The long neck dies ....RIP Jack

[Beamer]

Rip Jack Charlton.
Another one club legend.

[Goldfinch]

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[Belgarion]

May he rest in perfect peace 

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Thanks Goldfinch. As sharp as ever........

[Goldfinch]

Thanks Goldfinch. As sharp as ever........

[Jumping Jack Flash]

There’s not too many of that team left now. RIP Jack

[WelshMichael]

Also 3rd Leeds United great to die in the last few months after Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry.

[Chorley]

I'm not a Leeds fan, but I hope they get promoted as a fitting tribute to him.
And  no doubt there'll be a few tears and many pints of Guiness raised in Ireland to the great man over the next few days. 

[Sparta Prada]

What a career Jack Charlton has had.

Footballer with a legendary Leeds United team

World Cup winner

Quite a plain talking, no bullshit pundit

Decent managerial career at club level

Took Ireland to great heights in  Euro 88 and Italia 1990. Even scored an improbable win against Italy in USA 94

[Thephoenix]

One of the old school of centre halves.
Played the game as he spoke.... Down to earth, pulled no punches.

A rare combination in English football of 2 brothers, completely different styles, but both great footballers.

R.I.P.

[Beamer]

Apparently,  the Ireland players either loved him or were "frightened" by his manner.
All the same a great man

[jimmymac]

Rip Jack Charlton.
Another one club legend.

Unlike many of today's mercenaries.
RIP Jack.

[martini2429]

There’s not too many of that team left now. RIP Jack

Only 10 of the 22 man squad still alive

 

[paper7]

I'm not a Leeds fan, but I hope they get promoted as a fitting tribute to him.
And  no doubt there'll be a few tears and many pints of Guinness raised in Ireland to the great man over the next few days. 

There's a statue of him in Dublin airport.

I wonder why they called him The long neck?

[Blackpool Rock]

Apparently,  the Ireland players either loved him or were "frightened" by his manner.
All the same a great man

Perhaps he was the calm before the storm that was Roy Keane 

I wasn't aware that he fell out with his brother Bobby back in 96, from what I read they didn't really make it up properly either

[daviemac]

Perhaps he was the calm before the storm that was Roy Keane 

I wasn't aware that he fell out with his brother Bobby back in 96, from what I read they didn't really make it up properly either

They sort of made up when Jack presented Bobby with a lifetime achievement award in 2008. Not sure of the details but the reason they fell out was something to do with their mother.

Related to the late great Newcastle hero Jackie Milburn as well. 

[Blackpool Rock]

They sort of made up when Jack presented Bobby with a lifetime achievement award in 2008. Not sure of the details but the reason they fell out was something to do with their mother.

Related to the late great Newcastle hero Jackie Milburn as well.

Apparently Jack called Bobby out for not visiting her before she died, the inference was that Bobbies wife didn't necessarily get on with his mum and that she was the reason he didn't visit.

What the true full facts are is only known by those involved and then you can also get 2 different interpretation of the same story, I always think it's a real shame when blood fall out with each other

[Jumping Jack Flash]

There's a statue of him in Dublin airport.

I wonder why they called him The long neck?

Because it was claimed that when he went up for a corner he could seemingly extend his neck when heading the ball.

[winkywanky]

RIP Jack 

On TV this morning they played a very old clip with his comment: 'My brother Bobby was a great player. I wasn't, I just stopped people playing' (or something very like that).

Typical understatement of his own wonderful talents as central defender.

[paper7]

Because it was claimed that when he went up for a corner he could seemingly extend his neck when heading the ball.

Thanks for that.

[george r]

a true legend.

[willie loman]

Watched him on you tube recently playing against scotland in 1967, although injured from early on, he still battled on gamely, and was actually a goal threat, a remarkably interesting life.

[Thephoenix]

There's a statue of him in Dublin airport.

I wonder why they called him The long neck

I'd never heard him called that, but probably because he had a long neck.

Image search on google seems to confirm.

[Private Parts]

An absolute Gentleman.
His deference to his brother on SPOTY was the most heartwarming thing.
His parting is a great loss
 
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[ulstersubbie]

Watched him on you tube recently playing against scotland in 1967, although injured from early on, he still battled on gamely, and was actually a goal threat, a remarkably interesting life.

When football actually involved physical contact and no player wore gloves apart from the goalkeeper. RIP Jack from a Scotsman.

[toon972]

I remember going to a midweek game with my dad against Leeds near the end of the season 1965-66, they were fighting for the title with Liverpool. Surprisingly Newcastle were winning 2-0 and there was about 10 mins left. The ball came rolling towards me, I tried to reach it but missed it and it rolled away. Jackie came over  to take the throw in and shouted, give us the ball you Geordie cunts ! Typical of him. RIP.

[winkywanky]

I remember going to a midweek game with my dad against Leeds near the end of the season 1965-66, they were fighting for the title with Liverpool. Surprisingly Newcastle were winning 2-0 and there was about 10 mins left. The ball came rolling towards me, I tried to reach it but missed it and it rolled away. Jackie came over  to take the throw in and shouted, give us the ball you Geordie cunts ! Typical of him. RIP.

  

That presumably, was in the context of him being from Ashington, just up the coast from Newcastle?

[willie loman]

When football actually involved physical contact and no player wore gloves apart from the goalkeeper. RIP Jack from a Scotsman.

In 1967 there were no subs, so jack had astonishingly to hobble for the whole match, worth looking at that game on you tube very high intensity game for the 60s when the players were all bevvy merchants and smokers, as was jack

[toon972]

  

That presumably, was in the context of him being from Ashington, just up the coast from Newcastle?

  He was a wee bit agitated.

[mr.bluesky]

A great one club servant with Leeds and took the Republic of Ireland to the quarter finals of the 1990 world cup. A hard man on the pitch and a gentleman off it by all accounts.

[foreverchanges]

In 1967 there were no subs, so jack had astonishingly to hobble for the whole match, worth looking at that game on you tube very high intensity game for the 60s when the players were all bevvy merchants and smokers, as was jack

None more so than the legendary Slim Jim!

[Pedalwall]

took the Republic of Ireland to the quarter finals of the 1990 world cup.

And to Euro 1988 in Germany and a win over England memorably told by the great Christy Moore External Link/Members Only

And  no doubt there'll be a few tears and many pints of Guiness raised in Ireland to the great man over the next few days. 

Up there with JFK and the Pope on Christy's Delirium Tremens External Link/Members Only