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Post by Wynn Chester on Mar 2, 2021 10:04:46 GMT
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Post by felixdeburgh on Mar 2, 2021 10:32:48 GMT
Met him a couple of times and he was exactly how you would want him to be - warm, friendly and humorous. He lived in the same house in Childwall for many years and was always happy to chat with fans. A lot of sports broadcasters owe a huge debt to him and Jimmy Greaves for the way they presented what was essentially a highlights and preview show.
RIP.
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Post by wayne2467 on Mar 2, 2021 10:50:53 GMT
Saint and greavsy was a great show. I remember them laughing at their own spitting image puppets too. Nothing seemed to be taken too seriously
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Post by coyote on Mar 2, 2021 11:17:25 GMT
Sad news. A Liverpool great - if before my time - and as above Saint and Greavsie was essential viewing for 1980s Saturday lunchtimes. The forerunner to the way modern-day football is covered in many ways with S&G basically as pundits, very much contrasted to MOTD and The Big Match which just featured Jimmy Hill or Brian Moore talking to camera and presenting the coverage in a matter of fact way.
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Post by daz on Mar 2, 2021 12:22:01 GMT
Sad news indeed. Once of the many Jocks who went south of the border to great success.
I remember the BBC Scotland programme 'Spirit of Shankly' from around 2 years ago and the Saint appeared in it and cried whilst he was speaking about the man, very sad to watch.
Saints and Greavsy was great TV back in the day.
RIP Ian
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Post by joshmel on Mar 2, 2021 12:44:57 GMT
26 caps for Scotland. RIP Ian
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Post by jjmolloy on Mar 2, 2021 13:20:46 GMT
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Post by gustav on Mar 2, 2021 13:26:37 GMT
He was a great player. As a kid I went to his testimonial match at Anfield so I did see him play. Another loss from a great era.
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Post by billyfarmer on Mar 2, 2021 13:35:58 GMT
Very sad news.
Before my time, but in the 1960's, Ian St John and Roger Hunt, were a great strike partnership, for Liverpool.
Ian St John, scored the extra-time winner, which won Liverpool, their first FA Cup, in 1965.
I have happy memories of watching Saint and Greavsie, from the mid 1980's to early 1990's.
R.I.P. Ian St John.
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Post by harryshand on Mar 2, 2021 16:24:11 GMT
RIP Saint. Loved S&G on a Saturday lunchtime. Made a nice change from the Football Focus of the era which was information over entertainment every week.
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Post by jno on Mar 2, 2021 17:30:20 GMT
RIP Saint. Loved S&G on a Saturday lunchtime. Made a nice change from the Football Focus of the era which was information over entertainment every week. +1 I own the Saint & Greavsie DVD Quiz too. RIP Saint |
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Post by ontheslate on Mar 2, 2021 17:31:29 GMT
RIP I was to young to remember him playing but Saint and Greavsie was a fixture in my house growing up always remember my dad watching it.
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Post by billyfarmer on Mar 2, 2021 18:47:17 GMT
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Post by McCann on Mar 2, 2021 21:43:18 GMT
Sad to see this come up this morning. Saint & Greavsie was essential viewing every Saturday lunchtime for years. Short highlights and a bit of banter with the St. playing the straight man to Greavsie's tomfoolery. Neither a political message nor boring player interview in sight.
One of those deaths that make you think of the time that has passed, but it all seems so recent. We're losing that generation bit by bit now.
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Post by jjmolloy on Mar 2, 2021 23:05:04 GMT
Sad to see this come up this morning. Saint & Greavsie was essential viewing every Saturday lunchtime for years. Short highlights and a bit of banter with the St. playing the straight man to Greavsie's tomfoolery. Neither a political message or boring player interview in sight. One of those deaths that make you think of the time that has passed, but it all seems so recent. We're losing that generation bit by bit now. Well they say that anyone who is over 80 is on borrowed time don't they. Sad but true unfortunately.  |
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Post by daz on Mar 3, 2021 12:44:39 GMT
A good read that and showed that football was a good escape route out of poverty back in the day. The Saint started off working in the Steelworks and his team mate Ron Yates worked in a meat slaughter house in Aberdeen prior to his move south. Really highlights the difference between then and now. |
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Post by running16 on Mar 4, 2021 17:20:28 GMT
Just missed out on Ian's playing career. But remember him from On The Ball and of course the wonderful S&G. There was the banter and the jokes but they both spoke with authority of being great players. Always kept events in perspective. Some of today's pundits and so called supporters could learn from watching S&G.
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Post by McCann on Mar 4, 2021 17:32:40 GMT
I was watching on YT an interview S&G did with Ian Rush as he was leaving to go play in Italy. It was all so natural and relaxed and casual. The show was a hype free zone before the Sky 'revolution'. Martin Tyler was a roving reporter on it. I loved it, there's a good few episodes up on YT.
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Post by thewoodster on Apr 18, 2021 21:29:50 GMT
RIP Ian St. John.
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