Letter to the Editor: Jack left us blueprint of our better selves

The coffin of Jack Charlton is taken into West Road Crematorium, in Newcastle for his funeral. Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire

I sadly observed Jack Charlton's final journey, my mind troubled by the ‘new normal’ of Covid-19 and the shadow of an approaching Brexit. 

But I was also reminded of a time when Jack gave us ‘notions’ about ourselves as a nation who could hold our own in the world, dreams we subsequently went on to realise in a manner that transcended sport to the great benefit of our personal and community lives.