RIP Ian St John...

[RayCTID]

I grew up watching Saint & Greavsie. RIP Saint

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

R.I.P Saint. Fond memories of Saint and Greavesie as a kid, in the days before blanket TV coverage of football.

 

[woolleyback blue]

Care to elaborate?

Not going to speak ill of the dead but the members of a certain golf club on the wirral could tell you many tales about his arrogance and bad manners.

 

[John John]

Nice to see mostly positive comments. He was a very good player who wouldnt back down in confrontation with players twice his size. He sparked one guy at anfield and knocked him clean out. Walked off before the ref had time to send him off. Christ he even had to be separated from Ron Yeats who was 6ft 5 inches in training and Ron was his best mate. He said himself that his temper wasn't a good thing but being afraid on nobody was. He was a good bloke . Plenty of people I know who have met him on numerous accasions will vouch for that but as Adolf Hitler said. You can't please everyone
A Liverpool legend and what a great name for a footballer The Saint

 

[woolleyback blue]

If the man was an absolute cnut to everyone, I'd understand that view, but it seems more people saw the good more than the bad, in the man.

Like i said people saw thr TV persona. reality was different

 

[Toffeedude]

Great footballer and a really nice guy. He was well respected by the Blue side of the city as well and would have time for people who he met. A good guy RIP

 

[remember arthur mann]

In the Kop for this match 2-1 up, minutes to go, played really well so much the scouser's were clapping City to a man( I know unbelievable but true) then in true 'typical City' style, bang, bang 2-3, dipper fans couldn't believe their luck.
What I couldn't remember Ian St John scored 2. The days when football was football, for men not Jessie's.
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