Ballon D'or

Tommy Charlton, 77, believes the Manchester United and England midfielder has been reunited with their older sibling Jack Charlton in heaven. Today Manchester will say goodbye to Sir Bobby, who died last month after a fall at a care home where he was suffering from dementia. The miner's son from Northumberland became a global icon after he won the World Cup, European Cup, three English league titles and the FA Cup as well as the Ballon d'Or - only one of six UK players to do so. His achievements are were all the more remarkable given he almost died in the Munich Air Disaster in 1958. Thousands will line the streets this afternoon ahead of a memorial service at Manchester Cathedral, where greats of the game and his loved-ones will gather. The procession to the cathedral will pass by his beloved Old Trafford. Tommy Charlton told the BBC : 'He was my big brother. My fondest memories are when he was my brother. You'd meet him at the game and Bob would straighten your tie, and make sure your jacket was right and say you should have worn a different colour shirt. That was being a brother and I loved that'....read