{"id":297422,"date":"2023-10-28T23:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T23:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=297422"},"modified":"2023-10-28T23:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T23:24:03","slug":"ferguson-pens-emotional-1000-word-tribute-to-sir-bobby-charlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/ferguson-pens-emotional-1000-word-tribute-to-sir-bobby-charlton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferguson pens emotional 1,000-word tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sir Alex Ferguson pens emotional 1,000-word tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton ahead of Manchester derby&#8230; as he labels the United legend &#8216;his tower of strength&#8217; and the &#8216;greatest English player of all time&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Man United legend Sir Bobby Charlton passed away at the age of 86 last week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>The club are set to pay tribute to him at Sunday&#8217;s derby against Manchester City<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Man United WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson has written a moving eulogy about his \u2018tower of strength\u2019 Sir Bobby Charlton as respects are paid at Sunday&#8217;s Manchester derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time Ferguson has talked about Sir Bobby\u2019s death last weekend at the age of 86, penning an emotional 1,000-word tribute in the matchday programme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In it, Sir Alex \u2014 whose wife Lady Cathy also passed away this month \u2014 recalls his first glimpse of Charlton the player all the way to their time together at Old Trafford when Sir Bobby sat on the board and was Ferguson\u2019s staunchest supporter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The directors came to meet me in Glasgow and asked what my vision was for the job,\u2019 said Ferguson.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I said I would take the same approach I had at Aberdeen, by looking to build up the whole club, not just the team, and that I would do that by developing young players. As I was explaining this, I saw Bobby nudge one of the other directors and he said, \u201cThat\u2019s what we want\u201d. He\u2019d made his mind up.\u00a0From that moment on he was a tower of strength for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/21\/77088083-12683941-image-a-49_1698525494515.jpg\" height=\"427\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson has written a moving 1000-word eulogy about the late Sir Bobby Charlton\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/21\/77123789-12683941-image-a-50_1698525502835.jpg\" height=\"948\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson labelled Sir Bobby his &#8216;tower of strength&#8217; and the &#8216;greatest English player of all time&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s no surprise to me that we\u2019ve seen tributes to Sir Bobby from everywhere in the world, on every TV channel and in every newspaper, because he was without question the greatest English player of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018People loved him because of all those thunderbolt goals but it was more than that. My dad used to say that humility in success is a sign of greatness, and that was Bobby. He never used to boast about his own achievements; it was always about the team and the club.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex\u2019s moving words form part of a 28-page special in United\u2019s matchday magazine with a picture of Charlton as a smiling young United player on the cover.<\/p>\n<p>Former United and City stars Brian Kidd, Alex Stepney, Paddy Crerand, John Aston, Mike Summerbee and Tony Book \u2014 who all played either with or against Charlton \u2014 will be on the pitch for a minute\u2019s applause before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/28\/21\/76952729-12683941-He_was_joined_on_either_side_by_former_United_goalkeeper_Alex_St-a-51_1698525588779.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United paid tribute to Sir Bobby ahead of their Champions League tie against FC Copenhagen\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12683941\/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-Sir-Bobby-Charlton.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Alex Ferguson pens emotional 1,000-word tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton ahead of Manchester derby&#8230; 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