About our Trevor Francis news
Latest news on Trevor Francis, an English footballer who played as a forward for a number of clubs in England, the United States, Italy, Scotland and Australia. In 1979 he became Britain's first £1 million player following his transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest.
Trevor Francis scored the winning goal for Forest in the 1979 European Cup final against Malmö. He won the European Cup again with the club the following year.
Trevor Francis played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Between 1988 and 2003 he was a football manager, most notably with Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham City.
Trevor Francis died at the age of 69, on 24 July 2023, after suffering a heart attack in Spain.