Sir Bobby's final Old Trafford pass

IT was a simple tribute: a single black, white and red scarf tied around the neck of Sir Bobby Charlton's statue at Old Trafford.

- CARL MARKHAM

Of the thousands of fans who lined the apron of the stadium to pay their respects as Charlton's funeral cortege drove past, one had climbed the 20-feet high bronze and marble United Trinity sculpture of George Best, Denis Law and Charlton to adorn the latter with club colours.

United marked the final journey of one of the club's all-time greats with numerous black and white photographs depicting Charlton's long and illustrious career as a player and a director and even his work with the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools, an initiative which ran for nearly 45 years and helped discover David Beckham.