Sir Bobby Charlton (1 Viewer)
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stevefloyd
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Another sad day in the history of England actually winning something RIP Mr Robert Charlton make it up with your brother now
SkyblueDad
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Englands best ever player, 12 years an England regular, some record that.
Cov kid 55
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When I worked in Derby many years ago my company sponsored one of his soccer schools. I spent a day with him at one of the schools, and he was a real gent. R.I.P.
Tile Hill Phil
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In that 1970 World Cup quarter final against West Germany Franz Beckanbauer said he couldn’t believe it when Ramsey substituted him. At the time he said England were in control of the game and they took their best player off. That gave them the incentive to go on and beat us. RIP Sir 
Houchens Head
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I remember watching the 1966 World Cup Final live on TV, with my old mam, who was a staunch Irish lady from Cork. She was screaming for England to win simply because they were playing West Germany and she hated anything to do with Germany because, as she said, "Those bas***ds killed my dad!"
(My grandad was killed on Nov 14th 1940 while working a night shift when the blitz started.)
I tried to tell my mam that not every German was to blame, but she went to her grave hating them. She would have been 103 now and my old man would have been 107. How times have changed eh?
RIP Sir Bobby. A real gent.
(My grandad was killed on Nov 14th 1940 while working a night shift when the blitz started.)
I tried to tell my mam that not every German was to blame, but she went to her grave hating them. She would have been 103 now and my old man would have been 107. How times have changed eh?
RIP Sir Bobby. A real gent.
SkyblueDad
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Bit of an end of an era for me, I started following football around 1961 year before JH came. Footie wasn’t that commercial then no tv football apart from the 1962 World cup in Chile and the FA cup-final first I remember was Spurs v Burnley 1962. They were the top two teams then.
The big England stars of the day were Jimmy Greaves & Bobby Charlton, both now passed on. Funny all the times we played Man Utd as biased as you were you never booed or jeered Charlton.
He was simply the best and even as a young kid you knew it.
The big England stars of the day were Jimmy Greaves & Bobby Charlton, both now passed on. Funny all the times we played Man Utd as biased as you were you never booed or jeered Charlton.
He was simply the best and even as a young kid you knew it.
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Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Best striker of the ball in English football bar none.