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Charlie Nicholas

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Oh, Charlie Nicholas, foppish, ridiculous
Charmer from Glasgow, those meandering locks.
Mercurial ball-skills in red and white socks.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 On North London saturdays, glimpses of special ways
As he guided the ball with baton feet.
Doubters and critics and defenders beat.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Oh, Charlie Nicholas, meagre in goals for us.
In tabloid romances he put away more chances.
Though I prefer to reflect on two Cup Final glances.

Notes

Charlie was my boyhood hero. Sublime and yet infuriating, he mostly failed at Arsenal. Though his two goals in the 1987 League Cup Final against Liverpool are treasured memories. Players like Charlie rightly deserve their place in football folk-lore.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/charlie-nicholas/