Young Gun: Charlie Patino

This summer, we're featuring some of the players who have appeared in our academy Young Gun section of the match day programme in 2020/21. Next, we have exciting central midfielder, Charlie Patino.

My first-ever football club was St Albans City.

I actually grew up living in London Colney and I was really close to the Arsenal training ground even as a kid, but St Albans City were my first club and I’ve got some great memories of playing there. We used to just turn up on a Saturday and play a game, it was as simple as that. There was no training or anything overly structured, you were basically just free to do whatever you want and play, as you should be as a kid.

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