United retained their league title this season, which was also notable for being the breakthrough season of forward Bobby Charlton, who made his debut on 6 October 1956 in the league match against Charlton Athletic a few days before his 19th birthday and scored twice, soon becoming a regular fixture in the United attack alongside the high-scoring Tommy Taylor and Bill Whelan.
His mother's family all live in the London area and his grandfather went to the same north-east school as Sir Bobby Charlton.
In 1991, Al Midani attempted a takeover bid of Manchester United as part of a consortium that included club director and former player Bobby Charlton and would have installed Charlton as chairman, but was put off by Edwards' asking price of £30 million.
After the match, newspaper reports stated that referee Rudolf Kreitlein had cautioned both Bobby and Jack Charlton, as well as sending off Argentinian Antonio Rattin.
Sir Bobby Charlton (born 1937), England and Manchester United footballer
A fanatical Manchester United supporter, he gave one of his sons the middle name "Charlton" after Sir Bobby Charlton.
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The school has a UEFA-standard FieldTurf artificial grass football pitch which was opened in April 2007 by Bobby Charlton.
In keeping with its specialisation in physical education, the three houses were named after famous athletes: Woods, named after golf player Tiger Woods; Charlton, named after Sir Bobby Charlton, who officially re-opened Ruskin Sports College on 29 September 2002; and Radcliffe, named after Paula Radcliffe.
Despite his surname, he was not related to the more famous footballers Bobby Charlton and Jack Charlton, who were two contemporaries of his.
On Friday 8 July 2011 Stretford High School pupils in conjunction with Sir Bobby Charlton and Dickie Bird MBE unveiled blue plaques dedicated to Tommy Taylor and Duncan Edwards, two of the Busby Babes who lived in the locality and died in the Munich Air Crash.
She is the daughter of former Manchester United and England footballer, Sir Bobby Charlton and his wife Lady Norma (née Ball), and the niece of former Leeds United and England footballer Jack Charlton.