Background
Greaves was born in Farnworth, near Bolton.
Greaves was born in Farnworth, near Bolton.
He began his football career as a junior with Bolton Wanderers, playing as a striker, and scored twice in his league debut against Southampton in 1965. With the team struggling after the abolishment of the maximum wage he still managed to lead the side"s goal scoring charts but was criticised as the club went into the Third Division for the first time. When Jimmy Armfield took over as manager in the summer of 1971 he withdrew Greaves into a midfield role.
Bolton"s relegation two seasons later brought an end to Greaves" time at the club and he moved initially to the United States to play for Seattle Sounders before seeing out his career with a season at Rochdale.
He then moved back to Bolton to run a public