Trevor Francis	Birmingham City FC, Nottingham Forest FC, Manchester City FC, UC Sampdoria 52 appearances, 12 goals, one penalty P 52 W 25 D 14 L 13 F 77: A 35 *(actual F 55: A 28) 62% successful 1974-86 disciplined: one captain: none minutes played: 3885
Timeline
	Trevor John Francis
Birth	Monday, 19 April 1954 at 41 Morley Place in Plymouth, Devon.
	registered in Plymouth April-June 1954
Education	Pennycross Primary School, Plymouth
Marriage	to Helen C. Allcard, on Saturday, 13 July 1974 at All Saints' Church, Llanelli. Helen, a hairdresser, died in 2017.
	registered in Llanelli July-September 1974
Children	Trevor and Helen have two sons together, Matthew and James
Death	Monday, 24 July 2023, following a heart-attack at his home near Marbella in Spain. He also lived in Solihull, West Midlands.
aged 69 years 96 days
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies	Anatomy Of A £1 Million Player - Rob Hughes & Trevor Francis (6 June 1980) The World To Play For - Trevor Francis & David Miller (Harper Collins, 3 November 1983) One In A Million: The Trevor Francis Story - Trevor Francis (Pitch Publishing Ltd, 15 April 2019)
Playing Career
Club(s)	Began his football career playing with Plymouth Schools and trained with the Plymouth Argyle FC team as a fourteen year-old, before signing with Birmingham City FC as an apprentice in 1969 after Wolverhampton Wanderers FC initially showed interest, turning professional on his seventeenth birthday and within the year, was linked with a £200,000 move to Everton FC in the October. Had a spell in the NASL with Detroit Express in the 1978 summer. Francis chose to join Nottingham Forest FC instead of Coventry City FC for a record transfer fee, £1,150,500, on 9 February 1979, returning to the NASL in the 1979 summer Joined Manchester City FC on 2 September 1981 for £1m. After only one season, Francis joined Italian club UC Sampdoria on 30 July 1982 for £880,000. After four years, he turned down a  move back to Birmingham City FC in favour of a lucrative deal with Atalanta for an undisclosed fee on 3 July 1986. Joined the English revolution at Rangers FC on 6 August 1987 for £75,000. Birmingham City FC, still wanting their man, offered their left-back Julian Dicks in December to Graeme Souness, who subsequently blocked the trade. Francis did return South when Queen's Park Rangers FC purchased his signature on Transfer Deadline Day, 24 March 1988, becoming their player-manager on 14 December 1988. He left when he was sacked a year later, 27 November 1989 following player disputes. Returning to the playing with Sheffield Wednesday FC and stepped up to become their manager on 17 June 1991.
League honours 432+52 appearances 175 goals one expulsion	Birmingham City FC 1971-79 278+two appearances 118 goals debut (division two): (sub) 5 September 1970 Cardiff City FC 2 Birmingham City FC 0 Nottingham Forest FC 1979-81 69+one appearances 28 goals debut: (sub) 24 February 1979 Nottingham Forest FC 2 Bristol City FC 0 Manchester City FC 1981-82 26 appearances twelve goals debut: 5 September 1981 Stoke City FC 1 Manchester City FC 3 Queen's Park Rangers FC 1988-89 thirty+two appearances twelve goals debut: (sub) 26 March 1988 Portsmouth FC 0 Queen's Park Rangers FC 1. Sheffield Wednesday FC 1989-91 29+47 appearances five goals debut: (sub) 3 February 1990 Sheffield Wednesday FC 1 Millwall FC 1. last: (sub) 20 November 1993 Sheffield Wednesday FC 0 Coventry City FC 0.
Club honours	Football League Division Two runners-up 1971-72 (39ᵍ 12ᵃ), third place 1990-91 (38ᵍ 4ᵃ); Division One runners-up 1978-79 (20ᵍ 6ᵃ), third place 1991-92 (20ᵍ 1ᵃ); FA Cup third place 1971-72 (5ᵃ 2ᵃ); Football League Cup winners 1978-79, runners-up 1979-80; UEFA European Champions' Cup winners 1978-79, 1979-80; UEFA European Super Cup winners 1979, runners-up 1980; Inter-continental Cup runners-up 1980; Coppa Italia winners 1984-85, runners-up 1985-86; Scottish League Cup winners 1987-88;
Individual honours	PFA Division One Team of the Year 1976-77, 1977-78, 1981-82; NASL Most Valuable Player winner August 1978 Ballon d'Or seventh 1979, =27th 1980;
Distinctions	The first player to break the million pound transfer record.
Height/Weight	5' 10", 11st. 7lbs [1981].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Management Career
Club(s)	Became Queen's Park Rangers FC player-manager on 14 December 1988, until his dismissal a year later, 27 November 1989. Returned to management with Sheffield Wednesday FC between 17 June 1991 and 20 May 1995. Birmingham City FC on 10 May 1996 until 15 October 2001 and onto Crystal Palace FC for two years from 30 November 2001 until 18 April 2003.
League honours P 514 W 208 D 154 L 152.	Queen's Park Rangers FC 1988-89 League best Division One ninth 1988-89; FA Cup best third round 1988-89; Sheffield Wednesday FC 1991-95 League best Division One third 1991-92; FA Cup best runners-up 1992-93; Birmingham City FC League best Division One/Championship fourth 1998-99; FA Cup best fifth round 1996-97; Crystal Palace FC League best Division One/Championship tenth 2001-02; FA Cup best fifth round 2002-03;
Club honours	Football League Cup winners 1990-91, runners-up 1992-93, 2000-01; FA Cup runners-up 1992-93; Football League Division One/Championship fourth place-play-off semi-finalists 1998-99, fifth place-play-off semi-finalists 1999-2000 & 2000-01;
England Career
Player number	926th player to appear for England.
Position(s)	Forward
First match	No. 507, 9 February 1977, England 0 Netherlands 2, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 22 years 296 days.
Last match	No. 611, 23 April 1986, England 2 Scotland 1, a Rous Cup match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 32 years 4 days.
Major tournaments	FIFA World Cup Finals 1982, 1986 (as reserve); British Championship 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84; Rous Cup 1985, 1986;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1977-78, 1981-82, 1982-83; Rous Cup runners-up 1985, winners 1986;
Individual honours	FA XI (vs. Gibraltar, March 1973)
Distinctions	The sixth Devoner to represent England - the first since Ralph Birkett most appearanced Englishman at Sampdoria. Died six days after Birmingham City's Mike Hellawell.
Youth Career
Youth tournaments	UEFA Youth Tournament 1971, 1972;
Youth honours	UEFA Youth Tournament winners 1971, 1972;
Individual honours	England U23 (five appearances, 1973-76) England Youth (ten appearances 4ᵍ, 1971-72)
Distinctions	Francis missed the 1971 International Youth Tournament semi-final for England against USSR, after the crossbar fell onto him in the previous match against Poland.
Beyond England
Still playing at the time of his entrant. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.101. Became a co-commentator and then a pundit with Sky Sports and BT as well as many foreign channels. As well as a successful property developer.

Colour	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
White	30	22	7	11	62	26	+36	10	22	2.067	0.867	85.0	+11
Red	12	3	7	2	15	9	+6	6	7	1.25	0.75	54.2	+1

Competition	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	FTS	CS	FAv	AAv	Pts%	W/L
WCP	10	5	3	2	21	5	+16	2	7	2.10	0.50	65.0	+3
WCF	5	3	2	0	6	1	+5	2	4	1.20	0.20	80.0	+3
World Cup	15	8	5	2	27	6	+21	4	11	1.80	0.40	70.0	+6
ECP	7	4	2	1	14	4	+10	2	4	2.00	0.571	71.4	+3
ECF	0	0	0	0	0	0	=0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	=0
European Championship	7	4	2	1	14	4	+10	2	4	2.00	0.571	71.4	+3
British Championship	10	7	1	2	14	4	+10	2	7	1.40	0.40	75.0	+5
Rous Cup	2	1	0	1	2	2	=0	1	0	1.00	1.00	50.0	=0
Minor Tournament	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2	1	0	0.50	1.50	0.00	-2
Friendly	16	5	6	5	19	16	+2	6	7	1.188	1.00	50.0	=0