When I think of nasty players in T&T, three players come to mind – Rugged Tom, Arnim David, and Charlie Spooner. I will go with Charlie Spooner of the three.
Ask Mori Diane of Howard University and Cyrus of Paragon about Charlie. After Charlie hit Cyrus with a right hand, according to Tansley Thompson, Cyrus ran into the dressing room, announced that he stopped playing football, and immediately turned to religion. Coop’s, Ah lie?
However, I will give my all-time nastiest player award to a Jamaican player called, “Thinker.” Back in the 1980s, we had a Caribbean-African league in the Washington, DC, area, and he played for a team called, Roots.
At least Charlie Spooner used to hit yuh a right hand in the action of play, but Thinker would hit yuh when the ball was not even around. The game would be going on one side of the field, and you would see one of your players lying down on the other side. David Nakhid and Barry Henderson could tell yuh about their experiences with Thinker.
Trevor