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Thousands of people lined the streets of Ashington in Northumberland to pay tribute to the late Jack Charlton on Tuesday. Well-wishers threw flowers on the hearse as it passed slowly through the former mining community where the World Cup-winning hero and his younger brother Sir Bobby honed their football skills. Jack’s wife, Pat, arrives at…
Leeds United are considering renaming a stand after Jack Charlton at Elland Road after the club legend sadly passed away last week. The 1966 World Cup winner died peacefully at his home in Northumberland on Friday, aged 85, having had dementia and lymphoma diagnosed within the last year. Football has lost a true legend in…
Ally McCoist hopes Leeds United can finally clinch promotion back to the Premier League this season, in what he believes would be a ‘perfect tribute’ to their fallen legends. The club have lost three of their most-beloved former players, Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter and Trevor Cherry, throughout the course of this campaign. Hunter tragically died…
Mick McCarthy has revealed he will ‘never forget’ the ‘brutal advice’ he received from Jack Charlton that completely changed his game and turned him into Ireland captain. The former Republic of Ireland player and manager joined talkSPORT on Saturday to pay an emotional tribute to his old boss and England legend, following his sad passing….
There’s a well-known Irish saying, ‘some man for one man’, and you could say that was Jack Charlton in a nutshell. Tributes have poured in for the England World Cup winner and former Republic of Ireland manager, who sadly passed away at the age of 85 on Friday. And one of his old players, Ray…
Tony Cascarino says he and all his former Republic of Ireland teammates will ‘feel like they’ve lost a family member’ after the sad passing of Jack Charlton. The former striker joined talkSPORT on Saturday morning to pay tribute to his old boss, who died on Friday July 10 at the age of 85. One of…
Jack Charlton, the former Leeds and England defender who won the World Cup in 1966, has died, aged 85. Charlton had been diagnosed with lymphoma in the last year and was also battling dementia. He spent his entire 21-year playing career with Leeds, making a joint club record 773 appearances, before retiring as a player…
Alan Shearer and Michael Owen were great friends during their time at Newcastle, but not anymore. Last week, the pair of footballing legends engaged in a furious war of words that took the whole of English football by surprise. In his new book, My Life, My Time, Owen was heavily critical of Shearer’s time as interim manager…
Boris Johnson will continue to campaign for an election he is yet to successfully call, after a torrid day where his brother RESIGNED from Government while describing being torn between family and ‘the national interest’. The Prime Minister visited Scotland on Friday, to drum up support among voters, as opposition leaders continue their talks over…
Gordon Banks, Sir Geoff Hurst, Sir Bobby Charlton, Jack Charlton, Norman Hunter and Roger Hunt joined the family of Ray Wilson at his funeral on Wednesday afternoon. Wilson, who played at left-back in the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany, died last month at the age of 83. Speaking to talkSPORT after the service, Banks…
