Jack Charlton Rip

[Green Manalishi]

Sorry to see that he passed away this morning age 85 after a long battle with dementia and cancer

[JimBHibees]

Huge personality and had a great career. RIP Jack.

Sad time for Leeds fans given recent death of Norman Hunter also.

[Sammy7nil]

Sad news RIP big man

[Pretty Boy]

Aah that's sad news. Too young to remember him as a player but remember him managing Ireland. I was on holiday when USA 94 was taking place and watched a couple of Ireland games with the Irish who were staying in our hotel, which seemed liked half of Dublin. They worshipped the man.

RIP.

[Scouse Hibee]

Loved watching his Republic teams at the World Cups, he seemed to be the man who started the trend of seeking out players with distant links and relatives making them eligible to play for the a country other than their birthplace. “What’s that son, your granny once had a pint of Guinness, you’re in’”😁

RIP Jack Charlton

[Tom Hart RIP]

Sad news. I was there the night he scored the goal that knocked us out of the Fairs Cup.
RIP

[Hibby Gav]

RIP Jack.... that World Cup ( not that one) with Ireland in the US was brilliant !

[GIBBY NEWTON]

Sorry to see that he passed away this morning age 85 after a long battle with dementia and cancer

Great player & a Loyal club man done it all with England what you seen was what you got. After finishing playing Highlight managing Ireland for sure gave it all a real Legend in football & Life irrespective of where you where born. Seen him at ER & Elland rd back in the day .

[BroxburnHibee]

Sad news.

[Roxyhibee]

1968, over 40,000 at Easter Road - Can still see his big bald heid under the floodlights rising above our defenders and scoring against us with a few minutes to play after Clive Thomas had given a free kick against our keeper for taking more than 4 steps.! My dad and uncles were going ballistic.! Out of Europe, 2-1 on aggregate. But Jack seemed a genuine character and his managerial exploits with Ireland were top entertainment. RIP.

[EdinMike]

https://youtu.be/Cm84YD0NH30

Even though I was 6 years old at the time I still remember a lot of games from US 94. I obviously didn't really understand at that point Ireland playing Italy in America, in NYC, must have been huge. I do remember this game vaguely though.

[CropleyWasGod]

23 years with Leeds. 23 years.

Changed days. Many players these days don't last 23 months.

In an era of dirty big *******s, it has to be said he was up there with the dirtiest 🙏. 😁

[hibsfan7]

I saw him play the 1st time hibs played leeds in europe hescored the winning goal with a header

[Scorrie]

Loved watching his Republic teams at the World Cups, he seemed to be the man who started the trend of seeking out players with distant links and relatives making them eligible to play for the a country other than their birthplace. “What’s that son, your granny once had a pint of Guinness, you’re in’”😁

Wasn’t even that tenuous with Tony Cascarino!

[Hillsidehibby]

https://youtu.be/Cm84YD0NH30

Even though I was 6 years old at the time I still remember a lot of games from US 94. I obviously didn't really understand at that point Ireland playing Italy in America, in NYC, must have been huge. I do remember this game vaguely though.

Watched this game in a pub in Dublin. Crazy scenes.

[scuttle]

RIP Big Jack

[Tom Hart RIP]

https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2020/07/the-night-big-jack-ended-hibs-european-dreams/

Different world.

[Pagan Hibernia]

He’ll be missed. An absolute hero in the Republic of Ireland.

he was a great character from a bygone age. To be honest, the football his teams played was from a bygone age too. As much success as that Ireland team had they were not easy on the eye.

[JohnMcM]

1968, over 40,000 at Easter Road - Can still see his big bald heid under the floodlights rising above our defenders and scoring against us with a few minutes to play after Clive Thomas had given a free kick against our keeper for taking more than 4 steps.! My dad and uncles were going ballistic.! Out of Europe, 2-1 on aggregate. But Jack seemed a genuine character and his managerial exploits with Ireland were top entertainment. RIP.

The Shed end that night was brilliant. We really thought we had won it until that free kick. He seemed to tower above everyone else for ages. A truly cold night as well as a long dream-broken walk home.

RIP big fella.

[hibsbollah]

Met him once, loves his fishing more than anyone I’ve ever met. Liked a chat. Didn’t have a good word to say about wor bobby. Also the hardest looking pensioner ever.

[G B Young]

23 years with Leeds. 23 years.

Changed days. Many players these days don't last 23 months.

In an era of dirty big *******s, it has to be said he was up there with the dirtiest 🙏. 😁

I think quite a few of his Leeds team-mates from that era were also with the club for many years.

Who is Hibs' longest serving player?

[Iggy Pope]

Sad to hear this, a real character and one that would never have to pay for a pint in Ireland.
Leeds United have lost a lot of ex players these past few months.
R.I.P. Jack.

[jgl07]

Great player and underrated manager.

I met him once in the garage at the Maybury. He was in Edinburgh for the funeral of Don Revie and stopped in the garage to buy some cigarettes.

He once said that giving up smoking was dead easy and that he had given up six times!

[Iggy Pope]

I think quite a few of his Leeds team-mates from that era were also with the club for many years.

Who is Hibs' longest serving player?

Arthur Duncan at a guess? Lawrie Reilly?

[CropleyWasGod]

Arthur Duncan at a guess? Lawrie Reilly?

Arthur was 15 years. Lawrie "only" 12.

AD played nearly twice as many games, which tells its own story.

[CropleyWasGod]

Met him once, loves his fishing more than anyone I’ve ever met. Liked a chat. Didn’t have a good word to say about wor bobby. Also the hardest looking pensioner ever.

He fell out with Bobby a long time ago, as did their Mum.

[tamig]

Met him once, loves his fishing more than anyone I’ve ever met. Liked a chat. Didn’t have a good word to say about wor bobby. Also the hardest looking pensioner ever.

He once said about Bobby “my brother might have been a better footballer than me, but I’m a far better bloke.”

RIP Jack.

[Sir David Gray]

I think quite a few of his Leeds team-mates from that era were also with the club for many years.

Who is Hibs' longest serving player?

Gordon Smith I think - 18 years.

[cabbageandribs1875]

so sad :( his whole playing career at just one club was extraordinary, bags of character, leeds fans certainly going through the emotional wringer the last several months with this news along with trevor cherry and norman hunter(covid -19) passing away

RIP big man.

[Colr]

Sad the hear this.

He obviously is a legend in Ireland and Leeds but I remember how insightful and wise he was as a pundit. No matter the game, if he was reviewing it, I would listen as I always learned something from him.

Bobbie Robson was the same. Really understood the game inside out.

[norwayhibs]

R.I.P Big Jack 😢

[stalbanshibby]

Met big Jack just after ‘66 World Cup. He signed a copy of my Tremeloes Silence is Golden single that I’d just bought at a stall in Petticoat Lane market. I’d have been 9.

[The 90+2]

Sad news. RIP Mr Charlton. Seemed a genuinely nice guy.

[AltheHibby]

Sad news. A football legend and a lovely man. RIP.

[ACLeith]

https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2020/07/the-night-big-jack-ended-hibs-european-dreams/

Different world.

Still got clear memories of that game, a great report that covers exactly how I felt at the time. Cheated by a biased ref, who’d have ever thought that could happen! JC was an “uncompromising” centre half i.e. as dirty as anybody could be at the time but someone who you’d want to be beside you if the going got tough.

[heretoday]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

[EI255]

Ireland legend.

RIP JC

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[Roxyhibee]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

Jack Charlton cheated Hibs out of a place in the Fairs Cup - how.?

[Billy Whizz]

Real shame that him and his brother didn’t get on
Wonder how Bobby is feeling today

[scoopyboy]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

Jack Charlton scored the goal that put us out but he never cheated.

[Lago]

Real shame that him and his brother didn’t get on
Wonder how Bobby is feeling today
I think there was something of a reconciliation some years ago.

[Lago]

Jack Charlton scored the goal that put us out but he never cheated.
Correct

[Billy Whizz]

I think there was something of a reconciliation some years ago.

That’s nice to hear, thanks

[JimBHibees]

That’s nice to hear, thanks

Think Bobbys wife fell out with his mum and caused family rift over the years. Shame.

[G15 Hibs]

Saw this from John O'Farrell on Twitter :

"I remember in 1984, Wogan asking Jack Charlton what he'd have done if it hadn't been for football.
'I would have gone down the pit, wouldn't I?'
'And... would you be on strike now?'
'OF COURSE I WOULD - those lads, they're just trying to save jobs and their communities.'

[McD]

Genuinely saddened when I heard he’d passed away, a giant of a man in more ways than one, who walked his own path to his own beat throughout his life, and was incredibly successful wherever he went

[hibsbollah]

Genuinely saddened when I heard he’d passed away, a giant of a man in more ways than one, who walked his own path to his own beat throughout his life, and was incredibly successful wherever he went

Interesting you say that, his physical stature was the thing that jumped out at me. He was probably around my height, but he looked about three inches taller in the flesh and his whole demeanour was of a giant looming over everyone else. A friendly intelligent man fiercely proud of being a Geordie, but looked like he could rip your head off without breaking sweat.

[supermcginn]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.
Very poor. A man has died rip jack

[Scottie]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.
What a classless post, the big man has just lost his long battle. RIP Jackie

[kaimendhibs]

Very sad. RIP Jack

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[gazzag70]

One of footballs great characters. R.I.P.

[Aalborg Hibs]

RIP Big Man.
And we'll follow Jack's Heroes whatever they do......
https://youtu.be/gmxMe4mrzBs

[Iggy Pope]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

Get away man.

[Iggy Pope]

Met big Jack just after ‘66 World Cup. He signed a copy of my Tremeloes Silence is Golden single that I’d just bought at a stall in Petticoat Lane market. I’d have been 9.

That is the stuff.

[Scouse Hibee]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

Not sure why you came on the thread then?

[G B Young]

Arthur was 15 years. Lawrie "only" 12.

AD played nearly twice as many games, which tells its own story.

Something that I think often gets forgotten due to the fact he had such a great Hibs and Scotland career and scored so many goals was that Lawrie was only 29 when he had to retire through injury. Can only imagine how many he'd have scored if he'd played for another five or six years.

[Sammy7nil]

Saw this from John O'Farrell on Twitter :

"I remember in 1984, Wogan asking Jack Charlton what he'd have done if it hadn't been for football.
'I would have gone down the pit, wouldn't I?'
'And... would you be on strike now?'
'OF COURSE I WOULD - those lads, they're just trying to save jobs and their communities.'

Many think his support for the miners stopped him getting the England job. It appears he never never forgot where he came from.

[One Day]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

That's just ridiculous

[Green Manalishi]

Many think his support for the miners stopped him getting the England job. It appears he never never forgot where he came from. To get the England job you had to be a FA yes man and managers like Jack and Brian Clough didnt fit the bill. In these days the FA didnt even like the players having a personality or an opinion. This has been proved when you look at the amount of top class English players in the 70s and early 80s who couldnt get near the national side or just got 1 or 2 caps

[Brizo]

He cheated us out of a place in the next round of the Fairs Cup. Leeds were terrible cheats.

Personally, I don't remember him with any affection.

He was great for Ireland.

Poor post. About as insensitive and callous as you can get.

[Superfurry72]

I’m good friends with one of his nephews, who lived in Midlothian for a bit when his dad (Jack’s younger brother) worked for the Mines Rescue. When he was up here he became a committed Hibee, so he’ll be very touched to read (most of) these messages. I’ll make sure he sees them.

[stu in nottingham]

Jack seemed a likeable and straight talking big man with a larger than life personality. He was also a more effective footballer than he was sometimes given credit for, you don't play over 600 times for a club team of the quality he did without great ability, even if his skill was in stopping others playing as he would readily say.

He was always a threat and nuisance in the opposition box too, especially with his tactic of placing himself in front of the keeper unsighting them in dead ball situations. Memories of his various scraps with Denis Law in particular too. I think he said that Denis was his most difficult opponent and that he hated playing against him. Both would give and good as they received in their encounters, cue the infamous images of the Lawman with his shirt ripped, half hanging off him after one exchange of niceties. Another funny memory comes from his punditry years and his prononciation of the Dutch superstar's name 'Joe-Ann Cruff'! :greengrin

I liked the fact Jack remained true to his roots. He once said that he never wanted to manage 'down south' and loved living and working in his favourite North-East. An engaging, honest man, what a career he had. No wonder the Irish loved him.

[Renfrew_Hibby]

He came across as a lovely big chap. Rip Jack.

[Iggy Pope]

I’m good friends with one of his nephews, who lived in Midlothian for a bit when his dad (Jack’s younger brother) worked for the Mines Rescue. When he was up here he became a committed Hibee, so he’ll be very touched to read (most of) these messages. I’ll make sure he sees them.

Is that the Charlton brother who was instrumental in the England ‘Walking Football’ side? I seen an article about him a while back. Nice link to the Hibs there my friend.

[Killiehibbie]

He was an honest down to earth guy who played to his strengths. I wish there were more of him in the world.

[gogsy23]

Does he still work for mines rescue? We do yearly training there.

I would have loved to hear some of the tales of footy fishing and country life. Hopefully there will be a documentary of his life soon


I’m good friends with one of his nephews, who lived in Midlothian for a bit when his dad (Jack’s younger brother) worked for the Mines Rescue. When he was up here he became a committed Hibee, so he’ll be very touched to read (most of) these messages. I’ll make sure he sees them.

[Stonewall]

I’m sure I read somewhere many years ago that on side of the Charlton family was Scottish and that they were eligible to play had they elected.

[gbhibby]

Good old fashioned stopper honest guy who can ever forget his TV interview about opposition players that were on his hit list. Would have been banned for months if he came out with that today. As a manager made the game simple but knew his stuff.

[Kato]

I’m sure I read somewhere many years ago that on side of the Charlton family was Scottish and that they were eligible to play had they elected.Not back then surely. Joe Baker wasn't allowed to play for Scotland.

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[Superfurry72]

Is that the Charlton brother who was instrumental in the England ‘Walking Football’ side? I seen an article about him a while back. Nice link to the Hibs there my friend.

Aye, that’s my mate’s dad Tommy. He’s the loveliest bloke you could wish to meet.

[Superfurry72]

Does he still work for mines rescue? We do yearly training there.

I would have loved to hear some of the tales of footy fishing and country life. Hopefully there will be a documentary of his life soon

He’s retired and living in Yorkshire now. He has many, many amazing tales as you can imagine!