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TREVOR FRANCIS THE MILLION POUND MAN

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
23 May 2019

INTERVIEW
THE FORMER NOTTINGHAM FOREST AND ENGLAND STRIKER TALKS TO JOHN LYONS ABOUT HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER…

Making headlines: Nottingham Forest’s Trevor Francis reads a Japanese newspaper in Tokyo in 1981

WHEN Trevor Francis became the first played to be transferred for £1m in English football, he didn’t realise the impact it would have – and still have 40 years later.
It might only be enough to buy Lionel Messi’s little toe now, but back then there was shock, excitement, awe and amazement that a club would be willing to fork out such an outrageous am...

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