Sir Bobby Charlton RIP

[Gloucester Saint]

Slowly losing the 1966 generation. Before my time but apparently one of the cleanest strikers of the ball ever. 

[Toadhall Saint]

A true legend RIP.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

A playing legend. Thoughts are with family, friends and his generations of fans.

[Jimmy_D]

His football days were before my time but obviously he’s a legend. Another of the 66 team gone  

It’s a very sad day today.

RIP

[Sevvy]

A true legend, there will never be anyone like him, RIP.

[Miltonaggro]

A gentleman in the game and a cannonball of a shot. Terrific player for his club and country, and a bona fide world superstar. Remember holidays as a kid in Spain and Greece and my old man engaging with the locals about football (any excuse), the four names that would always came up were Greaves, Moore, Best and Charlton. 

[spyinthesky]

He was a two footed player and could hit a shot with power from both feet.
Dont think he was ever booked.

[rooney]

One of the best goal scorers I have ever seen play. Many from outside the penalty area.

[Graffito]

I remember seeing him interviewed many years ago saying how he was coached when young, perhaps by his uncle Jackie milburn, to aim for the posts. A simple concept that so many players seem unable to grasp or to execute eg che adams. 

[badgerx16]

Went to Morecambe's old ground when Sir Bobby opened the stand that had been named in his honour - Dave Jones brought Saints up for a game to commemorate the occasion. MLT and Bobby Charlton at the same game, our sons were very happy.

Edited 22 October, 2023 by badgerx16

[Saint Keef]

The trouble is, when your boyhood hero dies, it serves to remind you that you are getting old too. Sir Bobby was in my opinion, the greatest ever. Imagine what he could have been like with the quality of pitches we have now. When you look back on the old clips of him playing, many of the pitches looked like recently plowed fields. A genius, a legend, and an extremely humble man too. RIP Sir.

[gordonToo]

Back in the 60s I recall an FA Cup match against MU at a packed Dell when Saints went in at half time 2-0 up thanks to a Martin Chivers goal and a (rare) Terry Paine header. The second half though was a different matter and my lasting memory is of Charlton taking over the centre circle and spraying exquisite passes left and right as though our defence had completely melted away. MU ran out winners 2-3.

As an aside, I glimpsed him again at the station as their train was about to depart and remember being shocked as he was sat by the window in full view ...... smoking a cigarette!!!! Different times I know but without doubt in my mind the best English player of his generation. 

[Lighthouse]

18 hours ago, Gloucester Saint said:

Slowly losing the 1966 generation. Before my time but apparently one of the cleanest strikers of the ball ever. 

I wouldn’t say slowly, I think we’ve now lost the entire ‘66 final team - apart from Moore, Ball and Hurst - in the space of about four years. He was also the last remaining survivor of the Munich air disaster, which must have been a truly harrowing ordeal and haunted him for the rest of his life.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Hurst the only one left now. 

[64saint]

And from the original squad of 22 there's only 4 left now. As well as Geoff Hurst there's George Eastham,  Ian Callaghan and of course our own Terry Paine.

Edited 24 October, 2023 by 64saint

[suewhistle]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2023/oct/24/david-squires-on-sir-bobby-charlton-munich-air-disaster