Manchester United and England bid final farewell to Bobby Charlton

Thousands gathered at Old Trafford and Manchester Cathedral to pay their respects to the England legend

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00:00 (audience applauding)

00:03 (gentle music)

00:05 (audience applauding)

00:15 (gentle music)

00:17 - Robert Charlton, Sir Robert Charlton has been

00:42 maybe one of the biggest, if not the biggest

00:45 legend in United history.

00:49 - It's the passing of an age, isn't it?

00:51 It's somebody who's stood for all the

00:56 good things about football.

00:58 - I'm a great believer that you've always got to extract

01:00 a positive from a negative, and I'm just hoping that

01:03 everything that's gone on within the club for the last,

01:06 particularly the last year, with ownership issues,

01:10 today is a signal and the dawning of a new era for us.

01:14 So, and it'd be a great way to start that with

01:17 celebrating Sir Bobby and what he's given

01:20 to the club today.

01:21 (gentle music)

01:25 (gentle music)

01:27 - It's a sad day for sure, but it's also a beautiful day

01:52 because we get to celebrate probably the most

01:57 influential person that we've ever had in Manchester United

02:00 and celebrate his life.

02:02 I don't know if anyone has ever played a bigger part

02:07 for a football club than he has.

02:08 - Well, first and foremost, I had the privilege of knowing

02:10 him as a person for a long, long time.

02:15 Offered me great advice, always encouraged

02:18 when I first came to Manchester.

02:20 That's why there's gonna be thousands here today

02:22 paying their respects because not only was he

02:24 a fabulous football player, but he was a fantastic

02:28 human being and a man as well.

02:30 (gentle music)

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