Talk:Jack Charlton

'66 World Cup Details Necessary?
Surely a link to the relevant Wikipedia articles on the '66 World Cup would suffice? --ukexpat 20:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't go that far. A lot of the section can be removed as it's irrelevant to JC. Then what's left can be expanded upon. Sʟυмgυм • т • c  21:10, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Done - after only a year ;-) Scolaire (talk) 09:35, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

hi was inventedin 1925 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.145.1 (talk) 09:35, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hyporbele
The whole article - particulary those parts of it that relate to his time as ROI manager, are filled with hyporbele. It seems to be designed to encoredge this 'big jack' myth. His record as a manager was actually very average. It needs sorting. RicoRichmond (talk) 00:44, 10 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Charlton was certainly the most successful ROI manager, but numerous people (such as Eamon Dunphy) have argued that he played 'negative' football that did not fully exploit the potential of the impressive Irish squad of the early 90s. It's possible they would have gone further under a less conservative manager. ANB (talk) 23:41, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Further than the quarter-finals against Paolo Maldini, Roberto Baggio, Carlo Ancelotti, Gianluca Vialli...--EchetusXe 22:39, 1 January 2014 (UTC)

Can we have a picture of the the guy?
I would prefer the picture to be an up to date one, if possible.

Thank you. Mcjm4796 (talk) 09:27, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

The Giraffe
Wasn't he called The Giraffe? --194.144.23.124 (talk) 22:07, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

International
I think there is quite an omission, because Charlton (J) played for England WELL before the 60s and the run up to the world cup in England.

I think he played at right back against Northern Ireland in the Home Championship in 1954, and perhaps in one other match. But I would have got this information from an FA yearbook of sometime in the 1960s, or something of that era, which I no longer have; does anyone else think this is true? It doesn't really tie in with the rest of the story as told in the article, but that doesn't make it wrong. Nick Barnett (talk) 16:45, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1 Ray Wood 2 Bill Foulkes 3 Roger Byrne 4 John Wheeler 5 Billy Wright (c) 6 Ray Barlow 7 Stanley Matthews 8 Don Revie 9 Nat Lofthouse 10 Johnny Haynes 11 Brian Pilkington That was the line-up for that match. Thanks.--EchetusXe 17:18, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

Hunting animals
Why is there no mention of his love for blood sports, including fox hunting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.124.47 (talk) 06:14, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * That's what field sports are.--EchetusXe 12:43, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Manager when he made debut
There were a couple of mentions of Raich Carter being manager at Leeds when Charlton made his debut, supported by sources. The first is an anecdote from Jimmy Greeves book, the second goes to a biography of Charlton. Unfortunately, these sources appear not to be accurate. Carter took over at Leeds in May, as evidenced by Daniel Chapman's History of Leeds Utd, and Frank Garrick's biography of Carter, Charlton's debut was Major Buckley's last game in charge. I feel that, although this is sourced material, the conflict with other sources merits the removal of the anecdote regarding his first game and of Carter's name as the manager who gave him his debut.--Boynamedsue (talk) 06:11, 15 July 2020 (UTC)