[Football] Trevor Francis RIP

[Official Old Man]

Very sad news.

 

[maltaseagull]

Both shocking and sad.

So true. RIP Trevor

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

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'Robertson, the first time we've seen him attack them...and there's Francis !'

RIP

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Not a great day today . RIP million pound man

 

[Durlston]

Forever immortalised in the closing song of every Only Fools And Horses episode.

"Some Trevor Francis track suits,
from a mush in Shepherds Bush".

RIP.

 

[Weststander]

RIP. Loved seeing him play for England.

Held really high standards for players when he coached, a continental thing ahead of his time. From memory the cabal of boozing/p-taking players at QPR got him the sack when he tried that.

 

[dangull]

Amazing that a club the size of Forest could be the first English cub to buy a £1M player. Football has changed for the worse in competitiveness since then.
RIP

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Great player.

RIP

 

[Wardy's twin]

Great player RIP

 

[Motogull]

He was the main man. You don't many of them.

He died far to young. I hope he didn't suffer.

 

[andys320]

3/10/1990

Brighton 0-4 Sheffield Wednesday

Him and John Sheridan destroyed us at the Goldstone, probably the most one sided game I've seen.

I too was at that game.

To be fair we were never further than 4 foot from the ball, though equally we were never nearer than three foot from the ball.

A great player, who will be sadly missed.

 

[PeterT]

Amazing that a club the size of Forest could be the first English cub to buy a £1M player. Football has changed for the worse in competitiveness since then.
RIP

I read somewhere that fee was the equivalent of £253m in today’s market, not sure how they worked that out but puts it into context a bit with the Mbappe fee.

 

[Durlston]

He died far to young. I hope he didn't suffer.

It was a heart attack. Hard for his family being so sudden but no, he didn't suffer and it wasn't long and drawn-out.

Even in his later playing years for QPR and Sheffield Wednesday in the top flight, he could cross a mean ball, coming off the substitutes bench.

 

[Invicta]

Very sad. One of the biggest superstars when I got in to football. Sounds like a really lovely man too.

 

[Weststander]

When Serie A was THE league, TF was a star in Sampdoria’s first ever trophy winning team [with Mancini, Souness and Vialli].

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

 

[Invicta]

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Loved these. Married, No, Car No. Just football. Top man.

 

[PeterT]

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Nice to think that he fulfilled both his personal and professional ambitions.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Ah. A sad day.

Re-visiting a chat I had on here about a clutch of players I will always associate Shoot magazine with.....Trevor was also one of them.

Peter Knowles.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Nice to think that he fulfilled both his personal and professional ambitions.

Note there also, Freddie Goodwin, and Cassius Clay.