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Really sad news, wasn’t he suffering with Alzheimer’s?
RIP, many are described as icons or legends, no disputing that Bobby Charlton was.
Footballing Legend no question.
RIP.
Only Geoff Hurst left from the 1966 team now.
R.I.P. Bobby. As a young 'un. He was my favourite non City player
He really was a wonderful player and boy could he hit a ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
Couldn’t find out on Google if Beckenbauer is the only German left from ‘66 Final. Edit...just discovered that Wolfgang Overath is still here, so that’s at least three still going out of the 22.Quote:
Originally Posted by tpcnw
A genuine great of the game - England were struggling in 1966 until he scored that cracker in their second game against Mexico. So fitting that he scored two in the 68 European Cup Final after what he went through ten years earlier.
RIP
Schnellinger, Schulz, Weber and Siggi Held are still alive as well. Six Germans still alive, remarkable really.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
My dad (who passed in 1994) had very little interest in football but he had an empathy for the Manure post Munich and Bobby Charlton in particular. Therefore this is more than a sad day for me, it’s the loss of another linkage to my childhood.
RIP Bobby, a gentleman, great footballer and true legend.
RIP
An absolute legend.
So the Germans win in extra time.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Incredible life.
Survived an awful air crash
Great footballer
Inspiration to so many footballers after him.
Inspired kids kicking footballs around the streets to emulate him.
A legend & A National Treasure.
Knighthoods get chucked around way too easily, this man deserved it...
Thought he died years ago.
No, no, no that was Mr Sugden (Brian Glover).Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lung
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Originally Posted by life on mars
https://youtu.be/dRDXJTACdfA?si=wJxhhIhVphkoGQ3-Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
A true great
Is it just a coincidence? I’m not sure, I remember reading something about Dennis Law where he talked about his time in Italy in the early sixties. Apparently, he saw little sign of the British game’s drinking culture, which would continue for decades, and the domestic players’ diet was healthier than your typical British player back then.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Also, they just interviewed Nobby Stiles’ son on Radio 5 and he said that six of the World Cup winning side had a dementia caused by persistent head tremor - traditionally, the British game was always played with the ball in the air more than it was elsewhere.
Not many people have a hair style named after them either, never could ‘get’ a ‘Charlton’ myself. Nowadays men do tend to go bald gracefully. (Special mention to Ralph Coates, whose didn’t seem to stay in place as much as Bobbys did, Harmony Hairspray available at Old Trafford perhaps)
He was one of those players known and respected throughout the world.
I can vaguely remember an advert in the 70’s where a typical Englishman abroad, on holiday, was attempting to talk to a local. From what I remember, after a short while of nonsense talk, they started to bandy about names of footballers, and Bobby Charlton was one.
Football, the international language.
Great footballer and interesting character. Loved by everyone apart from his brother
Cissie Charlton, their mother, what a character she was. Very articulate and strong. The sister of Jackie Milburn. Jack said in a documentary i watched that Bobby was a 'Mummy's Boy' and Cissie agreed with him! She could play as well. Fascinating family.Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
Respect. He was the first footballer I ever heard of. I remember waking up on Christmas morning aged 4 or 5 surprised to open a package with a West Ham kit. It was because I'd said Bobby Moore instead of Bobby Charlton. I never became a West Ham fan or a Man Utd fan.
She was a dominant matriarch who apparently didn’t approve of Bobby’s wife, but Bobby chose Norma over Mum and effectively cut Cissie out. Jack called him out for the behaviour and supposedly never forgave him… as you say fascinating familyQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Siggi Held was always a bit of a hero.....Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Was he?Quote:
Originally Posted by StraightOuttaCanton
What really sickened me yesterday was seeing that appalling cheating, diving, complaining little git Bruno Fernadez carrying a wreath for Bobby Charlton. Not fit to lick his boots.
Nobody could have chosen a more inappropriate person to do that.
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Tidy story bro.Quote:
Originally Posted by rich munn
Just watched a decent 45 minute BBC tribute about the man, spoilt slightly though by the irritating Lineker and Shearer.