Jack Charlton
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"John" ""Jack"" "Charlton", Order of the British Empire/OBE, Deputy Lieutenant/DL is an English former Association football/footballer and Manager (association football)/manager. He was part of the England national football team/England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup/1966 World Cup. He is the elder brother of former Manchester United attacker Bobby Charlton, who was also a teammate in England's World Cup final victory. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United A.F.C./Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Football League Second Division/Second Division title (1963–64), Football League First Division/First Division title (1968–69), FA Cup (1972 FA Cup Final/1972), Football League Cup/League Cup (1968 Football League Cup Final/1968), FA Community Shield/Charity Shield (1969 FA Charity Shield/1969), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1968 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final/1968 and 1971 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final/1971), as well as one other promotion from the Second Division (1955–56) and five second place finishes in the First Division, two FA Cup final defeats and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final defeat. His 629 league and 762 total competitive appearances are club records. In 2006, Leeds United supporters voted Charlton into the club's greatest ever XI.

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It was no good marking Foggy because once he started to run you had to stay with him and not many people could.

Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.

We never had a huge squad and we never had a great deal of choice. But in many ways that helps because you've got to make do with what you've got. You don't have too many problems about picking the team you just hope that everyone turns up on the day.

Eusebio was a truly great player, strong, beautifully balanced, and very quick, as good as Pele in my view and an exciting player to watch.

I think if all the best players - and we all know who they are - play we will expect and get good performances from them.

He is a guy that will talk to people.

Mick McCarthy took them within sight of the World Cup quarter-final and he got the push. Brian Kerr got them within a point of qualifying and he got the push. I'm glad I'm not applying for the job.

Nineteen years old, your first trip, do you have any idea how long we have been waiting?

The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.