Andy Townsend EXTENDED INTERVIEW | Jack Charlton and Ireland at Italia '90 | PART ONE

[@ajomcx2923]

So sad Jack has left us as a Derry woman and Irish to the core i cant remember anything ever that brought our island together like Jack Charlton and u Andy and the rest of that fantastic team RIP Jack we will always be part of Jackie's army 😢💔🇮🇪

[@s99bf0c8]

Well said

[@paulbergin8051]

Great footballer, solid in the middle of the field. Thanks for the memories Andy. Rip Jack.

[@sherp2u1]

He captured the imagination of our nation...R.I.P...Jack we were lucky to have you!

[@julianbraylen6049]

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[@pedroleonard2007]

@Julian Braylen Instablaster :)

[@williamcrinson8901]

He's the best footballer I've ever seen and he's my brother 😢. Brilliant words for his brother Bobby . RIP Jack

[@Halotest100]

Andy you were a great player and skipper for Ireland.

[@vantheman1238]

Johnny Giles doesn’t like to admit that Jack was right and he was wrong. Jack knew the game and knew international football and management. Jack made the Republic of Ireland a world top ten team for a few years. Incredible

[@19580223]

Doesn't matter where he came from, lived, grew up, went to school etc. He speaks from the heart. Jack Charlton was as honest as the day is long. It was a question of the right manager, at the right time, with the right group of players in the right country. The big picture is that Big Jack raised the fortunes and spirits of a whole COUNTRY. (Remember the Celtic Tiger ?!). That, in itself, is waaay, more important than the style of the football. Anyone who does not understand that does not understand the impact football can have on society, and a country, as a whole. Big picture people !!

[@antonellaluque4532]

No, ireland underperformed with those players, imagime playing mcgrath in midfield and leaaving o leary out for slow limited mccarthy, italy exposed us

[@tobiaztobiaz9355]

Jack Charlton is bigger than any football coaches in this Island, he was the most entertaining personality in this Island. I was at speak easy bar at QUB watching ireland lost in Lisbon, then again lost to Holland in playoff in 1995. From HK. RIP Jackie.

[@alanocallaghan2883]

Jack charltons greatest achievment was changing the course of irish history.

[@rivolinho]

Andy really seems a sound fella

[@andrewwalsh6177]

2 Irish hero's

[@liamhayes1011]

Spot on Andy!

[@Rasher1974]

Andy thank you

[@darrenpeden4592]

Big jack was the most loved person in Ireland 🇮🇪 and he was an English man. What an achievement

[@johnmcgrath5698]

what legends thanks for the memories

[@michaelbarry6895]

Giles seems a bit sour, Townsend on the other hand seems very knowing that this is about Jack, R.I.P. big man

[@padraigosullivan9979]

Giles was always sour about everyone and everything. Born a cranky old man

[@stuartkelly3106]

Yeah I got that too.

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Himself and Jack were often at loggerheads when they played together at Leeds United.

[@brody5211]

Excellent this

[@yingyang1008]

Think he under rates how good that squad was - nearly every player was top class, skillful, playing at a really high level

[@simonforrest2522]

R.I.P Big Jack.. Sad news indeed..YNWA

[@michaelkeenan2212]

I always think the Dutch keeper gave us that chance with his little smile,,

[@bmw-e30]

Andy was an excellent player himself. The pressing game was disruptive to international teams but failed badly in tournaments because it couldn't be sustained especially in the heat.

[@davidoconnell4100]

A great servant for Ireland.

[@yingyang1008]

Love the Irish accent, beautiful sound to it

[@djbillybopdjbillybop2817]

Some Player Good Man Andy COYBIG.

[@nasri8810]

Andy Really nice sound

[@thinkofitthisway7804]

The country of Ireland is over a thousand years old. No one in the history of the country has been so loved by the Irish people than Jack Charlton was.

[@albacan]

Andy was a great player. How I wish Jack had managed Scotland

[@seanbonella]

great bloke andy is, never hear any crap about him. jack, lord rest him, jack said he's shocked andy never went into coaching etc

[@silversteel6312]

Andy’s insistence on the 3/4 shot to hide that nose fell on deaf ears then............

[@cringycook9597]

I know there is always a debate that he could have played a passing game and success rate would have been higher but maybe he just wanted the lads to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in.

[@davidnolan6319]

Was like England reserves with a few a few guest players

[@bealfeirste2056]

Yeah?.....and youre a bellend.

[@davidnolan6319]

@@bealfeirste2056 fact, can't deal with it? Shame but true

[@wthwasthat8884]

@@davidnolan6319 dont be so triggered

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

They had a good record against England’s first team.

[@andrewoliver8930]

Andy Townshend still feels that he can commentate on England games, just like Lawrenson.

[@Smudgeroon74]

Look at it this way sir if England had came calling first they would've said yes and who would've batted an eyelid huh?

[@andrewoliver8930]

@@Smudgeroon74 once you wear an international shirt, that's your team.

[@Smudgeroon74]

@@andrewoliver8930 ok that's a fair point. In all fairness Lawrenson was a far more high profile player than Townsend, so why didn't he play for England? Maybe the selectors thought he wasn't good enough for England even though he was 1 of Liverpools top players. The margins are very fine.

[@andrewoliver8930]

@@Smudgeroon74 Bobby Robson liked Terry Butcher as he had him at Ipswich. Got a Knighthood for achieving an FA Cup win and a semifinal for England!

[@1984sebb]

A story about an Englishman coaching an Englishman to represent the Irish.

[@haroldkane9714]

Andy used to live next door to a guy called Seamus, that's how he qualified for Eire

[@slowmo9642]

Fanny

[@joebyrne3159]

Your name sake, could have played for Ireland too!

[@jamestaylor3460]

Mute point the guy had a dog called seamus , lovely dog it was and Andy patted it once .

[@jamestaylor3460]

No bigger jack chaerlton fan than me , he'll of a man .

[@jamesfagan7823]

Put them under pressure and smoke cigarettes and drink plenty of Guinness

[@jamesheath7601]

About as Irish as I am Jamaican

[@patrickglennon7058]

Blood cloth man

[@discobriscoe5880]

Another Englishman who played for Ireland 😂

[@joebyrne3159]

CJC, I suppose the present England team has its share of Irish names Rice, Keane,Kane and mcguire! !

[@jamesheath7601]

@@joebyrne3159 yeah they all play for their country

[@Declanito]

The last 10 minutes of that Dutch game were a disgrace. Both teams should have been booted out and Egypt allow go through

[@antonellaluque4532]

No

[@andyhello23]

Andy must remember it like it was yesterday Ireland played very much like english 1st division sides did back then. It was what english top flight teams were famous for. Only really liverpool back then played a game where they played football like continental sides The rest of the top flight in england played like ireland did under jack charlton Jack charlton in effect made the irish team into an english 1st division side, who competed. On there day they could play anyone. Great years.