Charlton was related to several professional footballers on his mother's side of the family: his uncles were Jack Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ), George Milburn ( Leeds United and Chesterfield ), Jim Milburn ( Leeds United and Bradford City ) and Stan Milburn ( Chesterfield, Leicester City and Rochdale ), and legendary Newcastle United and England footballer Jackie Milburn, was his mother's cousin.

Gregg returned to the plane to try to help the appallingly injured Busby and Blanchflower, and when he turned around again, he was relieved to see that Charlton and Viollet, both of whom he had presumed to be dead, had got out of their detached seats and were looking into the wreckage.

Charlton was the first injured survivor to leave hospital, Harry Gregg and Bill Foulkes were not hospitalized since they escaped uninjured.

Charlton and Hunt were now England's joint-highest scorers in the tournament with three each, and a final against West Germany beckoned.

Shortly before the World Cup Charlton was involved in the Bogotá Bracelet incident in which he and Bobby Moore were accused of stealing a bracelet from a jewellery store.

England were out and, after a record 106 caps and 49 goals, Charlton decided to end his international career at the age of 32.

Charlton Athletic were formed on 9 June 1905 by a group of 15-to 17-year-old boys in an area of Charlton which is no longer residential, near to the present-day site of the Thames Barrier.

Charlton finished second bottom in the Football League in 1926 and were forced to apply for re-election which was successful.

In 1956, the then board undermined Jimmy Seed and then sacked, and Charlton were relegated the following year.

In 1979 – 80 Charlton were relegated again to the Third Division, but won immediate promotion back to the Second Division in 1980 – 81.

Despite the move away from the Valley, Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985 – 86, and remained at this level for four years ( achieving a highest league finish of 14th ) often with late escapes, most notably against Leeds in 1987, where the Addicks triumphed in extra-time of the play-off final replay to secure their top flight place.

Under his sole leadership Charlton made an appearance in the playoffs in 1996 but were eliminated by Crystal Palace in the semi-finals and the following season brought a disappointing 15th place finish.

Charlton won 7 – 6 on penalties, with the match described as " arguably the most dramatic game of football in Wembley ’ s history ", and were promoted to the Premier League.

On 22 November 2008 Charlton suffered a 2 – 5 loss to Sheffield United at home, which meant that the club had gone eight successive games without a win and had slipped into the relegation zone — particularly disastrous considering they were among the pre-season favourites for promotion.

After spending almost the entire 2009 / 2010 season in the top six of League One, Charlton were defeated in the Football League One play-offs semi-final second leg on penalties to Swindon Town, condemning Charlton to another season in the third tier of English Football.

Charlton were rare among football clubs, in that they reserved a seat on their directors ' board for a supporter.

The exception came during the 1923 – 24 season when Charlton wore the colours of Catford Southend as part of the proposed move to Catford, which were light and dark blue stripes.

Banks had little to do during the second half but his known powers of concentration were required when Jack Charlton gave away a dubious free kick 30 yards from goal.

In one case, The Who were due to perform at The Valley, the London ( home of Charlton Athletic F. C .).

George and Caroline were already living separately, and in August 1797 Caroline moved to a private residence: The Vicarage or Old Rectory in Charlton, London.

The first commercially produced card was created in 1861 by John P. Charlton of Philadelphia, who patented a postal card, selling the rights to Hymen Lipman, whose postcards, complete with a decorated border, were labeled " Lipman's postal card.

With managers such as Jack Charlton and then Willie McFaul, Newcastle remained in the top-flight, until key players such as Waddle, Beardsley and Paul Gascoigne were sold, and the team was relegated once more at in 1989.

When the full league programme resumed in 1946 – 47 Charlton could finish only 19th in the First Division, just above the relegation spots.

In the 1940s, Charlton used a design featuring a robin sitting in a football within a shield, sometimes with the letters CAFC in the four quarters of the shield, which was worn for the 1946 FA Cup Final.

He worked on a 1946 U. S. Army Signal Corps film with Charlton Heston, and next settled in Greenwich Village and enrolled at the American Theater Wing, working off Broadway, including Jean-Paul Sartre's The Victors.

Charlton Comics was an American comic book publishing company that existed from 1946 to 1985, having begun under a different name ( T. W. O.

Following the adoption of the Charlton Comics name in 1946, the company over the next five years acquired material from freelance editor and comics packager Al Fago ( brother of former Timely Comics editor Vincent Fago ).

He served stateside in the United States Navy, in World War II, then from 1946 to 1949 studied theatre at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois alongside Charlton Heston.

The company would begin publishing under the Charlton name in 1946.

He guested for clubs including Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Wrexham, and Everton during the Second World War, and made his debut for Manchester United on 26 October 1946 in a 3 – 0 home win against Sunderland in the First Division.

The move was surprising, but Rooke immediately made an impact, scoring the winner on his debut against Charlton Athletic on December 14, 1946.

Further success with Manchester United came at last when they beat Leicester City 3 – 1 in the FA Cup final of 1963, with Charlton finally earning a winners ' medal in his third final.

In 1987 Charlton also returned to Wembley for the first time since the 1947 FA Cup final for the Full Members Cup final against Blackburn.

Charlton continued their poor run of form to go 18 games without a win, a new club record, before finally achieving a 1 – 0 away victory over Norwich City in an FA Cup Third Round replay.

* April 27 – FA Cup: Derby County beat Charlton Athletic in the first FA Cup final since the end of the war

Charlton was a part of the successful Leeds United side of the 1960s and 1970s, winning a league championship ( 1969 ), an FA Cup ( 1972 ), a League Cup ( 1968 ) and two Fairs Cups ( 1968 and 1971 ) and made a club record 773 appearances.

beat them in the semi finals of the European Cup, and Leeds lost the FA Cup final to Chelsea after a replay, after a pressured Charlton had unwittingly back-headed a long throw across his own area, allowing David Webb to score Chelsea's winner.

In 1972, Leeds finally won the FA Cup and Charlton completed his set of domestic medals.

Charlton resigned his position in May 1983 ( in a season where they reached the FA Cup semi-finals, a year before promotion to the First Division ), went briefly back to Middlesbrough ( a year after relegation to the Second Division ), then became manager of Newcastle United.

* FA Cup – Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1-0 after extra time

* FA Cup – Derby County beat Charlton Athletic 4 – 1 after extra time.

Additionally, there was a run to the FA Cup Final, with Aston Villa, Coventry, Luton Town, Middlesbrough and Liverpool being defeated before Charlton Athletic beat Burnley 1 – 0 after extra time in the final at Wembley.

On 28 January 2006, they beat Premier League strugglers Sunderland 2-1 in the 4th Round of the FA Cup, but lost 3-1 to another Premier League club Charlton Athletic ( of which former BBC Chairman Michael Grade was non-executive Director ) in the 5th Round.

On 28 January 2006, Brentford beat Premier League strugglers Sunderland 2 – 1 in the 4th Round of the FA Cup, but lost 3 – 1 to another Premier League club Charlton Athletic in the 5th Round.

Soon after joining Charlton, Hasselbaink was charged by The FA with improper conduct and / or bringing the game into disrepute for his claims about Chelsea.

* In February 1999 a Malaysian-based betting syndicate was caught attempting to install a remote-control device to sabotage the floodlights at FA Premier League team Charlton Athletic's ground with the aid of a corrupt security officer.

He also took Brentford to the fifth round of the FA Cup in two consecutive years, going out to Southampton in the 2004 – 05 season, losing 3 – 1 after a 2 – 2 draw at St Mary's, and to Charlton Athletic 3 – 1 in the 2005 – 06 season.

This stand is named after Charlton's manager, Jimmy Seed – with whom Charlton won the FA Cup in 1947.

Charlton went on to gain promotion as well as reach the 5th round of the FA Cup.

He scored 21 goals in the English First Division 1999 – 2000 season for the Trotters and helped them to the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and League Cup, including scoring the only goal in a tense FA Cup quarter-final game against Charlton Athletic.

* 7 May 2007 – Arsenal Ladies completed an unprecedented Quadruple of trophies, defeating Charlton Athletic 4 – 1 in the FA Women's Cup final, to add to their FA Women's Premier League, Women's League Cup and UEFA Women's Cup victories.