Editing Jack Charlton (section)

===Sheffield Wednesday===
In October 1977, he replaced [[Len Ashurst]] as manager at [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]], who were then bottom of the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]].<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=160}}</ref> He appointed as his assistant [[Maurice Setters]], who had experience managing at that level but had effectively ruled himself out of another management job after taking [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] to court for unfair dismissal.<ref name="page 161">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=161}}</ref> The two agreed that while the standard of football in the division was low, the work rates were high. So, the best way to make progress would be to play long balls into the opposition penalty area while recruiting big defenders to avoid being caught by opposition teams with similar tactics.<ref name="page 161"/> He took the "Owls" to mid-table safety with a 14th-place finish in the [[1977–78 Football League|1977–78]] season, though they did suffer embarrassment by being knocked out of the [[FA Cup]] by [[Northern Premier League]] side [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]].<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=162}}</ref>

His priority in the summer of 1978 was to find a target man for [[Tommy Tynan]] to play alongside. He found it in {{height|ft=6|in=2}} [[Andrew McCulloch (footballer)|Andrew McCulloch]], who arrived from [[Brentford F.C.|Brentford]] for a £70,000 fee.<ref name="page 164">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=164}}</ref> He signed [[Terry Curran]] as a winger but eventually moved him up front to play alongside McCulloch.<ref name="page 164"/> He sold goalkeeper [[Chris Turner (footballer, born 1958)|Chris Turner]] to [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]] and replaced him with the bigger [[Bob Bolder]].<ref name="page 164"/> He further raised the average height of the team by signing uncompromising centre-half [[Mick Pickering]] from [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]].<ref name="page 164"/> The team failed to advance in the league, finishing the [[1978–79 Football League|1978–79]] season again in 14th spot. They did make their mark on the FA Cup in the Third Round by taking [[1979 FA Cup Final|eventual winners]] [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] to four replays before they eventually succumbed to a 2–0 defeat.<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=166}}</ref>

Charlton's major acquisition for the [[1979–80 Football League|1979–80]] campaign was signing [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]] international midfielder [[Ante Miročević]] for a £200,0000 fee from [[FK Budućnost Podgorica]].<ref>{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=167}}</ref> Miročević proved unable to handle the British winter but otherwise added flair to the team in fairer weather.<ref name="page 168">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=168}}</ref> Wednesday went on to secure promotion with a third-place finish, and Curran finished as the division's top-scorer.<ref name=197980Table>{{cite web|title=League Division Three end of season table for 1979–80 season|url=https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-three/31-may-1980/|publisher=11v11|access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref>

As the [[1980–81 Football League|1980–81]] season came around Wednesday had young talent such as [[Mark Smith (footballer, born 1960)|Mark Smith]], [[Kevin Taylor (English footballer)|Kevin Taylor]], [[Peter Shirtliff]] and [[Mel Sterland]] breaking into the first team.<ref name="page 168"/> The club were comfortable in the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]], finishing in tenth position.<ref>{{cite web|title=League Division Two end of season table for 1980-81 season|url=https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-two/31-may-1981/|publisher=11v11|access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref>

Wednesday pushed for promotion in the [[1981–82 Football League|1981–82]] season, but it ended just one place and one point outside the promotion places and would have been promoted under the old two points for a win system that was replaced by the three points for a win system at the beginning of the campaign.<ref name="page 169">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=169}}</ref>

In building for the [[1982–83 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season|1982–83]] campaign, Charlton signed experienced defender [[Mick Lyons (English footballer)|Mick Lyons]] from [[Everton F.C.|Everton]], and by Christmas Wednesday were top of the table.<ref name="page 169"/> The club had a limited squad, and successful cup runs took their toll, as did injuries to McCulloch and [[Brian Hornsby]] as they drifted down to sixth place by the close of the season.<ref name="page 169"/> They reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup, losing 2–1 to [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]] at [[Arsenal Stadium|Highbury]] with key defender [[Ian Bailey (footballer)|Ian Bailey]] out with a broken leg sustained the previous week. Charlton announced his departure from [[Hillsborough Stadium|Hillsborough]] in May 1983 despite pleas from the directors for him to stay.<ref name="page 170">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=170}}</ref>

In March 1984, [[Malcolm Allison]] left [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] and Charlton agreed to manage the club until the end of the [[1983–84 Football League|1983–84]] to help steer the club away from the Second Division relegation zone.<ref name="page 171">{{harvnb|Charlton|1996|p=171}}</ref> He was unpaid except for expenses and only took the job as a favour to his friend Mike McCullagh, who was the club's chairman.<ref name="page 171"/> Middlesbrough ended the season in 17th place, seven points clear of the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite web|title=League Division Two end of season table for 1983-84 season|url=https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-division-two/31-may-1984/|publisher=11v11|access-date=11 July 2020}}</ref>