Gaspode Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Trevor Francis has died at the age of 69 after a heart attack at his apartment in Spain.....RIP Mucker1884, maxjam, IslandExile and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 RIP Trevor SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Absolutely gobsmacked the first £1,00,000 pound footballer RIP Trevor my condolences to his wife and family. 😭 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21CSchizoidRam Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Very sad. He seemed to have been a very nice person, largely unaffected by stardom. Condolences to his family SKRam and ziggyram59 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 That's no age. He was my wife's late Dad's hero, being a bluenose. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 RIP Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) RIP Trevor, when you meet Cloughie make sure you interrupt his squash game again!!! Edited July 24, 2023 by I DONT MIND ziggyram59 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Never forget Cloughie before he signed him presenting him with some Midlands TV Award and the now famous: "Young man, take your hands out of your pockets". Peter Taylor on the BBC clip said they'd been trying to sign him for 8 years: 1979 - 8 = 1971 He should've been ours!!! RIP Trevor. MarsdenRam and hintonsboots 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggyram59 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 1 hour ago, ziggyram59 said: Absolutely gobsmacked the first £1,00,000 pound footballer RIP Trevor my condolences to his wife and family. 😭 I'm sorry to say I did not realise that Trevor Francis had lost his wife in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Holy crap! 😲 This is far too close to home for comfort, from an age/era perspective. An absolute shocker, this one. It goes without saying that we'll not mention that one particular evening in May '79 against the Swedish hairdressers, where he played a not too insignificant part in what I oft refer to as "One of, if not the most miserable week of my life". (There was more to that week than just the football, I hasten to add, but he certainly didn't help matters!) That evening aside, he was undeniably a decent sort. Excellent at his craft, and apparently kind of the heart, and deserves my utmost respect. As an aside... There was once word (From Sir Brian himself?) that the transfer fee was deliberately and consciously something like 1p (or £1?) short of that magic million mark, as Sir Brian didn't want to burden TF with that particular load! My memory is far too vague to assert whether that was true or not? 🤷♂️ Hey young man... sleep well, yeah! xxx IslandExile and SKRam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Always thought Francis and Tony woodcock should have got more England caps. Always seemed to be second fiddle to players like Bob latchford or Paul Mariner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Wonderful Cloughie clip on the ITV news website. Being typically awkward with journalists and finishing with a brilliant one liner. Enjoy. https://www.itv.com/news/central/2023-07-24/britains-first-1m-football-player-trevor-francis-dies-at-69 IslandExile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Always thought Francis and Tony woodcock should have got more England caps. Always seemed to be second fiddle to players like Bob latchford or Paul Mariner. TF had 52 caps and Latchford 12, so not sure what you mean. 52 is a LOT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob The Badger Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Always thought Francis and Tony woodcock should have got more England caps. Always seemed to be second fiddle to players like Bob latchford or Paul Mariner. Just looked up Woodcock and he played 42 times too, 7 more than Mariner. Edited July 24, 2023 by Bob The Badger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Shocking news really. There are also reports that Chris Bart-Williams has died too at the age of just 49. Reggie Greenwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 I saw nearly every game he played for QPR, scored a perfect Hattrick away at Villa, the third was sublime. Was also responsible for bringing Ray wilkins to Loftus road but was sacked the week he signed , would have loved to have seen them play together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 Trevor Francis always struck me as one of football’s really nice guys. He was always popular around Birmingham and the tributes being paid to him locally are proof of this. My condolences to his family. Anag Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said: Just looked up Woodcock and he played 42 times too, 7 more than Mariner. Mariner always seemed first choice of greenwood. Certainly in tournaments and key qualifiers. Francis and woodcock were the backups of the early 80s. Eg WC 1982. therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannable Posted July 24, 2023 Share Posted July 24, 2023 7 hours ago, ziggyram59 said: I'm sorry to say I did not realise that Trevor Francis had lost his wife in 2017. Sounds like it f***** him up too. By all accounts it sounds like he was never the same after. ziggyram59 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrycav81 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Mariner always seemed first choice of greenwood. Certainly in tournaments and key qualifiers. Francis and woodcock were the backups of the early 80s. Eg WC 1982. Trevor Francis played in all of England’s 5 games at the1982 World Cup GB SPORTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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