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Jimmy Greenhoff

Position: forward

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 68 39 18 11 120 69 +51 57.35
A 49 13 16 20 70 88 -18 26.53
N 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 50.00
TOTALS 123 55 36 32 199 164 +35 44.72

Name: James "Jimmy" Greenhoff
Birthdate: 19-06-1946
Age: 79
Birthplace: Barnsley, England
Height: 5' 10" (1.78m)
Weight: 11st 12lbs (75.29kg)
Years at Club: 1976-1981
Signing Info: Transferred from: Stoke City, 11/1976, £111,111
Previous Clubs: Leeds United, Birmingham City, Stoke City
Debut: 20/11/1976 v Leicester City (A) 1-1 (League Division One)
Farewell: Transferred to Crewe Alexandra, 12/1980, £
Passed Away:

Biography

Jimmy Greenhoff is an iconic English forward celebrated for his skill, intelligence on the ball, and significant contributions to Stoke City and Manchester United. He began his career with Leeds United in the early 1960s but reached new heights after moving to Birmingham City and then to Stoke City in 1969. At Stoke, Greenhoff quickly established himself as a central figure, contributing to the club's success, particularly in their 1972 League Cup win, which marked Stoke's first major trophy. Known for his creativity and instinctive goal-scoring, he became a beloved figure at the Victoria Ground, admired for his vision, passing, and positioning.

In 1976, Stoke City faced significant financial challenges when a devastating storm severely damaged the Victoria Ground stadium. The club urgently needed funds for repairs, which led to Greenhoff's high-profile transfer to Manchester United. Despite the loss for Stoke, Greenhoff found tremendous success at United, where he joined his brother, Brian Greenhoff. Together, they helped bring silverware to Old Trafford, culminating in the 1977 FA Cup victory. In the final against Liverpool, Jimmy scored the winning goal, solidifying his place in United history.

Greenhoff remained at United until 1980, known for his contributions as a forward and playmaker, admired for his technical skill, ability to score from various positions, and consistency. After leaving United, he had a brief stint with Crewe Alexandra before retiring from professional football.

Greenhoff's career is remembered for his influence on English football, his adaptability in different roles on the pitch, and his loyalty to the clubs he served. His legacy remains strong at both Stoke City and Manchester United, with fans fondly recalling his dedication, skill, and the memorable moments he brought to their clubs. Jimmy Greenhoff is the brother of Brian Greenhoff.
 
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1. 1976-1977 8 27 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 34
2. 1977-1978 6 23 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 28
3. 1978-1979 11 33 1 2 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 44
4. 1979-1980 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
5. 1980-1981 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
TOTALS 26 97 1 4 9 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 36 123

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All Matches played

No Date ▲ Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 20-11-1976 League Division One Leicester City Leicester City Draw 1-1 A 0 Gerry Daly 84' (pen) Chris Garland 8'
2. 27-11-1976 League Division One West Ham United West Ham United Loss 0-2 H 0 Trevor Brooking 20', Billy Jennings 29'
3. 18-12-1976 League Division One Arsenal Arsenal Loss 1-3 A 0 Sammy McIlroy 6' Malcolm Macdonald 5', 52', Liam Brady 45'+2
4. 27-12-1976 League Division One Everton Everton Win 4-0 H 1 Stuart Pearson 47', Jimmy Greenhoff 61', Gordon Hill 71', Lou Macari 85'
5. 01-01-1977 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Win 2-0 H 0 Stuart Pearson 16', 23'
6. 03-01-1977 League Division One Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Loss 1-2 A 0 Stuart Pearson 1' Brian Greenhoff 79' (o.g.), Clive Woods 83'
7. 08-01-1977 FA Cup Walsall Walsall Win 1-0 H 0 Gordon Hill 43'
8. 15-01-1977 League Division One Coventry City Coventry City Win 2-0 H 0 Lou Macari 8', 19'
9. 19-01-1977 League Division One Bristol City Bristol City Win 2-1 H 0 Stuart Pearson 47, Brian Greenhoff 79' Keith Fear 5'
10. 22-01-1977 League Division One Birmingham City Birmingham City Win 3-2 A 1 Stewart Houston 22', Jimmy Greenhoff 24', Stuart Pearson 52' Trevor Francis 21', Gary Emmanuel 80'
11. 29-01-1977 FA Cup QPR QPR Win 1-0 H 0 Lou Macari 16'
12. 05-02-1977 League Division One Derby County Derby County Win 3-1 H 0 Lou Macari 8', Stewart Houston 53', Steve Powell 60' (o.g.) Tony Macken 80'
13. 12-02-1977 League Division One Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Win 3-1 A 0 Lou Macari 4', Sammy McIlroy 32', Gordon Hill 60' Chris Jones 35'
14. 16-02-1977 League Division One Liverpool Liverpool Draw 0-0 H 0
15. 19-02-1977 League Division One Newcastle United Newcastle United Win 3-1 H 3 Jimmy Greenhoff 10', 35', 71' Geoff Nulty 32'
16. 26-02-1977 FA Cup Southampton Southampton Draw 2-2 A 0 Lou Macari 12', Gordon Hill 40' David Peach 28' (pen), Nick Holmes 43'
17. 05-03-1977 League Division One Manchester City Manchester City Win 3-1 H 0 Stuart Pearson 24', Gordon Hill 31', Steve Coppell 54' Joe Royle 61'
18. 08-03-1977 FA Cup Southampton Southampton Win 2-1 H 2 Jimmy Greenhoff 5', 69' David Peach 41' (pen)
19. 12-03-1977 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Win 1-0 H 0 Trevor Cherry 12' (o.g.)
20. 19-03-1977 FA Cup Aston Villa Aston Villa Win 2-1 H 0 Stewart Houston 26', Lou Macari 76' Brian Little 2'
21. 23-03-1977 League Division One West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Draw 2-2 H 0 Gordon Hill 43' (pen), Steve Coppell 90' David Cross 18', *Bryan Robson 35'
22. 02-04-1977 League Division One Norwich City Norwich City Loss 1-2 A 0 Tony Powell 57' (o.g.) Colin Suggett 7', Kevin Reeves 33'
23. 05-04-1977 League Division One Everton Everton Win 2-1 A 0 Gordon Hill 1', 20' Martin Dobson 73'
24. 09-04-1977 League Division One Stoke City Stoke City Win 3-0 H 0 Stewart Houston 51', Lou Macari 60', Stuart Pearson 81'
25. 16-04-1977 League Division One Leicester City Leicester City Draw 1-1 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 75' Steve Earle 46'
26. 19-04-1977 League Division One QPR QPR Loss 0-4 A 0 *Don Givens 1', Eddie Kelly 22', Peter Eastoe 46', 60'
27. 23-04-1977 FA Cup Leeds United Leeds United Win 2-1 N 1 Steve Coppell 6', Jimmy Greenhoff 14' Allan Clarke 71' (pen)
28. 26-04-1977 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Loss 0-3 A 0 Dave Armstrong 20', 33', David Mills 64'
29. 30-04-1977 League Division One QPR QPR Win 1-0 H 0 Lou Macari 82'
30. 03-05-1977 League Division One Liverpool Liverpool Loss 0-1 A 0 Kevin Keegan 15'
31. 07-05-1977 League Division One Bristol City Bristol City Draw 1-1 A 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 50' (pen) Chris Garland 5'
32. 14-05-1977 League Division One Arsenal Arsenal Win 3-2 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 11', Lou Macari 36', Gordon Hill 53' Liam Brady 51', *Frank Stapleton 79'
33. 16-05-1977 League Division One West Ham United West Ham United Loss 2-4 A 0 Gordon Hill 1', Stuart Pearson 65' Frank Lampard Snr 30', Geoff Pike 52', Bryan "Pop" Robson 60', 75'
34. 21-05-1977 FA Cup Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-1 N 1 Stuart Pearson 50', Jimmy Greenhoff 55' Jimmy Case 52'
35. 13-08-1977 Charity Shield Liverpool Liverpool Draw 0-0 N 0
36. 01-10-1977 League Division One Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-0 H 0 Lou Macari 62', Sammy McIlroy 70'
37. 05-10-1977 Cup Winners Cup Saint Etienne Saint Etienne Win 2-0 H 0 Stuart Pearson 32', Steve Coppell 65'
38. 08-10-1977 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Loss 1-2 A 0 Steve Coppell 35' David Mills 39', Billy Ashcroft 56'
39. 15-10-1977 League Division One Newcastle United Newcastle United Win 3-2 H 1 Steve Coppell 7', Jimmy Greenhoff 22', Lou Macari 56' Micky Burns 72', Dennis Martin 87'
40. 19-11-1977 League Division One Norwich City Norwich City Win 1-0 H 0 Stuart Pearson 73'
41. 26-11-1977 League Division One QPR QPR Draw 2-2 A 0 Gordon Hill 43', 87' David Needham 17', *Don Givens 55'
42. 03-12-1977 League Division One Wolves Wolves Win 3-1 H 1 Sammy McIlroy 12', Jimmy Greenhoff 37', Stuart Pearson 83' John Richards 50'
43. 10-12-1977 League Division One West Ham United West Ham United Loss 1-2 A 0 Chris McGrath 10' Derek Hales 7', Trevor Brooking 81'
44. 17-12-1977 League Division One Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Loss 0-4 H 0 Brian Greenhoff 22' (o.g.), Tony Woodcock 25', 88', John Robertson 52'
45. 26-12-1977 League Division One Everton Everton Win 6-2 A 1 Lou Macari 27', 53', Gordon Hill 41', Steve Coppell 58', Jimmy Greenhoff 68', Sammy McIlroy 75' Martin Dobson 70', Bob Latchford 75'
46. 27-12-1977 League Division One Leicester City Leicester City Win 3-1 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 40', Steve Coppell 44', Gordon Hill 65' Mark Goodwin 85'
47. 31-12-1977 League Division One Coventry City Coventry City Loss 0-3 A 0 Mick Ferguson 8', Ian Wallace 34', Terry Yorath 83'
48. 02-01-1978 League Division One Birmingham City Birmingham City Loss 1-2 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 51' Kevin Dillon 12', Trevor Francis 53'
49. 07-01-1978 FA Cup Carlisle United Carlisle United Draw 1-1 A 0 Lou Macari 2' Ian McDonald 8'
50. 11-01-1978 FA Cup Carlisle United Carlisle United Win 4-2 H 0 Lou Macari 5', 75', Stuart Pearson 44', 70' Mick Tait 67', Billy Rafferty 90'
51. 14-01-1978 League Division One Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Win 2-1 A 0 Sammy McIlroy 11', Stuart Pearson 29' Paul Mariner 38'
52. 21-01-1978 League Division One Derby County Derby County Win 4-0 H 0 Gordon Hill 6', 28' (pen), Stuart Pearson 70', Martin Buchan 88'
53. 01-02-1978 FA Cup West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Loss 2-3 A 0 Stuart Pearson 20', Gordon Hill 88' Tony Brown 13', Cyrille Regis 49', 94'
54. 08-02-1978 League Division One Bristol City Bristol City Draw 1-1 H 0 Gordon Hill 27' (pen) Peter Cormack 43'
55. 01-03-1978 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Loss 0-1 H 0 Allan Clarke 77'
56. 04-03-1978 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Draw 0-0 H 0
57. 11-03-1978 League Division One Newcastle United Newcastle United Draw 2-2 A 0 Joe Jordan 27', Gordon Hill 39' Mark McGee 32', Micky Burns 85' (pen)
58. 15-03-1978 League Division One Manchester City Manchester City Draw 2-2 H 0 Gordon Hill 7' (pen), 57' (pen) *Peter Barnes 77', *Brian Kidd 79'
59. 18-03-1978 League Division One West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Draw 1-1 H 0 Gordon McQueen 30' Alistair Robertson 90'
60. 25-03-1978 League Division One Leicester City Leicester City Win 3-2 A 1 Stuart Pearson 12', Gordon Hill 48', Jimmy Greenhoff 83' Dean Smith 40', Geoff Salmons 73'
61. 27-03-1978 League Division One Everton Everton Loss 1-2 H 0 Gordon Hill 85' (pen) Bob Latchford 33', 61'
62. 29-03-1978 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Draw 1-1 H 0 Sammy McIlroy 52' John Deehan 50'
63. 19-08-1978 League Division One Birmingham City Birmingham City Win 1-0 H 0 Joe Jordan 70'
64. 23-08-1978 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Win 3-2 A 0 Gordon McQueen 12', Sammy McIlroy 37', Lou Macari 82' Paul Hart 20', Frankie Gray 48' (pen)
65. 26-08-1978 League Division One Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Loss 0-3 A 0 Paul Mariner 16', 67', Brian Talbot 69'
66. 30-08-1978 League Cup Stockport County Stockport County Win 3-2 H 1 Joe Jordan 10', Sammy McIlroy 88', Jimmy Greenhoff 90' (pen) Alan Thompson 58' (pen) , Terry Park 78'
67. 02-09-1978 League Division One Everton Everton Draw 1-1 H 0 Martin Buchan 90' Andy King 6'
68. 09-09-1978 League Division One QPR QPR Draw 1-1 A 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 87' Ian Gillard 5'
69. 16-09-1978 League Division One Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Draw 1-1 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 66' Ian Bowyer 6'
70. 23-09-1978 League Division One Arsenal Arsenal Draw 1-1 A 0 Steve Coppell 29' David Price 34'
71. 30-09-1978 League Division One Manchester City Manchester City Win 1-0 H 0 Joe Jordan 89'
72. 04-10-1978 League Cup Watford Watford Loss 1-2 H 0 Joe Jordan 40' Luther Blissett 46', 71'
73. 07-10-1978 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Win 3-2 H 0 Lou Macari 3', 30', Joe Jordan 76' David Mills 26', Mickey Burns 66'
74. 14-10-1978 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Draw 2-2 A 0 Sammy McIlroy 50', Lou Macari 71' John Gregory 33', 45'
75. 21-10-1978 League Division One Bristol City Bristol City Loss 1-3 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 70' Kevin Mabbutt 11', 50', 88'
76. 28-10-1978 League Division One Wolves Wolves Win 4-2 A 2 Jimmy Greenhoff 21', 28', Brian Greenhoff 45', Joe Jordan 52' Ken Hibbitt 31', Steve Daley 66'
77. 04-11-1978 League Division One Southampton Southampton Draw 1-1 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 30' Nick Holmes 50'
78. 11-11-1978 League Division One Birmingham City Birmingham City Loss 1-5 A 0 Joe Jordan 13' Kevin Dillon 23', Alan Buckley 32' 36', Don Givens 51', Jimmy Calderwood 90'
79. 18-11-1978 League Division One Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Win 2-0 H 1 Steve Coppell 7', Jimmy Greenhoff 85'
80. 21-11-1978 League Division One Everton Everton Loss 0-3 A 0 Trevor Ross 4', Andy King 43', Bob Latchford 82'
81. 25-11-1978 League Division One Chelsea Chelsea Win 1-0 A 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 68'
82. 09-12-1978 League Division One Derby County Derby County Win 3-1 A 1 Andy Ritchie 32', 53', Jimmy Greenhoff 45' *Gerry Daly 3'
83. 16-12-1978 League Division One Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Win 2-0 H 0 Andy Ritchie 17', Sammy McIlroy 75'
84. 22-12-1978 League Division One Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Loss 0-3 A 0 Frank Worthington 12', 21', *Alan Gowling 49'
85. 26-12-1978 League Division One Liverpool Liverpool Loss 0-3 H 0 Ray Kennedy 5', Jimmy Case 25', David Fairclough 67'
86. 30-12-1978 League Division One West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Loss 3-5 H 0 Brian Greenhoff 21', Gordon McQueen 30', Sammy McIlroy 32' Tony Brown 27', 45', Len Cantello 28', *Laurie Cunningham 76', Cyrille Regis 84'
87. 15-01-1979 FA Cup Chelsea Chelsea Win 3-0 H 1 Steve Coppell 27', Ashley Grimes 61', Jimmy Greenhoff 70'
88. 31-01-1979 FA Cup Fulham Fulham Draw 1-1 A 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 40' John Margerrison 62'
89. 03-02-1979 League Division One Arsenal Arsenal Loss 0-2 H 0 Alan Sunderland 64', 66'
90. 10-02-1979 League Division One Manchester City Manchester City Win 3-0 A 0 Steve Coppell 22', 35', Andy Ritchie 69'
91. 12-02-1979 FA Cup Fulham Fulham Win 1-0 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 65'
92. 20-02-1979 FA Cup Colchester United Colchester United Win 1-0 A 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 86'
93. 24-02-1979 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Draw 1-1 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 75' (pen) Ken Swain 60'
94. 28-02-1979 League Division One QPR QPR Win 2-0 H 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 2', Steve Coppell 47'
95. 03-03-1979 League Division One Bristol City Bristol City Win 2-1 A 0 Andy Ritchie 47', Gordon McQueen 76' Gerry Gow 19'
96. 10-03-1979 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Draw 1-1 A 0 Mickey Thomas 63' Osvaldo Ardiles 27'
97. 14-03-1979 FA Cup Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Win 2-0 H 0 Sammy McIlroy 10', Joe Jordan 60'
98. 20-03-1979 League Division One Coventry City Coventry City Loss 3-4 A 0 Steve Coppell 36', 89', Sammy McIlroy 64' Barry Powell 2', Garry Thompson 8', Tommy Hutchinson 42', Bobby McDonald 47'
99. 24-03-1979 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Win 4-1 H 0 Andy Ritchie 8', 18', 79', Mickey Thomas 20' Ray Hankin 67'
100. 27-03-1979 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Draw 2-2 A 0 Gordon McQueen 48', Steve Coppell 51' Dave Armstrong 24' (pen), Mark Proctor 43'
101. 31-03-1979 FA Cup Liverpool Liverpool Draw 2-2 N 0 Joe Jordan 19', Brian Greenhoff 56' Kenny Dalglish 17', Alan Hansen 82'
102. 04-04-1979 FA Cup Liverpool Liverpool Win 1-0 N 1 Jimmy Greenhoff 78'
103. 07-04-1979 League Division One Norwich City Norwich City Draw 2-2 A 0 Gordon McQueen 74', Lou Macari 83' Graham Paddon 62', Keith Robson 71'
104. 05-05-1979 League Division One West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Loss 0-1 A 0 Cyrille Regis 24'
105. 12-05-1979 FA Cup Arsenal Arsenal Loss 2-3 N 0 Gordon McQueen 86', Sammy McIlroy 88' Brian Talbot 12', *Frank Stapleton 43', Alan Sunderland 89'
106. 16-05-1979 League Division One Chelsea Chelsea Draw 1-1 H 0 Steve Coppell 7' Gary Johnson 21'
107. 12-03-1980 League Division One Everton Everton Draw 0-0 H 0
108. 05-04-1980 League Division One Liverpool Liverpool Win 2-1 H 1 Mickey Thomas 19', Jimmy Greenhoff 63' Kenny Dalglish 14'
109. 23-04-1980 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Win 2-1 H 0 Joe Jordan 4', 68' Des Bremner 89'
110. 26-04-1980 League Division One Coventry City Coventry City Win 2-1 H 0 Sammy McIlroy 5' (pen), 65' Garry Thompson 63'
111. 03-05-1980 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Loss 0-2 A 0 Derek Parlane 14', Kevin Hird 75' (pen)
112. 16-08-1980 League Division One Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Win 3-0 H 0 Mickey Thomas 41', Lou Macari 70', Ashley Grimes 90'
113. 19-08-1980 League Division One Wolves Wolves Loss 0-1 A 0 George Berry 88'
114. 27-08-1980 League Cup Coventry City Coventry City Loss 0-1 H 0 Tom English 66'
115. 30-08-1980 League Division One Sunderland Sunderland Draw 1-1 H 0 Nikola Jovanovic 59' Alan Brown 84'
116. 02-09-1980 League Cup Coventry City Coventry City Loss 0-1 A 0 Andy Blair 46'
117. 06-09-1980 League Division One Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Draw 0-0 A 0
118. 13-09-1980 League Division One Leicester City Leicester City Win 5-0 H 0 Steve Coppell 3', Ashley Grimes 43', Nikola Jovanovic 49', 67', Lou Macari 59'
119. 17-09-1980 Europa League Widzew Lodz Widzew Lodz Draw 1-1 H 0 Sammy McIlroy 4' Krzysztof Surlit 6'
120. 20-09-1980 League Division One Leeds United Leeds United Draw 0-0 A 0
121. 27-09-1980 League Division One Manchester City Manchester City Draw 2-2 H 0 Steve Coppell 31', Arthur Albiston 72' Kevin Reeves 43', Roger Palmer 89'
122. 08-10-1980 League Division One Aston Villa Aston Villa Draw 3-3 H 0 Sammy McIlroy 35' (pen), 57', Steve Coppell 36' Peter Withe 15' Gordon Cowans 55' (pen), Gary Shaw 67'
123. 06-12-1980 League Division One Norwich City Norwich City Draw 2-2 A 0 Kevin Bond 10' (o.g.), Steve Coppell 33' Nikola Jovanovic 59' (o.g.), Justin Fashanu 73'
 

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