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The first image in our new Monday series features Arsenal’s Northern Irish left-back in April 1979.
Nelson had been having a bit of a stinker at home to Coventry City in a league match and was getting ‘the byrd’ from the crowd, but with Arsenal trailing 0-1, he was on hand to hammer in the equalisier.
Without any hesitation, after doing so he went straight over to Highbury’s North Bank (Arsenal’s popular end in those days), bent-over and dropped his shorts baring his cheeks to his not so adoring, but surprised public.
The game ended 1-1, Nelson saved the Gunners a point, but found himself plastered all over the back pages the next morning....
Maybe that was the plan?