Over 70k views now. Unreal. We've also just hit 1k which is so, so crazy, thank you so much to everyone who subscribed from this video, please share the channel to your friends, let's try and hit 5k before the end of the year ❤

I'm sorry to tell you it wasn't bad luck that kept Jimmy from getting Scotland caps back then it was being a Catholic simple as.

@crackerjack125

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Never truer words spoken .

@johnduncan6281

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Exactly

@wallacetosh2839

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As a former Scottish born Presbyterian protestant I am completely in agreement Gary. The treatment of Catholics in Scotland has been criminal for years. So-called Christian protestants in high positions have abused their privilege against all Christian teachings. I detest them. I packed in my beliefs years ago.

@alba..8479

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absolutely true was the same for Jimmy Johnston was running real Madrid ragged but couldn't disLODGE willie henderson

@paulguise698

Жыл бұрын

@@alba..8479 Was Willy Henderson a pot horse? compared with Jimmy "Jincky" Johnston?

As someone who dedicated over 35 years to Celtic and is our greatest ever player it's a disgrace there is no permanent memorial to the great man at Celtic Park.

@lmbk6484

Жыл бұрын

Jimmy jinky Johnson>

@Derek-qu8qi

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We have a statue of our greatest ever player. Jimmy Johnstones statue is right outside the front door.

@begbie1888

Жыл бұрын

Greatest ever goal scorer, maybe, but I don't think that he's our greatest ever player, IMHO. Jimmy Johnstone, John Thomson, maybe? Although I do agree there should be a permanent memorial to him and also to all of the Lisbon Lions. And definitely to John Thomson, who literally gave his life playing for the hoops.

@Derek-qu8qi

Жыл бұрын

@@begbie1888 Jimmy johnstone was officially voted as the clubs greatest ever player

@begbie1888

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@@Derek-qu8qi he was. And quite possibly could be, but voting is subjective and someone else could've been voted as the club's greatest ever player, not meaning to take anything away from him. I was lucky enough to see Jinky playing in the flesh and he was absolutely magnificent. But there have been many magnificent players to walk through Parkhead's gates. Any one of them could have been voted as the club's greatest player. Jimmy McGrory being one of them. IMHO there should be a permanent memorial to all of these great players. Unfortunately I don't think that we will see another quite on their level in our lifetime. The only one to come close is Henrik Larsson, which is sad for such a prestigious football club. HH

Absolutely brilliant video. Jimmy was my grandfather, so proud of him and all his achievements 💚 thank you for sharing this!!!

@thewrldsgame

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My pleasure, thank you for sharing your story I'm sure you are proud of him

@markgardiner4658

Жыл бұрын

This is a great story about him. He was my granda's brother ( Henry) we heard stories about him when we were little. Must be a great honour him being your grandfather

@tee_viii

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I love this. So wholesome ❤. Thank you for making these stories from a lover of all things football ✊🏿

@Dermot40

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My Granny was Jimmy’s cousin. From Maybole.

@paulmcateer6696

Жыл бұрын

Hello Louise Alexander, Can I ask what part of the family you came from as he was my grandma McInally's brother. He was my great uncle.

Not only was Jimmy a great player, he was a wonderful human being. I’m in my seventies and remember him as the Celtic manager just before Jock Stein. Really enjoyed this video. Good luck.

@thomaslogue7773

Жыл бұрын

The greatest scorer in British football top class football LEGEND R I P JIMMY MCGRORY GOD BLESS

@roscoaber

Жыл бұрын

Youse were shite when he was ya manager

Really enjoyed that, well done ! The most astonishing thing isn't that he scored 550 goals; but that in doing so he was rewarded with just 7 international appearances! I wonder why that could have been?

I’m from Royston myself well known legend here his career lives on in Celtic history

"And they gave us James McGrory and Paul McStay" 🍀

@roryfitzpatrick5239

Жыл бұрын

and the ira

@SteveClarkeTA

Жыл бұрын

They gave us Johnstone, Tully, Murdoch, Auld and Hayes

@pessf400

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveClarkeTA surely you mean davie hay and no johnny hayes 😂

@SteveClarkeTA

Жыл бұрын

@@pessf400 auto corrected to Hayes lol but Johnny Hayes still goated

@goodpeopleoftheworldunite

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@@roryfitzpatrick5239 Mate, fuck up. They've nothing to do with football, or football greats.

There is a strong argument that Jimmy McGrory was Celtic's greatest ever player. Much of his career was played in struggling Celtic sides, who weren't winning that much, only 3 league titles in 13 or 14 years. Yet he kept scoring huge numbers of goals, season in, season out. Jimmy was an unstoppable force of nature. The story about Celtic trying to sell him to Arsenal then cutting his wage when he refused is well-known and a sad reflection on the people who ran the club back then.

Fantastic mate. If you're ever in Glasgow you are more than welcome to come and visit James McGrory Park, home of St Rochs. Keep up the good work pal.

As a Celtic fan I absolutely loved this! Great work sir, keep it up! 🍀

@alehlete830

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A hero of the working class A GARNGAD LEGEND WHOS NAME LIVES ON MY HERO GOD BLESS JAMES MCGRORY

Never forgotten by the green half of Glasgow 💚 Thanks for doing this 👌🏼

Great video young man my dad used to regale me with the stories of Mr McGrory's goalscoring feats and I knew all about him. He went on to become the Celtic manager but that was in name only as the board essentially picked the team. Some of the Lisbon Lions and in particular Bertie Auld, who the manager signed from Maryhill Juniors, say he was too nice a man to be a manager. In 1965, the year I was born, he made way for the late, great Jock Stein who took the manager's role but only if he had total autonomy over player selection and picking the team. The chairman Sir Robert Kelly reluctantly agreed but the club had been in the doldrums for so long he had to acquiesce to Mr Stein's demands. What followed was a decade of unprecedented success and winning the European Cup in 1967 in Estadio Nacional in Lisbon where Celtic annihilated Internazionale of Milan 2-1 in the final. Celtic could've and probably should've scored double figures that's why I say we annihilated them. They were beaten long before we equalised never mind before we scored the winner. Forget Rinus Michels being the creator of Dutch total football Celtic were playing that style of football in that final. It was a victory for fast attacking football over the dour Italian Cattenacio style of play and it was probably Celtic conceding a penalty after seven minutes that cost Inter the game as they shut up shop and let the hoops come at them, naively believing they could counter wave after wave of constant Celtic pressure, they were totally wrong. We reached the final again in 1970 but lost to a very good Feyenoord side who we took too lightly after we dispatched Leeds United home and away in the semi-final, Leeds were supposed to be the best side in Britain at the time. Celtic played them off the park in both games and thought the hard work was done. Like Inter in 67 they were wrong, Mr Stein readily admitted that he told his players that these guys were no match for us but he underestimated how good Feyenoord were a costly mistake and one he never repeated again. Two semi-final appearances in the European Cup in 69 and again in 74 proved that the Lisbon result wasn't lucky or a fluke and Celtic were up there with the best teams in the world at the time on merit. God bless you young man your video was a treat to watch HH

@goodpeopleoftheworldunite

Жыл бұрын

Brilliant stuff. 🍀🍀🍀

Quality video mate - Celtic fan and a football fan - 75 - seen the in my time some of the best the average and the worst of Celtic and Celtic players - favourite player Bobby Murdoch - Jock Stein quotes - in 1966 1967 1968 he was the greatest player in the world - and when asked when Celtic would win the European Cup again he said ... when Bobby Murdoch is fit - subscribed and will go back yo your earlier video essays - best of luck with the channel - Hail Hail!

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words, this was actually my first ever video essay so it's good to hear you were able to enjoy it so much, will definitely be more on the way

@whamsdram

Жыл бұрын

@@thewrldsgame Brilliant mate what a really impressive opener - all the best for the future - Hail Hail!

Well done on this video buddy. I think a lot of people in the modern day will probably scoff and say it’s only Scotland, judging him by the power dynamics and quality of todays football, not appreciating that in those days football and the balance of power was completely different and that Scotland and Scottish football was something of a powerhouse. The guy is a legend. Still appreciated and sang about at Celtic park and a real shame that he doesn’t have more widespread recognition but it’s understandable to an extent. Similarly, if you look at George Best, whom everybody rightly recognises as an absolute magician, you can compare Jinky Johnstone who was from the same era and every bit as mercurial. He of course won the European Cup with Celtic the year before Best done so with Manchester United and played in another European Cup final in 1970 but lost to Feyenoord. At di Stefanos Real Madrid testimonial they opted to play the European champions of the time - Celtic - and Jimmy Johnstone ran rings around them such that even the notoriously demanding Madrid fans gave Ole’s whenever he got on the ball. Quite a tribute from them. You can find the highlights on KZread if you’re so inclined. The Don Revie Leeds United team that they beat en route to the 1970 final sung his praises and tell of just how unplayable he was in those matches - which I believe still holds the record attendance for European matches. Also, he was part of the famous Wembley Wizards tan who beat reigning world champions England in their own patch, as well as a number of other notable games vs the Auld enemy. George Beat rightly deserves his place in the pantheon of the greats but Jinkys greatness - legitimate, world-beating greatness - is somehow overlooked outside of Scotland. He never makes the lists of best players of all time or even best wingers of all time but his ability surely deserves it. He won 9 in a row again when Scottish football was at the zenith of the European game. In 1967 Celtic won the European Cup, Rangers were beaten in the final of the Cup Winners Cup by Bayern. In 1970 Celtic were beaten in the European Cup final and in 1972, Rangers win the Cup Winners Cup so all modern criticisms of Scottish football don’t apply. It could hold its own with the best of Europe and come out on top. Jinky is considered the greatest ever Celtic player and rightly so but it’sa dam shame that his legendary status is confined only to Scotland (and perhaps arguably Ireland)

@thewrldsgame

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Appreciate this comment, learnt a lot of really interesting stuff about Celtic in this comment section and will 100% be making another Celtic video in the near future

Charlie Tully. Patsy Gallagher. Both celtic legends still spoke about today. Defo worth a look at them

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

With the support from Celtic fans on this video, will defo be making more Celtic videos in the future

@omicronceti42

Жыл бұрын

@@thewrldsgame Good to hear mate, Celtic are a massive, massive club and we love all the special stories from the history of our club, the big ones and more unknown ones too. Hail hail.

Thank you sir, this is the history we sing about. God bless the Garngad’s favourite son 💚

My next door neighbour was a childhood friend of Jimmy and when I was a wee bhoy John used to talk about Jimmy as a player & how strong fearless he was he said his headers were like shots I'm sure old John said he played a season with Jimmy at St Roch's before Jimmy signed for the tic infack I live about 30 seconds from the street Jimmy lived as did Stevie Chambers in Millburn Street in the Garngad Royston to you youngsters

Brilliant video. Read his autobiography and was really good. Treated harshly by Celtic down all the years. Hail, hail Jimmy McGrory 🍀

I hope you keep going. It’s hard to believe, but it’s so rare to come across a KZread commentator who tells such interesting stories about football, with elegant simplicity, and just the right touch of humour. Well done, keep it up.

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Really appreciate the kind words, there's actually two more people that will be making videos on this channel so we'll definitely be posting consistently, I've actually just posted another video a couple hours you may enjoy

Only until recently, great Celtic players not getting a game for Scotland was a common thing. If I told you that the great Lisbon Lions Captain Billy McNeil only amassed 30 caps in11 yrs you'd call me a liar. Jimmy Johnstone had 23 caps, Tommy Gemmell 18 caps, Bobby Murdoch 12 caps, Bobby Lennox 10 caps, Willie Wallace 7 caps, Stevie Chalmers 5 caps(3 goals) Ronnie Simpson 5 caps, Bertie Auld 3 caps and Jim Craig 1!!

@Scipionic1941

Жыл бұрын

There weren’t so many international matches in those days, Mal. Ronnie McKinnon was McNeil’s contemporary and got 28 caps. Henderson had slightly more caps than Johnstone. Remember too that the team was eleven players with latterly one only substitute. All four would be in the team squad in modern times and probably all four used in the match. Imagine McNeil and McKinnon together in central defence. Imagine Johnstone mesmerising the opposition for an hour and then Henderson comes on!

Really great work mate, very professional.

@thewrldsgame

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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it

Great video. Bit of insight to the International caps . Jimmy McGrory was not the first or the last world class Celtic player to be constantly snubbed by Scottish selectors and subsequent managers for caps. The lack of caps throughout the wonderful Lisbon Lions team tells its own story of institutional sectarianism and bias against Celtic , it’s players and fans by the SFA. You just need to research the “attempt to stop us flying of the Irish tricolour” incident. Things got better from the 1970s when managers picked squads and teams .

@thewrldsgame

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Will defo give that incident a look at, was really interesting researching this video but decided to keep most of the political and religious stuff out of this video, just because something that big and important deserves its own video, rather than just a section within one

@paulnicol4720

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Can understand that for someone detached from the situation it may feel like you are stepping into a minefield with the politics and religion associated with Scottish football, but Celtic’s history from its inception to the present days is entwined with it .

@begbie1888

Жыл бұрын

Just look at the Jorge Cadete signing incident for bias in the SFA! I'd argue that was more controversial tbh.

@glasgowisblue5366

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The victim mentality in your comment is quite something.

@glasgowisblue5366

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And even if some of the things did actually happened as you claim. Do you really blame them considering that your fanbase had collection's to raise money for the IRA, Who were murdering men women and children across the country.

Thank you for telling this story. Brilliant research and so well put together. You’ve put a tonne of effort in and it really shows. I’ve subscribed - looking forward to other videos!

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, I've actually uploaded a couple more videos since this one that you can check it out if you'd like

Great video mate!☘️ He's an underapreciated legend.

He is certainly not forgotten by us Celtic fans ! And to correct you, it was NOT bad luck that limited his Scotland caps it was because he was a Roman Catholic playing for Celtic - SFA and Scottish society was very much anti-catholic back then and indeed up until very recently, look at how few caps the Lisbon lions got compared to the more unsuccessful Glasgow Rangers (RIP) side of the late 60’s/70’s.

@niallmaclennan

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Very much so. Celtic's Lisbon Lions probably the best British Isles side in the 60's and it stuck in the craw of the SFA. Very little has changed since.

Incredibly well informed. Superb video 🍀

Excellent video mate! Great insight, I learned a lot. As a Celtic fan I obviously knew about Jimmy McGrory and his record breaking amount of goals he scored for the Hoops. Also heard about the Arsenal story a while back. But a lot of the other things, the details, were new to me. What a legend of the game, not just for Celtic, he was. Greetings from Germany

Subscribed after watching this video, great work and it’s fantastic to see a Celtic man get acknowledgment! Keep up the good work!

Absolutely brilliant. I had never heard of him, and am embarrassed. 5'6" Centre Forward then with that record. ALL football fans should know him, applaud him, and remember him. The Bhoy's hero, football's legend.

I'm a Rangers Supporter, but my Mum was a Celtic fan and was always on about McGrory, a great Scottish Player and its sad that such a great player has been ignored, well done for bringing this to light 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍 😎

Such a well pieced together video and very informative. enjoyed that

St rock juniors stadium is called "the jimmy mcgrory stadium" today

One thing that is common with great celtic players is they don't pick up the caps they deserve. It's a sad underlying truth of Scotland and its sectarian history.

Thoroughly enjoyed buddy 👍🍀🍀

My late father told me about Jimmy McGrory and goals he scored for Celtic and in one game v Dunfermline Athletic scored 8 goals in the one game ..Was a prolific header of a ball .

@michaelpagan1063

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8 goals in one game vs Dunfermline

@kentthedestroyer295

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Nae wunner way that forehead 🤣🤣🤣

@patsanters2741

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@@michaelpagan1063 I knew mistake was made by myself re goals scored by McGrory thinkign was seven goals but eight it was ok cheers and WOW eight goals in one game .

Brilliant video. Thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✌☘👏👏

As a kid, when I started supporting Celtic I immersed myself in the history with videos and books. Absolutely loved reading about guys like Jimmy and Patsy Gallagher, and obviously the Lions. Loved watching old footage of these guys. It seems these days that kids don’t put as much importance in a clubs history beyond the last couple of decades. It’s a shame, because some of the best players and squads are from these bygone eras.

His name is mentioned every week by celtic fans a legend

Fantastic, well done young man. It’s great to learn from nice young people like you.

He is probably even today the most iconic Celt amongst the Celtic support and his name is sung at most games. Great video.

Fantastic.. great work 🍀🍀🍀

Still can't believe this video has hit 30k!! I've just uploaded another video so it would mean a lot if you could check that video out as well ❤ Edit: We've hit 50k this is mad

@stevemcgrory5126

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, my friend! I'm really pleased for you - let me know when you do another Celtic one and I'll tweet it out

@outlaw7655

Жыл бұрын

Im subing you deserve more👏

@thomasdbrady3696

Жыл бұрын

It’d be cool if you done one on Charlie Tully and Patsy Gallagher. Good work anyway young man. Sorry to be pedantic but it’s pronounced magroarie. And it’s not jimmy, it’s James. Like I said though, excellent work young man.

what great video, well done

Very welcome interest in our legendary figure- just one wee correction McInally is pronounced Mac in alley, not McKinley. Good work all over.

@thewrldsgame

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Ah my bad, thanks for the kind words though

@jackmcnally9237

Жыл бұрын

Origin of both names is Mac Con Ulaidh ( of Ulster).

Just check KZread studio and this vid has just hit 1k views! Thank you guys so much, really happy to have hit 1000 views within just 4 vids, more video essays on the way 👀 Edit: I went to sleep last night with the video on a little over 2k, about 12 hours later and we've smashed 5k and hit 100 subscribers thank you all ❤ Edit again: We've just hit 10k, Thank you again I can't quite believe this haha

@thewrldsgame

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Less than 24 hours later and we've hit 2k ❤

@stevemcgrory5126

Жыл бұрын

Over 6.5k views now! Not surprised - it's a great video and all the Celtic fans I know have loved it!

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Just seen your tweet sharing it, huge, huge thank you, I really do appreciate it, can't believe how well it's gone down

@johnmckinlay67

Жыл бұрын

Well done mate. Subscribed and looking forward to many more.

@stevemcgrory5126

Жыл бұрын

​ @The Wrlds Game You are very welcome, my friend. Nearly 14k views now - WOW! So pleased for you - consider yourself an honorary Celtic fan now - get yourself up the road to Paradise and watch the best Football Club in the world!

Superb. Thanks really enjoyed that. He’s adored to this day at Celtic. Sang about each game.

Fantastic video!

Great video mate

Great video. Lifelong Celtic supporter. All time favorite Jinky Johnstone. Hail Hail

Great vid fella, must have taken an age to research and put together, real dedication and commitment, very well done too. Just subscribed, so looking forward to more from you. Great stuff👍👍👍

great video - super informative and engaging!!

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Someone is making Alfie competition. Great video really enjoyed it

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Cheers 🙌

brilliant video

Quality mate, can see videos like this doing very well on the HITC Channel, maybe just throw in a few jokes and make it a bit more entertaining and it’s perfect.

@peterstephenwhyte6786

Жыл бұрын

Jimmy was a great legend for Glasgow celtic f.c champions again ole ole ole 👏

Great piece, keep up the good work

Love the video! Wondering if you had any material to make one about Jim Smith of Ayr United who holds the British record for the most goals scored in a season (1927-28), the same year as Everton's Dixie Dean scored his record-breaking 60 goals in the English top flight.

@paulbecher9159

Жыл бұрын

PS And whereas Deans scored his 60 goals in 39 appearances, Smith actually scored his 66 goals in just 38 appearances!

William Ralph 'Dixie' Dean, of Tranmere Rovers, 1923 - 1925. Born in Birkenhead, played for Pensby Institute (a Wirral School), before putting on a Tranmere shirt at Prenton Park (same ground as today), for a few seasons, later he would be transferred to Everton, where he scored the most goals ever in a season - 60, a record that still stands today.

@christopherr3676

Жыл бұрын

A record in what sense ? Britain yes. Others have beaten it elsewhere tho

@darganx

Жыл бұрын

@@christopherr3676 England, not Britain.. Jimmy has got that.

Thank you for this. Fantastic insight of Jimmy McGrory's career.

Brilliant video🍀🍀🍀

I did enjoy the video, very well done

Great video.... thank you for this as it was a bit a revelation for me. I am an Englishman and an Arsenal supporter, but when it comes to Scottish football, I am a Celtic fan through and through, so really found this interesting.

Brilliant video well put together

Tremendous stuff, well done

Anti Catholic policies at the SFA meant a lot of great Celtic players got very little caps.

@liamlove2417

Жыл бұрын

That’s why it’s disrespectful to call him a British player, he’s Scottish and Irish 🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@farlow1798

Жыл бұрын

@@liamlove2417 scotland is in britain, and ulster was a part of britain at the time (Edit: and Still is). He was a British Football player, literally just geographical facts.

@ahshatmasell6751

Жыл бұрын

@@liamlove2417 the Republic is in the British Isles

@liamlove2417

Жыл бұрын

@@farlow1798 it’s occupied territory.

Great video. Celtic need a memorial for Jimmy at Paradise

Excellent video. You did a great job in telling the story of James Edward McGrory. A Celtic and all time football legend. His loyalty to Celtic was way more than those that ran the club deserved, but not the fans who are the true owners of the club and who will never forget this great man. CTH 🍀🍀🍀

Well researched vidéo. Well done and thanks for doing it.

Great content. Loved it . 💚👍

@rabmacaskill9531

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely superb thanks a million 🍀⚽️🤩 Icon Legend Hero 🙏

@thomasmcloney1437

Жыл бұрын

💚💚👍

Top video mate!

Fantastic video, a real legend

Football gives us so many stories, this was great, thanks

Excellent work on the great Jimmy McGrory well done young man, 👌

Superb video mate 👏

Brilliant stuff

Great video well done 👍

Great job man.. new subscriber here.

Hail Hail 🍀💚

Excellent research....👍

Brilliant video mate. 🍀

Brilliant son......Jimes McGrory is a Hero to us Celtic fans,.....SUBSCRIBED..ment to tell you.

First-class video. The Celtic board in those days, and until they were ousted by Fergus McCann, were a money-grubbing disgrace - and their treatment of our greatest goal scorer was the greatest disgrace of all. Jimmy was quoted as saying: “McGrory of Arsenal never would have sounded as great as McGrory of Celtic.” As for his lack of Scotland caps, I’m afraid form had very little to do with it. Other factors peculiar to Scotland were involved. 🇮🇪💚🇮🇪

Great video 🍀

HAIL HAIL

Excellent presentation

What a video mate I’m a huge Celtic fan and of course I know about Jimmy. My grandad told me lots of stories about him when I was younger. Can’t believe you less than 50k subs. This video was superb and learned some things I didn’t know. I know the only reason he never had more caps was because he was a catholic.

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, and we're on that journey to 50k 🙌

We sing about him every home game

Real content 👍🏼

Fantastic video! I’ve an autographed copy of his autobiography 🇮🇪🍀💚

Great video

Rangers fan here, still very interesting. Great video and a shame for the whole of Scotland that the world doesn’t know more about McGrory

Great video 💚🍀

Quality mate 👍🏻

Magic commentary for a Magic Man !!! 🍀🌟🍀💚

Incredibly forgotten bloody religion again No place in sport for it The guy knew where the net was that's for sure Very impressive I'm too young to remember but I'm a huge Jimmy Greaves fan Imagine if these 2 had been able to play in the same team we would be talking thousands of goals in 2 careers.Greavsey did say once if only I had scored half the ones I've missed no one would ever top that Rest in peace dudes We still got the vids and archives youl never be forgotten

my dad taught me about mcgrory when i was very young. we watched larsson, but we heard over and over again about jinky johnstone and bobby murdoch and jimmy mcgrory. mcgrory would score non-stop bullet headers with heavy waterlogged footballs (heading is a lost art in football). he would also score goals with that clumsy ball while wearing heavy, encumbering boots. he would do all of that on poorly maintained muddy or dusty pitches. the tackles were brutal and crunching, with metal studs and much less effective shin protection. people are tempted to say "it was easy to score goals 100 years ago compared to now" or "getting 1000 goals isnt impressive in 1920 or 1930", but the opposite is true, if anything. glad you describe some of that at around 12:00. even the aspect of how modern balls fly around with the "knuckleball" phenomenon in a way that was impossible back then, is worth mentioning. these balls flew straight. goals were poached, they were not spectacular cannons from 40 yards out. the best goalscorers were geniuses of positioning and instinct and of outplaying defenses. and as other people say about 8:30-9:30, it was because he was a catholic and a celtic player that he wasnt more favoured for the international team. i can even imagine how inclined the protestant majority would be to accuse him of deliberately playing poorly against ireland. this is what we deal with around here to this day. in school in the 2000s, i heard kids saying the same kind of stuff about celtic players. you have players like aiden mcgeady and then later james mccarthy (someone i actually kicked about with as a kid) deciding to play for ireland instead of scotland to avoid that stuff. who can blame them. they even accuse hibernian (another club with catholic history) of purposefully playing poorly against celtic and vice versa. any excuse, they take it. the old firm divide. "scotlands shame" as it gets euphemised. and small correction, at 4:25 its "celts" just like "celtic" and "celsius", not "kelts" like "kilt".

A word often overused, but truly deserved: Legend.

Jimmy not forgotten

Great video. And this is only your first? Your channel is going to blow up if you continue to produce such quality. "I was there when he only had 121 subscribers", I will say when you hit 100k!

@thewrldsgame

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah this is my first ever video essay, there's a few more videos on this channel in a different style, but think we'll focus on some more vids like this after the way this went down

@ianh1984

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@@thewrldsgame I think it's the fact that you go into season by season detail about an era even the oldest of us are too young to remember. Good luck, I know you're going to make an impact in this genre.

@thewrldsgame

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@@ianh1984 Thank you that means a lot, there's actually 3 of us on this channel so hopefully we'll be able to stay consistent for you as well