Charlie began his career in the junior levels at Chalfont and progressed to the senior team in 2006. Regularly the top scorer, his goal scoring prowess became a reliable and central part of Saints’ successful run to the FA Vase semi-final in 2009 and the Spartan League title in 2011. It also drew the attention of professional clubs and he was snapped up by AFC Wimbledon in 2012. Injury slowed his progress and he returned to Saints for a short spell, playing his last game in the red and green in November 2016.

Supported by his enthusiastic family, Strutts was loved and admired in equal measure by all those who knew him. His passing leaves an enormous hole in the Chalfont heart.

Chairman Denis Mair, who watched and encouraged his progress all the way from the Under-12 team, said, “Words cannot express the unbearable sadness I feel following the news of Charlie’s passing. Without question a light has gone out at Chalfont St Peter and for everyone that knew Charlie. He will be remembered in the most loving and cherished ways that all good souls who enter our lives, however briefly, are remembered. Our love and condolences from absolutely everyone at Chalfont St Peter go to his family in the knowledge that we’ve all been touched by a rare gift that in time will give us all the strength to carry on. Charlie, my few words don’t go anywhere near doing you the justice that you so deserve but it comes purely from my heart to you.”