Fans gathered at Old Trafford for the memorial service of football legend Sir Bobby Charlton on Monday November 13.
England's best footballer and Manchester United superstar was remembered today with a funeral procession that passed the club's stadium before arriving at Manchester Cathedral for the ceremony.
Around a thousand guests attended the ceremony - including leading figures from across the football and sporting communities - and fans were provided an opportunity to say a final farewell to their hero at Old Trafford.
We caught up with some of the fans before the procession to hear what they had to say about the late Sir Bobby Charlton.
England's best footballer and Manchester United superstar was remembered today with a funeral procession that passed the club's stadium before arriving at Manchester Cathedral for the ceremony.
Around a thousand guests attended the ceremony - including leading figures from across the football and sporting communities - and fans were provided an opportunity to say a final farewell to their hero at Old Trafford.
We caught up with some of the fans before the procession to hear what they had to say about the late Sir Bobby Charlton.
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00:00 A little lad, George, named after Georgie Best.
00:03 He's seven years old and he sits and watches Bobby on YouTube,
00:07 looks at his old games and old goals and things like that,
00:10 and it just shows that his legacy will live on forever,
00:13 and bringing our children up named after our heroes as well.
00:17 I think it's really important that we do that.
00:19 So it's just, you know, rest in peace to Bobby.
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00:23 Fans gathered at Old Trafford for the memorial service
00:37 of football legend Sir Bobby Charlton
00:39 on Monday 13th November.
00:41 England's best footballer and Manchester United superstar
00:45 was remembered today with a funeral procession
00:47 that passed the club's stadium
00:49 before arriving at Manchester Cathedral for the ceremony.
00:52 Around 1,000 guests attended the ceremony,
00:55 including leading figures from across the football
00:57 and sporting communities,
00:59 and fans were provided an opportunity to say a final farewell
01:03 to their hero at Old Trafford.
01:05 We caught up with some of the fans before the procession
01:08 to hear what they had to say about the late Sir Bobby Charlton.
01:11 It's definitely what he deserves,
01:12 and it's nice that Manchester have come together.
01:15 We've got friends that are City fans and that,
01:18 and they all got in touch and paid their respects
01:20 when he passed away.
01:21 He is that important to the country.
01:24 You remember what he did for England,
01:26 World Cup winner,
01:27 but for us as Manchester United fans,
01:30 the most important thing is today we pay our respects
01:32 and give him the send-off.
01:34 As Chris said, our thoughts are with his family,
01:36 but the wider United family,
01:38 all our season-ticket-holder friends.
01:41 I used to come down here and watch him play,
01:42 you know, with Best and Dennis.
01:45 He's a great player.
01:48 I don't really know what else you can say.
01:50 It's sad, but that's the way it is.
01:55 I was brought up with Manchester United,
01:57 from my parents and that,
01:59 and I was actually driving to Sheffield United
02:02 for the away game when it was announced.
02:04 I'd just got in the car after the services
02:08 and I burst into tears.
02:09 It was just, "He's Manchester United."
02:12 A legend, someone that, you know, that word's thrown around all the world,
02:16 but he's a true legend and sadly missed.
02:20 It's like there's not too many people you'd actually travel up for,
02:23 but Bobby was just an absolute gentleman,
02:25 a great player, a gentleman.
02:28 For me, he was not only Manchester United's greatest player,
02:30 but I think he was England's.
02:32 And the guy was just a great player on it
02:38 and a gentleman off the field.
02:40 And it's just coming up here just to pay our respects to him.
02:44 It's just going to be a really sad day.
02:45 It's been a sad, sad time for us over the last couple of weeks in particular.
02:50 But I just think again, yeah, those people lining the streets of Manchester,
02:54 it just goes to show what a tremendous man Sir Bobby really was.
02:59 England's finest football player.
03:01 I had the pleasure of watching him play
03:04 and I had the pleasure of meeting him for my 40th birthday
03:09 and having a good chat with him.
03:10 And he was a gentleman then
03:12 and it's a big loss for football around the world.