Who complained bitterly last week when Sven Goran Eriksson was appointed England manager, raging: "The French are managed by a Frenchman, the Germans have a German in charge and the Italians have one of their own. Who have we got? Someone who has never even managed in this country before. I am very, very upset and I imagine all the boys I played with in the World Cup winning team would be too"? Lordy, lordy: Jack Charlton, a native of Castlebar who managed Swilly Rovers and Bohemians before being appointed manager of his native Republic of Ireland. Eh?
Charlton upset
Who complained bitterly last week when Sven Goran Eriksson was appointed England manager, raging: "The French are managed by …
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