Trevor Francis

[irish_pie]

A bit before my time but I do remember him as manager of Sheff Wed, my brother is a Wednesday fan and absolutely loved the guy, 69 is no age either, rest in peace sir

[WarsopPie]

Not a very good day yesterday for ex Forest players passing away, Chris Bart-Williams also died age 49.
May both of them rest in peace.

[wiseoldmagpie]

Sad news, really good player, RIP.

Astonishing to think that Rushcliffe Rovers paid £1 million in 1979. How could they possibly afford it?
(Perhaps equivalent approx £500 million today.)

Actually more like £5 million, making Kylian Mbappe worth 50 times Trevor Francis......

[LaughingMagpie]

Apparently it's something like £250 million in today's money according to Kieran McGuire the football financial guy.

Not sure where he got his information from but according to an online calculator £1 million in 1979 would be worth £4.2 million today.

[Iremongersrighthand]

R.I.P Trev, looking back you were probably under rated by many football fans. Also, R.I.P Chris Bart Williams, sad news.

[nw6pie]

R.I.P Trev, looking back you were probably under rated by many football fans. Also, R.I.P Chris Bart Williams, sad news.

Lovely story about Trevor Francis here and how he met his wife:

https://twitter.com/KhalSir/status/1683524478679261184

And I agree that he was probably underrated during his career. Amazing to think he was a pro for 24 years, playing most of it at the top level.

[jonnyt1]

The calculator was player transfer price inflation NOT inflation. A player like Trevor Francis would certainly go for a lot more that Harry Maguire did a few years ago no matter how you look at it.

Brilliant player.

[Iremongersrighthand]

Lovely story about Trevor Francis here and how he met his wife:

https://twitter.com/KhalSir/status/1683524478679261184

And I agree that he was probably underrated during his career. Amazing to think he was a pro for 24 years, playing most of it at the top level.

Great story on Twitter, thanks for sharing it.