Big Jack

[charlie clown]

I'm sure he'll be in the RIP thread in the Genny but deserves a mention in here. Brought a tear to my eye when I saw the news this morning,

[antona]

Houghton's winning goals against England and Italy, Ronnie's wonder strike against USSR, Aldo going mad at officials in the match against Mexico in 94... RIP   

The greatest Irish goal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3l5zUw8vGM

 

[Cobs]

Anyone else remember the football training tv show he did for kids tv over the summer holidays back in the late 70s?

[Rory Fitzgerald]

Lovely tribute from Clive Tyldesley

 

 

[smithdown]

1 hour ago, Cobs said:

Anyone else remember the football training tv show he did for kids tv over the summer holidays back in the late 70s?

God yeah I think I looked to see if it was on every morning, hypnotic telly

 

One of them was showing how to shield the ball with him shouting about Dalglish and showing them how to barge the defender away going “use your ... backside!” without swearing 

[dorgie]

RIP Jack

[smithdown]

58 minutes ago, Rory Fitzgerald said:

Lovely tribute from Clive Tyldesley

 

He told a story about how Charlton was useless at remembering names, and how they’d been stood round waiting somewhere when something like The Sound of Silence comes on the radio and he pipes up how he likes that song and a couple of others by the same group, you know, what’s it called, “Garfunkel and his mate”.  That’s what I’ve always thought of them as since.

[dorgie]

Another example of getting the names wrong from Liam Brady "Jack Charlton's first words to me were, 'You're number eight, Ian'. I said, 'Ian Brady was the Moors murderer, Jack'."

[muleskinner]

Go Fishing With Jack Charlton was ace tv 

[Boca]

 

[Redwire]

He supported the miners during the 84-85 strike and signed the founding statement of the Anti Nazi League.  He was a good man was Jack.

[New York Red]

Jack was a good man.

[Murphman]

18 hours ago, smithdown said:

He told a story about how Charlton was useless at remembering names, and how they’d been stood round waiting somewhere when something like The Sound of Silence comes on the radio and he pipes up how he likes that song and a couple of others by the same group, you know, what’s it called, “Garfunkel and his mate”.  That’s what I’ve always thought of them as since.

When he was manager at Middlesborough Jack could never remember a young Australian starlet's name, he found a way and forever more he called Craig Johnson 'Roo'.

[Benzo-13]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2020/jul/14/david-squires-on-the-life-and-times-of-jack-charlton
 

[Bootser]

Jack knew the strengths and weaknesses of the squad and set them up accordingly. Took them way beyond their potential. An honorary Irishman indeed.