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    Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

    A true Welsh great.

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    Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

    RIP, shouldn't be a nil thread.

    Would perhaps have been better regarded but for injuries and if his brother wasn't a true great, but he seemed happy enough and indeed called his autobiography In the Shadow of Giant.

    He was more Brian Laudrup than Joel Cantona.

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      Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

      Did he ever get those the clitorises off his eyes?

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        Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

        Eh?

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          Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

          While at Arsenal, Mel somehow confused cataracts with clitorises, and told the Match of the Day interviewer he was OK playing under the new fangled flodlights - "I'm OK, it's just these clitorises in my eyes".

          The Charles brothers were much loved for their footballing skill and friendly, placid personalities, but were not renowned for their intellect.

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            #6
            Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

            Ha, never heard that story.

            My mum dealt with the brothers a little bit when they were at Cardiff in the sixties and always says they were sweethearts.

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              #7
              Mel Charles 1935 - 2016

              Was that in his Porthmadog days? Famously, they were bankrolled by a local holiday camp millionaire and paid him 50% than he'd ever got from a League club previously.

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