rip Jack Charlton

RIP. Shamefully booed by England fans v Ireland in Wembley.

Jack was always forthright with his views & took no prisoners on or off the field
He achieved a helluva lot throughout his footballng life ... RIP

Very sad to hear this. R.I.P. Jack.

Class act and a credit to his country,RIP.

r.i.p jack

Jul 11, 2020 -- 9:39AM, lapsy pa wrote:

Class act and a credit to his country,RIP.

hear hear

RIP Big Jack, a football great if ever there was one.

sad news rip.

RIP Big Jack

RIP Big Jack

not posting this in a crass way, just to see who is and isn't still alive from the 1966 winning team including manager. 5 have died in the last 2 years.

6. Bobby Moore - 1993, 24th February (Putney, SW London)
Alf Ramsey - 1999, 28th April (Ipswich)
7. Alan Ball - 2007, 25th April (Hampshire)
3. Ray Wilson - 2018, 15th May (Huddersfield)
1. Gordon Banks - 2019, 12th February (Stone-on-Trent)
16. Martin Peters - 2019, 21st December (Plaistow, then Essex now East London)
5. Jack Charlton - 2020, 10th July (Northumberland)
4. Nobby Stiles
9. Bobby Charlton
10. Geoff Hurst
21. Roger Hunt
2. George Cohen

RIP Big Jack.

Sad news R.I.P. Jack

Six of that line up including jackie struggled with dementia

Awfully sad news to wake up to this morning. R.I.P Jack. Lost for words.

RIP Jack a legend in both England and Ireland, and a worldwide footballing legend. When the great teams and games are talked about Jack invariably gets a mention.

He had a mental toughness that few possess today. A man's man, he pulled no punches, he didn't send Paul McGrath home from the world cup, he did his job, he managed him.

A bit of a character was Jack.

Looked after his own and as mentioned above was a forthright speaker.

He spoke a lot of sense too.

A life well lived

Sad news.

class picture donald

RIP, sad news indeed.

I did not know that the feud with his brother went so far back. How very sad that they could not forgive each other.

Aye cracking photo Morpeth...you would have thought he would have worn short sleeves to keep his tabs up there a la cap sleeve t-shirts

Many people throughout Britain and Ireland will mourn the passing of a character....

RIP big Jack....

was probably pre-short sleeve days .

another one of the 66 squad gone r.i.p jack charlton a true sporting man

Great service for Leeds United. Cheers and god bless Jack.

RIP jack Charlton
Met him in his pub in Dublin many years ago

Norman Hunter and Big Jack gone within a few weeks of each other, what a great defensive partnership they were, very sad to hear, RIP Big Jack.

RIP

i remember as a teenager when leeds used to travel to st james park back in the late 60s - early 70s when they were the team to beat & relished the hope of beating them ... hunter; charlton; bremner; madeley always in the team ... all gone now ... feel old just thinking about the great games of that era & how time has flashed by

Think I read he used to buy everyone in the pub a drink and pay by cheque. Most were never cashed but framed

To have Charlton and Moore or Charlton and Hunter in the heart of Englands defence now!

Helluva player, helluva manager, helluva man. All the best mate.

RIP Big Jack.

Jul 11, 2020 -- 4:11PM, bigmo wrote:

Think I read he used to buy everyone in the pub a drink and pay by cheque. Most were never cashed but framed

Ha yeah, that's true.

Jul 11, 2020 -- 5:32PM, sofaking wrote:

Jul 11, 2020 --  4:11PM, bigmo wrote:Think I read he used to buy everyone in the pub a drink and pay by cheque. Most were never cashed but framedHa yeah, that's true.

On the house for the lads eh? I like that thought.

I rarely feel upset over someone dying that I'd never met.

But I do today,
I can picture his big grin.

Without doubt the most liked English man in Ireland.

RIP big fellow.

Well said, olddesperado. I feel the same sadness. Another of our heroes gone but absolutely never forgotten. Thank you Big Jack for all the wonderful memories. God bless you.

Jul 11, 2020 -- 10:20AM, darren_discombobulates_sports wrote:

not posting this in a crass way, just to see who is and isn't still alive from the 1966 winning team including manager. 5 have died in the last 2 years.6. Bobby Moore - 1993, 24th February (Putney, SW London)Alf Ramsey - 1999, 28th April (Ipswich)7. Alan Ball - 2007, 25th April (Hampshire)3. Ray Wilson - 2018, 15th May (Huddersfield)1. Gordon Banks - 2019, 12th February (Stone-on-Trent)16. Martin Peters - 2019, 21st December (Plaistow, then Essex now East London)5. Jack Charlton - 2020, 10th July (Northumberland)4. Nobby Stiles 9. Bobby Charlton 10. Geoff Hurst 21. Roger Hunt 2. George Cohen

Darren

Thanks for that. Only 5 of that starting eleven left now but that's to be expected as they all reach 80 +. RIP Big Jack. Thought I'd check the subs as well for that day but no subs were permitted then. I was fortunate to see Leeds a lot, late 60s and 70s. Sad day both in England and Ireland. Not many proud Englishmen so loved with so much affection across Ireland. Great example of sport transcending other things.

It was with great sadness that I heard the terrible news on telly just now. A giant of a man on and off the pitch and a wonderful human being. RIP Jack.

RIP

i remember jack was a pundit in the tv studio at one of the world cups .........one of the argie players had spat at another player on the pitch and they were talking about it and asked jack about it ! jack said if he had gobbed at me i would have chinned him .............and you know big jack would have decked the fooka

Shame that Big Jack retired from playing when he did. Can you imagine what he would have dished out had maradona's name been in Jack's black book. The hand of God would have been a right hook.

did u capitalize the g in god?

Was he really 30 when he made his international debut?

32 days shy of 30 I reckon. But my maths is crap!

Born 8.5.35   Capped 10.4.65


Like a lot of others on here I saw him play many times.
RIP, Jack, a pleasure to watch you.

Top man very sadly missed, described as 'Ireland's most beloved Englishman'. No nonsense on the pitch and with his punditry and an absolute gentleman off the pitch.

jumper3...this is the full squad list as well

players's whose squad numbers are in bold, played in the tournament.



6. Bobby Moore - 24th February 1993 (aged 51, Putney-SW London, Bowel/liver cancer)
Alf Ramsey - 28th April 1999 (aged 79, Ipswich, Heart Attack)
7. Alan Ball - 25th April 2007 (aged 61, Hampshire, Heart Attack)
11. John Connelly - 25th October 2012 (aged 74, Barrowford, Lancashire, unknown/natural causes ?) played opening game v Uruguay
12. Ron Springett - 12th September 2015 (aged 80, Kingston Upon Thames-SW London, unknown/natural causes? )
15. Gerry Byrne - 25th November 2015....(aged 77, Wrexham, Alzheimer's)
14. jimmy Arfield - 22nd January 2018 (aged 82, Blackpool, non-Hodgkin lymphoma )
3. Ray Wilson - 15th May 2018 (aged 83, Huddersfield, Alzheimer's  )
1. Gordon Banks - 12th February 2019 (aged 81, Stone-on-Trent, Kidney cancer)
16. Martin Peters - 21st December 2019 (aged 76, Plaistow, then Essex now East London, Alzheimer's)
13. Peter Bonetti - 12th April 2020 (aged 78, Birmingham ?, unkown/natural causes?)
18. Norman Hunter - 17th April 2020 (aged 76, Covid-19? Leeds?)
5. Jack Charlton - 10th July 2020 (aged 85, Northumberland, lymphoma and dementia. )
4. Nobby Stiles
9. Bobby Charlton
10. Geoff Hurst
21. Roger Hunt
2. George Cohen
8. Jimmy Greaves played the 3 group games
19. Terry Paine - played 2nd group game v Mexico
20. Iain Callaghan - played 3rd group game v France
17. Ron Flowers
22. George Eastham 


some of the things you find out along the way, Peter Bonnetti moved to the Isle of man and became a postman, Gordon Bank's disabled brother was mugged and died a few weeks later of injuries, 8 of the 11 who started final sold their medals as they needed the money, Greaves sold his as well.

Greaves swapped his medal for a bottle of Glenfiddich

Some great stories over the weekend from the Ireland players re Jack's man management, including before playing England telling Mick McCarthy and Kevin Moran the English players had told the media the Irish defence was rubbish. Made up of course but McCarthy and Moran were like men possessed. Also at times telling John Aldridge, Niall Quinn and a few others when things weren't going too well that if they won they can have a good booze up afterwards. Aldridge was saying he used to tell all the English lads at Liverpool what they got up to and they couldn't believe it as they complained they were treated like kids. However he stressed that through all this they trained hard and weren't allowed a drink up to 48 hours before a game. The David Connolly story is gas but probably best not to put up here

An excellent obituary by the great Brian Glanville

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jul/12/jack-charlton-obituary

andy townsend told a great story last year,
him,big jack and paty bonner were in dressing room after losing to italy in italia 90,and townsend was thanking jack for giving players the greatest month of their lives including meeting the pope who was an ex goalkeeper himself, patty had parried a shot and seemed to dive out of the way of scalaci,s follow up shot only goal of game and was blaming himself,big jack said you couldnt do anything patty going get a few pints down you,when he,d  gone townsend said cheer up jack you done great your a hero, jack said i no its him patty,townsend said why whats up,jack said the pope could have saved that fooooooking shot, ,
when arriving in rome city centre on the coach it was a sea of green and big jack grabbed the mike and shout hey CASS[ tony cascarino]  you must be the only italian in rome today, ,
1 was a season tkt holder during his time at boro,great times we were dubbed defensive and boring, in the championship decider between us and luton town we beat them 5 nil away, ,
big jack,cloughie,big malcom allison,bob mcnab, best world cup panel ever,
RIP