Jack Charlton
Jack Charlton
John "Jack" Charlton, OBE, DLis an English former footballer and manager. He was part of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He is the elder brother of former Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton, who was also a teammate in England's World Cup final victory. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Second Division title, First Division title, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity Shield, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth8 May 1935
Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.
Soccer is a man's game, not an outing for mamby-pambies.
It was no good marking Foggy because once he started to run you had to stay with him and not many people could.
The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
Eusebio was a truly great player, strong, beautifully balanced, and very quick, as good as Pele in my view and an exciting player to watch.
Nineteen years old, your first trip, do you have any idea how long we have been waiting?
If in winning we only draw we would be fine.
We probably got on better with the likes of Holland, Belgium, Norway and Sweden, some of whom are not even European.
I'm always suspicious of games where you're the only ones that play it.
Of course it was a method of play you had to change because people get the idea once they have played against you.
I've seen them on television on a Sunday morning most days of the week.
It was a game we should have won. We lost it because we thought we were going to win it. But then again, I thought that there was no way we were going to get a result there.
Nothing is given to you. You've got to work for it.
He is a guy that will talk to people,