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Loyalty &
Committment A Rare
Comodity
By The Editor

It was sad to hear of the death of Jack Charlton recently. Jack was one of the victorious
England World Cup team from 1966, alongside his brother Bobby, they lifted the Jules
Rimet trophy for the first and only time.
Jack joined Leeds United in 1950 as a fifteen year old and after a successful trial became
part of the ‘ground staff’. He signed professional forms 1n 1952 and went on to play a re-
cord 773 times for the club. He was a member of the famous Leeds United team, known as
the ‘Leeds machine’, under the management of Don Revie who went onto manage England
from 1974 to 1977.
During his time at Leeds he won the old First Division in 1968/69 and runner up in
1964/5,1965/66, 1969/70, 1970/71 and 1971/72; won the European Fairs Cup 1967/68
and 1970/71; the
FA Cup 1971/72
and the Foot-
ball League Cup
1967/68. He was
Footballer of the
Year in 1967.
Jack left Leeds
United in 1973
and went into
football manage-
ment with spells
at Middlesbrough, 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, England Versus West
Sheffield Wednes- Germany, Jack is far right.
day and Newcas-
tle United. He then
went onto manage
the Republic of Ire-
land for ten years
from 1986 to 1996.
He took them to
two World Cup finals
reaching the quarter The Republic of Ireland side that
finals in 1990 and go- reached the quarter finals under
ing out in the last six- Jack Charlton’s management.
teen in 1994, which to anyone’s standards was a magnificent achievement.
Jack was given the Freedom of Dublin City in 1994, the first Englishman to receive the
honour since 1854. He was also made an Honorary Irish Citizen.
He won 35 England caps and scored 6 goals.
Looking at Jack Charlton’s footballing achievements and the fact that he played 773 times
for the same club over twenty years got me thinking. Firstly I doubt that a player staying
at the one club for that length of time will ever happen again. In these modern times there
are obviously a number of reasons why, contractual issues and market forces and the desire
to seek success are the main ones, with loyalty and the ‘love’ of a club are way down the
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