2023-07-24 14:34:20
His name certainly does not mean much to the youngest of you, but he marked English football in his time. And not just once. England striker Trevor Francis, heroic scorer for Birmingham and Nottingham Forest, died on Monday at the age of 69.
This small striker (1.78m) has traveled across Europe throughout his long professional career, spanning from 1970 to 1994, spending most of his time at home in England. Born in Plymouth, in the far south-west, Trevor Francis made his debut in English football at the age of 16 with Birmingham, where he spent almost the entire decade of the 1970s, notably participating in the club’s rise to the First Division.
Double winner of the European Champion Clubs’ Cup
After an express stint on loan in Detroit, USA, he was transferred to Nottingham Forest in 1978. He then became the first Briton in history sold for over £1million. Above all, he won the European Champion Clubs’ Cup in his first season with Nottingham before doing the double the following year (1979, 1980). He was also the sole scorer in the 1979 final once morest Malmö (1-0).
Then passed in the 80s by Manchester City, Sampdoria and Atalanta in Italy, as well as Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), he converted at the end of his career to player-manager and then only coach. He played in an FA Cup final, lost in 1993 with Sheffield Wednesday, as well as two others, in the English League Cup: one, once more with Sheffield Wednesday in 1993, and a last one, in 2001, with Birmingham, his favorite club, for two defeats.
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