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Rip Jackie Charlton

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  1. Teessidemackem

    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Screenshot_20180909-145220.png True character and legend. RIP the Giraffe.
     
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    Montysoptician Well-Known Member

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    RIP Jack. I met him once a real nice bloke
     
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    flandersmackem Well-Known Member

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    He played at a time when football as a contact sport....and he REALLY made contact. RIP Jack, came across as nice bloke.
     
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    Disco down under Well-Known Member

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    Really sad. Thought he was a legend.
     
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    He was a really nice bloke, a great manager with Ireland too. RIP.
     
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    C19RK73 Red & White army!

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  9. E.T. Fairfax

    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    What he do wrong like?
     
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    E.T. Fairfax Well-Known Member

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    Feel sad. Reminded me of my grandad, his character & passion for football
     
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    Sunderpitt Well-Known Member

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    Yep I was a big Jack Charlton fan...he had a little black book iirc and loved fishing and a couple of pints..Guinness?
     
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  12. Owld Feller

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    He epitomised the approach of his mentor (Revie) which was a win art all costs mentality (it made no difference if it was within, or outside, of the rules/laws of the game).

    He would have been perfect for us in our current situation!!
     
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    cumbrianmackem Well-Known Member

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    RIP Jack bet your Bobby is upset (not).
     
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    RIP Jack. One of the best characters the game has produced. A straight-talking pragmatist

    Gazza wouldn’t have had a career if it wasn’t for Jack

    Ireland’s success 1988 - 1994 was based on his pragmatic approach

    the speech he gave about his brother at a Sports Personality of the Year show one year nearly made me cry

    I met him once too. A lovely man
     
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    I've always been appreciative of football's 'hard men', and Jack was one of these.

    And despite his Leeds and N/C connections, it was hard, for me at least, to dislike him.

    When I heard the news this morning my mind went back to a testimonial game at Roker Park.
    I can't be sure who it was for be I THINK that it might have been Jimmy Monty's.
    Jack Charlton was there as a guest.
    He was introduced to the large crowd, they imediatly burst into a 'Roker Roar' but of booing!
    Jack broke into a huge smile and proceeded to walk all the way round the pitch, smiling and waving at all and sundry.
    Eventualy, the booing went down.
    By the time he got opposit to where I was standing (roker end, behind the goal, halfway up the bank), the jeers had turned to cheers.
    Well, it would have been rude to do anything else who was behaving that well.

    Good defender, good player, good manager and by all accounts a good bloke and most certainly a character.

    RIP
     
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    I bet some canny stories resurface over the next couple of weeks. He was a character all right.
     
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    Really liked Jack, seriously underrated player, manager and bloke ...

    ... he was always in the shadow of his brother which was unfair imo.

    He was blunt but I liked his sense of humour which was very Nothumbrian, no one could deny he was a character unlike Bobby.

    RIP Jack, not many left like you mate.
     
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    Teessidemackem Well-Known Member

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    Feck off from my thread you disrespectful tw@t!!
     
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  19. Sunderpitt

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    I agree the brothers were chalk and cheese...but both great in their own way.

    Wist Am, often say it was them that won the WC but I would argue it was Ashington!
     
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