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Hope for Euros in hometown of two World Cup winners
Jack and Bobby Charlton, who were in the 1966 World Cup-winning team, came from Ashington.
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Ashington is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, with a population of 27,864 at the 2011 Census. It was once a centre of the coal mining industry. The town is 15 miles (24 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, west of the A189 and bordered to the south by the River Wansbeck. Many inhabitants have a distinctive accent and dialect known as Pitmatic. This varies from the regional dialect known as Geordie.
Jack and Bobby Charlton, who were in the 1966 World Cup-winning team, came from Ashington.