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Jack Charlton has died

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  • #2
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 41,830 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    RIP Jack

    What you brought to the nation was truly special.


  • #3
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 14,124 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    Aww will always be remembered fondly, RIP


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    We'll always be part of Jackie's army. RIP Big Jack.


  • #5
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Rip to big jack.
    They were good times


  • #6
    Captain Havoc
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 11,393 Mod ✭✭✭✭Captain Havoc


    We're all part of Jackie's army........

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  • #7
    Jack Imhoff
    Closed Accounts Posts: 72 ✭✭Jack Imhoff


    The only man to quieten Roy Keane.. R.I.P. big fella


  • #8
    Cork Trucker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,553 ✭✭✭Cork Trucker


    Rest in peace big man, i was only listening to this in the car last night.



  • #9
    butrasgali
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭butrasgali


    Yes,rip Jack,, you gave us the best sporting days ever..


  • #10
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,666 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    I was just showing my son the highlights from world cup 1990 during the week , what a summer

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  • #11
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    I don't remember a happier time in this country as it was back then

    RIP Jack


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  • #12
    McMurphy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    Give it a lash Jack!

    R.I.P to the greatest honorary Irishman ever!


  • #13
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8


  • #14
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Gutted


  • #15
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,855 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    Gave us amazing times. His achievements have sometimes been diminished by the Captain Hindsight brigade but what he did with Ireland was unbelievable.

    He gave me memories and a love of football that will last for the whole of my life.

    RIP.


  • #16
    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    He played a big part in dragging Irish football out of the doldrums. He lifted the spirits of the nation. As a child I watched some great moments in Irish football because of Jack Charlton. Thank you and God bless you. R.I.P.


  • #17
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    RIP

    He will always be part of the fabric of 90's Ireland.....


  • #18
    123654789
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,020 ✭✭✭123654789


    A legend. Few Englishmen made their way into the hearts of the Irish like Jack did and many glasses will be raised in his honour.

    To quote the man himself, “Can we go now please? I’d like a beer.”


  • #19
    pipelaser
    Registered Users Posts: 572 ✭✭✭pipelaser


    BBC says that hes dies at 85, meaning that he was 55 at Italia 90! Surely this is wrong?
    RIP


  • #20
    Fuascailteoir
    Registered Users Posts: 627 ✭✭✭Fuascailteoir


    Had a huge positive influence on the country RIP


  • #21
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    pipelaser wrote: »
    BBC says that hes dies at 85, meaning that he was 55 at Italia 90! Surely this is wrong?
    RIP

    No, that’s how time works.


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  • #22
    smelly sock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,820 ✭✭✭smelly sock


    Rip jackie. Sleep well.


  • #23
    RayCon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,873 ✭✭✭RayCon


    :( Thanks for everything Jack. R.I.P.


  • #24
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,239 ✭✭✭Be right back


    Captain Havoc wrote: »
    We're all part of Jackie's army........

    We are all off to Italy...
    Thanks for the memories, Jack.


  • #25
    irishgrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,496 ✭✭✭irishgrover


    RIP Jack. I think you have to be of a certain age to understand the impact and importance that man had on the well-being of the nation


  • #26
    anewme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,020 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Lifted the spirits of a Nation and the start of Ireland rising as an economic force and birth of our self belief.

    Italia 90 was a fantastic time to be Irish for those of us who remember. I would say those times were the happiest of my life ( i had just started work) and I've shed a tear here this morning thinking of it all.

    So much positivity and goodwill. Everywhere you went people were talking about Ireland in the world cup, men, women, children of every age. For a brief time during that Summer, some of us believed Ireland could actually win the World Cup and a nation held its breath.

    Still get goosebumps when I hear the start of 'put em under pressure'.

    May the road rise with you Big Man.


  • #27
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,714 ✭✭✭✭Earthhorse


    That's mad, I was just thinking about him the other day. Honestly I think the effect of his accomplishments go beyond football. Before his tenure there was a really defeatist attitude in Ireland. Qualifying for and progressing in the European and World cups was key in changing that. Hard to to believe if you weren't around at the time but that's how I remember it. RIP big lad.


  • #28
    selwyn froggitt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 475 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


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  • #29
    Yamanoto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,489 ✭✭✭Yamanoto


    Loved the rapturous reception he received at the Aviva in 2015.

    You could see it meant a lot to him to be remembered so fondly.

    Euro 88 & Italia 90 in particular were utterly magic times, that went way beyond football.


  • #30
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,492 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    Too young to remember any of this tenure bar when he left, but fully aware of his legacy. He is literally the dictionary definition of "honourary Irishman".

    While the football wasn't easy on the eye in hindsight, he brought unbridled joy to an entire nation. Not many managers can lay claim to that.

    Had a tear in my eye when the news broke on the way into work. Which says something considering his age and health problems and not being old enough to remember the glory days.

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    RIP big Jack


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  • #31
    Gruffalux
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭Gruffalux


    Awwwwww :(


  • #32
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 83,413 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
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    He really lifted the country, not just in sport, I believe his reign was the inspiration for the country to economically get off its hole and believe we could compete globally.


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    RIP Jack xxx

    World Cup winner and had everyone in Ireland believing they could be World Cup winners too. An absolute legend and in the 90s raised the spirits of every Irish person in the world. Even if you wasn’t Irish, you wanted to be!


  • #34
    deandean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,236 ✭✭✭deandean


    R.I.P. Jack.

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  • #35
    Lundstram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭Lundstram


    Having a fag before kick off for Leeds. :D

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  • #36
    Hannibal_Smith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hannibal_Smith


    RIP Jack :(


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  • #37
    ChelseaRentBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭ChelseaRentBoy


    Did more for this country than any political leader ever has.

    R. I. P. Jack.


  • #38
    Mysterypunter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Mysterypunter


    Great character Jack, did it his own way, shrewd cookie, great man for the fishing, gave this country some unforgettable moments and lifted the spirits of the whole country,another Leeds man passes on, RIP.


  • #39
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,392 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Italia '90 was the most fantastic event to live through.

    30 years on it still lives strong and vivid in my memory.

    Thanks Jack.


  • #40
    screamer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,172 ✭✭✭screamer


    We’re all part of jackys army.
    Thanks for the memories and elevating our country and our spirits to huge heights. Rest in peace.


  • #41
    Heckler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭Heckler


    Never cared about football but the atmosphere around Italia 90 was electric. Best days of my youth out and about because of it. RIP.


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  • #42
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    Great long ball manager


  • #43
    Fiery mutant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Fiery mutant


    Brought hope and dreams to the nation in times when we had nothing else going for us. Will be remembered fondly always. R.I.P Jack.

    We should defend our way of life to an extent that any attempt on it is crushed, so that any adversary will never make such an attempt in the future.



  • #44
    afro man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    RIP Big Jack

    Dragged irish International football up an carried us all along on amazing times and memories..


  • #45
    Montage of Feck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭Montage of Feck


    The man deserves a national day of mourning.

    🙈🙉🙊



  • #46
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,932 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    I am not able to fully grasp the emotions that this particular piece of news has stoked up in me this morning

    Like many here, the turning point of the dark days of the 80s recession coincided with the managership of Jackie, a golden generation of Irish players and the sheer joy that our footballing exploits brought a country.

    2020 has officially gone too far!
    July was meant to be Alien invasion! Not a devastating blow to our national psyche :(


  • #47
    holly_johnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,134 ✭✭✭holly_johnson


    I’m really upset to hear this news this morning. What a time it was to be alive during the 90 World Cup. I will never forget the penalty shootout, my heart thumping in my chest as George Hamilton said exactly what we were thinking “a nation holds its breath”. When Packie saved that penalty the whole country just erupted. We were out dancing in the street. Everything stopped and for a while we just partied and had fun.

    94 was some of the best craic I had watching the games in the pub.

    I was always struck by his humility as a person and his sense of humor.

    RIP Big Jack and thanks for the good times.


  • #48
    Omackeral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    When he was roaring at the English knacks on the pitch at Landsdowne in 95 he went up even further again in my estimation. Legend.


  • #49
    Always_Running
    Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    Ah so sad, I lived through Euro 88, the World Cups in 1990 and 94. He lifted the Irish nation and took us to places we never had seen before. The memories will live on as will the legend of Mr Charlton. RIP Big Jack.


  • #50
    RikkFlair
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,109 ✭✭✭RikkFlair


    He made our dreams come true. RIP Legend.


  • #51
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Jack Charlton was one of only two people, to my knowledge, to have been given honourary Irish citizenship.

    Pub quiz question - name the other one?


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