Bobby Charlton

* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2005. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 2005. Sir Robert "Bobby" Charlton, CBE (born 11 October 1937) Ashington, Northumberland is a former English professional football player, one of the most famous names in the game and a hero of the 1966 World Cup. He played almost all his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts from midfield and his fero ...

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• Bobby Charlton - Player Career
• Bobby Charlton - Early Life
• Bobby Charlton - Manchester United
• Bobby Charlton - Hero of United & England
• Bobby Charlton - The Success of 1966
• Bobby Charlton - Record Breaker & European Glory
• Bobby Charlton - Mexico 1970 & A Career Ends
• Bobby Charlton - Management & Soccer Schools
• Bobby Charlton - Miscellaneous & Family Life

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Bobby Charlton - Early Life. One of his uncles, the Newcastle United centre forward Jackie Milburn, was a professional footballer, but it was Charlton's mother Cissie who coached him at first. His elder brother, Jack, went to work as a miner and applied to join the police before also becoming a footballer. On the 9th February 1953, Charlton was spotted playing for East Northumberland schools by Manchester United chief scout Joe Armstrong. Charlton went on to play for England schoolboys, and despite offers ...

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Bobby Charlton, Bobby Charlton - Player Career, Bobby Charlton - Early Life, Bobby Charlton - Manchester United, Bobby Charlton - Hero of United & England, Bobby Charlton - The Success of 1966, Bobby Charlton - Record Breaker & European Glory, Bobby Charlton - Mexico 1970 & A Career Ends, Bobby Charlton - Management & Soccer Schools, Bobby Charlton - Miscellaneous & Family Life

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1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1937 - Events. January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participatin ...

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• 1937 - Events
• 1937 - February
• 1937 - March
• 1937 - April
• 1937 - May
• 1937 - June
• 1937 - July
• 1937 - August
• 1937 - September
• 1937 - October
• 1937 - November
• 1937 - December
• 1937 - Unknown dates
• 1937 - Ongoing events
• 1937 - Births
• 1937 - January
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• 1937 - May
• 1937 - June
• 1937 - July
• 1937 - August
• 1937 - September
• 1937 - October
• 1937 - November
• 1937 - December
• 1937 - Deaths
• 1937 - January-March
• 1937 - April-August
• 1937 - September-December
• 1937 - Nobel Prizes

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A comb over is a hairstyle worn by bald or balding men where the hair on one side of the head is grown long and then combed over the bald area. Comb over - Famous people with comb overs. Rudy Giuliani (gave up his comb over in 2002) [1] René Lévesque (earned him the affectionate nickname of Ti-poil) Vladimir Putin Donald Trump (more accurately a "comb forward") Bobby Charlton John Howard Norman Gunston Gene Keady ...

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• Comb over - Famous people with comb overs

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1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the preceding decade or the beginning of the following decade. The Sixties has also come to refer to the complex of inter-related cultural and political events which occurred in approximately that period, in western countries, particularly Britain, France, the United States and West Germany. Social upheaval was not limited to just these na ...

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• 1960s - Events and trends
• 1960s - Technology
• 1960s - Science
• 1960s - War peace and politics
• 1960s - Economics
• 1960s - Culture
• 1960s - Others
• 1960s - Big changes during the Sixties
• 1960s - In the United States
• 1960s - In other Western countries
• 1960s - In non-Western countries
• 1960s - People
• 1960s - World leaders
• 1960s - Writers and intellectuals
• 1960s - Sports figures
• 1960s - Entertainers
• 1960s - Further Viewing

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* Professional club caps and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of {{{pcupdate}}}. ** National team caps and goals correct as of {{{ntupdate}}}. David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975 in Leytonstone, London) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Real Madrid and as captain of the English national team, especially noted for the quality of his crossing and ability to hit free-kicks and corners, particularly from long-range. He is also famed for his celebrity lifestyle ...

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• David Beckham - Childhood and early career
• David Beckham - Manchester United
• David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98
• David Beckham - World Cup 1998
• David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99
• David Beckham - Wedding
• David Beckham - 1999-2000 season
• David Beckham - Euro 2000: abuse from England fans
• David Beckham - Captain of England
• David Beckham - Metatarsal injury
• David Beckham - World Cup 2002
• David Beckham - Leaving United 2002-03
• David Beckham - Real Madrid
• David Beckham - 2003-04 season
• David Beckham - 2004-05 season
• David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off
• David Beckham - Milestones
• David Beckham - Miscellaneous
• David Beckham - Quotations
• David Beckham - Notes

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The "Ballon d'Or" (from French, English translation is Golden Ball) is a football award, created in 1956 by the French football magazine France Football. It is usually known in English as the European Footballer of the Year award. The award is given annually to the player considered to have performed the best over the previous year. In order to qualify for selection, the player must have been playing for a club based within UEFA's jurisdiction. Until 1995, a player also had to be of European nationality to be eligible. Voting fo ...

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• European Footballer of the Year - Ballon d'Or Winners

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David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98. United manager Alex Ferguson had large confidence in the club's young players and when three of his first-team players left the club at the end of the 1994-95 season, he made the decision to let the youth team players replace them instead of buying players from other clubs. The criticism of Ferguson increased when United started the season with a 3–1 defeat at Aston Villa F.C.[2] ...

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David Beckham, David Beckham - Childhood and early career, David Beckham - Manchester United, David Beckham - Becoming a first team player 1995-98, David Beckham - World Cup 1998, David Beckham - The treble season 1998-99, David Beckham - Wedding, David Beckham - 1999-2000 season, David Beckham - Winning over the England fans, David Beckham - Metatarsal injury, David Beckham - World Cup 2002 and final season at United, David Beckham - Real Madrid, David Beckham - 2003-04 season, David Beckham - 2004-05 season, David Beckham - 2005-06 season: three sendings off, David Beckham - Milestones, David Beckham - Miscellaneous, David Beckham - Quotations, David Beckham - Notes

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FIFA 100 - Argentina . Gabriel Batistuta Hernán Crespo Mario Kempes Diego Maradona Daniel Passarella Javier Saviola Omar Sivori Alfredo Di Stefano Juan Sebastián Veron Javier Zanetti FIFA 100 - Brazil . Carlos Alberto Cafú Roberto Carlos Falcão Júnior Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Romário Ronaldinho Ronaldo Djalma Santos Nilton Santo ...

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FIFA 100, FIFA 100 - The Americas, FIFA 100 - Argentina, FIFA 100 - Brazil, FIFA 100 - Chile, FIFA 100 - Colombia, FIFA 100 - Mexico, FIFA 100 - Paraguay, FIFA 100 - Peru, FIFA 100 - Uruguay, FIFA 100 - United States, FIFA 100 - Europe, FIFA 100 - Belgium, FIFA 100 - Bulgaria, FIFA 100 - Croatia, FIFA 100 - Czech Republic, FIFA 100 - Denmark, FIFA 100 - England, FIFA 100 - France, FIFA 100 - Germany, FIFA 100 - Hungary, FIFA 100 - Republic of Ireland, FIFA 100 - Italy, FIFA 100 - Netherlands, FIFA 100 - Northern Ireland, FIFA 100 - Poland, FIFA 100 - Portugal, FIFA 100 - Romania, FIFA 100 - Russia, FIFA 100 - Scotland, FIFA 100 - Spain, FIFA 100 - Turkey, FIFA 100 - Ukraine, FIFA 100 - Africa, FIFA 100 - Cameroon, FIFA 100 - Ghana, FIFA 100 - Liberia, FIFA 100 - Nigeria, FIFA 100 - Senegal, FIFA 100 - Asia, FIFA 100 - Japan, FIFA 100 - South Korea, FIFA 100 - External link

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The goalkeeper is the most specialized position in football. A goalkeeper's job is purely defensive: to guard the team's goal from being breached. Uniquely, goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands when playing the ball inside their own penalty area. The discipline of goalkeeping is so specialized that it is virtually unheard of in the professional game for a goalkeeper to play in any other position. One notable exception is Jorge Campos of Mexico, who sometimes played as a striker. Goalkeepers may take their team's penalties and free kick ...

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Football soccer positions, Football soccer positions - Goalkeeper, Football soccer positions - Goalkeepers of renown retired, Football soccer positions - Goalkeepers of renown current, Football soccer positions - Defensive positions, Football soccer positions - Centre back, Football soccer positions - Sweeper, Football soccer positions - Full back, Football soccer positions - Midfield positions, Football soccer positions - Centre midfield, Football soccer positions - Winger and wide midfielder, Football soccer positions - Attacking positions strikers, Football soccer positions - Centre forward, Football soccer positions - Deep-lying forwards

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Richie is a perpetually optimistic dimwit; Eddie is a cheerfully violent dipsomaniac. Their arguments often lead to exaggeratedly violent fight scenes. Some have likened this to a live action cartoon, however, the violence contained in the series is somewhat more graphic – heads slammed in and under refrigerators, hands stapled to tables, legs being chainsawed off, penises set on fire, fingers cut off, televisions smashed over heads, darts thrown in eyes, faces shoved in camp fires, legs broken or teeth knocked out. Some visual effects use ...

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Bottom television, Bottom television - Synopsis, Bottom television - Deaths, Bottom television - Episode list, Bottom television - Series 1, Bottom television - Series 2, Bottom television - Series 3, Bottom television - Live shows, Bottom television - Guest House Paradiso

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Football World Cup 1966 - Group 1. July 11, Wembley Stadium, London - England 0 - 0 Uruguay July 13, Wembley Stadium, London - France 1 - 1 Mexico July 15, White City Stadium, London - Uruguay 2 - 1 France July 16, Wembley Stadium, London - England 2 - 0 Mexico July 19, Wembley Stadium, London - Mexico 0 - 0 Uruguay July 20, Wembley Stadium, London - England 2 - 0 France < ...

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Football World Cup 1966, Football World Cup 1966 - Qualification, Football World Cup 1966 - First Round, Football World Cup 1966 - Group 1, Football World Cup 1966 - Group 2, Football World Cup 1966 - Group 3, Football World Cup 1966 - Group 4, Football World Cup 1966 - Quarterfinals, Football World Cup 1966 - Semifinals, Football World Cup 1966 - Third Place Match, Football World Cup 1966 - Final

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The qualification competition was played in two stages: a group stage (taking place from 1966 until 1968) and the quarter-finals (played in 1968). There were eight qualifying groups of four teams each with the exception of group 4, which only had three. The matches were played in a home-and-away basis. Victories were worth 2 points, draws 1 point, and defeats 0 points. Only group winners could qualify for the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals were played in two legs on a home-and-away basis. The winners of the quarter-finals would go through, to the final tournament.

1968 European Football Championship, 1968 European Football Championship - Venues, 1968 European Football Championship - Qualification, 1968 European Football Championship - Group phase, 1968 European Football Championship - Quarter-finals, 1968 European Football Championship - Final tournament, 1968 European Football Championship - Semi-finals, 1968 European Football Championship - Third place match, 1968 European Football Championship - Final, 1968 European Football Championship - Final replay, 1968 European Football Championship - Tournemant Statistics, 1968 European Football Championship - Top Scorers, 1968 European Football Championship - Fastest Goal, 1968 European Football Championship - Average Goals

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Bert Trautmann - Youth in Nazi Germany. He was born in Bremen. It was a time of much troubles in this German city, but he had a good life at that time. When he was ten he joined the football club Tura Bremen, in the early years he played on the left side of the midfield. From 1933 he had to join the Hitler Youth. Bert Trautmann - World War II: English POW. In the Second World War he was a paratrooper in western Russia. He was captured by the Russians and escaped, but was finall ...

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Bert Trautmann, Bert Trautmann - Biography, Bert Trautmann - Youth in Nazi Germany, Bert Trautmann - World War II: English POW, Bert Trautmann - A difficult start, Bert Trautmann - Golden years with Manchester City, Bert Trautmann - Later career, Bert Trautmann - Private life, Bert Trautmann - Honours, Bert Trautmann - Notes, Bert Trautmann - External link

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Once part of the Roman Empire and the scene of many wars between England and Scotland, Northumberland has a long and complicated history. This explains the many castles in Northumberland, including among the better-known those at Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh, Warkworth and Alnwick. The region of present-day Northumberland once formed the core of the Anglian kingdom of Northumbria. Northumberland is called the "cradle of Christianity" in England because it was on Lindisfarne, a tidal island north of Bamburgh, also called Holy Island, ...

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Northumberland, Northumberland - History, Northumberland - Physical geography, Northumberland - Economy and industry, Northumberland - Demographics, Northumberland - Politics, Northumberland - Culture, Northumberland - Media, Northumberland - People, Northumberland - Settlements, Northumberland - Notes and references, Northumberland - Bibliography

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Jimmy Greaves - Chelsea AC Milan and Spurs. Greaves was a phenomenal striker, scoring on his debut for Chelsea in 1957. He finished as top League goalscorer twice whilst at Chelsea in 1959 and 1961 and his 41 league goals in the 1960-61 season remains a club record. In 1960 he became the youngest ever player to score 100 league goals in English football at the age of 20 years 290 days (and at 23 was the s ...

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Jimmy Greaves, Jimmy Greaves - Playing Career, Jimmy Greaves - Chelsea AC Milan and Spurs, Jimmy Greaves - International Career, Jimmy Greaves - West Ham and Barnet, Jimmy Greaves - Post Playing career

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Once work on the second tier was complete, the club allowed supporters to mount banners on the wall in front of the second tier, and groups of supporters got together to produce and pay for them. The slogans on the banners included: 029 Years — a reference to the length of time since United's biggest rivals Manchester City had won a major trophy. The supporters purchased a set of matching numbers with velcro so that the number could be updated each year. MUFC The Religion — symbolizing fanatism and loy ...

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Old Trafford football, Old Trafford football - Banners, Old Trafford football - External link

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The European Cup had been contested since 1955, although no English club took part in the very first tournament on account of Football League rules. Manchester United entered the 1956-57 tournament and reached the semi-finals, being knocked out by eventual winners Real Madrid; they were thus one of the favourites for the 1957-58 tournament. Domestic league matches were played on Saturdays and European matches were played in midweek, so although air travel was risky at the time, it was the only practical choice if United were to fulfil their ...

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Munich air disaster, Munich air disaster - Background, Munich air disaster - Cause, Munich air disaster - Manchester United after the crash, Munich air disaster - Tributes, Munich air disaster - Music, Munich air disaster - Film, Munich air disaster - Television, Munich air disaster - Victims, Munich air disaster - Manchester United players, Munich air disaster - Other victims, Munich air disaster - Survivors, Munich air disaster - Manchester United players, Munich air disaster - Other survivors, Munich air disaster - Notes

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Well after the illustrious nineteenth century Preston remained one the major teams in English football. They played in the top two divisions of the League continuously until 1970. They also won the FA Cup in 1938, beating Huddersfield Town 1-0, the same scoreline that they had been beaten by the Yorkshire side in the 1922 final. Cliff Britton became manager in 1956. In the next five years, Preston flirted with winning the League championship and Britton laid the foundations of a solid youth policy. Britton took the decision that would ...

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Preston North End F.C., Preston North End F.C. - Early History, Preston North End F.C. - Tom Finney, Preston North End F.C. - League History, Preston North End F.C. - Plastic Pitch, Preston North End F.C. - Deepdale, Preston North End F.C. - Famous players

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As an added bonus, Giggs also scored in the marketing department, with the result of his boyish good looks making him a hit with fans and unsurprisingly, a teen icon whom the media tabloids and modelling agencies sought relentlessly, with his fame comparable with the likes of Pop Stars at the time like Take That. In 1994, the BBC described Giggs as "one of the most photographed persons" in Britain. Giggs or 'Giggsy' as he was known, was also hailed as one of the at the time nascent FA Premier League's biggest stars and could oft be found as ...

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Ryan Giggs, Ryan Giggs - Beginnings, Ryan Giggs - Superstardom, Ryan Giggs - The Latter Years, Ryan Giggs - Personal Life, Ryan Giggs - Campaigner, Ryan Giggs - Career Stats

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