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Trevor John Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) was an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest .
He strengthened the spine of the team, bought in Carlisle United forward Bob Hatton, a club record signing at £82,500, to play up front alongside the home-grown Bob Latchford and introduced the 16-year-old Trevor Francis to first-team football. [11]
Maik Taylor, the club's most capped international player Birmingham City Football Club, an English association football club based in the city of Birmingham, was founded in 1875 under the name of Small Heath Alliance. They first entered the FA Cup in the 1881–82 season. When nationally organised league football in England began, the club, by then called simply Small Heath F.C., was a founder ...
Birmingham City commission a statue of Blues legend Trevor Francis, their former star player and manager - a year on from his death.
Trevor Francis, for example, is regarded as Britain's first £1m player but was officially transferred for £975,000. The generally reported figure of £1,180,000 included Value Added Tax, fees to the Football League and Francis' signing fee. [1]
Francis on his European debut scored with a back post header from Robertson's cross. In addition, Forest defeated Southampton in the final 3–2 to retain the League Cup. Birtles scored twice, and Woodcock once. Forest finished second in the 1978–79 Football League, eight points behind Liverpool. Trevor Francis, Brian Clough and John ...
For replacing Archie Gemmill in midfield, the club bought Asa Hartford from Manchester City only to be a failure in three matches played being sold to Everton F.C. [4] Also, for the second half of the season arrived midfielder Stan Bowles from Queen's Park Rangers [5] but the transfer did not work out owing to differences between Bowles and ...
After 1979, though, Trevor Francis would not return to the NASL. Widely recognized as one of the finest forwards to play in the NASL, Francis notched 36 goals with 18 assists in just 33 regular-season matches—which placed him one spot ahead of Pelé on the all time NASL scoring list, despite playing 23 fewer games. (Francis also had three ...