August 24 – Rude Ruud and Greavsie’s On The Ball

Jimmy Greaves bursts onto the scene and Ruud Gullit’s team selection doesn’t go down well with the Geordie nation in today’s tales from the On This Football Day vaults.

1957 – Greavsie Scores On Chelsea Debut

On this day exactly half a century ago in 1957 lethal front-man Jimmy Greaves made his debut as a tender 17 year-old for Chelsea, getting on the score sheet in the process against Tottenham – the club he was to serve with such distinction some years later. Click here for the full story.

1999 – Rude Ruud Upsets the Natives

THERE were unhappy, moaning tattoo-bellied fans a-plenty across the Toon today in 1999 when Ruud Gullit made the ultimate Newcastle United faux pas: dropping Alan Shearer for the Tyne-Wear derby. Find out what happened here…

Hard to imagine him as one of England’s most lethal ever finishers ain’t it?