We are getting used to seeing Bournemouth legends leave the club. The Championship winning side of 2014-15 will always have its place in AFCB history and Charlie Daniels was one of the men who made it possible for AFCB to play in the Premier League. While we have seen Tommy Elphick, Matt Ritchie, Artur Boruc, Harry Arter, Ryan Fraser, Simon Francis, Andrew Surman, Marc Pugh and Callum Wilson depart and a few others from that great squad, Charlie Daniels was the player that managed to keep his place as AFCB's top left-back no matter how many times he was given fresh competition at the start of every season for his place.
Now Charlie has left to join Shrewsbury Town after a horrific last 18-months with injuries that would probably have seen the end of many player's careers, while he has also suffered a family bereavement. It must have been tough with Bournemouth also being relegated for Charlie. I hope he can reflect on the good times and there were plenty of them.
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AFCB fans will probably remember his thunderous goal against Man City as the pinnacle of his career at AFCB. He really could kick the ball harder than anyone else, and I recall one game when he took a penalty when he almost took the paint off the bar when he smashed a penalty kick in. There are only so many players that bring a smile to your face as a Bournemouth fan and Daniels has been one of those.
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He has played the game hard but fair. There may have been more talented left-backs but there was never a more harder-working AFCB defender. He had a fantastic partnership with Marc Pugh and it was a privilege to see him playing with Marc in the lower leagues and just get better and better as they became Bournemouth's great weapon climbing the football leagues. Eddie Howe will always get credit for taking the club to the top tier, but he had massive help along the way from his players and Charlie Daniels has his place at the top table in my AFCB great sides.
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Charlie can just enjoy his football now and I am sure he will love this new challenge at Shrewsbury. We wish him well. Perhaps some of the golfers in the AFCB squad can also now get the chance to win a round of golf with Charlie swinging his clubs a bit further away from the south coast - I hear he is a bit of a ringer with the golf clubs.
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