Big Jack’s trip down memory lane

JACK CHARLTON is to manage a team one last time at Lansdowne Road, 11 years after his highly successful decade in charge of Ireland came to an end.

The World Cup winner has agreed to manage a celebrity team which will take on a selection of Irish legends in a charity match at the Ballsbridge venue on May 23.

Charlton’s last game in charge of the Republic was a European Championship play-off defeat to Holland at Anfield late in 1995, so this game will be a belated chance for him to say a proper goodbye to the Irish public.