RIP Big Jack

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Big Jack Charlton has passed. How very sad. Football legend.

 

[John Boy Saint]

Now he was a proper Football legend RIP

[Pilchards]

2 minutes ago, John Boy Saint said:

Now he was a proper Football legend RIP

Very true.

In the same bracket as Jimmy Greaves, Alan Ball, Bobby Moore and I would say Sir Geoff Hurst.

Is he still alive?

[Winnersaint]

RIP as others have said a football legend.So few of the boys of 66 left.

 

[Toadhall Saint]

Sad news indeed. Thoughts are with his family.

 

RIP big man

[beatlesaint]

Very sad, not just a big man but a big personality who didnt really give a toss if someone didnt like what he said.

RIP

 

[mikec]

Sad news.  If I remember right, his final game as a player was against us at the Dell.

[Sevvy]

RIP Jack,

[Badger]

Sad news - Big Jack was one of the iconic football  figures as I got into it in the 60's/70's.

Although revered for his heroics with England I couldn't really take to him as a player at club level, playing for the niggly 'Dirty Leeds' team of that era (the 7-0 didn't help either) but two recollections of him at The Dell stand out. First was Channon gliding past him with ease in about 1972 (when Leeds were at their prime,)leaving 'Big Jack' sprawled on his arse, whole crowd roared, final proof -if needed - that Channon was a special talent. No one did that to the likes of 'Big Jack'. ' Secondly was his last league game for Leeds, April 1973, although I was still young I was struck by the warm applause he received from the Saints fans when he went off injured, it drove home that we were saying goodbye to one of the great figures of the game.

 

[Golac's Cunning Stunts]

Who remembers the Carlsberg advert?

https://youtu.be/_iU9G9JApFU

[bognor regis pete]

My first ever game Saints 1 Leeds 4 1963, Jack Charlton playing for Leeds R.I.P

[Lord Duckhunter]

Don’t particularly like Leeds but they’ve lost Norman Hunter, Trevor Cherry & now big jack in a few short months. RIP, great character &  legend. 

[Badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oCfefO0VT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdlEOS0lpg

Second clip from the FA Cup Final Replay 1970. Not sent off !

Edited 11 July, 2020 by Badger

[badgerx16]

2 hours ago, mikec said:

Sad news.  If I remember right, his final game as a player was against us at the Dell.

It was, I was there.

[Winnersaint]

7 hours ago, bognor regis pete said:

My first ever game Saints 1 Leeds 4 1963, Jack Charlton playing for Leeds R.I.P

My first game too. 

[benjii]

I just wanneee get a little bit o water on that pitch for me playaaaaz

[redandwhite82]

men like jack charlton are not just players - they ARE football - they are the fabric of the game
now we are losing these giants and its sad