Hundreds visit Leeds United ground to remember Jack Charlton

Bouquets and tributes at Elland Road show how much Big Jack was admired in the city and beyond

They came in their hundreds, paying homage to the man known across the world as Big Jack. But beneath the stands of West Yorkshire’s Elland Road, Jack Charlton was most commonly remembered as an adopted Loiner, a citizen of Leeds.

Charlton, who died on Friday aged 85, spent almost a quarter of his life marshalling the defence of Leeds United, retiring as a one-club man having made a record number of appearances.

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