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Jack Charlton RIP

guinnessaddick
guinnessaddick Posts: 28,597
in Other Football and Sports
World Cup winner and manager of the Republic of Ireland.

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  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,456
    Cheers Colin.
  • HantsAddick
    HantsAddick Posts: 2,423
    Sad news. R.I.P. Jack, 1966 hero.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Lovely man. Met him once and he was really interested in hearing other people.
    So long Jack and thank you.

  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,995
    RIP a true legend 
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,345
    I have always believed that J C was the last and one of the most important jigsaw pieces in the making of Ramsey's World Cup winning team .. he was a totally determined granite hard defender who allowed Moore some discretion at the back .. J C held the defence together and terrified all but the bravest attackers, I'll go so far as to say that without him we would not have won the cup. 
    I remember him at the Valley (mid 1960s) in Leeds's promotion year a hard man in a very hard team: Hunter, Bremner, Giles, Reaney, Collins, Cooper; J C was the hardest of them all but in an understated way .. I recall him grabbing goalkeeper Sprake by the collar after one mistake .. Leeds beat a very good Addicks team that day in a season where we finished just short of promotion (no play offs in those days) .. memories memories lol 

    J C has suffered from dementia for a while but I could never imagine him  dying, he seemed so indestructible .. I know it comes to us all, but this is a sad day

    R I P
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
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