brya n bryan robson they are talking about sir bobby robson...assed away at the age of 86. these are pictures from outside of manchester cathedral, where the funeral is going to take place of sir bobby charlton. we have been hearing from our correspondent 0llie foster ahead of the funeral. thousands of people have lined the streets to pay their respects to sir bobby charlton ahead of his funeral. the cortez has already made its way past 0ld the cortez has already made its way past old trafford, with thousands paying their respects and sang a final farewell to a man who was a hero to so many. it passed along side the united trinity statue outside the stadium. many hundreds of people who had lined the streets burst into spontaneous applause as the cortez past —— as the cortege passed its way alongside the statue. it passed through a guard of honour compromising members of the cap is made under 18 and under 21 squads, before it set off for the cathedral. it will be arriving at the cathedral any moment now. where the private ceremony will start. it w

bryan robson there, former manchester united and england captain sharing his thoughts of sir bobby charltonng about the influence that he had after he stopped playing for 17 years for manchester united. we are seeing the picture is live now from old trafford where the funeral corps —— is just arriving. you trafford where the funeral corps —— isjust arriving. you can trafford where the funeral corps —— is just arriving. you can see hundreds who have lined the main concourse there are just in front of the main stand the sight stand is now formally the sir bobby charlton stand. there will be a guard of honourfor stand. there will be a guard of honour for manchester united's underage 18 and under 21 is as the procession will pose for a moment in front of the united trinity statue, which are round match days and around is always a focus for manchester fans from around the world, the united trinity, the great united sides of the 1960s that won league titles, the european cup in 1968, george best, denis law and sir bobby charlton, which we should see in a moment. as you can see, hundreds upon hund

we spoke to bryan robson before the service and just like you touched on, how bobby charlton had a wordthey knew what manchester united was about.- manchester united was about. i came from scotland — manchester united was about. i came from scotland to _ manchester united was about. i came from scotland to try _ manchester united was about. i came from scotland to try and _ manchester united was about. i came from scotland to try and make - manchester united was about. i came from scotland to try and make a - manchester united was about. i came | from scotland to try and make a name for myself at manchester united and trying to take his place in the team. i was treading carefully in what i was saying and everything. what i got from him was encouragement. his days were over, he said but he wished me all the best and i asked him how you succeed at manchester united and he said trying to do what i have done. i said i will never do what you have done! you have been coming 17 years in and out of training every day and you are still running and still going strong. everything about him was rem

his former assistant at england bryan robson asked him to come and help out at middlesbrough where they at middlesbrough where they were joined managers for a time. help out at middlesbrough where they werejoined managers for a time. he was manager of leeds united briefly as well. but since then and illness, we understand, from the family has been a long one, has affected him right up until his death today at the age of 88. thank you for that. to bring you the latest statements we are getting hit with tributes to terry venables who has died after an illness, let's start with the statement issued on behalf of the family of terry venables. "we are totally devastated by the loss of a wonderful husband and father who passed away peacefully yesterday after a long illness. we would ask that privacy be given at this incredibly sad time to allow us to mourn the loss of this lovely man. we were so lucky to have had in our lives. " we are getting more tributes in from the footballing world, as you would expect. such a huge figure in english football, player, manager, national team coach, and we h

tougher graham taylor, he went through a little period where the great had retired, terry butcher, bryan robson end of their careers and it was a tough time. then terry came in at a time when we did have good players, but he used them perfectly. some of his tactics in the matches, particularly during euro 96, were very thoughtful, imaginative, and he brought the best out, i think, that england team, and they were incredibly unlucky to not have won that semifinal and i am sure they would have gone on to win the final if germany hadn't beaten them in that penalty shoot—out. it doesn't matter which player you speak to that played under terry, whether way back at crystal palace or qpr or barcelona, all of them would speak incredibly highly of him. notjust as a coach, but also as a human being and a lovely, lovely funnyman. and the pictures of him consoling gareth southgate after that missed penalty alluded to that. i'm sure many people wonder how his skill set would have translated to the modern game. you have used the word a couple of times — innovative. he couple of times - innovative. he would c