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fromIrish Independent
1 day ago

The Indo Daily: The house that Jack built - How Jack Charlton made Irish football a new religion

Jack Charlton's tenure transformed Irish football into a cultural phenomenon, marking a significant change in the nation's identity.
fromIndependent
5 months ago

25,000 Irish fans in Portugal, farcical training, and the final days of the Jack Charlton era

Ireland travelled to Lisbon in hope 30 years ago and suffered a heavy defeat that brought an end to the golden years The coup de g râce for the Jack Charlton era came on a football field in England as a 2-0 defeat to the Netherlands in a one-leg play-off for Euro '96 ended in defeat. But the most damaging blow to his time as manager came in Lisbon 30 years ago, a 3-0 capitulation to Portugal, one of the worst nights from those starry times.
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