Quote Originally Posted by RedBasie

I saw Forest play Bolton,(I think it was Nat Lofthouse's last season), also Chelsea with Greaves playing before he went to Italy and Everton with Roy Vernon. I think it was 59/60 season but I didn't become a fan.
I grew up reading about Lofthouse and Greaves exploits. Greaves I know was a superb finisher. I used to enjoy reading his column on Shoot magazine. Had a lot of good things to impart to strikers.

Lofthouse I wasn't able to garner much info, was he really that good in the flesh?[/quote]

I only saw him towards the end of his career and I was only 8/9 years old, but my dad raved about him said he was a very powerful no nonsense centre forward known as the Lion of Vienna. Greaves was probably the deadliest finisher you will ever see.[/quote]

Nat Lofthouse existed in an era when players we