Moving tale of how Jacko gave a different meaning to giving something back
When footballers talk about 'giving something back', it is usually in the context of coaching, passing on the benefits of what they have learned on the field so that others might have a chance to live the life they have enjoyed. For Peter Jackson, the phrase has a very different meaning. For more than 30 years, Peter and his wife Alison lived the good life, riding the football roller coaster together during his career as player and manager. As a player, he edged out Paul Gascoigne and Peter Beardsley when he was named Newcastle United's Player of the Year. He went on to make more than 650 League appearances for five clubs. As a manager, the sharp-suited 'Jacko' competed with Jose Mourinho in the touchline style stakes when Huddersfield Town played Chelsea in the FA Cup, savoured the highs of victory in a play-off final at the Millennium Stadium -- and endured the lows, three times suffering the occupational hazard of the sack. But those dark days wer