Nicholas John Chatterton (born 18 May 1954),[1] is an English retired footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League. Chatterton was born in South Norwood, London.

Chatterton started his career in 1973 at Crystal Palace, where he was the son of the club's groundskeeper Len Chatterton. In November 1978,[2] he moved to neighbouring south London club, Millwall. In 1986, he moved to Colchester United, where he finished his career.

as part the shows around Mervs Payne new book on the class of 79' on this show we talk to Nicky Chatterton.

They were just a bunch of ordinary football-mad boys from the local estates, but together on the football pitch they were unstoppable.

Written by Lions fan Merv Payne, this is the story of the Millwall team that won the FA Youth Cup for the first time in the club’s history in 1979, but they were so much more than just a team.

An inseparable band of brothers, they defied the odds by not only beating some of the top teams in the country on their way to the final, they out-footballed them.

What was all the more remarkable was that they did it while the football club imploded around them under a constant wave of financial and other off-the-field troubles as it plummeted towards lower league footballing oblivion.

The club’s dwindling fortunes would surely be turned around with the help of this new crop of brilliant young players graduating to the team. Unfortunately, as we know, football isn’t always quite as simple as that. 

Ordinary Boys - The Class of '79 tells the story about Millwall's history-making FA Youth Cup-winning team of 1979, where they came from, and what happened next.

You can order now on Amazon in Kindle format by clicking here, or on paperback here.

Alternatively, signed copies of Merv's book are available here.

Music at the beginning and end is by Millwall Fan Harry Kenny From HK Guitars You can find him on Instagram or just click this link https://www.instagram.com/hk.guitars/

You can see all the other covers he’s done all up on his Instagram account.

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