Football greats pay respects at Sir Bobby Charlton’s funeral

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Thousands of mourners gathered in Manchester on Monday to say goodbye to Sir Bobby Charlton. Outside Old Trafford, fans lined the street to watch the Manchester United and England great’s coffin pass by. Representatives of club and country, past and present, attended Sir Bobby’s funeral service at Manchester Cathedral. The Prince of Wales, president of the FA, was also in attendance to pay his respects. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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01:28 Personally for me, I think I'm here because of Bobby Chalm.

01:32 Absolutely, without a doubt.

01:34 The day we met for the first time and explained to the board what we wanted to do,

01:40 Bobby nudged him and said, "That's it."

01:42 He's one of those people that is synonymous with the word football.

01:46 He could go around the world. I remember as a young man,

01:49 you could travel anywhere and you could go to places where no one spoke a word of English,

01:52 but they knew two names, and that was Bobby Chalm.

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