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WIND BLOWS

'At one time

am I right in thinking
you applied for

the job as England manager?

Yeah, I did.

I wrote a letter...

and I never got a reply.

So I thought, bugger that,
I'm not gonna apply again.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I've found in football,
you don't apply for jobs.

If they want you...

they'll come and get you.

I talk too much, sometimes.

I've got to make my point.

What're you all clapping for?
- AUDIENCE LAUGHS

From England's World
Cup triumph of 1966

big Jackie Charlton has
always stolen the limelight.

I talk to everybody, you see?

I talk to drunks in pubs.

I talk to lords and ladies.

- You alright?
- I'm fine. How are you?

And the competition
with brother Bobby

has always interested the press.

People say to me

"Was that the most
memorable day of your life?"

Joys in management
are totally different

to joys as a player.

MEN CHEER AND
APPLAUD The joy, for me...

was what we achieved in Ireland.

Oh, '86, that's
not the one. '85...

I damned it all,
but I kept a diary

of dates and phone numbers.

Aye, I've got it here.

Right, OK.

TELEPHONE DIAL TONE

It was me that rang Jack.

PHONE RINGS

ON PHONE Jack, my
name is Des Casey...

the president of the Football
Association of Ireland.

We 're just wondering

if you would be
interested in the job.

IMITATING JACK "What job?

Interested in what job?
What're you talking about?"

DES, ON PHONE: Manager
of our international team.

He said... "I'd have
to think about that."

Short and sweet, yeah.

DIAL TONE - I rang
him up a second time.

PHONE RINGS
Jack, Des Casey here.

I said we would shortlist
him if he would take the job.

"Oh, " he said, "we'll have
to wait and see about that."

For a third time, I phone him.

PHONE RINGS Jack.
Des... "Oh," he said.

"I can't understand how
you haven't qualified.

If I couldn't qualify
with that lot, " he said"

"I'd eat my hat."

Did you notice

we haven't had a soccer manager

for the Republic of Irish
team in three months?

Haven't lost a match in that
time either. Very extraordinary.

But I've just been
told that Jack Charlton

has been appointed manager
of the Republic football team.

Jackie Charlton...

I can tell you the date and all.

"Meeting Jack Charlton,
Tuesday, 11th of February 1986."

And so it began.

I'm here to meet a few people

to let them see me and
find out what I'm like.

I mean, I could talk.
You know that for a start.

But can I manage?
- CROWD LAUGHS

I was disappointed,
to be honest.

After all that's happened
in this country...

why would we have to have
an Englishman of all people

to run our soccer team?

MAN SHOUTS - LOUD BANGS

Go back, you British cunt!

England was the enemy.

You had the horrors of the
hunger strikes and Thatcher.

GUNSHOT Her
pronouncements about terrorism

and any attempt at appeasement.

The unified
Ireland, that is out.

She was a brilliant
show-woman, but...

she was never gonna win
over the population of Ireland.

Factories lie idle and
dole queues lengthen.

In the middle of the 1980s

if Ireland were a person

it would have been a
deeply dysfunctional

tormented individual.

The national debt had doubled.

Unemployment was hitting 20%.

EXPLOSION

There was that feeling

that the entire island was
engulfed in war and conflict.

EXPLOSION

The Troubles
were at their worst.

Nobody would have
even given you odds

that we'd have an Englishman
to manage the team.

This is your last chance.

Go over, and make your
runs in front of the goalkeeper.

We had never qualified

for a major international
championship.

It was a shambles.

Come on, let's go! Good run!

Don't do it your way. Do
it my way. Understand?

CLOCK TICKS

Walking him down to the...

BOY SHOUTS - PAT:
If I get him moving.

Go and get your hat and coat on.

The kids want to go
down and feed the ducks.

I don't want to go
down and see the ducks.

Yeah, well, you've got to.

Oh, right. Go on, you too.

You don't want to run? OK.
- JACK LAUGHS

We still have moments
where we can have a laugh.

She has no fear, has she?

No.

Are they coming?

Hey!

It's alright. They'll come back.

PAT LAUGHS

He's not the same Jack.

Tell 'em to come in.

Eeh, my garden... Cold.

It's not that cold.

I've not got a coat on.

Right. Do you want to take
your coat and hat off, Jack?

Yes.

Just now and again, you see...

bits of him.

Strong lad. It's heavy.

It's just that his
memory's not there.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Take your coat and hat off now.

'And it's a shame...

because... he's had
some good memories.

That's a condition.

Oh, it's dementia.

But that's as far
as I can tell you.

Does that fit ya?
See if it fits ya.

He has good days.
He has bad days.

There, look.
- GIRLS LAUGH

That's it.
- JACK CACKLES

He'll watch the game
and I'll say to him

"Did you watch the game?"

And he'll go, "Which
game?" I'll go, "Newcastle."

"Oh, yeah, yeah."

But he can't tell you
anything about the game.

Go... go get your brother.

Go get your brother.

Go get your brother.

I do a bit of speaking

and maybe when I talk football,
it's all memories, you know.

The days I played with England,
the time I spent with Leeds.

Like... the greatest goal
Bobby Charlton ever scored...

for England.

- Come on. Tell me.
- Mexico.

Mexico, 1966.

A 35-yard flyer.

CROWD CHEERS

But what you don't
remember about that goal was

I gave him the ball.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

Everybody in
'Ashington would tell you

that Bobby Charlton was
gonna play for England.

SPECTATORS ROAR

He's strong. Good skills.

He had everything, our kid.

Bobby had been the
star for a long time.

Jackie had fought his way up.

The proudest moment was

when they both came out of
the tunnel at Wembley together.

Then Jack had
reached Bobby's peak.

97,000 people paid over £200,000

to see it, the greatest
soccer game ever played

in these islands.

I remember I headed more
balls in the last 15 minutes

and I always seemed
to be able to head balls.

And I remember Geoff
running away from me.

Hurst goes forward,
he might make it three.

He has!
- CROWD ROARS

And I stood there, and I
was absolutely shattered.

Thank God that's over.

CLOCK TICKS

Somebody took a picture of it.

'And it became quite a
famous picture, actually.

And then in here, which
it didn't come in originally

it was just a cardboard
box, but that's his medal.

Good gracious me.

World Championship.
Jules Rimet Cup. 1966.

What was it like
playing for the first time

with your elder brother
in the international side?

It was just an
ordinary thing for me.

Same as any other centre half.

There were two
years and eight months

between me and our kid.

I had to looked after
him during the day

make sure that he was OK.

I didn't like it.

I liked the sea. I
liked the countryside.

And Bobby didn't.

He liked to be around my
mother. He liked to be at home.

I coulda done more
things without him

than I had to do with him.

My brother Jack, he was an
uncompromising character.

I actually watched
him in a Derby match

and he gave a goal
away and they lost.

I said, "You were stupid
giving that daft goal away,"

you know, whatever.

And he punched me straight
off the back of the couch

onto the floor. You know?

I don't know if he remembers it.

But I remember it alright, yeah.

Use the angle.

That's good.

Change the angle.

Come here, come this way!

Put the microphone round
the other way. That's it.

Yeah, so the camera can
see it. Yeah. OK, anytime.

- Sorry.
- It's alright. Relax.

Think about your
question for us.

Hello, Mr Charlton.

I'd like to ask you a few
questions about soccer.

What do you think of
the English press saying

that you're a bunch of
mercenaries playing for money

because most of you come
from England, Scotland or Wales?

The players playing
for the Republic

they don't come for the money.

They come because they
want to play international football

and they've got relatives who
were born here in the Republic.

And you've always
exported people.

It's nice for them to come back
and help you out now and again.

OK. How would you describe

your coaching and
management style?

Very simple and direct.

My dad made notes.

We kept them all.

His brain would work quickly.

He 'd write his thoughts
down on a piece of paper.

Hundreds of notes on players...

teams...

family...

and tactics.

The whole of the rest
of the world played

exactly the same type of game

from the back, play up.

They'd been doing
that for 25 years.

Our way of playing
is completely new.

THUNDER CRACKS

Everything was designed.

I wanted to apply pressure.

Work hard, chase
people, close them down.

That's quickly on.

And the goal's scored
by Mark Lawrenson!

If you get the ball
forward, you compete.

You create excitement.

Byrne again.

And it's there!

The risks he took

was to play a type of football

that the analysts and
the critics wouldn't enjoy

but the people
stopped listening to that

when results started
to come our way.

As you will see if
you come to the game.

It's hard for purists to accept

that Jack was ahead
of his time on this.

But today's way of playing,
certainly without the ball

is exactly how Jack
Charlton wanted us to play.

And it worked like a charm.

We beat Brazil!

Yes!

Preparation, hard work, and
having some good players.

Put it all together, and
you come up with a team.

Alright, then. Thank you.

My pleasure. Thank you.

Very good.

From the day Jack
walked in there

he had a plan.

This is the way you
were going to play.

If you didn't like
it, tough luck.

David was regarded

as one of the best central
defenders in Europe.

But he wasn't
Jack's type of player.

Dave wasn't picked in the squad

and there was a
couple of pull-outs

and Dave then was
picked subsequently

but he had booked his
holidays and told Jack

"Sorry, I'm on my holidays."

Then Jack said, "Right. You
don't want to play for me."

I should have had 100 caps.

He held a grudge.

And just the more
the topic was raised

the more stubborn he got.

At this stage, can you say

if David O' Leary will
be part of the team?

I'm sick of repeating
this question.

Would you think of giving
David O' Leary a chance?

You're not gonna start
picking the team for me

by saying, "ls David in?"

When I need
him, I'll call him up.

I've always had a distrust

of centre backs who can play.

I like centre backs who
stop other people playing.

DOORBELL RINGS -
JOHN: It's the postman.

This is for Grandad to sign.

Here you are. Sign that.

I was invited

to West Bromwich Albion
Football Club this week...

Keep that one.

And a fella got up
to introduce me.

And he said, "Ladies
and gentlemen

Jack Charlton left his mark
on players throughout Europe."

I'm keeping that one as well.

He said, "He was booked
in his career 48 times."

He said, "He was sent
off the field eight times."

He says, "People up
and down the country

thought he was a good player,"

and I brought
honour to the game.

He said, "We here always
thought he was a shit."

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I'm a destroyer, a batterer.

A fouler.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

What're you all clapping for?
- AUDIENCE LAUGHS

I've got a little book
with two names in it.

If I get a chance
to do them, I will.

THEY LAUGH

Are you in fact being serious?
- I'm being serious.

I was tough and
I liked to fight.

Oh, Charlton!

Break it up, folks.

Jackie Charlton seemed

to go on forever
as a footballer.

He's only the third
player in history

to play in winning teams in
the FA Cup, the World Cup

and First Division Championship.

I thought he carried
Leeds for a good few years.

Jack Charlton!

But I didn't want
to feather his nest

by saying that he
was a good player.

I never said it,
although I always felt it.

Bobby Charlton
with the corner. Jack!

CROWD CHEERS

Perfect goal!

He's got a great family life.

But he was never the
Georgie Best type, anyway.

- No.
- He never nightclubbed it

and lived it up.
He enjoys a drink.

But he's a moderate.
He's a very moderate.

You're very
different, aren't you?

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

It wouldn't be right
for two brothers

to be exactly the same.

I couldn't possibly
be a Bobby Charlton

and Bobby Charlton
couldn't possibly be a Jackie.

- PAT Have you done it?
- Yeah, he's done it.

And he tells me
he doesn't smoke!

- Oh, shut up.
- A long time ago.

I like the pace, the competition

and the will to win.

You become a great
player through adversity.

My name's Paul McGrath.

What a player.

A god.

In the 70s and 80s

Ireland was accurately being
called a Catholic country.

The church was
very, very powerful.

You couldn't get a divorce.

There 'd been a referendum
on abortion and it was rejected.

It was very difficult for women
who had children out of wedlock.

I was a black kid.

I would feel that I
was on the outskirts.

An outsider.

My mother was a
very beautiful girl.

She went to work in
London for a doctor

and he just took
advantage of her.

And she had me over there

and then had to
come back on a boat

and pass me over to the nuns.

I went to an
orphanage till I was 18.

I got the shit kicked out of me.

If someone calls me a
nigga straight to my face

then me and him
are gonna be fighting.

No matter who it is.

He embodied

this dysfunctional
history of Ireland.

There were so few people
in Ireland who were black.

It was a very draconian country

and a very cruel
country in a lot of ways

and Paul had
suffered a lot from that.

I just wanted to
be as big as I could

so that I could not get beaten
up as many times as I did.

That's what brought
me to football.

I made friends

and that's what
I loved about it.

Paul was an exceptional player.

Paul was one of those players

that any manager in the world
would have had in their team.

Jack came in.

He wanted me on the team,
which was amazing to me.

I felt much more
confidence in myself.

And I didn't want
to be killing people.

But that was just part of
the animal that was in me.

DISTANT CROWD SHOUTS

Durie up and battling.

That was always on.

An advantage is
played, good refereeing.

And it's come through
now to Mackay.

And it's there!

It's there! Gary
Mackay, as a substitute

has put Scotland in the lead!

And the Republic of Ireland

is off to its first major
championship finals.

Jack Charlton has taken
the Irish to Germany '88.

This piece of paper
which I'd been making up

three minutes before the end...

it talked about
disappointment for Ireland.

It gives me great pleasure
to do this right now.

AUDIENCE CHEERS

Would you fancy an
Ireland versus England final

by any chance?

Yeah, I'd love it.

I'd love to play England at any
time, I'd love to play 'em now.

And I would fancy us, actually.

He got his wish.

Ireland's first ever tournament

and the first match was England.

CROWD CHEERS
Somewhere in the Irish make-up

they've got an inbuilt
fear of the English.

I don't know why.

But I do know why.

An Irish fellow were in
the outpatients department

and his legs were
covered in blisters.

They said, "How
did you do that?"

He says, "It was
opening a tin of soup."

It says, "Stand in boiling
water for 10 minutes."

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

The stereotype was
just... that we were thick.

The Irish have just
invented a new parachute.

Opens on impact.
- AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Drunken, lazy eejits.

It's just racism.

Jack would have been
brought up to have

no inferiority complex
about anyone.

HE MOUTHS

Here we go! Here we go!

Now in the group match

between England and
the Republic of Ireland.

CROWD CHEERS

Jack's big ambition was to
manage England. You know that?

Ireland! Ireland!

They said to him, if
he applied for the job

he'd get the job.

He's never had a reply.

Bert Millichip was the
president of the English FA

and he said to me, "Des..."

I fear you've made
a very grave mistake

in appointing Charlton.

"Oh, he's not the
man for you. Not at all."

And I told Jack that. HE LAUGHS

CROWD ROARS

I could never understand that.

It made me feel a little
bit bitter about the way

I was thought of
in English football.

Nonsense.

I've always been interested
in how to plan out situations.

Sansom. Only got
a half touch to it.

Under a lot of pressure
here! Houghton!

It's a goal! For the
Republic of Ireland!

With six minutes gone.

To find out facts to
prepare the team properly

I will travel the
length of the earth.

The wind is up. This
is it. This is real stuff.

I'm from Donegal
in the Northwest.

Next up, America.

You dictate to us
where you want the ball.

There was an inferiority
complex about us

that we hadn't achieved
anything at international level.

Stop. Now, think.

This was big for our country.

Lineker, that's a
great stop by Bonner.

The anxieties of
watching your team play

you couldn't explain to people.
- Set! Set!

Can this be the
equaliser for England? No!

You're not thinking
if you go too quick.

A great save by Bonner!

A double save by Bonner.

Most things don't
happen for us in Donegal.

Oh!

All the time, you're
watching the game.

We had to go and fight for it.

They've pushed
everybody forward.

And it's pushed away
brilliantly by Bonner.

What an amazing save!

Emotion is an incredible thing.

You remember things
for the rest of your life

if it's filled with emotion.

WHISTLE BLOWS

And England have been
beaten by the Republic of Ireland.

Jack Charlton with
a huge embrace.

Well, Jack Charlton

a marvellous result
for the Republic

but I wonder if you
have slight mixed feelings

as a World Cup winner
with England in '66?

Um... no. No
mixed feelings at all.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Ah... Sorry about that.
It's one of them things.

Come and sit in here, Bob, if...

I'll never forget it,
in the VIP boardroom

after the match in Stuttgart.

And there were five
or six FA officials...

Say commiserations. HE LAUGHS

We played exceptionally
well against USSR

and then we went
out against Holland.

But to beat England...

that was the moment.

People say that we show
an enthusiasm in our game

that England don't have.

Maybe it's because we
know what we 're doing.

- Are you happy?
- Yes!

- Are you ready?
- Yes!

It's Adam, it's Bono.
It's Larry, it's The Edge.

It's U2!

CROWD CHEERS

I'm Larry Mullen. I'm
the drummer in U2.

♪ I ain't gonna work On
Maggie's farm no more ♪

We had started to
become quite successful.

♪ Say, I ain't gonna work
On Maggie's farm no more ♪

We spent a lot of
time out of the country

so we were catching glimpses
of what was happening.

Some say it's a tragedy

but about 120,000 Irish people
have emigrated since 1981.

♪ Said I ain't gonna work
For Maggie's brother no more ♪

It was like crabs
out of the pot.

If you managed to get
out, it was a big deal.

♪ No more! ♪

It was ripe for
something to happen.

♪ Oh no! ♪

It was waiting for
something to happen.

CROWD CHEERS

Ireland! Ireland!

Jack changed the
whole trajectory.

It didn't take a lot
for people to gravitate

and grab on to this

cos it was the only good news.

I want to confer on him

the status of honorary Irishman.

CROWD CHEERS

Saint Jack would
not be inappropriate

but that will take
a little while longer.

CROWD LAUGHS

The football team with these
English and Scottish lads

were representing

the way Ireland was progressing

in just the same way
that a band like U2 was.

♪ Who put the ball
In the England net? ♪

♪ I did! I did! ♪

It became more normal for us

to see Irish people
doing really well.

It worries me

what the reception would be like

if we actually won
something some day.

CROWD LAUGHS

The only rule I ever applied

with any players
that I've worked with

has been common sense.

Oh!

That was pressure that, Frank.

Because whatever
you find out about them

you've gotta do something about.

Have to shower at AI Coholic's.

- Say hello to the lads.
- Alright, lads.

HE LAUGHS So, the
best way was don't look.

He's still going.
Get off, you pervert.

Frank, you've turned up

at the worst time
in the world for me.

This is just before
we go to play Spain.

I'm a bag of nerves here.

You could touch and
feel the spirit of the camp.

Bury that before I ram
that camera up your arse.

"One Road" by The Wolfe Tones

♪ We 're on the one road
Sharing the one load ♪

♪ We 're on the road
To God knows where ♪

He let us go to the pictures.

He let us go to the races.

He let us go for a few pints.

♪ Dublin, Belfast... ♪

Aldo.

What are you doing
with that, Frank?

Go on, Charlie!

If I may tell you
a little story...

I was called the
kit man, we say.

Now, a lot of people would say

that's the lowest
position you can have

in an international team.

Not where Jack was concerned.

Jack made me
very, very important.

He always put you
there with the players.

And he never let you
down in front of people.

He was a master of
man-management.

I never saw anyone to equal him.

Everybody says that
England dominated the game

and should have
won by loads of goals.

What a load of crap.

Jack was blunt, and
that was really refreshing.

Jack, you're in Monaghan today

to meet some of the young
people in Monaghan town.

Is it as big a thrill for
you as it is for them?

No.
- No?

No, definitely not.
I can't stand kids.

He seemed to enjoy being here.

OK, Jack.

- Is this a real team?
- Yes.

Football team, arms folded.

Go on, arms folded.

Do as your mother
says, tighten up.

BOYS LAUGH

Are you talking
about financially?

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

Thank you.

Oh, it's...

- MAN Best in the world.
- Lovely.

His personality connected

with Ireland
because of his roots

in the North East of England.

Working-class people
who worked hard for a living.

He's actually quite a
humorous and very lovable guy.

I'll pinch one of your
chips while I'm waiting.

This is Dunstanburgh
Castle built in 1313

by the second Earl of Lancaster.

'After the Battle
of Boroughbridge

he was advised to retreat here.

But he decided to go south.
- That's me!

Yes.
- That's you.

He probably preferred that

to freezing to death up here

cos this is one of
the draughtiest holes

I've ever been in.

That's me.
- Mm-hmm.

JACK CHUCKLES I don't
even know me doing it.

BAND PLAYS

I do a lot of television.

'And if you do something
and you feel it's going well...

it's enthralling.

It's like watching
somebody else.

Great place.

He was interested.

- Hello, Jack.
- Alright?

He likes to experience things

rather than read about it.

He likes to know
how things work.

He doesn't do any work

but he likes to
know how it goes on.

I've just been down
Easington Colliery.

It's 1,300 feet deep

and it stretches the workings

for six miles out
into the North Sea.

The miners went on
strike a couple of years ago

for more money and they
got it, and they deserve it.

Anybody that's never
been down a mine

doesn't really appreciate
what it's like working down one.

I see the lads in the
club that work in the pit

and their life revolves
around the club.

I think, "Would this
do for me?" You know.

No, I couldn't just go to
the pit and go to the club

and have a whippet.

I would want something more

because I've been
used to something more.

It must be degrees.

What you want, what
you require out of life.

The latest research
covered footballers

from Jack's era.

And it found that players were
three to five times more likely

to suffer from dementia.

The trauma from
heading has been linked

to decline in brain function.

I didn't want him to know.

I just wanted him to think...

he's got a bad memory.

And his talking
trade is, "I've no idea."

- Who is it, Jack?
- Who?

On there.

I didn't want him to think

it's gonna get worse
and get worse...

which it will do, unfortunately.

Even now

we get lovely
letters from Ireland.

They think a lot of you,
don't they, in Ireland?

No idea.

People with dementia
know that there's a problem.

And when they
say they don't know

typically that's with
a fair bit of remorse.

You don't know how
much they take in.

If you said to
him, "Geoff Hurst"

he'd look and go, "Who?"

But if we met Geoff,
he'd know him.

FOOTBALL MATCH PLAYS OVER LAPTOP

Paul McGrath.

His great problem was alcohol.

We used to fly in to Dublin

and we would take
him, put him in his room

ask him what he wanted to eat

and then somebody would
sleep across the front door

of his bedroom so
that he couldn't get out.

I could actually have a drink...

and still try and play.

And a couple then
used to turn into

you can't tie your
own boot laces

going out on a football pitch

or you have to have a
drink from the physio.

He didn't turn up one day.

Take that out my face.

Been in contact with Jack?
- No.

Later that night, I got a
phone call, and it was Paul.

Do you think that this will ruin

your future international
prospects, Paul?

I hope not.

He says, "Well, I
was with a friend"

and we went down to Cork

and we got on the first
plane we could get onto

"and it went to Israel."

Will you be back for the
next two games, Paul?

Oh... who knows?

He said, "Can I come back?"

I said, "Of course
you can come back

but you're not gonna play."

It was typical Paul.

1973 marked the end

of the playing career
of the Charlton brothers.

Jack moved into management
with Middlesbrough.

And on the same day, Bobby
became manager of Preston.

COACH SHOUTS

Come on, Jimmy. You'll
catch him if you rush.

I've stayed very
much a player's man.

I train with them.

I get involved in the games
of cricket in the dressing room.

THEY JEER Jack's
always been outgoing.

THEY JEER

But where Bob is a
much quieter character

you've got to get to know him...

you're Jack's
friend straightaway.

Looking ahead to Saturday

Jack Charlton and Bobby Charlton

are meeting for the
first time as managers.

The game has been billed
as "The Charlton War".

I've asked for Jackie
and Bobby to come along.

There's no war
between me and our kid.

There's no war.

What do you want to do?
- I think it's dangerous.

As far as entertainment
value, you're not gonna get any.

It's a lottery.
It's not a match.

I always wanted to
go into management.

I'm not sure that our kid
was prepared properly

for what it was like
to make the decisions.

MAN LAUGHS

Have you got a licence for them?

Course I have.

They want hanging for a week.

You can do anything with 'em.

Leave that hanging as well.

Alright. Well, I'll see, anyway.
- See you, Robert.

See you soon.
- Ta-ta, John!

Bobby Charlton is a huge
shadow to have around you

if you're a brother of his

trying to play
football or manage.

He had to have a big
character to overcome that

and Jack had that character.

FANS SHOUT

THEY CHEER

We all want to
play in World Cups.

You don't get a
chance to play in many.

CROWD CHEERS
Ireland have finally qualified

for the World Cup finals.

An historic afternoon in Malta.

The party can now begin.

And Jack Charlton is
now joining Jimmy Magee

on the touchline.

JIMMY LAUGHS

I don't think anybody
expected very much of us.

THEY LAUGH

As long as we did enough to
please the people back here

we would be OK.

Well done!

PEOPLE APPLAUD

REPORTER SPEAKS ITALIAN

What is this? A bloody
lawnmower convention or what?

Now, what about
England's first opponents

the Republic of Ireland?

It's estimated that
there will be 10,000

Irish supporters in
Cagliari against England.

This is the time when it gives
you the opportunity now...

You need to go.

Come on.

Ireland! Ireland!

The fear has gone out
of the Irish football team

certainly, in
playing the English.

'And Lineker's sneaking in.

A chance for England
here! Is it going in? It is!

I'd want England to beat
everybody else in the world

but I didn't want
them to beat us.

Oh, and he's in here.

And he's equalised!

Kevin Sheedy!

And England never
did manage to beat us.

♪ Ole, ole, ole, ole! ♪

That was when the excitement

started to happen.

Yeah!

I remember Jack

talking about the importance
of the fans to the whole set-up.

Raaaaw!

The point being you are
the best fans in the world.

You'll miss the party
in Dublin tonight.

One, two, three four, five, six

seven, eight, nine...

The Irish sing,
dance and entertain.

Four, five, six, seven...

Wherever we go, there's
never one minute's trouble.

CROWD CHEERS

They were having it.

People were selling their houses

giving up work,
doing crazy things

to make sure that
they could be there

for those moments.

Nice to see you. All the best.
- CROWD CHEERS

We're gonna go
through the next stage

and gonna win the World Cup!

My name is Eamon Dunphy.

Crikey. What did Jack
think of Dunphy? Um...

Can I swear or not?

I became a national
hate figure at that moment

for critical analysis
on television of Jack.

Terrific prospects
for a marvellous game

and a victory, of course,
for the Republic of Ireland

will almost certainly put them
through to the second phase.

THEY CHEER BELL RINGS

I absolutely hate
playing teams like that.

It was a terrible anticlimax.

Football is a two-sided game.

When you haven't got the
ball, when you have got the ball.

When we have got the
ball, we are cowardly.

It was Charlton-style
football at its worst.

The final whistle.

The Egyptians raise
their arms in delight.

This is a great
footballing country.

We've produced players, and
go out and play that rubbish.

HE SCOFFS

What was transmitted
to the people in Italy

was that I'd said I was
ashamed to be Irish.

Got a report back that Eamon
Dunphy on the television

who is about as
much relevance to us

as a fly on the window sill.

Apparently, Dunphy
asked a question.

And he said, "No, you can't."

And he said, "I'm
not talking to you.

You're not a proper journalist."

JACK, ON TAPE:

He said, "If you don't
get out, I'm going."

Jack Charlton was
wrong not to allow himself

be interviewed in a
room with Eamon Dunphy

I mean, as if the
man was a leper.

And that was just
silly and boorish.

The country was so
enthralled with Jack

that even the barest
sign of criticism

was totally unacceptable.

I'm just the one
that has decided

that I'm not going to
be bullied any longer.

And I don't think Jack
and I ever spoke after that.

I am entitled as an individual

to speak to who I
want to speak to.

And I don't want to talk to him.

A few times over the years

I knocked on his
door as a captain

to speak about a
couple of things.

Each time, wasn't interested.

"I'm not interested
in what you think."

Sometimes you feel
that he should listen.

It was always ruled out,
pretty much instantly.

What I'd learnt from Don
Revie at Leeds was that

you've got to make up
your mind what you like...

and then you've got to be
dogmatic and stick with it.

♪ Ole, ole, ole, ole! ♪

Next game, we played Holland.

We qualified with a goal

that was as direct as anything
I think we'd ever scored.

And that was van Aerie.

And Van Breukelen has lost it!

And it's there! Niall
Quinn has got it!

CROWD CHEERS

A magnificent
performance in Palermo

and Ireland are
in the next phase.

We've produced a team
that the Irish can be proud of

and that they like to watch.

Love you, Mum!

IRISH TEAM SINGS Let's go!

♪ We can celebrate ♪
- JACK: They want the craic.

And I'm delighted
that we've qualified

and given them the opportunity.

Oh, fucking hell.

Oh, my god.

♪ Ole, ole, ole, ole! ♪

The whole country had stopped.

There was something
almost magical occurring.

And visually, the most
impressive thing was the colour.

The big thing in
Ireland was the tricolour

and what that meant
and had been taken

by the violent
Republican movement...

and it was their flag.

And that changed in 1990.

We took that flag back
and flew it with pride.

Jack Charlton did that.

This is where
we're going fishing.

Have you ever been here before?

No, I've never
fished here before

- but I've fished below it.
- Right.

Did Jack have any idea?

Which one do you think?

Could it have been anybody else?

I don't think so.

♪ I have been a wild rover ♪

I remember that
game as a torture.

♪ For many's a year ♪

Physical torture.

Mental torture.

♪ 'And I've spent
half my money ♪

♪ Drinking strong ale and beer ♪

On the edge the whole way.

You've only a minute
left. Give it all you've got!

WHISTLE BLOWS

And Ireland's 8th
final against Romania

has ended in a scoreless draw.

The Republic of Ireland team

is involved in a
penalty shoot-out.

I left the players on the field

and I went across and I said

"Have you sorted out
who's taking the penalties?"

"Just make your
mind up and do it."

♪ I put my hand in my pocket ♪

I looked behind the goal...

♪ Some money to find ♪

Grown men with the
fear of God in them.

SONG CONTINUES

And my heart was thumping.

Don't go too early.

THEY ROAR

Keep your eye on the ball.

♪ 'And I never will be ♪

♪ The wild rover no more ♪

Oh, it's been saved!

Bonner!

CROWD SCREAMS

Jack Charlton doesn't know

whether to smile or not.

I was frightened
to death when I saw

David O'Leary come up
to take the fifth penalty.

I was absolutely
shocked when I was told

I was going on against Romania.

I'm sick of repeating
this question.

When I need
him, I'll call him up.

The moment I did need
him, I called him up.

It was a long three years.

I missed about 50 internationals
in that period of time.

I'd taken no penalties
before in my career.

There were so many
Irish supporters and...

then it just went
still behind there.

AUDIO DIMS

It was just so quiet.

Do you wanna sit on this
rock and cast out there?

Alright.

I don't like the
word "adulation".

Well done, good cast.

I like to think of the
Irish as friends of mine.

I'd no real idea how
it would build up.

But what does it do
to you, this adulation?

- What did it make you feel?
- They...

I don't know.

I don't know.

Grateful.

Don't mess it up.

This kick can decide it all.

And then all hell
broke loose, didn't it?

The nation holds its breath.

Yes!

CROWD ROARS

CROWD SCREAMS

THEY SCREAM

♪ Ole, ole, ole, ole! ♪

Jack came up to me

in the dressing
room afterwards...

and shook my hand and went

"I knew you wouldn't
miss," and walked on.

Nothing else, I remember
those words exactly.

"I knew you wouldn't miss."

And that's what he said.

There's another bit of
analysis of Jack Charlton

that comes into play here

which is that it was the
first time you'd stepped out

from behind the shadow
of your younger brother

that you achieved
something that he never did.

Not really.

I like playing football

but it wasn't the be-all
and end-all of my life.

Maybe if we'd had
something in common, like

problems of being a manager
over a period of 20-odd years

maybe we would have
been better friends.

Well, now Bobby
Charlton's joined us.

Bobby's always nervous
on England occasions.

What do you make of
the team changes, Bob?

Well, England have
a strong squad, Des

and I'm not displeased
with any of the substitutes.

I didn't see a lot
of them together.

There'd be something on the TV
and Jack would make a comment

as if, "Bobby doesn't
know that. He's wrong."

There certainly wasn't a
pouring of affection for his brother.

'After the win against Romania

Bobby came to see
my dad at the hotel

and then they did an
interview for the television.

Well, I'm very... I'm
reluctant to say this

really, for fear of
embarrassing him

but I'm very proud, really.

The greatest thing for us

certainly from our
Jack's point of view

is going to happen
over this next week.

Who knows where the
whole thing will stop?

Who knows?

The biggest adventure
is yet to come.

Fantastic.

That's what it is, fantastic.

That must have been
one of the happiest days

they've ever had together,
given what was coming.

And, you know...

that's... that's about
all you can say.

PEOPLE CHEER AND SHOUT

I was talking to
somebody from Ireland

the other day.

'And they said that the Irish

they always had two
people over the mantlepiece:

John F. Kennedy and the Pope.

But there's a few going up
of Jack Charlton as well now.

PEOPLE CLAMOUR

Others, maybe their teams
would be having ice baths

and recovering, watching videos

but we were in St. Peter's
Basilica with the Pope.

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

AUDIENCE APPLAUDS

The world saw Jack Charlton

the Pope and Charlie O'Leary.

It's a treasure.

I'm afraid to say too much in
case people think I'm boastful.

But one or two women
was coming and saying

"Do you mind if I put my
arm on your shoulder?

Is that where the Pope held
it?" Do you know what I mean?

I was lucky it
didn't go any further

but it only went as far
as my shoulder, like.

The guy said, "'And
this is Mr Charlton."

'And the Pope turned
around, looked at me

and he went, "'Ah,
yes." 'And he said...

"The boss."

He wished us luck from
the dais with a little smile.

When he was sat in his chair
and he looked down at me

and he sort of
went, "Good luck."

MAN LAUGHS

When I came in to them
in the dressing room

before the game, I said

"There's nothing there
to be frightened of.

We've got as many people
in the stadium as they have."

'And I can smell it.

COMMENTATOR SPEAKS ITALIAN

The goal came as a surprise.

COMMENTATOR SPEAKS ITALIAN

And we went out with that goal.

We were so flat and so low.

Nobody could say anything.

MAN SHOUTS IN ITALIAN

By the time we
got back to the hotel

and we gathered downstairs

then a bit of fun
came back into it.

♪ ...in a house
That ceased to be ♪

♪ By trade I was a cooper ♪

♪ Lost out to redundancy ♪

1990 was waiting
to be won, I think.

It seems cruel to
reach that conclusion.

But I suppose that, in a
way, is a tribute in itself.

It was an
extraordinary adventure.

♪ I lost her to a student chap ♪

♪ With a skin as black as coal ♪

♪ When he took her
off To Birmingham ♪

♪ She took away my soul ♪

PEOPLE CHEER AND LAUGH

We sang all night.

The music was terrific.

Even I got up and sang a song.

THEY SING "BLAYDON
RACES" ♪ Oh me lads ♪

♪ You should've
Seen us gannin ' ♪

♪ Passing the folks
'Along the road ♪

♪ Just as they were standin ' ♪

♪ All the lads and lasses
there 'All with smiling faces ♪

♪ Gannin ' along The
Scotswood Road ♪

♪ To see the Blaydon Races ♪

PEOPLE CHEER AND APPLAUD

We went in it together.
We saw it out together.

- This is for you.
- Shh, shh.

SINGING TO TUNE OF
"HEY JUDE" ♪ Hey, Jack ♪

♪ Don't be afraid ♪

♪ You were made to ♪

♪ Go out and get them ♪

♪ The minute you made
The Irish your side ♪

♪ You gave us the pride ♪

♪ To make us better ♪

ALL SINGING ♪
Better, better, better ♪

PEOPLE CHEER

♪ Nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah! ♪

♪ Nah, nah, nah,
nah! Hey, Jack! ♪

♪ Jackie, Jackie, Jackie! ♪

♪ Nah, nah, nah
Nah, nah, nah, nah! ♪

♪ Nah, nah, nah,
nah! Hey, Jack! ♪

Come on. We're going down
here to watch the kids paddle.

He's a hard man
to read sometimes.

You think you've sussed him.

LAUGHS Then suddenly
you find you haven't.

Even after all these years.

We're like two old
dears, walking down.

I know.

It was my mam that brought
me, my brother and sister up.

There's some big rolls
coming in there, isn't there?

Ah. Big stuff.

PAT LAUGHS They met at a dance.

He told her he was Jack Charlton
and he played for Leeds United.

And she said she was Doris
Day and she was a film actress.

PAT LAUGHS

- Hello, sir.
- Hello.

- How are you?
- I'm fine.

If it wasn't for her

he wouldn't have been as
successful as he has been.

Oh! It's like being in
Spain. SHE LAUGHS

Football was always a means
of escape from Ashington.

When lads that
had left Ashington

had gone away to play football

if they didn't succeed
and had to come back

it was like a disgrace.

They'd failed.

I didn't want to
go away and fail.

We want Jack! We want Jack!

You want Jack?

CROWD CHEERS

Dublin had never
seen anything like it.

It's the most colourful, noisy

and joyful scene the
city has ever seen.

It's a spectacular sight.

I've never been present
at the end of a war

but it did have that
feel of liberation.

It was just electrifying.

And I'm sure that Jack Charlton

and the rest of the team

have never ever experienced
anything quite like this.

There was a shift, definitely.

A way of perceiving
ourselves that had changed.

The Republic's first
woman president

Mary Robinson, is here.

And that was part of the shift

the fact that she was a
woman and she was a liberal.

I put forward an idea

of the elected president
of Ireland being different

which could represent an Ireland

that's underestimated

an Ireland that was part
of the vitality and energy

that was there in Italy
during the World Cup.

The tide had turned.

People saw economic
and social progress.

Employment was rising.

Emigration had almost ceased.

Thank you.

We just grew up.

We just got a
sense of self-respect.

'A sense of pride.

Politically, economically

we had won the right

to take our place as a nation.

The next one, you're gonna love.

When he saved that
penalty, we all... INDISTINCT

CROWD CHEERS
LOUDLY Packie Bonner.

PEOPLE CHEER LOUDLY

You know, we had to speak up

because if we could
possibly win the World Cup

then we have to
question everything.

♪ Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath ♪

♪ Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath ♪

♪ Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath
Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath ♪

PEOPLE CHEER LOUDLY

Who do you think is
the most vital player?

He's not prepared
to commit himself

cos he's not in that position.
- WOMAN:

Really?
- You made a good choice.

I wasn't a social drinker.

I drank for oblivion.

The liberties I was
taking were huge.

I was going to the other side

the darker side, where...

I'm just wanting out.

I'm just wanting out of...

everything.

ANNOUNCER OVER
TANNOY arriving at Lansdowne.

I was having a tough time.

Jack came down the bus.

I just said, "I'm
getting the DTs."

It's something that
happens with alcoholics.

Your brain's not
functioning right.

Jack said, "If you don't
get off the bus today

you'll never play for
this country again."

And I said, "Yeah, Jack, I
understand, I do understand."

I just couldn't get off the bus.

I haven't got time
to do all these.

I do worry about Paul.

It's like I've said
to him many times

people in football
will look after you.

It's in their interest
to look after you.

When it's not in their
interest, they won't.

We won the game, thank God.

And Jack came down to my room.

'And I was sitting under the bed
and I was shivering and shaking.

He put his arm on my
shoulder and he just said

"Sorry, son.

I didn't realise
how bad you had it."

And then he just pulled up the
blankets back over my shoulders

and headed out.

He stuck with me again.

Thank you for inviting me.

What you've done with the
football ground is tremendous.

I love that.

I like it when I'm
driving through Ireland

and I see football fields

with proper goals.

AUDIENCE LAUGHS

- Hello.
- Hello, Jack.

Jack did an awful lot
for soccer in this country.

Remember two things
when you're playing football.

You must control
what comes to you

and be able to hit
what you can see.

He popularised it all
around rural Ireland

where it hadn't been popular.

Kick it to me.
Not at him, at me.

You've gotta learn
to kick it to me.

K-I-S-S. "Keep
it simple, stupid".

Do the complicated
things simply.

Or a little back-heel
to that lady there.

KIDS LAUGH

Control it and kick it
between each other.

Go on, and you lot.

What we were really good at

were the boy bands
and the Riverdance

Michael Flatley and
Brendan O'Carroll.

Eh, am I good?

BOYS Mm-hmm.
- PARENTS LAUGH

The only reason I'm good

is cos I've had loads
and loads of practice.

People who were populist.

- You alright?
- I'm fine. How are you?

You could actually be
successful just being yourself.

Now hit me! Come on! Rubbish!

Over there.

To be authentic

for the first time
in your life...

to be allowed to be authentic...

it's an amazing freedom.

Jack did the same thing.

- Do it again.
- Kept it simple.

Anywhere, just throw it up.

There, there to get rid of it.

Alright?
- Hi, fine.

That way. We'll go see Pat.

Careful, careful, careful.

Are you coming in?

Come on, Jackie lad.

- Jack!
- Get up near the front.

Right, everybody
outside, please!

Dementia is very difficult

for the carers and
family members

as they watch a person change...

someone whom you love

changing in front of your eyes.

Learning how to deal with what
seems like a different person.

You need two hands for this.

He's got more emotional
as he's got older...

because he can't do
what he wants to do.

All his life he was
an outdoor man.

How many fish was
there today, George?

Four? Right, what have
we got here, young fella?

He gets a bit
emotional, I think.

Thanks, Jackie!
- Looks good on you.

What?
- Looks good on you.

THEY LAUGH

There's a real
courage that is shown

by people with dementia.

The Jack Charlton Cumbria
and Northumbrian Trout Cup.

Not knowing where one is

not knowing who's
speaking to you

but they're not blank...

they're emotionally suffering.

INDISTINCT CHATTERING
Thank you very much.

One of the reasons that dementia

is such a terrible disorder

is that memory
defines who we are.

Where are we going?

There will be
flashes of brilliance

but as the disease progresses

those flashes become
less and less frequent.

- Thank you very much.
- OK.

EXPLOSION

From a bomb in a fish
shop on the Shankill Road

to the Greysteel attack

eight days in which
23 people have died.

Get out the way.

The tension that we felt

about going up to Belfast

was nothing compared to what
we felt when we got to Belfast.

We had an armoured
car in front of us

and an armoured car behind us

as our bus made its way through.

We passed a bank.

There was these kids.

They didn't have rifles

but they were all
like that, boom!

And they all went
down on one knee

and another group stood
up behind them and boom!

It was all choreographed.

I'd say the eldest
child was about 12.

FANS CHANT

I never imagined the
emotions and the feelings

that were stirred
up in the ground.

FANS CHANT

It was nasty.

It was unhealthy.

They didn't play our anthem.

We had no fans in the stadium.

'And we knew if we
lost, we were out.

The lads, I felt, rushed things.

'And then all of a sudden,
we go a goal down.

Kevin Wilson.
Quinn. Oh, it's there!

Jimmy Quinn has done it!

A spectacular
out-of-this-world goal

that was totally against
the run of play at the time.

I had three subs on the bench.

"'And I looked at 'Alan
McLoughlin, and I said, "'Alan, you.

Do what you're good at."

Comes straight out to
McLoughlin. It's there!

Alan McLoughlin has done it!

Well, I considered it a
stroke of genius, actually.

JACK LAUGHS

Has he blown the
whistle? Yes, he has!

It's all over, and the
Republic celebrate.

They will qualify.
What a night of drama.

Get in there!

Fucking hell!

Get in there!

Come on!

The night we played
Northern Ireland

football won over the pain

that had been inflicted
on people for so long.

The game took place, and Ireland

was the better for it.

Sport was helping
to find a way out of it.

HE COUGHS

I think we all have, Jack.

I didn't leap all over the
place, didn't kiss the lads.

I went in the dressing
room and said

"Well done, lads.
Great. Delighted for you."

I didn't feel elated.

People were tired
of the violence

the killing, the
murder, the mayhem.

The image of the
country was changing

and the soccer team were
reflecting that very well.

PEOPLE APPLAUD - JACK: Hello.

He was aware of
the bigger picture.

What are you clapping for?

Are you gonna give me a smile?

He used to try
and play it all down.

Brian, are you in this picture?

He thought that
that was the best way

you could get people to listen.

- There you go.
- Stand there, Jack.

Irish mammies, when she says
"stand there", you stand there.

Do the Irish in Britain
love Jack Charlton?

Yes, absolutely.
- Yes.

Better than Margaret Thatcher.

PEOPLE CHEER

Jack, being a man of all
people, of all persuasions

he played his part
in the peace process.

CROWD APPLAUDS

Jack showed that
you can be English

and you can be loved in Ireland.

Wey!
- We'll see you all in Boston.

He opened a little
window of opportunity.

Great political leaders
could come in then

and bring the men of
violence into the same mould.

Oi, oi!
- PEOPLE CHEER

That's what it means.

I'm telling you,
that's what it means.

PEOPLE CHEER

We had won the World Cup in 1966

and the Council in
Ashington decided

that they would honour us
by having a civic reception.

The proudest moment
that any of us have ever had.

The whole street was
crammed with people.

Kids on top of the roofs.

Bunting right across
as far as you could see.

They really went to town on it.

The sad part about it

I haven't seen my Uncle
Bobby for a long, long time.

And it's a shame, but...

we all live different lives now.

Grandad.

Can I have a sweet?
- A sweet?

SHE GIGGLES

I don't think you can ever
forget your background.

You can't leave it.

It's always stayed with me.

Bobby did what
Bobby wants to do.

From being very much a homeboy

apple of his mother's eye

suddenly he just
stopped going home.

I don't know why.

You've either done
the meat too much

or you haven't sharpened
the knife, one of the two

cos it's hackin' it.

It was strange to me.
I couldn't understand.

'And has that damaged
your relationship with him?

Oh, I think so.

I think so.

How deeply damaged?

Only time will tell.

They've both been guilty of...

not saying or
doing the right thing.

MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY

Your life's too short
to be falling out.

It's his brother, it's our kid.

We'd all like a happy ending.

Whether that happens or not...

it's down to, I suppose,
two stubborn people.

So, I originally moved
out here to, uh...

look at the possibility of
taking up professional golf.

This is a par five here.

I've, uh... I've
actually done it in three

but it's a difficult hole,
you have to watch yourself.

No better place
to find the Irish

than in the Irish pub
here in New York.

Now, with me I have a few Dubs

and one or two from Kildare.

One or two!
- THEY JEER

It was in 1994 for the World
Cup that I came out here

and I fell in love
with the place.

And now I live here.

BRENDAN WHISTLES

I'll stand up for a second
cos this bench is fuckin' hot.

This weekend in New York City

the two biggest
immigrant communities

the Italians and the Irish

have divided
this city's loyalty.

We were all told, "New
York, that's the Italians."

We took over the place.

CROWD CHEERS

♪ Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath
Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath ♪

♪ Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath
Ooh, aah, Paul McGrath ♪

Italy are gonna take
an awful lot of beating.

They've got a very,
very strong defence.

And in Roberto Baggio

they have the most potent
striker of the whole tournament.

"And we used to say," Paul...

when we line up to kick off

smile at the centre forward.

Don't say anything.
Don't do anything.

"Just... smile at him."

Giants Stadium.

It was scary.

But it was brilliant.

Knocked down by
Houghton, goes for the shot!

Goal! Ray Houghton!

We all played well.

But there was one
that was... unbelievable.

Here's Signori against McGrath.

And McGrath up
there ahead of him.

We know Paul had his problems

but we looked after him.

Nobody knew about his problems.

In goes Roberto Baggio

McGrath's head got there.

Nobody knew.

Jack wanted the best for me.

He understood...
that I loved him.

'Anytime he put me
on a football pitch

and I was in any way healthy

I'd be playing for him
as much as anyone.

Again, it's McGrath.

And once more, Paul
McGrath, the man to the rescue.

Paul McGrath is a
great, great player.

We like to play with
the great, great players.

We needed him.

Seconds that seem
like minutes to the Irish.

In goes Beti, it's
McGrath once more!

I felt...

unbreakable.

History has been made!

Another magnificent chapter

in Jack Charlton's
managerial career

but a monumental
performance from Paul McGrath.

Jack's relationship with
Paul was very private...

and very fatherly.

What made Paul the
love of the Irish fans

he represents all of us.

We 're flawed.

We 're all flawed.

I don't really value myself

the way other people seem to.

But that time with Jack Charlton

defined my life...

simply because
it needed defining.

In the sunshine state of Florida

Jack Charlton is an angry man.

We knew we were going
to be put under scrutiny

and I warned
those lads out there

not to breathe in
front of any of you lot.

And you've caused that.

England didn't qualify.

I don't think he liked all
the focus being on him

and being on us.

And anything I say
to you is prejudging.

Get that out the way.

Incredible conditions
for these players

here in the Citrus Bowl.

There's the
temperature. Look at that.

Rolled in for
Hermosillo. Garcia!

We had two games in Florida.

The style of play

bashing the ball up the field

you just couldn't
do it in the heat.

Fuck off, you! Fuck off!

You twat! You dickhead!

Driving forward, he'll
unleash a shot this time.

And Bonner makes a hash of it.

And the Irish World
Cup dream is over.

My greatest fear is that
I'll fall out with the Irish

that they might not
like me anymore.

'And once that attitude changes

I'll be on my way
before I fall out.

We played England in a friendly.

FANS CHANT ♪ No
surrender, no surrender ♪

♪ No surrender to the IRA! ♪

Hooligans tore all the seats
up and ran amok, as it were.

It's alright. Get
Jack Charlton there.

Get away and fuck off!
Go on! Back into your hole!

Go home! Go home!

I felt like crying at
the end of the game.

Every Englishman
should be ashamed

of what went on there tonight.

The innocence had gone.

Things were gonna need to
start to move on in some way.

And change wasn't
something he was good at.

It's been a great,
eventful ten years, Jack

when you've been at the helm.

Don't start asking
me what I'm doing.

No, no, no. Don't you
start asking that again.

No, you're not asking.

WHISTLE BLOWS -
A blast on the whistle

and Holland go through
and Ireland go out.

I'll know when it's time.

I'll know when it's time.

Jack Charlton has resigned.

Charlton asked the
five-man committee

did they want him to resign?
And they all responded "yes".

MAN 2 It was a
rather shambolic end

to a glorious decade
in Irish football

including two World Cups

and a memorable European
Championships in 1988.

I feel a lot lighter now.

And I don't know...

I'm gonna have to live
with it to find out if I regret it.

We've had some great days and
great nights and good memories.

I hope that the people
of Ireland have got...

I know that they've
got the memories.

JACK SINGS OVER LAPTOP

♪ I took the bus from Balmbra's
'And she was heavy laden ♪

♪ And off we went off
Up Scotswood Road ♪

♪ That's on the way to Blaydon ♪

♪ Oh me lads ♪

♪ You should've
Seen us gannin ' ♪

♪ Passing the folks
'Along the road ♪

♪ Just as they were standin ' ♪

♪ All the lads and lasses
there 'All with smiling faces ♪

♪ Gannin ' along The
Scotswood Road ♪

♪ To see the Blaydon Races ♪

The difficulty is
I can't leave him.

That's more worrying
than the forgetfulness.

When Jack first played

the balls were heavy.

Whether it was
the heading the ball

as much as he
did, we don't know.

♪ All the lads and lasses
there, all with smiling faces ♪

It's like boxers
getting hit in the head.

Nobody can actually
prove that he is...

He's enjoyed his football.

Would you take
that away from him?

I don't think so.

Bobby Charlton
with the corner. Jack!

He's had a dementia problem.

Perfect goal!

But I certainly don't think

that it's anything to do
with heading the football.

That won't be the end
of him, put it that way.

It won't be the dementia. Right?

I think he's enjoyed
it, haven't you?

Watching all that again.

Can you remember?

I couldn't remember
a lot of the memories.

Yeah.

No, but could you
remember that night?

Can you remember
getting up and singing?

No?

Never mind.

It'll come back to you
when you watch it again.

Yes. Probably.

Jack was a strange
breath of fresh air.

He was an English
man that we loved.

Somehow.

That time was all
about people winning

who had never won before.

Whether you were
interested in football or not

it didn't matter.

This was it.

We 're gonna stick
on an Irish jersey

we 're gonna hoist
the flag and things will

never be the same again.

'And that was the dream.

Amazing, these.

"Never assume they
know and understand."

"Be honest."

And be a dictator.

"But be a nice one."

They made him an Irish citizen

which is as big a
compliment as you could get.

I think the one before Jack
was, um... Nelson Mandela.

The Kennedy family.
There's Mother Teresa

and then there's him.

And me, if you don't mind.

Oh, sorry!
- PAT LAUGHS

Well, the reason I
think he's not been given

a knighthood

was because he never
has been a "yes" man.

And if he's upset
anybody, well...

tough.

Oh, Bobby's is there, yeah.

Listen, I always
wanted to be a lady.

SHE LAUGHS

I don't think there's
anything that he would regret.

Our kid.

I don't even think
he regrets that.

He's done more in his lifetime

than people would
do in ten lifetimes.

What's football about?

You're in the
middle of the goals.

It's at Wembley Stadium

and a ball is crossed
from the right wing.

And you've got about a
second to make your mind up.

And you go...

boom...

boom!

Well, I'll see, anyway.
- See you, Robert.

He's still our kid.

'And he's still my brother.

I'm sure one of these days
we'll either have a good fight

and we'll have a
good argument over it.

Italy have got it in for them.

AUDIENCE AGREES - APPLAUSE

The World Cup.

The pilot in the
plane actually took us

for a ride over Dublin.

There were people lined up.

Every space was filled.

PEOPLE CHEER

It was absolutely unbelievable.

That was a memory
that will live with us all...

for as long as we live.

"BLAYDON RACES" PLAYS

♪ We flew past
Armstrong's factory ♪

♪ 'And up to the Robin Adair ♪

♪ Just gannin ' doon
To the Railway Bridge ♪

♪ The bus wheel flew off there ♪

♪ The lasses lost
Their crinolines ♪

♪ And the veils that
hide Their faces ♪

♪ I got two black eyes
'And a broken nose ♪

♪ In gannin ' to Blaydon Races ♪

♪ Oh lads You should've
seen us gannin ' ♪

♪ Passing the folks
'Along the road ♪

♪ Just as they were standin ' ♪

♪ There was lots Of
lads and lasses there ♪

♪ All with smilin ' faces ♪

♪ Gannin ' along The
Scotswood Road ♪

♪ To see the Blaydon Races ♪

story's about a couple

who had a secret
they'd tell each other

and the secrets were

that he had terrible,
rotten, stinking bare feet

and her secret was she had
terrible, terrible bad breath

and they finally got married

still desperate to tell
each other their secrets.

And they went away
on their honeymoon

and they got up to
the honeymoon suite

desperate to tell each
other their secrets.

And he walked up to her
in the suite, and he said

"Now, I wanna
tell you my secret".

He said, "But before I do, I
wanna go in the bathroom".

So, he went to the bathroom...

took his shoes off,
took his socks off

threw 'em in the bath

washed his feet, cleaned them,
powdered 'em, did everything.

And he came out, went up to her

and he said, "Now, I'm
gonna tell you my secret".

She said, "Before you do,
let me go in the bathroom".

So, she went in the bathroom...

mouthwashed, gargled,
cleaned her teeth...

did everything.

Put a beautiful new negligee on

and she came out
the room, walked up

and put her arms round his neck

and said, "Now, I
wanna tell you my secret".

He said, "You don't
need to, I know what it is.

You've ate my socks".

PEOPLE LAUGH APPLAUSE