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Icons of Football: Was Champagne Charlie Nicholas more Basil Fawlty or Bono?

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Charlie Nicholas is one of the most beloved, talented and lively characters to have played in Scottish football.

The hair, the fashion, the skills and the goals all made for a potent combination that saw 'Champagne Charlie' become one of the first players to make the leap from the back pages to the front pages. A true rock-star footballer.

He is the first of six great figures from the Scottish game to be featured in Icons of Football, a new BBC Scotland documentary telling the stories of their lives and careers both on and off the pitch.