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[Football] Bobby Charlton - Diagnosed With Dementia



Biscuit Barrel

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Jan 28, 2014
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Very sad to hear on sky sports that Sir Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with Dementia.

I never say him play but a friend of mine who saw him play alot, said he was the most complete midfielder.r
 
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AmexRuislip

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I met him once, when my dad was involved with the Bobby Charlton football school, that came to East Sussex way back.
A proper gent and always attentive to questions asked.
 


Knocky's Nose

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May 7, 2017
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Eastbourne
Lovely bloke who was a regular at my Mum's Fish & Chip shop in Knutsford, Cheshire.

Always behind the wheel of a big, wafty Jag.
 


Weststander

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I missed his football career, but through footage I’m fully aware of his footballing greatness. At the same time he’s obviously a humble working class gentleman, and always a class act in his evocations of the air disaster and his lost friends.

I hope he has a comfortable final chapter to an incredible life.
 


dejavuatbtn

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Aug 4, 2010
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I met him once, when my dad was involved with the Bobby Charlton football school, that came to East Sussex way back.
A proper gent and always attentive to questions asked.

Me too, at Crawley when my eldest was on a course with Michael Standing who won his age group competition. Had time for a chat between breaks. What a nice unassuming guy he was. A proper role model who doesn’t deserve this type of end.
 








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Me too, at Crawley when my eldest was on a course with Michael Standing who won his age group competition. Had time for a chat between breaks. What a nice unassuming guy he was. A proper role model whose like will never be seen again.
RIP Sir Bobby, you will always be my hero.

He’s still alive, bodily.
 




AmexRuislip

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Me too, at Crawley when my eldest was on a course with Michael Standing who won his age group competition. Had time for a chat between breaks. What a nice unassuming guy he was. A proper role model who doesn’t deserve this type of end.

For me it was in Bexhill around 1978.
 


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Eeyore

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Very sad. Did he play for Preston at the Goldstone once, or am I imagining that?

That would have been in October 1974, a 4-0 defeat.

He was manager of PNE at the time but also played in 38 matches that season. So there is a strong possibility he was playing.
 






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Very sad news.

Having experienced it with a family member of mine, I wouldn't wish it on anyone to have to watch someone they love being afflicted with it.
 


Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006
19,632
Eastbourne
Yes. Player manager. They tonked us 4-0. I was there.

Very sad news.

Me too. I was only a nipper but still remember the reverence for the bloke. Remember him running down by the chicken run and although he was slowed by age, I was made fully aware by my father that I was fortunate to be watching a true great.
 








Shropshire Seagull

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Nov 5, 2004
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Telford
Very sad ....

He was one of the first footballers to be recognised on a global scale - BC & Pele were known in almost every country arround the world.

Might this be another example to highlight the perils of heading those old leather [very heavy when wet] lace up footballs?
To cheer folk up: we've had a fair few strikers over the years that couldn't remember where the back of the net was :smile::smile:
 


lawros left foot

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Jun 11, 2011
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Worthing
My first ever live game was Manchester United v Southampton at the Dell , about 1969.
My Dad, who was not a great football fan took me and my eldest sister, as my sister was a United fan.
Most of the European Cup winners played that day, and United lost to a Jimmy Gabriel goal.
 




studio150

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Jul 30, 2011
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My first ever live game was Manchester United v Southampton at the Dell , about 1969.
My Dad, who was not a great football fan took me and my eldest sister, as my sister was a United fan.
Most of the European Cup winners played that day, and United lost to a Jimmy Gabriel goal.

I saw Bobby Charlton at the Dell in November 1971, United won 5-2 with a hattrick from George Best.
As well as a few others also saw him playing at the Goldstone when Preston beat us 4-0, and seem to recall the North Stand wanting 5, given Preston and Charlton were so much in charge of the game.
 


allystrat

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Dec 19, 2011
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That would have been in October 1974, a 4-0 defeat.

He was manager of PNE at the time but also played in 38 matches that season. So there is a strong possibility he was playing.

It was my first game and he definitely played. I believe he came on as sub.
 



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