Trevor Francis: Britain's first £1m footballer

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11 ай бұрын

Former England forward Trevor Francis, the first player to be transferred in Britain for £1m and the scorer of a European Cup-winning goal for Nottingham Forest, has died at the age of 69.
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Francis had a distinguished career that started with his Birmingham City debut at 16. Brian Clough's Forest then paid more than £1m to buy Francis in February 1979. In his first season, his goal against Malmö secured the European Cup. A statement from his family said: 'Trevor Francis has died at the age of 69. He had a heart attack at his apartment in Spain'.
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Пікірлер: 16

@blujay9191 11 ай бұрын

Not a very popular sport here in the states, especially back then but I was fortunate enough to see him perform a few times when he came to play with the club here in Detroit in the late 1970s. Even a less educated fan such as myself could see what a great player he was. By all accounts a very decent guy, too. RIP.

@DaNiyaHodge 11 ай бұрын

Rip Trevor John Francis, you will be missed

@Nttmf 11 ай бұрын

Scoring 4 goals at 16 years of age in one game is phenomenal. RIP Trevor Francis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@billow9721 3 ай бұрын

I was there as a 15 year old in the crowd when Trevor scored those 4 goals we knew a genius was amongst us RIP Trev x

@Marlondurran 11 ай бұрын

Rip big man .😢

@kevinw7419 11 ай бұрын

Just a pity he never ended his career by playing for his home town Plymouth!!

@vordman 11 ай бұрын

I've still got my Trevor Francis tracksuit purchased from a gypsy fella in West London. RIP Trev.

@nielsjunker1487 9 ай бұрын

R.I.P 😢🙏⚽

@pauljudd5929 11 ай бұрын

Birmingham City royalty at the age of 16 scoring 4 goals in a match.

@tiltonroadbirmingham1153 11 ай бұрын

KRO Trev RIP

@elberffuentes 8 ай бұрын

Como

@mickclay-vx1sx 11 ай бұрын

Wasn’t he a footballer

@arthurstreeb-greebling1088 11 ай бұрын

He "trusted the science..."

@moluther2826 11 ай бұрын

Grow up.

@febweb17 11 ай бұрын

No such thing as "The Science".

@paulkirton8945 11 ай бұрын

He had a heart attack in 2012 long before covid. Shame you have to take a man's death for a cheap shot. He also struggled to get over his wife's death in 2017.