{"id":292713,"date":"2023-10-22T22:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=292713"},"modified":"2023-10-22T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T22:25:48","slug":"paddy-crerand-bobby-charlton-looked-so-beautiful-when-he-ran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/paddy-crerand-bobby-charlton-looked-so-beautiful-when-he-ran\/","title":{"rendered":"PADDY CRERAND: Bobby Charlton looked so beautiful when he ran"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>PADDY CRERAND: Bobby Charlton looked so beautiful when he ran with the ball&#8230; and I still don&#8217;t know which was his strongest foot!<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sir Bobby Charlton&#8217;s death was announced on Saturday\u00a0and shocked the world<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He was the perfect gentleman on the pitch despite his moaning when on it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He was a lovely man, Bobby. We\u2019ve known each other for such a long time. He was a gentleman of the highest class.<\/p>\n<p>He never said a bad word about anybody. Moaned on the pitch like you wouldn\u2019t believe, mind you, but off it he\u2019d be the perfect gentleman. I smile as I think about it even now, God bless him. He was dreadful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He wanted everything to be perfect. I remember saying to him one day, \u2018Bobby, you give everybody a hard time but you know something? We\u2019re not as good as you\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He expected everybody to have the ability he did. We couldn\u2019t do the things he could and he found that strange.<\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t any better player for England than Bobby Charlton. With Manchester United, I would think probably the same. With what he went through in his life and did for United over the years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/22\/76868935-12659889-Sir_Bobby_Charlton_wanted_everything_to_be_perfect_on_the_pitch_-a-21_1698010631044.jpg\" height=\"428\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sir Bobby Charlton wanted everything to be perfect on the pitch and loved a moan when playing football<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/22\/76868091-0-image-a-21_1698010508723.jpg\" height=\"585\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He was the perfect gentleman off the pitch, however, and was a truly fantastic footballer<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>He was an absolutely fantastic player. When he got the ball, he looked so beautiful the way he ran. And you ask anybody who\u2019s seen him play what was his favourite foot. I had no idea. His left foot was as good as his right. He was such a natural with both.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He scored all those goals and he wasn\u2019t a striker. Maybe before I came to United, but they moved him into the middle of the park and he was a great passer of the ball.<\/p>\n<p>But you give Bobby Charlton the ball 35 yards from goal and there was a strong possibility it would go in. He played the same role for England and had a great scoring record for them as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I played for Scotland against England and the first thing we said when somebody mentioned Bobby Charlton was the nearest player to him, kick him. Never mind the ball, kick him. That\u2019s the only way you\u2019ll stop him. But he was such a lovely fella. I don\u2019t think I ever heard him swear.<\/p>\n<p>Fans everywhere loved Bobby because of his ability and the way he behaved. He was a big name in Scotland when I was playing at Celtic. When I got to United, I couldn\u2019t believe how humble he was.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If somebody said good things about him, he would get a wee bit embarrassed. He was very shy, actually. He found praise hard to take. If he saw the coverage over the last couple of days, he would be embarrassed about what people think of him.<\/p>\n<p>Off the pitch, he couldn\u2019t have been more different from George Best, but George was a lot younger than Bobby. Jackie Charlton was a great lad as well, but totally opposite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/22\/76868587-12659889-Charlton_had_so_much_ability_on_the_pitch_and_expected_everyone_-a-20_1698010631035.jpg\" height=\"599\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charlton had so much ability on the pitch and expected everyone to have the same ability as him<\/p>\n<p>George couldn\u2019t handle the fame like Bobby could. He didn\u2019t like how George carried on but what can you do about it? They were still great friends on the pitch, but they led totally different lives off it.<\/p>\n<p>In all the time I was at United, nobody ever mentioned Munich \u2014 Bobby, Sir Matt Busby or Jimmy Murphy. People that were affected by it all never spoke about it. But it was always there.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d be right to think winning the European Cup in \u201968 meant that bit more to Bobby. We had a dinner after the game and he was just delighted. At the final whistle, every one of us ran towards Bobby. Can you believe that?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ten players rushing at one fella. He cried. That was how much it affected him. I\u2019d never seen him cry but Bobby cried that night and you can imagine why after what he\u2019d been through. The memories he had and the team-mates he lost.<\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t seen Bobby for a long time because he hasn\u2019t been well, but I know his wife exceptionally well too and she\u2019s a lovely person, Norma. It\u2019s a sad occasion.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12659889\/Sir-Bobby-Charlton-looked-beautiful-ran-ball.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>PADDY CRERAND: Bobby Charlton looked so beautiful when he ran with the ball&#8230; and I still don&#8217;t know which was his strongest foot! 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