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Trevor Francis

English association football player and manager (1954–2023)

Trevor Francis (19 April 1954 – 24 July 2023) is a former football player. He has played for England national team. Francis died of a heart attack at his home near Marbella, Spain, on 24 July 2023. He was 69.[3][4]

Trevor Francis
Francis in Amsterdam in 1980
Personal information
Full name Trevor John Francis
Date of birth (1954-04-19)19 April 1954
Place of birth Plymouth, England
Date of death 24 July 2023(2023-07-24) (aged 69)
Place of death Marbella, Spain
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1969–1970 Birmingham City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1979 Birmingham City 280 (118)
1978 → Detroit Express (loan) 19 (22)
1979–1981 Nottingham Forest 70 (28)
1979 → Detroit Express (loan) 14 (14)
1981–1982 Manchester City 26 (12)
1982–1986 Sampdoria 67 (17)
1986–1987 Atalanta 21 (1)
1987–1988 Rangers 18 (0)
1988–1990 Queens Park Rangers 32 (12)
1988 → Wollongong City (loan) 3 (2)
1990–1994 Sheffield Wednesday 76 (5)
Total 626 (231)
National team
1977–1986 England[2] 52 (12)
Teams managed
1988–1989 Queens Park Rangers
1991–1995 Sheffield Wednesday
1996–2001 Birmingham City
2001–2003 Crystal Palace
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Birmingham City 1970–71[5] Second Division 22 15 2 0 2 0 — — 26 15
1971–72[5] 39 12 6[c] 2 1 0 — 2[d] 1 48 15
1972–73[5] First Division 31 6 1 0 5 2 — — 37 8
1973–74[5] 37 6 2 1 5 1 — 3[e] 1 47 9
1974–75[5] 23 13 2 0 1 0 — 2[e] 1 28 14
1975–76[5] 35 17 2 1 2 0 — — 39 18
1976–77[5] 42 21 2 0 1 0 — — 45 21
1977–78[5] 42 25 2 2 1 0 — 3[f] 2 48 29
1978–79[5] 9 3 1 0 1 1 — — 11 4
Total 280 118 20 6 19 4 — 10 5 329 133
Detroit Express (loan) 1978[6] NASL 19 22 — — — 3[g] 3 22 25
Nottingham Forest 1978–79[5] First Division 20 6 — — 1[h] 1 — 21 7
1979–80[5] 30 14 2 0 6 0 6[i] 3 — 44 17
1980–81[5] 18 6 6 5 1[j] 0 1[k] 0 26 11
1981–82[5] 2 2 — — — — 2 2
Total 70 28 8 5 6 0 8 4 1 0 93 37
Detroit Express (loan) 1979[6] NASL 14 14 — — — 2[g] 0 16 14
Manchester City 1981–82[5] First Division 26 12 2 2 1 0 — — 29 14
Sampdoria 1982–83[7] Serie A 14 7 5 1 — — — 19 8
1983–84[7] 15 3 7 2 — — — 23 5
1984–85[7] 24 6 11 9 — — — 35 15
1985–86[7] 14 1 11 1 — 3[l] 0 — 28 2
Total 67 17 34 13 — 3 0 — 104 30
Atalanta 1986–87[8] Serie A 21 1 9 2 — — — 30 3
Rangers 1987–88[9] Scottish Premier Division 18 0 1 0 2 0 4[h] 0 — 25 0
Queens Park Rangers 1987–88[5] First Division 9 0 — — — — 9 0
1988–89[5] 19 7 1 0 5 3 — 1[m] 0 26 10
1989–90[5] 4 5 0 0 3 0 — — 7 5
Total 32 12 1 0 8 3 — 1 0 42 15
Wollongong City (loan) 1988[10] National Soccer League 3 2 — — — — 3 2
Sheffield Wednesday 1989–90[5] First Division 12 0 — — — — 12 0
1990–91[5] Second Division 38 4 3 1 6 1 — 1[n] 0 48 6
1991–92[5] First Division 20 1 1 0 1 2 — — 22 3
1992–93[5] Premier League 5 0 0 0 1 0 1[o] 0 — 7 0
1993–94[5] 1 0 0 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 76 5 4 1 8 3 1 0 1 0 90 9
Career total 626 231 79 29 44 10 16 4 18 8 783 282
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup
  3. ↑ Includes 1971–72 third-place play-off, which was not played until August 1972
  4. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearances in Texaco Cup
  6. ↑ Appearances in Anglo-Scottish Cup
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearances in NASL play-offs
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Appearance(s) in European Cup
  9. ↑ Four appearances three goals in European Cup, two appearances in European Super Cup
  10. ↑ Appearance in European Super Cup
  11. ↑ Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  12. ↑ Appearances in European Cup-Winners' Cup
  13. ↑ Appearance in Football League Centenary Trophy
  14. ↑ Appearance in Full Members' Cup
  15. ↑ Appearance in UEFA Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
England 1977 7 1
1978 5 1
1979 5 2
1980 1 1
1981 5 0
1982 10 5
1983 8 2
1984 4 0
1985 6 0
1986 1 0
Total 52 12
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Francis goal.
List of international goals scored by Trevor Francis[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 30 March 1977 Wembley Stadium, London, England   Luxembourg 2–0 5–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification [12]
2 24 May 1978   Hungary 3–0 4–1 Friendly [13]
3 17 October 1979 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland   Northern Ireland 1–0 5–1 UEFA Euro 1980 qualification [14]
4 3–1
5 26 March 1980 Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain   Spain 2–0 2–0 Friendly [15]
6 27 April 1982 Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales   Wales 1–0 1–0 1981–82 British Home Championship [16]
7 20 June 1982 Estadio San Mamés, Bilbao, Spain   Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–0 1982 FIFA World Cup Group stage [17]
8 25 June 1982   Kuwait 1–0 1–0 [18]
9 22 September 1982 Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark   Denmark 1–0 2–2 UEFA Euro 1984 qualification [19]
10 2–1
11 27 April 1983 Wembley Stadium, London, England   Hungary 1–0 2–0 [20]
12 19 June 1983 Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia   Australia 1–0 1–1 Friendly [21]

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure[22]
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Queens Park Rangers 14 December 1988 27 November 1989 48 15 17 16 031.3
Sheffield Wednesday 17 June 1991 20 May 1995 216 89 68 59 041.2
Birmingham City 10 May 1996 15 October 2001 290 139 70 81 047.9
Crystal Palace 30 November 2001 18 April 2003 78 28 22 28 035.9
Total 632 271 177 184 042.9

Honours

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Player

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Birmingham City

Detroit Express

Nottingham Forest

Sampdoria

Rangers

Sheffield Wednesday

Individual

Manager

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Sheffield Wednesday

Birmingham City

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "Trevor Francis: Profile". worldfootball.net. Heim:Spiel Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Arnhold, Matthias (11 February 2006). "Trevor John Francis – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Dicken, Alex (24 July 2023). "Birmingham City legend Trevor Francis dies aged 69". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "Britain's first £1m football player Trevor Francis dies at the age of 69". ITV News. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 "Player search: Francis, TJ (Trevor)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Top international stars in the NASL, 1967–1984: Part 1: Player biographies, A–H". American Soccer History Archives. David Litterer. 29 January 2005. Archived from the original on 31 May 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Trevor Francis". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ↑ "T. Francis". BeSoccer.com. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Rangers: Games involving Francis, Trevor in season 1987/1988". Fitbastats. Bobby Sinnet & Thomas Jamieson. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Aussie Footballers: Foster to Fyfe". OzFootball. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Trevor Francis". Englandstats. Davey Naylor. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  12. ↑ Saunders, Donald (31 March 1977). "England score five but it may not be enough". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Willars, Ian (25 May 1978). "England turn on the magic". The Birmingham Post. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Forest pair's firepower routs Irish". Evening Post. Nottingham. 18 October 1979. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Lowe, Denis (27 March 1980). "Woodcock, Francis smooth England's victory path". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Hilton, Nick (28 April 1982). "England looking good for Spain". Daily Post. Wrexham. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ Hart, Michael (21 June 1982). "Greenwood: now for the real thing". The Standard. London. p. 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ Meek, David (26 June 1982). "Sad England are offside—and off key". Manchester Evening News. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Harris, Bob (23 September 1982). "England left with taste of Danish blues". The Journal. Newcastle. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ Burton, Maurice (28 April 1983). "Operation for hero of England victory". Lincolnshire Echo. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ↑ "Socceroos draw 1–1, with a little help". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 June 1983. p. 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ↑ "Manager search: Francis, TJ (Trevor)". English National Football Archive (ENFA). Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 "Happy birthday TF!". Birmingham City FC. 19 April 2014. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Burnton, Simon (5 February 2019). "'A magical figure': Trevor Francis on being the first £1m player, 40 years on". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  25. ↑ "1979: Burns' night for Forest". UEFA. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  26. ↑ "Coppa Italia winner Trevor Francis previews this week's Roma–Napoli clash". Sky Sports. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  27. ↑ "Trevor Francis". England Football Online. Chris Goodwin & Glen Isherwood. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  28. ↑ "Morto Trevor Francis, con la Sampdoria vinse una Coppa Italia" [Trevor Francis, who won a Coppa Italia with Sampdoria, has died]. Genova24 (in Italian). 24 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 "FA Cup: Trevor Francis believes Sheffield Wednesday have a great chance of success in the FA Cup". Sky Sports. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  30. ↑ "Manager profile: Trevor Francis". Premier League. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
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