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''Saint and Greavsie'' was a British television show in which former footballers Ian St John and Jimmy Greaves discussed current football themes such as the day's matches. It ran on ITV from 1985 to 1992. ==Format== Englishman Jimmy Greaves and Scotsman Ian St John were successful football players in the 1960s, but they did not play for the same club; Greaves spent the bulk of his career with Chelsea and Tottenham, while St John played mainly for Liverpool. Their collaboration as television football pundits started with "On the Ball" in the ''World of Sport'' show. The segment was highly popular, leading to the commissioning of ''Saint and Greavsie'' as a programme in its own right.〔 A key characteristic of the show was comedy, with St John prompting Greaves to jokes and jibes. The 30 minute show was normally broadcast shortly after 12 noon on Saturdays, to coincide with the build-up to that afternoon's football matches. At various points in the show the goals of previous matches would be shown. The show included features on clubs in both English and Scottish leagues and discussion of that weekend's major games, emphasising matches that ITV planned to broadcast. The series initially had a simple opening sequence showing a rotating rudimentary CGI-image of a football pitch revolving several times, before a still of the two presenters popped up at the end; the theme tune was initially identical to that used for the "On the Ball" segment of ''World of Sport''. In later years, the introduction to the show began with St John and Greaves as cigarette cards from their playing days on the opening credits, and the theme tune was changed for a piece named "Aztec Gold" composed by Silsoe, which at the time was also used as the theme tune for ITV's ''The Big Match''. Although the show predominantly dealt with football, it also covered sports such as cricket and boxing, with interviewees including Mike Tyson and Chris Eubank. When Greaves was ill at Christmas 1990, he was replaced in successive episodes by a puppet modelled on him from ''Spitting Image'', a show he had often featured on. In 1991–92, the Rumbelows Cup draw was broadcast on ''Saint and Greavsie''. The quarter-finals were drawn by Donald Trump when the duo were in America to film a programme looking at how the USA was preparing for World Cup 1994. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint and Greavsie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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