Club Management
He was offered the job as manager of second division Middlesbrough on his 38th birthday in 1973, and he led them to promotion back to the top flight in his first season by such a considerable margin that he was given the Manager Of The Year award. Previously, the honour had never been awarded to a manager outside of the First Division. He consolidated Middlesbrough's place in the top flight acquiring a reputation for ultra-defensive tactics particularly in away games.
Charlton quit Middlesbrough in April 1977, and applied unsuccessfully for the job of England manager, which had been controversially vacated by the resignation of his old Leeds boss Don Revie. Charlton never received a reply. In October, he then took over as manager at Sheffield Wednesday and led them to promotion from the Third Division in 1980. Two years later they missed out on promotion by one point.
Charlton resigned his position in May 1983 (in a season where they reached the FA Cup semi-finals, a year before promotion to the First Division), went briefly back to Middlesbrough (a year after relegation to the Second Division), then became manager of Newcastle United. However, after the first signs of unrest from supporters, he resigned after a year in the job.
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