Shaun Bartlett might be a footballing legend, but he has never stopped trying to get better at whatever he does. In a 17-year career from 1992 to 2009, he pulled on the jerseys of Cape Town Spurs, Colorado Rapids, Metro Stars, FC Zurich, Charlton Athletic, Kaizer Chiefs and Bloemfontein Celtic. He was also famously part of the finest team South Africa has ever produced, the Bafana Bafana vintage under coach Clive Barker that won the 1996 Africa Cup of Nations.
Perhaps equally famously, he achieved global fame in 2001 when his goal for Charlton against Leicester was voted the best goal of the 2000-01 season. That goal, among the 17 he scored for the London club in 105 appearances, was also voted by Charlton fans as one of the top…
