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Franny Lee

Manchester City FC

27 appearances, 10 goals

P 27 W 18 D 6 L 3 F 54: A 19
(actual pitch goals F 53: A 19)
78% successful

1968-72

disciplined: 3
captain:
none
minutes played:
2353

Timeline

  Francis Henry Lee CBE
Birth Thursday, 29 April 1944 in West Houghton, Lancashire
  registered in Horwich April-June 1944
Education West Houghton Secondary Modern and Horwich Technical School.
First marriage to Jean Ryding, in early 1963 in Horwich
  registered in Horwich January-March 1963
Children Francis and Jean had two children together. Gary F. (b.1963) and Charlotte Clare (b.26 December 1970)
Second marriage to Gillian M. Gadsby, in March 1986, Macclesfield
  registered in Macclesfield January-March 1986
Children Francis and Gillian had two children together. Christopher John. (b.1985) and Nicola
Death Monday morning, 2 October 2023, after a long battle with lung cancer, living at Stannylands Road in Wilmslow. His obituary stated that he left behind a wife, Gill, and three children, Charlotte, Johnny and Nik.
aged 79 years 165 days  

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s) Began his footballing career as an amateur at Bolton Wanderers FC in July 1959 after he represented Lancashire Schools. He turned professional at Burnden Park in May 1961. Lee began the 1967-68 season on the transfer list and he eventually joined Joe Mercer's Manchester City FC for a £60,000 transfer fee on 9 October 1967. But not before he declined a £35,000 (+Terry Wharton) move to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, which was agreed on 20 September 1967. Stoke City FC made an attempt shortly afterwards, but this was declined by the club as no player exchange was involved. The Football League held up his registration, after City attempted to sign him on 6th. After a successful period at Maine Road, Lee almost joined Nottingham Forest FC on 12 August 1974, but instead left to join Derby County FC two days later for £110,000, as they allowed him to remain at his home near Bolton at to remain training with the City players for part of the week. He announced his retirement from the game on 21 April 1976, to take effect at the end of his contract in June. However, he had agreed to play four matches for Australian side, St. George-Budapest, for £750 per match, scoring in his first, on 19 May 1976. Prescot Town FC attempted to sign Lee the following month and before the end of the year, so did Derby County FC.

League honours
499+1 appearances 112 goals

TOP SCORER 1971-72
Bolton Wanderers FC 1960-67 189 appearances 92 goals
debut: 5 November 1960 Bolton Wanderers FC 3 Manchester City FC 1.
Manchester City FC 1967-74 248+one appearance 112 goals
debut: 14 October 1967 Manchester City FC 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0.
Derby County FC 1974-76 62 appearances 24 goals
debut: 17 August 1974 Everton FC Derby County FC 0
last: 24 April 1976 Ipswich Town FC 2 Derby County FC 6.
Club honours Football League Division Two third place 1964-65 (38ᵃ 23ᵍ); Division One Champions 1967-68 (31ᵍ 16ᵍ), 1974-75 (34ᵍ 12ᵍ);
FA Charity Shield winners 1968, 1972, 1975, runners-up 1969, 1973;
FA Cup winners 1968-69 (7ᵃ 4ᵍ);
Football League Cup winners
1969-70, runners-up 1973-74;
European Cup Winners' Cup winners
1969-70;
Anglo-Italian League Cup runners-up 1970;
Individual honours Football League (one appearance);
Ballon d'Or =thirteenth 1969, =fourteenth 1970, =eighteenth 1971;
Manchester City FC Player of the Year 1970;
Distinctions Appeared on ITV's This Is Your Life 27 April 1994;
Received the CBE 2016
Height/Weight 5' 7½", 12st. 2lbs [1970].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 855th players (856) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-right, inside-right/left
First match No. 427, 11 December 1968, England 1 Bulgaria 1, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 24 years 226 days.
Last match No. 459, 29 April 1972, England 1 West Germany 3, a European Championship Quarter-Final first leg match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 28 years 0 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1970;
British Championship
1968-69, 1969-70, 1970-71;
Team honours British Championship winners 1968-69, 1970-71, shared 1969-70;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Beyond England

During his career he became a prosperous business man, he founded FH Lee in 1966, a recyling manufacturer, a sure sign of his prosperity occurring in the mid-1980s with his emergence as a racecourse owner/trainer. Became the chairman of Manchester City FC in 1994 for four year - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.155/156.


The Numbers
Squads Apps comp. apps starts sub unused Mins. goals ave.min comp. goals Pens captain  
- 27 16 27 ▲0
▼7
- 2353 10 235 min 6   2 none 3
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
27 18 6 3 54 19 +35 4 13 2 0.704 77.8 +15

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 13 8 4 1 29 9 +20 2 6 2.231 0.692 76.9 +7
Away 11 9 2 0 22 6 +16 1 6 2.00 0.545 90.9 +9
Neutral 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1

Shirt Record

Colour P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 24 16 6 2 47 15 +32 4 12 1.958 0.625 79.2 +14
Red 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 0 1 2.333 1.333 66.7 +1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
World Cup 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1

ECP

6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 0 3 2.50 1.00 75.0 +3
ECF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
European Championship 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 0 3 2.50 1.00 75.0 +3
British Championship 7 5 2 0 14 5 +9 1 2 2.00 0.714 85.7 +5
Friendly 11 8 3 0 22 4 +18 2 7 2.00 0.364 86.4 +8

Tournament Record

World Cup Finals Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1970 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
WCF All 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1

European Championship Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
ECP 1970-72 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 0 3 2.50 1.00 75.0 +3
ECP All 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 0 3 2.50 1.00 75.0 +3

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1968-69 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 0 0 3.00 1.00 100.0 +3
BC 1969-70 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC 1970-71 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 1 2 1.333 0.333 83.3 +2
BC All 7 5 2 0 14 5 +9 1 2 2.00 0.714 85.7 +5

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 3 1 0 2 3 4 -1 1 1 1.00 1.333 33.3 -1
EC 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 0 3 2.50 1.00 75.0 +3
BC 7 5 2 0 14 5 +9 1 2 2.00 0.714 85.7 +5
16 10 3 3 32 15 +17 2 6 2 0.938 71.9 +7

Match History

 Club: Manchester City F.C. - 27 full appearances (2353 min) 10ᵍ manager: Sir Alf Ramsey - 27 full appearances (2353 min) 10ᵍx

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos

Age 24
1 427 11 December 1968 - England 1 Bulgaria 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HD   7
 

one of two who became the 855th players (856) to appear for England
the 21st player from Manchester City FC to represent England

2 429 12 March 1969 - England 5 France 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HW 75 7

Age 25
3 430 3 May 1969 - Northern Ireland 1 England 3
Windsor Park, Belfast

BC
AW 65 8
4 431 7 May 1969 - England 2 Wales 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
HW 21 74 7
5 432 10 May 1969 - England 4 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
HW   7
6 433 1 June 1969 - Mexico 0 England 0
Estadio Azteca, Ciudad de México

tour
AD   7
7 434 8 June 1969 - Uruguay 1 England 2
Estadio Centenario, Montevideo
AW 16 7
435 12 June 1969 - Brazil 2 England 1, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio AL squad/unused
8 436 5 November 1969 - Netherlands 0 England 1
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam
Fr AW (0-1) 86 7
9 437 10 December 1969 - England 1 Portugal 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HW 70 7
10 438 14 January 1970 - England 0 Netherlands 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HD (0-0) 67 7
11 439 25 February 1970 - Belgium 1 England 3
Stade Émile Versé, Bruxelles
Fr AW   7
12 440 18 April 1970 - Wales 1 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff

BC
AD 71 7
441 21 April 1970 - England 3 Northern Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley HW squad/unused
442 25 April 1970 - Scotland 0 England 0, Hampden Park, Glasgow AD

Age 26
13 443 20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4
Estadio Nemesio Camacho, Bogotá
Fr AW   24
14 444 24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2
Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito
Fr AW 4
(0-1) 70
24
 
WCF
outside right 7
15 445 2 June 1970 - England 1 Romania 0
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara
NW (1-0) 77
16 446 7 June 1970 - Brazil 1 England 0
Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara
NL 32 {1-0) 64
447 11 June 1970 - Czechoslovakia 0 England 1, Estádio Jalisco, Guadalajara NW unused sub
17 448 14 June 1970 - West Germany 3 England 2
Estadio de Guanajuato, León
NL 10
18 449 25 November 1970 - England 3 GDR 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HW 12 7
450 3 February 1971 - Malta 0 England 1, The Stadium, Gzira ECP AW injured
squad member
19 451 21 April 1971 - England 3 Greece 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
ECP HW 87 7

Age 27
20 452 12 May 1971 - England 5 Malta 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
ECP HW 41 7
21 453 15 May 1971 - Northern Ireland 0 England 1
Windsor Park, Belfast

BC
AW   7
22 454 19 May 1971 - England 0 Wales 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
HD   7
23 455 22 May 1971 - England 3 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
HW (3-1) 73 7
24 456 13 October 1971 - Switzerland 2 England 3
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel
ECP AW   7
25 457 10 November 1971 - England 1 Switzerland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
ECP HD
(1-1) 83
10
26 458 1 December 1971 - Greece 0 England 2
Karaiskakis Stadio, Athens
ECP AW   7

Age 28
27 459 29 April 1972 - England 1 West Germany 3
Empire Stadium, Wembley
ECP HL 78 7
 
464 11 October 1972 - England 1 Yugoslavia 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD squad/unused
 

 
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