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Posted by: Poojah, July 24, 2023, 2:17pm
Posted by: Limerick Mariner, July 24, 2023, 2:24pm; Reply: 1
Was a teenage sensation at Birmingham City when they won promotion - memories from my Shoot magazine in the early 70s. Another relatively early death of a great player. RIP.
Posted by: exiledmeggie, July 24, 2023, 2:29pm; Reply: 2
Posted by: GrimRob, July 24, 2023, 2:32pm; Reply: 3
Posted by: fishcake63, July 24, 2023, 2:40pm; Reply: 4
Posted by: fishcake63, July 24, 2023, 2:40pm; Reply: 5
One of my favourite players may i ad back in the day
Posted by: Chalky, July 24, 2023, 2:55pm; Reply: 6
British football would never be the same again once the £1m barrier had been broken and helped elevate Forest fans smuggness to stratospheric levels that is still felt today when he scored against Malmo,great player though
RIP Trev
Posted by: DB, July 24, 2023, 2:57pm; Reply: 7
69, no age to pass away. A great player and will always be remembered as the 1st million £ player to be transferred. RIP Trevor.
Posted by: RonMariner, July 24, 2023, 3:45pm; Reply: 8
Posted by: grimps, July 24, 2023, 3:46pm; Reply: 9
Wow I wasn’t expecting him to fall off the perch.
To be honest he was no lover of Town or maybe it was just Buckleys teams but he never gave us any credit when commentating
Posted by: TownSNAFU5, July 24, 2023, 3:50pm; Reply: 10
Very early death. Cannot remember why, but my dad took me to see him play for Birmingham at Sheff Wed. He was only 16 and scored a hard trick. Birmingham won 5-2 I think. Great talent recognised with being the first Million pound footballer.
Cloughie helped him to 2 European Cups. Again, by chance whilst serving in the RAF in Germany, 3 of went to their European Cup final win over Malmo in Munich. Trevor Francis put in the cross for the winning and only goal.
Still not sure how Malmo got to the final. It was all 2-leg KO matches then.
Posted by: grimsby pete, July 24, 2023, 3:51pm; Reply: 11
RIP. Surprised he has gone at an early age.
Posted by: 140381 (Guest), July 24, 2023, 6:11pm; Reply: 12
Wasn’t he one of the first players to take diet seriously after he went to Italy. I remember him being a hell of a player for Wednesday in his late 30s. That all being the case I’m shocked to hear he had a heart attack.
Posted by: TAGG, July 24, 2023, 7:11pm; Reply: 13
RIP
What a fantastic player in his day.
Posted by: bawarmy, July 24, 2023, 8:01pm; Reply: 14
I remember years ago my Sunday football team had an auction night. We had lots of stuff. Bobby Charlton autograph, signed footballs from various clubs .etc We asked Trevor Francis for a signed picture and he wrote back to us politely refusing. We sold the letter of refusal at auction. The Daily Star headline said Trev’s no fetches tenner Great player though.
Posted by: SouthLakesMariner, July 24, 2023, 8:48pm; Reply: 15
69, no age to pass away. A great player and will always be remembered as the 1st million £ player to be transferred. RIP Trevor.
Sad loss.
The real fee was probably a lot more than £1m when Cloughie’s brown paper bags are taken into account (allegedly).
Posted by: TownSNAFU5, July 24, 2023, 8:50pm; Reply: 16
Francis scored the only goal against Malmo. That is what you pay a million pounds for. I knew he played a big part in the goal. From memory I thought. he crossed it for the winner. Maybe it was John Robertson who provided the cross?
Posted by: aldi_01, July 24, 2023, 10:54pm; Reply: 17
Kind of ironic that the first million pound player should die on the same day as the most outrageous and highest bid for a footballer ever is tabled…
Posted by: spartacus, July 24, 2023, 11:03pm; Reply: 18
RIP Tricky Trev
Also a favourite quiz question and Happy memories of Nottingham Forest in the European Cup and playing for England when i was growing up.
Also bought one of his tracksuits from a mush in Shepherds Bush once.
Posted by: jamesgtfc, July 24, 2023, 11:16pm; Reply: 19
Kind of ironic that the first million pound player should die on the same day as the most outrageous and highest bid for a footballer ever is tabled…
The £260m bid for Mbappe isn't too far from the football-inflation adjusted cost of £253.5m for Trevor Francis!
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Posted by: Rick12, July 25, 2023, 6:36am; Reply: 20
Sad news . I note as well Chris Bart Williams who played under Trevor Francis died on the same day at just 49 years old .
RIP the pair of them.
At times this world can be so cruel.
Posted by: 1mickylyons, July 25, 2023, 7:40am; Reply: 21
Tricky Trev started off at Brum a teenage sensation then European glory with Forest and in his twilight years at Sheff Weds still top drawer .One of England's greatest players and as above in today's market worth over 300 million.Thanks for the memories
Posted by: fishcake63, July 25, 2023, 9:53am; Reply: 22
Also rip chris bartman williams another technically gifted player 49 yrs of age ,
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