Crowd Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Niemi’s gloves said: Always liked the story about the poster reading “Jesus Saves!” to which a Liverpudlian wit had added “ But St John knocks in the rebound” Was just thinking the same. That line has been used for other players, but St John was the first time I heard it. Great player, and seemed a great guy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 3 hours ago, The Goalscoring Knee said: From the Press Association Liverpool great Ian St John has died at the age of 82, the club have announced. Saint and Greavesie - good viewing back in the day. Remember it well. Another character from the game gone. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i8hibsh Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Grew up with Saint and Greavsie. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydug Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Debut 4 said: Sad news. Like many, he was part of my match day build up as a kid when he was on Saint and Greavsie. Watch that, jump on the bus and along to Tynie with no more than a fiver to get in and get a pie and bovril. 🙂 I said this before on a thread ages ago but Ian St John talked about Motherwell v Hearts as the “football classic” when he played back then. I just can’t find an article though. My late Dad actually told me first about the tag it got and then I saw Ian St John talk about it. RIP Sad news about the Saint and he was right about the Well/ Hearts games being considered classics. So much so that I remember as an eight year old getting taken to see a LC quarter final between the sides. The first leg was at Fir Park a 1-1 draw in front of 35000. The second leg a 6-2 victory for Hearts in front of 49000 at Tynecastle. Us kids had to sit on the track to avoid the crush. Well had a great team at that time StJohn, Martis, Roberts, McCann and goalie Haisty Weir are names that stick in my mind from that era. RIP Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackLadd Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sad to hear he's away. Used to be an amusing show with Greaves with Saint playing the straight man. Rip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nookie Bear Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 17 minutes ago, i8hibsh said: Grew up with Saint and Greavsie. Loved it. It was groundbreaking in a way. It brought a bit of fun and irreverance to a world inhabited by stuffy presenters and pundits, and the fact it was presented by two top players gave it credibility. Pretty much set the benchmark for football coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debut 4 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, luckydug said: Sad news about the Saint and he was right about the Well/ Hearts games being considered classics. So much so that I remember as an eight year old getting taken to see a LC quarter final between the sides. The first leg was at Fir Park a 1-1 draw in front of 35000. The second leg a 6-2 victory for Hearts in front of 49000 at Tynecastle. Us kids had to sit on the track to avoid the crush. Well had a great team at that time StJohn, Martis, Roberts, McCann and goalie Haisty Weir are names that stick in my mind from that era. RIP Saint. 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Black Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 20 minutes ago, luckydug said: Sad news about the Saint and he was right about the Well/ Hearts games being considered classics. So much so that I remember as an eight year old getting taken to see a LC quarter final between the sides. The first leg was at Fir Park a 1-1 draw in front of 35000. The second leg a 6-2 victory for Hearts in front of 49000 at Tynecastle. Us kids had to sit on the track to avoid the crush. Well had a great team at that time StJohn, Martis, Roberts, McCann and goalie Haisty Weir are names that stick in my mind from that era. RIP Saint. Was at that game but stood at the barrier between the exists at Gorgie Road. It was reported at the time around a further 10000 were locked out as it wasn't a ticket match. For about 3 seasons a Hearts v Motherwell game was THE game to see . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris5115 Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Last time I seen him was when he attended Dave Mckays funeral at Mansfield Traquair in Edinburgh in 2015. RIP Saint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovecraft Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Used to sit as a kid with my cheese and ham roll watching S&G before heading to Tynecastle. 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Remember him from the latter stages of his Liverpool career and then later with Jimmy Greaves on the telly. Spent many a Saturday in a pub pre-match watching them on a small screen above the barman’s head. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niemi’s gloves Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Guess The Crowd said: Was just thinking the same. That line has been used for other players, but St John was the first time I heard it. Great player, and seemed a great guy too. yup, it obviously works best with St John. There is another similar one which I think the great man (Ian St John that is) used to tell as a joke against himself. In this case the poster posed the question “what would you do if Christ came to Liverpool?” to which someone had added the reply “play Him at centre forward in place of St John) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLTFTh Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 RIP Saint.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 I think a lot of people who watch football programmes can be unaware of the presenters, or at least some of them, being great players in the past. I used to enjoy Saint And Greavesy but wasn’t aware when I was younger how good they’d been. Greaves in particular has unbelievable statistics for his career but sadly wasn’t fit for the 1966 World Cup. I’m pretty certain a lot of people that watch Match Of The Day won’t realise what a great player Gary Lineker was. Not helped by the rewriting of history that pretends top quality football didn’t exist before Sky and the EPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killinman Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 4 hours ago, Rizla said: Good story Killinman, could it be a record for fastest hat trick? RIP Apparently in Scotland it's not and that's down to Tommy Ross for appropriately enough Ross County against Nairn County in the Highland League in 1964 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Brown Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Sad news, a great player from the past and a presenter I really enjoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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