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wantageskyblue

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• Jul 24, 2023

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Trevor Francis: Ex-England player and Britain's first £1m footballer dies aged 69

Former England international Trevor Francis, who was Britain's first ever £1m footballer, dies at the age of 69.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

Hoofhearted

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #2

Sad news, delivered to him several times and he was a lovely guy, lost his wife not all that long ago I think as well. RIP

 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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• Jul 24, 2023

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Shock rip

 

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skybluesam66

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #4

very sad, we so very nearly signed him - amazing to think we could have had the transfer record - imagine that today !!

 

The Philosopher

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #5

Always think of him when watching reruns of Only Fools and Horses

“…Trevor Francis track suits from a mush in Shepherds Bush….”

So nearly a sky blue apparently.

Will be missed.

 

fernandopartridge

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #6

R.I.P. It's really mental how much the England teams of the 70s under achieved given some of the talent they had.

 

Chris1987

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #7

RIP Tricky Trev. Was lucky enough to see him play live.
Sad day

 

Bad Boy

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #8

Genuinely saddened to hear of Trevors passing.

 

matesx

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #9

Thats a shame... very sad.

 

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ccfcchris

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #10

Shocking news as it is about everyone who dies but 69 is not old.

RIP Trever.

 

SkyblueDad

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #11

Exceptional talent made his Birmingham debut at 16 and kept his place.

 

Offhegoes

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #12

Lovely guy. Probably too nice for management, but always liked his punditry. Fair and balanced.

 

covcity4life

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #13

Always enjoyed him as a pundit and manager. Seemed a nice guy

 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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• Jul 24, 2023

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slowpoke said:

Exceptional talent made his Birmingham debut at 16 and kept his place.

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For those who have not seen Trevor Francis play, watch BBC Midlands today and Central News tonight.

Will probably show highlights of his playing days at Birmingham.

 

NortonSkyBlue

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• Jul 24, 2023

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RIP. Very good player who was blighted by injuries. The greatest Birmingham City player according to their fans. Latchford, Hatton and Francis with Kendall behind was a formidable combination during that period. I remember him scoring 4 goals as a 16 year old.

 

fatso

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #16

69 is no age, very sad news. What a great player he was.

 

Johhny Blue

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• Jul 24, 2023

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NortonSkyBlue said:

RIP. Very good player who was blighted by injuries. The greatest Birmingham City player according to their fans. Latchford, Hatton and Francis with Kendall behind was a formidable combination during that period. I remember him scoring 4 goals as a 16 year old.

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I scored way more than 4 when I was 16

 

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Legia Sky Blue

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #18

A really top player, and always came across as a nice guy. Often wonder how our fortunes might have worked out if we had signed him instead of Forest.

 

NortonSkyBlue

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• Jul 24, 2023

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Johhny Blue said:

I scored way more than 4 when I was 16

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You were a great player too! 4 goals In one game v Bolton for Francis

 

Bennettbarnet

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• Jul 24, 2023

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:

For those who have not seen Trevor Francis play, watch BBC Midlands today and Central News tonight.

Will probably show highlights of his playing days at Birmingham.

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There's this thing called YouTube now that all the kids are watching. Could be on there as well maybe.

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shy_tall_knight

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• Jul 24, 2023

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Images for me will be the diving header in the 1979 European Cup final and Brian clough telling him to take his hands out of his pockets as he was about to receive an award.

 

JulianDarbyFTW

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #22

Great clip here about his transfer options. Annoyingly it repeats this first part of the report twice, but it shows just how different football was in those days.

 

fernandopartridge

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #23

You realise looking at Clough then how much Nigel is the image of him

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play_in_skyblue_stripes

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #24

Very very sad. A brilliant player and always enjoyable to listen too.
Without any doubt Birmingham City's finest player.
One of my favourite non Coventry players.

KRO Trevor where ever you are.

 

Offhegoes

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• Jul 24, 2023

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I remember when he was Sheff Weds manager and I think they lost a Quarter final cup game at Hiillsborough, and as he was going round consoling the players he broke down whilst talking to one player. You don’t see that level of emotion from managers very often.

 

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procdoc

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #26

Before my time so never saw him play but by all accounts was a lovely man. For those of you that remember, how close was Francis to joining us?

 

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long way home

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• Jul 24, 2023

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Now Chris Bart Williams died earlier today sudden heart attack 49 years old... Both Forest and Sheff wed.... Both supposed to be very good people as well as players.. Shame

 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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• Jul 24, 2023

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long way home said:

Now Chris Bart Williams died earlier today sudden heart attack 49 years old... Both Forest and Sheff wed.... Both supposed to be very good people as well as players.. Shame

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Marcus Tudgay is shitting himself.

 

Irish Sky Blue

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• Jul 24, 2023

• #29

Tommy Hutchison played with Trevor at Man City in the early 80s. He told me that Francis was perhaps the best player he ever played with. (some praise considering the calibre of his team mates, Dalglish and Law to name but two). He saw passes and moves that no one else saw were on. Tommy felt his brain worked faster that his body was able to cope with and that this was the reason for some of his injuries.

 

fatso

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• Jul 25, 2023

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Chris Bart-Williams has just passed away as well, aged 49, thought to be due to a heart attack according to a Forest fan. Another decent player gone too soon. R.I.P.

Not a good week for Forest.