Jack's final journey
TV & Satellite Week|March 27, 2021
A powerful film sheds light on the football manager’s last years living with dementia
Jack's final journey

Jack Charlton will always be a hero to English football fans after winning the World Cup in 1966, but he also became a legend in the Republic of Ireland when he coached the national side to some of the most famous victories in their history.

Now the tale of Charlton’s memorable decade as manager of the boys in green is told in a moving profile, which also candidly documents the final years of his life with dementia, before he passed away last summer aged 85.

This story is from the March 27, 2021 edition of TV & Satellite Week.

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