Cronky Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Before the 1966 World Cup, the training staff decided to lay on an athletics tournament amongst the England squad, just as a way of keeping them occupied. I think they had in mind doing it as a regular feature, but it didn't work out. No matter what the event - sprint, middle distance, long distance, high jump, long jump, shot put - Bobby Charlton would win. He was a really good athlete. Sadly, yes, he did seem to have a chip on his shoulder. He seemed naturally shy and ill at ease in some contexts. It's said that Munich affected him badly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Met him at a Charity do in the late 90s, and as the old adage goes, if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything nasty so I'll leave it there. A lot of people seem to have good things to say about him so maybe he was just having a bad day. Also met his brother Jackie in Inventions (now the Crows Nest) on Percy Street and a nicer bloke you'd struggle to meet. I'll admit I was gutted when he died 3 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Nice piece in The Guardian about the brothers https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/oct/22/bobby-and-jack-charlton-the-brothers-who-won-together-but-lived-apart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Holy Shit Bill Kenwright's died. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Well Everton fans wanted Bill gone. Bad taste joke I know. Rip Bill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Everton fans will be celebrating tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 14 minutes ago, Joe1984 said: Well Everton fans wanted Bill gone. Bad taste joke I know. Rip Bill. Bring back STM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Seemed a nice bloke and a genuine fan who tried his best for them. Pretty much the only decent thing about that loathsome club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Wow. Moshiri gets so much of the attention these days I forgot he was still involved tbh. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Never knew he was in Corrie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 18 minutes ago, Jonas said: Seemed a nice bloke and a genuine fan who tried his best for them. Pretty much the only decent thing about that loathsome club. He was out for himself, and kept the club down just to keep himself going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack j Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Former mayor of Liverpool Has not gone down well... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Holy shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe1984 Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 45 minutes ago, jack j said: Former mayor of Liverpool Has not gone down well... Can't imagine why... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 2 hours ago, Dokko said: He was out for himself, and kept the club down just to keep himself going. They've been no different under his ownership to what they were before and since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Just now, Jonas said: They've been no different under his ownership to what they were before and since. Same with us and Ashley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 We're no different before and after Ashley?! Okaaaaay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Jonas said: We're no different before and after Ashley?! Okaaaaay. Sorry, thought you were starting a competition for talking shite, so I joined in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Everton have many problems but Kenwright was the least of them. R.I.P. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancrate1892 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 On 21/10/2023 at 18:32, Tsunami said: Brilliant footballer, may he rest in peace. Forgot his roots and he flew to Asia for a Man U game when he was told his mother was about to die. Says it all for me and it’s a hard take. When I was very young and went abroad, everybody knew Bobby Charlton. Papiss cisse Charlton. Canny player. She once scored at Chelsea with an incredible outside of the boot banana shot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Bloody hell, was a massive character growing up and was clearly a talented manager in an old school fashion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Linekar talks of him really glowingly as a human being on rest is football quite a lot, RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Big character during my time watching football. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Wow 80 years old. For whatever reason it didnt even register he'd be close to that age. RIP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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