Jackie Milburn
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John Edward Thompson "Jackie" Milburn was an English football player principally associated with Newcastle United and England, though he also spent four seasons at Linfield. He was also known as Wor J
Milburn as Linfield player-manager, 1957
Statue of Milburn at St James' Park, 2013
Statue of Milburn in Ashington
The Jackie Milburn locomotive
Bobby Charlton
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Sir Robert Charlton was an English footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the En
Jackie Milburn
…particularly in North East England, a Geordie dialectal, pronounced like "wor", meaning "our", as in "Our Jackie"). Cousin to the mother of Jack and Bobby Charlton, Milburn played two trial matches at St James' Park as a 19-year-old in 1943. In the second of these, he scored six second half goals. Milburn made his…
Charlton in 1966
An illustration of the Manchester United team in 1960 (Charlton is on the far right of the back row)
The "United Trinity" statue of Charlton (right) alongside Denis Law (centre) and George Best (left) outside Old Trafford
England national football team at Empire Stadium, London 11 April 1959. From the left, standing: Ronnie Clayton, Billy Wright (captain), Don Howe, Eddie Hopkinson, Ron Flowers, Graham Shaw, Joe Shaw; front row: Bryan Douglas, Peter Broadbent, Bobby Charlton, Johnny Haynes and Doug Holden.