High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James Peter `Jimmy` Greaves (born 20 February 1940 in East Ham, England) is an English former football player, England`s third highest international goalscorer, the highest goalscorer in the history of Tottenham Hotspur football club, the highest goalscorer in the history of English top flight football and more recently a television pundit - famous for his trademark catchphrase it`s a funny old game. He is considered to be one of the finest goalscorers of his generation.