Jack Charlton

We were at Quincy Market in Boston the day after the Republic had played a pre-World Cup friendly in the US when Carlton came in with a couple of others and sat at the same Oyster bar we were eating at. My (late) mother-in-law went over to have a word; have to say he was extremely gracious, although her strong northeast accent probably scared him half to death. I decided against going across for a word, having been underwhelmed by the crushing style of his Middlesbrough side. RIP Jack.
 
The passing of another from that great 1966 team and in my opinion every member of that team should have been knighted.
Rest in peace Jackie.

Just six surviving members of that team. 54 years ago today he was playing against Uruguay on the opening day of the 1966 tournament.

Edit: Just realised it's only five.
 
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Very sad news, but what a life he led! World Cup Winner, took an international team to tournaments... Achieved a lot. RIP
 
R.I.P . There can’t be many of the 66 winning side left now. Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles and I think George Cohen. Players like Jack Charlton were among those who I remember as a little kid when I first got in to football.
 
I’ve heard that Jack Charlton used to ‘pay’ for his pints in pubs in Ireland by cheque, knowing full well the publicans would never cash the cheque as it was a means of showing off to friends that Jack had visited. He learned some wily tricks from the notoriously tight Yorkshire folk!

Farewell, Jack. A great character from the game.
 
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