{"id":292574,"date":"2023-09-16T01:36:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=292574"},"modified":"2023-09-16T01:36:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T01:36:57","slug":"charlie-nicholas-on-arsenal-celtic-and-champagne-charlie-nickname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/soccer\/charlie-nicholas-on-arsenal-celtic-and-champagne-charlie-nickname\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Nicholas on Arsenal, Celtic and &apos;Champagne Charlie&apos; nickname"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Charlie Nicholas was a cover star for the NME with his leather trousers and Bono Style&#8230; and they still think he&#8217;s &#8216;Champagne Charlie&#8217; being chased by girls as he insists &#8216;hang on, I&#8217;m in my 60s!&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Charlie Nicholas was a prolific Scottish striker for the likes of Celtic and Arsenal\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In his career, he picked up the nickname &#8216;Champagne Charlie&#8217; and it still sticks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s podcast It&#8217;s All Kicking Off!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two crates of Moet &amp; Chandon descended on Celtic\u2019s dressing room by way of congratulations to Charlie Nicholas for reaching 30 goals, and no sooner did they arrive than they attracted the attention of Billy McNeill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019re not all yours,\u2019 said boss McNeill, eyes towards the bottles of bubbly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don\u2019t like Moet champagne, gaffer,\u2019 replied young Nicholas.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What you going to do with it, then?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You tell me, gaffer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Danny McGrain, Celtic\u2019s captain, joined the conversation, keen to stress that there were 16 players in the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487069-0-image-a-42_1694806447292.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Charlie Nicholas was a prolific striker who played for the likes of Celtic, Arsenal and Aberdeen<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487073-0-image-a-44_1694806467961.jpg\" height=\"566\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He picked up the nickname &#8216;Champagne Charlie&#8217; early in his career and it has stuck ever since<\/p>\n<p>McNeill counted his coaching staff. Others were mentioned in their absence. The list grew, they divided the bubbly accordingly, then handed the striker his reward.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One bottle,\u2019 smiles Nicholas as he summons the tale from the start of his playing career as evidence for the case that his nickname should not have stuck the way it did.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A cheap hit, a throwaway line that became an image. I never liked champagne. I couldn\u2019t afford it when I started on \u00a330 a week at Celtic with a tenner of that going for my digs. Try living on champagne with \u00a320 a week. It\u2019s unfeasible.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I took that bottle home for my Mum and Dad. They didn\u2019t like it, either. It sat in the cupboard for years and gathered dust.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There is the twinkle in his eye to go with the diamond sparkling in his ear and sharp haircut, silvery these days, and Nicholas is prepared to laugh and admit he did, over time, acquire a taste for the vintage fizz.<\/p>\n<p>There were times, too, when he played up to the image and, although he is looking lean and fit at 61, he probably knows he will not outrun Champagne Charlie. It has pursued him since the first flurry of Celtic goals, thrived amid a sensational transfer to Arsenal and resurfaced during 20 years of punditry on Sky Sports when a new generation of fans fell for his cheeky charm.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019d be amazed how many people come up to me in England and go, \u201cAll right Champagne, how are you?\u201d And they don\u2019t know me as a footballer. They know me from TV. The boys on Soccer AM always liked to think I was still Champagne Charlie, with the girls chasing me. They loved it. I\u2019d be like, \u201cNo, hang on, I\u2019m in my 60s\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487071-0-image-a-43_1694806449730.jpg\" height=\"1245\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After he picked it up, the nickname thrived amid a move to Arsenal and resurfaced during 20 years of punditry on Sky Sports when a new generation of fans fell for Nicholas&#8217; cheeky charm<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas was part of the classic line-up on Sky\u2019s Soccer Saturday until they ditched him, Phil Thompson and Matt Le Tissier in the name of progress two years ago. He took it as his cue to step back from the bright lights. It offers more time to devote to his grandson, one year old and already in Celtic hoops. To improving his golf game and his business interests in green energy, turning waste into clean fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, though, he\u2019ll be back in the company of Jeff Stelling, who will set out on his fifth \u201cFootball March\u201d from Wembley Stadium to Wycombe\u2019s Adams Park, raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK.<\/p>\n<p>The walk is in honour of Bill Turnbull, the late TV presenter and Wycombe supporter who died last year at the age of 66. Stelling\u2019s fundraising total is already more than \u00a31.5million, and his efforts have educated many about a disease that can strike without symptoms. Most at risk are the over-50s with a family history of prostate cancer, and it is especially prevalent among black men.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas, who lost his father \u2014 also called Charlie and known as Chic \u2014 to prostate cancer in 2009, has always been committed to supporting his friend and former Soccer Saturday colleague.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There will be flashbacks about my Dad,\u2019 he says. \u2018Quirky moments. Bus rides because he didn\u2019t drive. Two or three buses to training at Celtic Juniors. Moments when I thought I might not make it in football. Breaking into the first team. Breaking my leg. He was always there for me. The older I get the more emotional I am.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas grew up in Maryhill, next door to Jim Duffy who also started at Celtic and enjoyed a long career as a player and coach. Another childhood pal was Brian Robertson, whose son Andy plays for Liverpool and Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our dads were Celtic diehards,\u2019 says Nicholas, who was with his father among 136,505 packed into Hampden Park for the second leg of the European Cup semi-final against Leeds in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We couldn\u2019t see the game. We were squashed at the back against this thin sheet of corrugated metal. Actually dangerous.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>They were together when Jock Stein\u2019s Lisbon Lions brought the European Cup home in 1967. \u2018We went to see them parade the trophy. Two laps of Celtic Park on the back of an old truck. I\u2019ve never read a better story in football than the Lions. I\u2019m a bit of a romantic.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Then these heroes become part of their lives. Stein tucked a tenner into Chic\u2019s top pocket and told him to enjoy \u2018a couple pints of heavy\u2019 as they agreed Charlie would sign youth forms at Celtic, regardless of attractive offers from Ipswich and Wolves, and the promise of trials at Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487767-0-image-a-50_1694806628373.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas was part of the classic line-up on Soccer Saturday until they ditched him (right), Phil Thompson (second right) and Matt Le Tissier (second left) in the name of progress in 2020<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75488211-12524225-image-a-52_1694807684844.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, he&#8217;ll join Jeff Stelling, who will set out on his fifth \u201cFootball March\u201d from Wembley Stadium to Wycombe\u2019s Adams Park, raising funds and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK<\/p>\n<p>By the time he turned pro, McNeill had replaced Stein and the esteemed captain of the Lions, known to all as Caesar, convinced Charlie\u2019s mother Christina to let her son end his apprenticeship as a car mechanic. \u2018He told her to trust him,\u2019 says Nicholas. \u2018She gave in to Billy and let me go.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Celtic\u2019s captain was McGrain, another club legend, who gave Nicholas lifts across Glasgow and became a strong mentor as the striker stormed into the team with goals on his debut and two in his first derby against Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That was my statement- making moment,\u2019 says Nicolas. \u2018Walking down the road to meet Danny, I was very nervous. Maryhill was mixed, 50-50 Celtic-Rangers. Lots of my friends were Rangers fans but they weren\u2019t your friends that day.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The atmosphere was truly unbelievable. Packed to capacity with thousands of Rangers fans in those days. The whole of one end. I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s anything like it today. Possibly in Argentina. I proved I could handle that situation. It didn\u2019t change me as a person but it gave me the belief. I was ready for the big games.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It ought to have been just the start of a long and beautiful relationship. Nicholas had a rapport with the fans. He won Scottish titles in his first two years and recovered from a broken leg to score 48 in 53 games in 1982-83.<\/p>\n<p>At 21, he won his first Scotland cap and was Scottish Player of the Year. He had scored 84 goals in 117 appearances for his boyhood club and it made him one of the hottest properties in world football.<\/p>\n<p>Then Celtic refused to negotiate a new contract and sold him. \u2018I didn\u2019t want to go,\u2019 says Nicholas. \u2018I had no interest in leaving Celtic in 1983. I thought I had at least two more seasons. I wanted to do well in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Kenny Dalglish reached an agreement to go when he was 26. I\u2019d have been quite content to do the same. They just said it was the right time to move me on, but they told the Celtic fans I wanted to leave. It was just a lie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018My Dad would come home with the papers, saying, \u201cLook what they\u2019re saying\u201d, and I\u2019d be going, \u201cWell, you know the facts, Dad\u201d. It was all quite disturbing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Part of the \u00a3750,000 deal with Arsenal was a friendly game in Glasgow. \u2018I got hammered but I understood those were the consequences. I was in the stadium when King Kenny came back with Liverpool and we gave him a hard time. I had to stand away from my mates because I couldn\u2019t accept they were giving him a hard time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then I went through the same process. I speak to Kenny about it. He\u2019s probably more loved now than at any other time, whereas I don\u2019t get the same warmth.\u2019 Regret lingers as Nicholas rewinds time. His relationship with Celtic was never the same again despite him answering a call to return from Aberdeen in 1990. He came back to help, only to find his club in such a financial mess he could barely contain his anger.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75488213-12524225-image-a-53_1694807970663.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas (left with West Ham boss David Moyes) lost his father \u2014 also called Charlie and known as Chic \u2014 to prostate cancer in 2009, and has always been committed to supporting Stelling<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487067-0-image-m-47_1694806484101.jpg\" height=\"743\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas moved onto Arsenal in 1983 after being forced to leave Celtic despite wanting to stay\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That came through, which didn\u2019t help my cause, but your heart is what your heart is.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3>THE REAL STORY BEHIND THAT NME COVER SHOOT\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>With football and pop culture growing ever closer in the 1980s, Charlie Nicholas was the perfect fit for an NME cover story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At 22, the Scot was one of the sport\u2019s most exciting young talents, the darling of Arsenal\u2019s North Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Off the pitch, he carried himself like a rock star, his flowing locks and sense of style apparently modelled on U2\u2019s Bono.<\/p>\n<p>The aim of my piece, a sequel of sorts to a Pat Nevin feature I\u2019d written the previous year, was to show not all footballers fitted the sick-as-a-parrot stereotype.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas had acquired a Champagne Charlie reputation, and his choice of interview location, the trendy West End cocktail bar Coconut Grove, didn\u2019t contradict that playboy impression.<\/p>\n<p>But drinking only coffee, he proved a thoughtful, articulate interviewee, his comments laced with Glasgow humour.<\/p>\n<p>We chatted about the comparisons being made between him and George Best.<\/p>\n<p>He also talked about his public image, and how his off-field activities were blown out of proportion.<\/p>\n<p>He declared himself a fan of Queen, Big Country and, inevitably, U2, the band he played to get him in the mood on matchdays.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Within a few years, the football-music crossover had snowballed. The Wedding Present released an album called George Best, and Half Man Half Biscuit released All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Next came Italia \u201990 and World In Motion, Liverpool\u2019s Spice Boys and football as \u2018the new rock \u2019n\u2019 roll\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Charlie was ahead of the game \u2014 and that\u2019s from a Tottenham fan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/16\/00\/75493505-12524225-image-a-73_1694819687165.jpg\" height=\"366\" width=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p>By ADRIAN THRILLS<\/p>\n<p><span>Adrian Thrills is the Daily Mail music critic who interviewed Charlie for the NME in 1984\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rejecting Liverpool\u2019s advances, fearing he would not get in the team with Dalglish and Ian Rush up front, was the main regret, though. \u2018I must be about eight medals down,\u2019 laughs Nicholas, comparing Arsenal\u2019s League Cup triumph to Liverpool\u2019s mid-1980s trophy haul. \u2018I won things at Celtic but I would have been a more appreciated player had I won a lot more. Ask Harry Kane.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yes, the wrong decision in hindsight. Their style was wrong for me but they were trying to change it by bringing Liam Brady back and signing Ray Wilkins. They were even talking about Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff. None of it materialised. I was the only one who signed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It also cost him Scotland caps under Stein. \u2018Jock was furious,\u2019 says Nicholas. \u2018He thought I should have gone to Liverpool or Man United. He never came down or sent anyone to watch me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Even so, he has nothing but affection for Arsenal. \u2018They\u2019re a club I actually love.\u2019 He is often at the Emirates, thrilled by the transformation under Mikel Arteta and the positive new mood.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I love the togetherness and passion,\u2019 he says, and the feeling is mutual because Arsenal supporters adore him. They have not forgotten he chose Highbury when he could have gone virtually anywhere, and he won them the League Cup in 1987 with two goals at Wembley, and scored two in a 4-2 win at Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Badly needed,\u2019 says Nicholas of the brace in his first North London derby. \u2018I knew I was supposed to deliver goals and I was struggling. Terry Neill got the sack and I felt guilty about that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, his lifestyle was under scrutiny. \u2018I was lonely. I was never a beer drinker but we all went out at Celtic. I\u2019d have a couple of glasses of wine. Even the non-drinkers came for an hour. At Arsenal, most of the boys were married and lived 20 miles away. I was 21 and wanted to get out and see a bit of life.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There was always an independent spirit about Nicholas. Breaking in at Celtic, his fashion sense drew comment. Jim Kerr, the Celtic-supporting Simple Minds frontman, said he was like one of them minus the guitar.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Minds were great,\u2019 says Nicholas. \u2018I liked all that, but people said I was trying to look like Bono from U2 before I\u2019d even seen him. I liked the music but I had an earring and no socks because that\u2019s how my mates dressed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps he was still smarting from the experience of Wembley with Scotland in 1975. Not so much the 5-1 defeat, more the crime against his jeans by his sister. \u2018She put tartan on my white skinners, down the sides and along the bottom. We went on the supporters\u2019 bus with Dad and his mates. I\u2019d never been so embarrassed. My mates slaughtered me for months saying I was a Bay City Rollers fan. I wasn\u2019t.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In London, in the absence of footballers for company, Nicholas hung out with musicians. \u2018The Spandau Ballet lads and one of Duran Duran were big Arsenal fans. I\u2019d see Sting and Phil Collins in my local in Highgate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/21\/75488477-12524225-image-m-55_1694808166932.jpg\" height=\"656\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>He (right) was prolific at Arsenal but missed out on trophies after rejecting a move to Liverpool<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/15\/20\/75487287-0-image-a-49_1694806506515.jpg\" height=\"806\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Since leaving Sky, Nicholas has spent more time with his grandson, improved his golf game and focused on his business interests in green energy, turning waste into clean fuel<\/p>\n<p>There were celebrity romances and he posed for the cover of the NME. All of which made him an easy target for opposition fans, but he did not crash from the rails in the way Tony Adams and Paul Merson would before long.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas played deep into his 30s, finishing with a season at Clyde because he loved football.<\/p>\n<p>Still does, as it happens. Loves to talk about it. He talked for two hours, hardly pausing for breath, on the day England beat Scotland and he\u2019ll be talking tomorrow as he walks. Loves to see it. Loves to be part of it and feel its pulse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The fans are the heartbeat,\u2019 he says. \u2018There\u2019s nothing better than the big-match atmosphere.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Stelling is walking from Wembley to Wycombe for Prostate Cancer UK tomorrow.\u00a0 To sponsor Jeff, search for Jeff Stelling\u2019s Football March at\u00a0https:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/campaign\/JeffStellingsFootballMarch2023\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12524225\/Charlie-Nicholas-Celtic-Arsenal-Scotland-Champagne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Nicholas was a cover star for the NME with his leather trousers and Bono Style&#8230; and they still think <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charlie Nicholas on Arsenal, Celtic and &amp;apos;Champagne Charlie&amp;apos; 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