Jack Charlton: 1935-2020.
No single person had a greater impact on football in Ireland. #jackcharlton
Ireland changed and grew as a nation during his reign as Ireland manager. #jackcharlton #coybig
"It worries me what the reception would be like if we actually won something someday!" #jackcharlton #euro88 🇮🇪
Jack Charlton remembers the penalty shootout vs Romania:

"I lit a cig and watched the shootout."

"I couldn't believe when Dave O'Leary stepped up for the last kick. I was like 'nahh c'mon'."

#jackcharlton #italia90
The time the Ireland team met Pope John Paul II. #jackcharlton #coybig
John Aldridge and Jack Charlton having a right go at some "twat" in a yellow hat during one of the all-time great touchline rants. #USA94 🇮🇪
"I just cried".

Big Jack's emotional farewell to Ireland in 1995.

#jackcharlton
Father Ted pays tribute to Jack in 1996. #jackcharlton
One of the great football TV adverts, from 2008. #jackcharlton
The most Big Jack thing ever: having his own supply of Guinness on tap i his room during USA '94. #jackcharlton
Jack Charlton’s final goal for Leeds United in 1972 was an absolute cracker. #jackcharlton
What's rare is wonderful: a man held in the highest esteem on both sides of the Irish Sea.

Ireland and England fans joined together to give a standing ovation to Big Jack in 2015.

Farewell, Jack. #jackcharlton
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