RIP Ian St John

[Jamo Martinez]

RIP Saint.

 

[irishtony1878]

I was invited to a football lunch at Old Trafford and the Saint was the guest speaker, I was on one of the tables next to the "top" table, I said hello and had a little chat with him, as a scouser he obviously asked red or blue? when I said Blue, he asked if he could bounce a few jibes at me during his stand up, after he had given me pelters for about 45 minutes, he spent the rest of the afternoon ignoring the Man Utd chairman Martin Edwards and telling me stories about Shankly, Greavsie and 1960s football.
Lovely man, he was my father in laws favourite player and I asked him if he would say hello to him on my phone, he of course said yes and made an old feller very happy.
RIP Saint

 

[captainvindaloo]

RIP Saint.
Fond memories of the Saint and Greavsie show and of that era of more down to earth football.
Great to see that clip of him with the lads at Bellefield.
Thanks for posting that @SpongeBob brown shoes !

 

[davek]

It was that diving header in the '65 Cup Final that defines him for that lot. Given the importance of the cup then, that was the moment they came a step closer to us and overhauling our 70 odd year dominance over them. That's his (football) significance.

 

[Barca Blue]

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

RIP Saint.
Fond memories of the Saint and Greavsie show and of that era of more down to earth football.
Great to see that clip of him with the lads at Bellefield.
Thanks for posting that @SpongeBob brown shoes !

There's a full version on YouTube, footballers obviously didn't take themselves too seriously back then

 

[RomanReigns]

Is St Johns Shopping Centre in Liverpool named after him?

 

[Barca Blue]

Is St Johns Shopping Centre in Liverpool named after him?

One of the first fully enclosed, roofed market halls St Johns Market opened to the public in 1822. It was the largest in the nineteenth century. It was designed by John Foster, Junior with "136 stone-trimmed classical arched window bays, supported by 116 interior cast-iron pillars".[7] In 1964 it was demolished.

 

[larbert toffee]

I wonder if the RS are aware of the dignified manner we recognise decent characters who have played for them and have now passed.

 

[summerisle]

I was 10 when saint and greavsie started and I rarely missed a show for the next 7 years. Brilliant Saturday lunchtime viewing due to the relaxed and often hilarious banter between him and greaves. He looked a good player too from the clips I've seen of him, and tough with it too.

RIP Saint.

A fine example :

 

[Bluerover]

I wonder if the RS are aware of the dignified manner we recognise decent characters who have played for them and have now passed.

They wouldn't understand - as Peter Farrell told me "I went to a high school on a high mountain

Saint was finished by the time I was old enough to understand football, but by all accounts he was a straight and good player, and I enjoyed his TV work. The 1984 clip is typical of the man, and went some way to undoing the colossal damage done by Hughes.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Loved Saint and greavesie. Great to see the respect shown in this thread. Says a lot about our club and our values.
RIP Saint.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

A fine example :

The difference is now mate is that the pundits are told how to think and what to say (and they are all scared of bullets in the post)

 

[summerisle]

The difference is now mate is that the pundits are told how to think and what to say (and they are all scared of bullets in the post)

It's all taken now as a matter of life and death ; there used to be a bit of humour in football, now we get Danny bloody Murphy..