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Trevor Francis RIP

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  • Valleyfan2
    Valleyfan2 Posts: 224
    Bloody hell, far too young. RIP Trevor. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,618
    The headed goal for Forest in the European Cup Final was a goal I can still see in my minds eye now. Terrific striker. RIP
  • KettsJohn
    KettsJohn Posts: 1,210
    Great player. RIP. Too young 
  • Glovepup
    Glovepup Posts: 1,742
    edited July 2023
    RIP.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Shocked by this. Great player. RIP.
  • Raith_C_Chattonell
    Raith_C_Chattonell Posts: 5,673
    I remember him scoring 4 goals for Birmingham v Bolton while he was just 16 - primarily because I was also 16.  It was a feat that would've seen him snapped up by a bigger club nowadays.  In the event he gave Birmingham another 8 seasons scoring 118 goals - it was 1971.

    RIP Trevor.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    RIP
  • WSA
    WSA Posts: 1,911
    RIP Trevor.
  • Addictedoldgit
    Addictedoldgit Posts: 1,825
    Shocked at this news. He’s 8 years younger than me.

    RIP Trevor.
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    Tremendous player with a record to match. We can even forgive him his stint at Palace.

    RIP.
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  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,517
    Shocking news. RIP.
  • KingKinsella
    KingKinsella Posts: 1,309
    I think I saw at the Valley  when he was in his first season for Birmingham as a teenager. Maybe it's a fake memory. But it's real to me. Did they win 0-2?
  • ME14addick
    ME14addick Posts: 9,761
    Saw him in a shopping centre near Marbella a few years ago. Very sad news.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,348
    edited July 2023
    RIP. I remember the incredulation about the £1m transfer.  Little did we know.

    Great player.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    Trevor Francis lost his wife Helen to cancer in 2017 after 45 years together since they were 19. That must've been difficult as they had a very close marriage and he said he felt bereft once she passed.

    He played over 50 games for England and scored 12 goals and a two time European cup winner.

    First game for Birmingham at 16 in 1970 and last Game for Sheffield Wednesday in the 1993/94 season when he was 39.

    626 games and 231 goals !

    Amazing career.

    RIP Trevor Francis, the boy from Plymouth.

  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,588
    That’s a shock.
    May he RIP.
  • NelsonsFU
    NelsonsFU Posts: 204
    Rip Trevor Francis… remember you playing as a 17 year old at the valley … Brum had 1 coach load of fans sitting in the old stand singing “ what’s his name… FRANCIS !”  Could tell you was different class even then.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,560
    Lincsaddick said:
    Kap10 said:
    3 years older than me, I recall watching the BBC lunchtime show talking about a young up and coming footballer called Trevor Francis, I think for Birmingham.

    Lincsaddick said:
    lordromford said:
    Was Francis the player that Cloughie paid £999,999 for because he “didn’t want the million pound price tag to go to his head”?

    Great player. RIP
    got a feeling that was either Greaves or Law from their Italian club

    no those transfers were way before the £1m player.  I think LR is right.  Cloughie also showed up Francis at the PoTY do for having his hands in his pocket. 
    you're right, Greaves was the first £99,999 transfer to save the label of the first £100,000 player  .. long way from a million 
    Alan Clarke Leicester to Leeds first £100,000 player summer of 69 :) .. I'm getting so old

  • Gribbo
    Gribbo Posts: 8,482
    RIP
  • TotalAddicktion
    TotalAddicktion Posts: 314
    RIP Trevor - Legend 🙏
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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,139
    Great footballer sad to see him go RIP.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,775
    That’s a shock! What a classy player. RIP Trevor. 
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Sad to hear. RIP Trevor.
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,838
    I once had some Trevor Francis tracksuits. Got them from a mush in Shepherd's Bush.

    RIP Trevor. That line above demonstrates just how much of a successful household name he really was back in the day.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    RIP
  • Brownie12
    Brownie12 Posts: 1,525
    RIP
  • Latimer
    Latimer Posts: 942
    Growing up near Kidderminster I used to go to watch The Blues and seeing the Hatton Francis Latchford trio upfront was very exciting. He dribbled and rode tackles, had immense pace a brilliant footballer. Just 16 when he made his debut too. A true football legend

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