Learning Points: Jack Charlton taught us how to dream

Learning Points: Jack Charlton taught us how to dream
 Jack Charlton is introduced to the crowd ahead of the Three International Friendly match between Republic of Ireland and England at the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road in Dublin. Photo: David Maher/Sportsfile

Every nation has that moment, where it steps out from the shade of its dark past. When it reaches far beyond what was thought possible and in that single moment allows its people to dream.

History is littered with such moments; the Battle of Little Bighorn where great warrior leaders such as Crazy Horse and Chief Gall were inspired to victory over general Custer and his vainglorious bunch by the vision of Sitting Bull, George Washington crossing the icy Delaware or Alexander the Great out manoeuvring Darius and his magnificent Persian army, the list could go on and on. 

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