Editing Bobby Charlton (section)

===Euro 1968===
Charlton's next England game was his 75th, as England beat [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]]; after two more appearances he became England's second most-capped player, behind the veteran [[Billy Wright (footballer born 1924)|Billy Wright]], who was approaching his 100th match when Charlton was starting out and ended with 105 caps.

Weeks later he scored his 45th England goal in a friendly against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]], breaking the record of 44 set the previous year by Jimmy Greaves. He was then in the England team which made it to the semi-finals of the [[UEFA Euro 1968|1968 European Championships]], where they were knocked out by Yugoslavia in [[Florence]]. During the match Charlton struck a Yugoslav post. England defeated the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]] 2–0 in the third place match.

In 1969, Charlton was appointed an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] for services to football. More milestones followed as he won his 100th England cap on 21 April 1970 against Northern Ireland, and was made captain by Ramsey for the occasion. Inevitably, he scored; this was his 48th goal for his country – his 49th and final goal followed a month later in a 4–0 win over [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] during a warm-up tour for the [[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970 World Cup]], designed to get the players adapted to altitude conditions. Charlton's inevitable selection by Ramsey for the tournament made him the first – and still, to date, only – England player to feature in four World Cup squads.