John Charles
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Oct 28, 2026
Gareth ThomasHOST
It's our gentle giant in Wales that we've got of our time.
Gareth ThomasHOST
John Charles to Bale.
Gareth ThomasHOST
You know, Bale is our Ronaldo.
Gareth ThomasHOST
He's far more likeable.
Gareth ThomasHOST
And there's always that bloke we talk about in the background, you know, John Charles.
Gareth ThomasHOST
Oh, John Charles, yeah.
Gareth ThomasHOST
Yeah, John Charles.
Gareth ThomasHOST
I think he's that for Portugal.
Rory SmithHOST
Horncastle, any, any advancements on that?
James HorncastlePANELIST
Uh, no, no. John Charles.
Rory SmithHOST
Mmkay.
Rory SmithHOST
Any advancement on that, Horncastle?
James HorncastlePANELIST
Well, I think Wilson already gave his answer, so I will go with John Charles.
Rory SmithHOST
You would both be wrong.
Rory SmithHOST
Billy Wright.
LeeGUEST
I think one of my favourite ever, one of my favourite ever thingies, I think it was about, say 1957, the Home Internationals, the Home International Championships and England were playing Wales and I think Jimmy Murphy, who was United's assistant coach, was the... manager of Wales or the coach of Wales at the time.
LeeGUEST
They were in the changing room before the game and the captain, I can't remember, it might have been maybe like John Charles.
LeeGUEST
And John Charles was saying, get close to Tommy Taylor.
LeeGUEST
He doesn't like it.
LeeGUEST
He doesn't like Tommy Taylor.
Nathan MurphyHOST
Yeah.
Nathan MurphyHOST
One, one who came up a- a lot, but actually we should point out that this is from 1960 onwards generally is what we've been doing, is John Charles, who's a player I know you've spoken about a lot-
John GilesGUEST
Yeah
Nathan MurphyHOST
... has been an, an incredible striker, and had a brilliant record at Leeds, but generally in the '50s.
Nathan MurphyHOST
Mm.
John GilesGUEST
So usually when we're doing this, Nathan, we're going back to 1960.
John GilesGUEST
But John Charles is one of the best players I've ever seen.
John GilesGUEST
He was a huge, big man.
OwenHOST
Yeah.
OwenHOST
John Charles, uh, before anyone's time.
OwenHOST
But, uh, [laughs] my dad used to talk about John Charles all the time.
OwenHOST
Uh, but, uh, there you go.
OwenHOST
Uh, Koumas is, uh, yeah, I mean, he's a credit.
Mark PlantGUEST
Um, and whoever the Welsh footballer was that they always used to bang on about, the defender that was at Leeds, Charles, is that right?
GavinHOST
Yeah, John Charles.
Mark PlantGUEST
Is that right? John Charles, he went to Wales, and I think he, he earned more in two seasons than he did in his entire career-
GavinHOST
Mm
Mark PlantGUEST
... um, playing at Udinese or somewhere like that, and he was on something like, um, £2,000 a week back then.
Adam PopeGUEST
So it's been calm.
Adam PopeGUEST
Um, they're redeveloping the place, uh, the, the famous John Charles, the West Stand.
Adam PopeGUEST
Um, and that will help, you know, get revenues up for them, the, the new regime for SCR.
Adam PopeGUEST
And it means that Daniel Farke's worked in a- In a progressive and an evolving club, um, around him, you know, with good management, but also the fact that he's a really good coach, Faisal, and has made people better.
PaulHOST
For much of the club's early existence, Leeds weren't even particularly successful.
PaulHOST
There was John Charles, there were good teams, there were moments, but Leeds weren't dominating English football, they weren't Manchester United, they weren't Liverpool, they weren't Arsenal, and they certainly weren't universally hated.
PaulHOST
Then one man changed everything.
PaulHOST
Don Revy.