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RIP big Jack.
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[Football] Jack Charlton has died.
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RIP big Jack.
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Uckfield Seagull
RIP
Slowly slowly the team are fading away. Five of the eleven who took to the field that day are still with us.
Slowly slowly the team are fading away. Five of the eleven who took to the field that day are still with us.
Seemed like a gent whenever on TV. Certainly a playing legend, like all in that team. RIP.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
been a devastating year of losses for us.
i had dinner with him (and norman) in december after a centenary event, a kinder, funnier man you'd be hard pressed to find. we sat and watched leeds play, he kicked every ball with them and had tbe audacity to criticise bielsa
he'd been poorly for a while but we were all hoping he could hold on for just a few more weeks
He is a rarity nowadays, being a one-club man thoughout his playing career.
nicko31
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Another legend gone, top bloke. WC 1990 always sticks in the mind for me, taking an average Irish team to the Quarters
RIP
RIP
AmexRuislip
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Total respect RIP 
Jolly Red Giant
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- Jul 11, 2015
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Interesting discussion about Jack Charlton on his 85th birthday a couple of months ago. Johnny Giles and Liam Brady talk about their experiences with Jack.
https://soundcloud.com/thestandwitheamondunphy/ep-731-jack-charlton?fbclid=IwAR3MaIH52BumSa-jDFfDCaQJn8zGd2Ec665PFGX2tiaC6Y9sg3uiAbTPjiM
https://soundcloud.com/thestandwitheamondunphy/ep-731-jack-charlton?fbclid=IwAR3MaIH52BumSa-jDFfDCaQJn8zGd2Ec665PFGX2tiaC6Y9sg3uiAbTPjiM
Boroseagull
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Apparently yes.....from a paper obit; Opposites on the pitch, the brothers also had their differences off it with tensions arising between Jack and Norma, Bobby's wife.
But the pair reconciled when Jack presented his brother with a BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, embracing him the same way he had done 52 years earlier.
'Bobby Charlton is the greatest player I've ever seen and he's my brother,' Jack told the audience.
Icy Gull
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RIP Jack
Sad to hear that he had dementia in later years. Always think of him as someone who spoke his mind very eloquently
When the offside laws were altered to allow play to continue if a player was in an offside position but was not deemed to be interfering with play - "What the f***'* he doing on the pitch if he's not inteferering with play!"
Good run though in fairness
Sad to hear that he had dementia in later years. Always think of him as someone who spoke his mind very eloquently
When the offside laws were altered to allow play to continue if a player was in an offside position but was not deemed to be interfering with play - "What the f***'* he doing on the pitch if he's not inteferering with play!"
Good run though in fairness
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RIP Jack, a giant in every way and true English legend.
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
It's obviously headline news over the Irish Sea as well and there's a good piece here on him from an Irish perspective - https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...n-republic-ireland-manager-exceptional-leader
RIP
RIP
oldboyroy
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RIP to the great man
If you look at individuals as opposed to Money and TV Companies etc.
Two of the people who changed football to what it is today the most were :
Jean Pierre Bosman - Due to his Judicial Challenge of Football Transfer Rules
Jack Charlton - Due to his Clever Use of the Eligibility Rules for International players on a wider wholescale basis
I think those two individuals changed Football forever and both leave us a wonderful legacy.
Two of the people who changed football to what it is today the most were :
Jean Pierre Bosman - Due to his Judicial Challenge of Football Transfer Rules
Jack Charlton - Due to his Clever Use of the Eligibility Rules for International players on a wider wholescale basis
I think those two individuals changed Football forever and both leave us a wonderful legacy.
No more, Play Soccer the Jack Charlton Way. Used to frighten the shite out of me when he was only coaching kids
KZNSeagull
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RIP big man.
Lovely story on football focus just now about when he was manager of Ireland, whenever he went into a pub he would buy everyone a drink but pay with a cheque as he knew that it would never get cashed and end up in a frame behind the bar.
Lovely story on football focus just now about when he was manager of Ireland, whenever he went into a pub he would buy everyone a drink but pay with a cheque as he knew that it would never get cashed and end up in a frame behind the bar.
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Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
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RIP Big Jack.
Leeds legend, England legend, Ireland legend, entertaining pundit, proper football man.
Leeds legend, England legend, Ireland legend, entertaining pundit, proper football man.