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[Football] Trevor Francis RIP
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Monkey Man
Your support is not that great
It was something along the lines of "I didn't want him to have the pressure of being the first £1m footballer, so we made sure I paid £1 less."Wasn’t there a story back in the day that Cloughie refused to pay £1M and the actual transfer was £999,999 or something?
Anyhow, RIP Trev
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I was thinking the same thing. 69 is no age at all, and of a heart attack.
Very sad news.
Ex-England player Francis dies aged 69
Former England international Trevor Francis who was Britain's first ever £1m footballer, has died aged 69.
www.bbc.co.uk
No age.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
Well-known member
I'm really upset to hear this news.
I was born in Solihull and my Dad who was a huge Blues fan took me to St. Andrews on the day that 16 year old Francis made his debut. I guess it was 1969 or 70. He was nimble of foot, quick and a wonderful finisher.
I had the 'penguin' replica shirt - and got my mum to cut out the number 8 from an old white bed sheet and sew it on the back.
Who remembers MOTD when Birmingham played at Leicester on a frozen pitch and Francis scored 3 or 4 (playing alongside Kenny Burns)
50 odd caps for England too.
Very sad, RIP Trevor.
I was born in Solihull and my Dad who was a huge Blues fan took me to St. Andrews on the day that 16 year old Francis made his debut. I guess it was 1969 or 70. He was nimble of foot, quick and a wonderful finisher.
I had the 'penguin' replica shirt - and got my mum to cut out the number 8 from an old white bed sheet and sew it on the back.
Who remembers MOTD when Birmingham played at Leicester on a frozen pitch and Francis scored 3 or 4 (playing alongside Kenny Burns)
50 odd caps for England too.
Very sad, RIP Trevor.
Very sad news.
RIP Trevor.
RIP Trevor.
Was twice the record at that time, iirc.
RIP Trev, met him a couple of times after he’d retired.
studio150
Well-known member
£1m but won Forest The European Cup
RIP
RIP
I have several Blues family connections too. Actually in that 6-2 game against Leicester he only scored once but it won goal of the season, which he had won the previous season against QPR too.
RIP Trev.
KZNSeagull
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Blimey that's a shock. RIP
Also surprised by this as he had previously had heart problems and these things once you get a second chance tend to be so closely monitored, I understood it was the reason he moved to Spain for a healthier lifestyle but I don’t know all the facts of course.
thedonkeycentrehalf
Moved back to wear the gloves (again)
- Jul 7, 2003
- 9,358
First thing I thought of when I saw he had passed away - I was in the North Stand and you are quite right, he was totally brilliant that night.
Leekbrookgull
Well-known member
Genuinely shocked, very sad news. Saw him for City.
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.
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.
......in Shoot magazine!
HangletonGull
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- Apr 10, 2023
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How very sad and shocked rip Trevor great player
