
Happy birthday Big Jack!
Jack Charlton turns 80 on Friday.
He is almost certainly not on Twitter but if he was a tear might have formed in that tough old eye as the football world, from clubs to players to fans, paid tribute for the man universally known as Big Jack.
Here are some of the best ...
There were those who shared in the golden years
https://twitter.com/Paulmcgrath5/status/596621924882579456
https://twitter.com/MCATEER4/status/596603473824718848
And those would have struggled to believe what was happening
https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/596458041840664576
There were the clubs he played for
https://instagram.com/p/2aebvbL6kZ/
And those he managed (who also spelt 'Ireland' wrong)
https://twitter.com/swfc/status/596565438336782336
And even entire sporting bodies celebrated the big man
https://twitter.com/football_league/status/596626875583221760
There are those who managed to meet him
https://twitter.com/D_Buckley8/status/596622763965681664
https://twitter.com/lecrin/status/596601049584111616
And then those who just think he is one cool motherf****r
https://twitter.com/joshgrainger16/status/596629491742547968
https://twitter.com/Unsigned_Act/status/596625716835389440