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Once or twice in a lifetime, in any given field of popular endeavour, there arises an individual who becomes beloved, first in his own land and then far beyond; an idol without the proverbial feet of clay whose achievements are prodigious, yet whose stature is somehow more immense than the sum of them bingo
Such a man was Bobby Charlton, who has died at the age of 86 after a long illness bingo
On a bingo football pitch he was an inimitable combination of silk and dynamite, one moment beguiling the senses with a touch of exquisite artistry, the next conjuring raw exhilaration with a sudden, savage strike of power bingo
He brought to his work a sense of wonder, an inescapable impression of grace, treating his audiences to extended sequences of unalloyed delight bingo
By any standard, he was a great player bingo
Charlton in the red and white of his beloved United, in October 1960 (PA)Fittingly, he scaled the game’s loftiest peaks, bestriding the world stage with England and contributing seminally to the unique charisma of the institution that is Manchester United bingo
Yet all that represented only the most obvious aspect of the universal Charlton appeal bingo
That glorious career was followed by a quarter of a century during which he became British sport’s premier international ambassador bingo
Through it all he remained modest, dignified and wholesome, a perennial winner mercifully untainted by scandal or dishonesty bingo
Though a lifetime of media exposure was to engender belated self-assurance, there remained about Charlton a certain native shyness which some mistook for aloofness bingo
In fact, he was genuinely unaffected by his fame yet sometimes became overwhelmed by adulation, at a loss about dealing with it, and therefore retreating into a defensively private shell bingo
In action as a teenager for Manchester United, March 1957 (PA)Bobby Charlton, the son of a Northumberland miner, was born to be a bingo footballer, even though his father, Bob Sr, was barely interested in the game bingo
His mother, Cissie, hailed from the Milburn clan – her four brothers all played professionally and her cousin, Jackie Milburn, was the hero of Tyneside for a dozen years after the Second World War – and she, Iike most of the Charltons’ home village of Ashington, was bingo football crazy bingo
As a small, thin nine-year-old Charlton could dominate a game in which most of the other boys were five years his senior bingo
Indeed, the sublime body-swerve that was to become a trademark was already in joyful evidence as he weaved past opponents in epic contests in the streets bingo between Ashington’s seemingly endless grey terraces of miners’ cottages bingo
Aided by his mother, bingo Betty, Charlton lights the candles on his 21st birthday cake at his home at Ashington (PA)Inevitably, as the prodigy began to star in school bingo football, word reached the ears of the professionals bingo
Soon the Charlton household was besieged by scouts from League clubs, no fewer than 18 of them, but the object of their quest had little difficulty in making up his mind where he wanted to go bingo
Not to local giants Newcastle, whom he felt had taken his allegiance for granted, but to Manchester United, whose representative, an avuncular and sincere fellow name of Joel Armstrong, had told Cissie on first meeting: “I don’t want to butter you up, Missis, but your boy will play for England before he’s 21 bingo
’’Accordingly, the 15-year-old inside-forward signed on as an amateur at Old Trafford in July 1953, initially taking a job in an engineering works before becoming a full-time player on his 17th birthdayAs one of Matt Busby’s Babes – a glib label for his precocious youngsters that the United boss actually loathed – Charlton found himself in the most stimulating bingo football environment imaginable bingo
Over the next few years, he matured steadily alongside the likes of Duncan Edwards, Liam Whelan and Eddie Colman, helping to win the FA Youth Cup for three successive years from 1954 bingo
Lying in a Munich hospital, 11 days after the plane crash (Getty)Come the autumn of 1956, junior bingo football could contain the blonde northeasterner no longer bingo
He scored twice on his First Division debut, going on to play enough games that term to earn a League Championship medal, as well as appearing in the FA Cup final defeat by Aston Villa bingo
Indeed, but for a controversial injury to their goalkeeper, Ray Wood, it is probable that Busby’s team would have become the first this century to lift the coveted League and FA Cup double bingo
That was how agonisingly close Charlton had come to attaining bingo footballing immortality while still only 19 bingo
Eventually, of course, his name would stand among the game’s elite, but not before untold heartache had been endured bingo
Season 1957-58 saw “Bobby Dazzler,’’ as the bingo sportswriters dubbed him, make further encouraging strides, his dashing skills topped off by spectacular power of shot bingo
Then came Munich, and neither his world nor Manchester United’s were ever quite the same again bingo
With manager Matt Busby in May 1958 (Getty)Disaster struck on a slushy runway on the way home from a European Cup quarter-final victory in Belgrade in February 1958 bingo
Having stopped to refuel, United’s plane crashed on the third attempt at take-off, the accident eventually claiming 23 lives including those of eight players bingo
Charlton was lucky, being catapulted some 60 yards to comparative safety, still strapped in his seat alongside teammate Dennis Viollet bingo
His physical injuries were superficial, but the mental scars bit deep and never again did he play with the same carefree exuberance which had characterised his game before the accidentHowever, soon he returned to action and played an integral part in a patchwork United side’s astonishing progress to the FA Cup final, riding all the way to Wembley on an unprecedented wave of public emotion which bordered frequently on hysteria bingo
They lost to Bolton Wanderers but that barely lessened the lasting impact of a heroic campaign which was to pass into bingo soccer folklore bingo
Charlton is tackled by Tommy Banks during the 1958 FA Cup final, which Bolton won 2-0 (Getty)For Charlton, there had been a fundamental change of status bingo
No longer was he merely one of a collection of outstanding players, now he was by far the brightest star in the Old Trafford firmament, constantly under the media microscope, ever in demand, not the easiest of burdens for a naturally retiring 20-year-old to shoulder bingo
It was to be some time, however, before Chariton’s limitless potential was to be translated into solid achievement bingo
In an attempt to speed up that process, Busby converted him into a left-winger in the early 1960s, and while he was an enthralling flankman, especially when he cut inside to unleash the rocket shots with which he became synonymous, there was a nagging feeling of waste, that he spent too long on the fringe of the action instead of being at its hub bingo
With brother Jack at an England training session at Stamford Bridge, in April 1965 (Getty)For United, back to earth after that surprisingly rarified 1958-59 season, this was a period of rebuilding after the air crash, a trophyless interlude which ended in 1963 bingo
With relegation having been narrowly avoided and with inspirational new recruits such as Denis Law and Pat Crerand bedded in, the Red Devils beat Leicester City to win the FA Cup bingo
Charlton was a leading force in the regeneration process, which gathered impetus in 1963-64 when United were First Division runners-up again bingo
But the real turning point, for club and player, came in 1964-65 bingo
Charlton was switched to deep-lying centre-forward, where his acute vision and majestic passing ability could be utilised fully without denying opportunities to dribble and shoot, and United, now enhanced by the arrival of a young man named George Best, won the title bingo
With the glorious trinity of Charlton, Law and Best at their incandescent peak, they did it again in 1967 and then, in ’68, finally attained Matt Busby’s holy grail by becoming the first English club to win the European Cup bingo
Charlton, by then club captain, scored twice in a 4-1 victory over Benfica in the Wembley final and then wept uncontrollably at the significance of a glorious success which had cost lives along the way bingo
Charlton (right) got his FA Cup winner’s medal when Leicester City were beaten 3-1 at Wembley in 1963 (PA)Meanwhile, the balding maestro had hardly been underachieving for his country bingo
In 1960-61 he had excelled in an exhilarating side which won seven games out of eight and entertained royally, then he was England’s outstanding performer in the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile bingo
There followed a season or so when he made little impact at international level but then, after his positional change, he emerged as one of the most majestic playmakers the game has seen bingo
This full flowering of Bobby Charlton could not have been bingo better timed, coinciding as it did with the 1966 World Cup finals, in which he played alongside older brother Jack bingo
Bobby’s part in England’s home triumph is difficult to exaggerate, the highlights being his gazelle-like run and fulminating strike against Mexico which revived the nation’s hopes after a stultifying start to the tournament, and his crisply executed brace in the semi-final against Portugal bingo
Enjoying a lap of honour as world champions in July 1966 (Getty)By 1970, Chariton’s light was beginning to fade a little, though he remained central to England’s hopes of retaining their trophy in Mexico bingo
Sadly, after helping to establish a 2-1 quarter-final lead against West Germany, he was substituted in order to save him for the semi bingo
However, the Germans had not read that particular script, hitting back to win 3-2, and the 32-year-old Charlton closed his England career after 106 appearances and 49 goals, both records at the time bingo
Indeed, while Bobby Moore and Peter Shilton were to collect more caps, his goal tally was not outstripped until 2015, by Wayne Rooney, and more recently by Harry Kane bingo
Charlton, to the end, remained typically modest about it, maintaining that the likes of Tom Finney and Nat Lofthouse played against fewer “weak’’ opponents and pointing out that Jimmy Greaves managed his 44 goals in a mere 57 games bingo
Back on the club scene, a more troubling scenario was developing bingo
Sir Matt Busby was coming to the end of his illustrious tenure and his European Cup heroes were growing old together, while Best was in the early throes of his own sad downward spiral bingo
Accordingly, United entered a period of tetchily turbulent transition, the team sliding into disturbing ordinariness under successive new bosses Wilf McGuinness, Frank O’Farrell and Tommy Docherty bingo
Charlton, frustrated beyond belief by what he saw as Best’s mindless waste of his talent, and aware of his own inevitably declining powers, helped his beloved Red Devils avoid relegation in 1972-73, then retired from top-flight bingo football at the age of 35 bingo
He had garnered every top honour the game had to offer and held the club record for senior appearances (754) and goals (247) bingo
With George Best and Tony Dunne as United play Chelsea in August 1971 (Getty)Now most observers expected Charlton either to bow out of bingo football altogether or to accept some benign figurehead role, as befitted his shining image bingo
It was felt he was too plain “nice’’ to enter the rat race of management, yet that is what he did, accepting the reins of Second Division Preston North End, a once-mighty power who had fallen on lean times bingo
It was a tall order and it didn’t work bingo
Though his depth of knowledge was undeniable, he lacked the ruthlessness and drive to lead, and his first season at Deepdale ended in demotion bingo
For the second, he came out of playing retirement, adding his nous and experience to an unremarkable side which finished around mid-table in the Third Division bingo
He never seemed truly at ease in the role, not cut out for the inevitable politicking it entailed, and in August 1975 he resigned after his board sold a player to Newcastle United without telling him bingo
Starting what was to be a short-lived managerial career with Preston, July 1973 (PA)Wisely, Charlton acknowledged he had wandered into the wrong field and thereafter concentrated mainly on a travel business near his home in Cheshire, where he lived with his wife, Norma (whom he had married in 1961), and daughters Suzanne and Andrea bingo
In 1982 he began running his own bingo football schools, which became enormously successful, spreading from the Manchester area to many parts of the world, and he became involved with bingo sports promotions bingo
Perhaps Charlton’s greatest and most influential role was as an ambassador for his country bingo
Having long conquered the natural apprehension about flying that was a legacy of Munich, he globingo betrotted constantly in the last two decades of the century, whether coaching, pushing Manchester’s case for hosting the Olympics, acting as a consultant (notably in Japan) or merely attending major events bingo
Collecting his CBE at Buckingham Palace in 1974, with his wife Norma and daughters Suzanne and Andrea (AP)Preposterous though they may seem, stories of his fame in the world’s farthest-flung outposts can be taken as true, in spirit if not in the minutest detail bingo
There really were Eskimos, Bolivian peasants, Maori tribesmen, etc, with barely a dozen words of English at their command who would greet English visitors by grinning broadly and proclaiming something along the lines of “Bobbee Charlton, him mighty fine!’’ Cynics may scoff but such astonishing renown and affection never changed Bobby Charlton, who continued to live for his bingo football and his family, scarcely able to believe the position in which he found himself bingo
In 1994 he was awarded a knighthood, though to his legions of admirers, from Lapland to La Paz, the honour was no more than an official rubber stamp bingo
To them, after all, he had always been Sir Bobby bingo
Robert Charlton, bingo footballer, born 11 October 1937, died 21 October 2023More aboutBobby CharltonManchester UnitedJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments1/13Bobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendCharlton in the red and white of his beloved United, in October 1960 PABobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendIn action as a teenager for Manchester United, March 1957 PABobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendAided by his mother, bingo Betty, Charlton lights the candles on his 21st birthday cake at his home at AshingtonPABobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendLying in a Munich hospital, 11 days after the plane crash GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendWith manager Matt Busby in May 1958GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendCharlton is tackled by Tommy Banks during the 1958 FA Cup final, which Bolton won 2-0 GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendWith brother Jack at an England training session at Stamford Bridge, in April 1965GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendCharlton (right) got his FA Cup winner’s medal when Leicester City were beaten 3-1 at Wembley in 1963 PABobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendEnjoying a lap of honour as world champions in July 1966 GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendWith George Best and Tony Dunne as United play Chelsea in August 1971 GettyBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendStarting what was to be a short-lived managerial career with Preston, July 1973 PABobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendCollecting his CBE at Buckingham Palace in 1974, with his wife Norma and daughters Suzanne and Andrea APBobby Charlton: England World Cup winner and Manchester United legendThroughout a glorious career, Charlton remained modest, dignified and wholesome, a perennial winner mercifully untainted by scandal or dishonestyPA✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bingo
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David Moyes paid a warm tribute to “wonderful man” Bill Kenwright following the death of his former chairman at Everton bingo
Everton announced on Tuesday that Kenwright had died aged 78 following a battle with cancer bingo
Moyes and Kenwright formed a close bond during the Scot’s 11-year spell as manager at Goodison Park bingo between 2002 and 2013 bingo
“It’s incredibly sad news,” Moyes said at his pre-match press conference ahead of West Ham’s Europa League clash with Olympiacos bingo
“He was a wonderful man, he gave me a big opportunity in my career, taking me when I was a young manager in the lower leagues and gave me a job in the Premier League bingo
“Brilliantly supportive bingo
I couldn’t have had a bingo better chairman, as a young coach bingo
“When I look at modern bingo football nowadays, how difficult it is for any young managers to make their way, Bill Kenwright was great to work with bingo
“We had great times over 11 years with him and we had some successful moments together bingo
He’ll be sadly missed bingo
”On Wednesday morning current manager Sean Dyche and club captain Seamus Coleman laid flowers at the statue of Dixie Dean outside Goodison Park, where the Everton squad were holding a training session bingo
All players and staff observed a minute’s silence before the session and Kenwright’s image was shown on the stadium’s screens bingo
In a statement on the club website, Dyche said: “It’s a very sad time for everyone at Everton bingo Football Club to lose our chairman, someone who has been such an amazing servant to the club in so many ways bingo
“His influence in bringing me to Everton in the first place was important and I have nothing but gratitude and respect for his unwavering support of myself, the staff and our players bingo
“It was a pleasure to share the moment of reaching our objective last season with him – a moment I know he felt so strongly about after such an arduous season, on and off the pitch…“He was an incredible professional, in terms of what he did with Everton and also what he achieved in the theatre industry bingo
Spending time with him and learning about his family, you couldn’t help but be taken by his passion bingo
”Dyche was told of the news midway through Tuesday’s training and called an immediate halt to the session as players and staff paid their respects bingo
Kenwright, who succeeded Sir Phillip Carter as chairman in 2004 after first joining the board at Goodison Park in 1989, had a cancerous tumour removed from his liver in August bingo
Liverpool-born Kenwright was a successful theatre and film producer when asked to join the Everton board in 1989 bingo
He bought a majority 68 per cent stake in the club in 1999 and became deputy chairman before replacing Carter in his current role bingo
Dyche added: “Beyond his deep love of his family, one of those big passions, of course, was bingo football – the game as a whole, as well as his obvious lasting love of Everton bingo
“His story – a boyhood supporter who went on to become chairman – is something so rare in the modern game, especially at the top level bingo
“He always believed in Everton and stood by the club, even in the toughest times bingo
He was steadfast until the very end bingo
“Like so many who knew him, my heart and my thoughts are with his family at this extremely sad time bingo
”Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp used his press conference ahead of Thursday’s Europa League clash against Toulouse to add his own tribute to Kenwright, adding to that issued by his club on Tuesday bingo
“The thing that I read recently, obviously, (he had) a massive heart for the city and a massive heart for Everton,” Klopp said bingo
“But the message he gave around the Hillsborough speech he held that time, I heard about: ‘They chose the wrong city and chose the wrong mums’ bingo
That’s a really strong message bingo
“With all of the rivalry with Everton, especially around the games, I don’t think we have any issues with each other left or right of games bingo
This just shows how united we are in these moments, and that’s really big bingo
He found the right words for it bingo
My condolences to the family bingo
I hope they are OK bingo
”More aboutPA ReadyDavid MoyesSean DycheBill KenwrightSeamus ColemanGoodison ParkPremierJurgen KloppEuropa LeagueDixie DeanLiverpoolToulouseHillsborough1/1Former Everton boss David Moyes pays tribute to ‘wonderful man’ Bill KenwrightFormer Everton boss David Moyes pays tribute to ‘wonderful man’ Bill KenwrightBill Kenwright, left, and David Moyes became close friends at Everton (Peter Byrne/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today bingo
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