Bobby Chaleton

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ll history abounds with heroes, but there has never been another like Bobby Charlton. The miners son from Northumberland was a player with sublime and unique talent, a soccer idol without the proverbial feet of clay, and he remains the British games finest living international ambassador. “Simeon I am sorry I am not able to introduce you to the players personally as I have a prior appointment to keep, but I will leave you in the care of a very good friend, Mr. Furguson, manager of the Manchester’s team” Well I thought it was a shame that Mr. Charlton had to leave for I wanted an interview with some one as unique as him but I decided to get the interview any way. “Mr. Jones, you’re a very fortunate man to have been sitting next to a legend as that, every time I see him it brings a smile to my face” Mr. Furguson said “How long have you known Mr. Charlton” I asked “ Oh since the beginning, even though he is 8 years older than me, I feel like he is my brother, we both grew up in the North east of England, he came from Northumberland which is a small coal mining village, which around that time was the only source for work in that area, it was said ‘you either work in the coal pits, or your talented, and you played soccer’” “Really, did you ever ...