Finding Jack Charlton
The Totally Football Show with James Richardson
The Athletic
4.5 • 4.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2020
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Finding Jack Charlton chronicles the life and extraordinary career of the World Cup winner and the former Republic of Ireland manager. The film details the most successful period in Irish football history, as well as exploring Charlton’s relationship with the press, his brother and players like Paul McGrath.
Plus was Charlton tactically ahead of his time? And to what extent did this Englishman restore pride and self-esteem to people in Ireland?
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| 0:30.2 | Hello and welcome to a very special episode of The Totally Football Show. |
| 0:38.2 | Today we're discussing the forthcoming documentary Finding Jack Charlton, |
| 0:41.9 | which chronicles the life and extraordinary career of the World Cup winner |
| 0:45.2 | and former Republic of Island manager. |
| 0:47.6 | The film details the most successful period in Irish football history. |
| 0:51.5 | February will mark 35 years since Jack took the job as boss of the |
| 0:55.7 | Republic of Ireland national team. |
| 0:58.0 | The nation holds its breath. |
| 1:00.0 | Yes, we're there. |
| 1:04.8 | Ireland are through to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. |
| 1:08.7 | I'm Matt Davis Adams. |
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