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by Stuart Ellis on September 24, 2007
TREVOR FRANCIS - A player that had the lot, lightning speed, great control and a very cool finish. Even at 16 he was simply awesome. Birmingham are unlikely to ever have a player this good again.
by andy on September 24, 2007
Trevor Francis, made his debut at 16 v bolton 4-0 and scored all 4 goals, went on to be first £1,000,000 player in england. Play For England,score winning goal in European Cup final
by cliff morris on September 24, 2007
trevor smith. centre half.great player for brum and england.but also loved our trevor francis.
by mikey dee on September 24, 2007
Trev was a hero never the less but it was Merrick who won us the silver :) Gilbert 'Gil' Harold Merrick (26 January 1922 - ) is an English footballer and football manager. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the UK during the mid-1950s, Gil was one in a long line of great Birmingham City keepers which included the likes of Johnny Schofield and Harry Hibbs. Merrick was a brilliant handler of the ball, he was misfortunate to be the last line of defence against the superb Hungarians, and gained the nickname 'Mister Thirteen', due to the fact he had conceded 13 goals during the two games. Merrick played 700 times for the Blues, making 170 appearances during the Second World War, and was capped 23 times by England. In May 1960, Merrick took the managerial position at Birmingham City, replacing Pat Beasley after the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup defeat to Barcelona. Under Merrick, Blues reached the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup again, this time losing to Roma in the final, and also took Blues to the final of the
by Mikey dee on September 24, 2007
League Cup, where they defeated their local rivals, ***Aston Villa***, over two legs. In the league, Blues failed to make their mark on the top flight of English Football.
by Top on September 24, 2007
Even in the twilight of his career, awesome!
by Andrew on September 25, 2007
Obivously T Francis, B Bridges, Dugaree all come to the front of the mind but my pick is Bertie Auld. Great character and awesome winger with a thunderbolt left foot.
by jason willis on September 27, 2007
the blue scum have never had any 'great' players. they're shit, soon to relegated toss pots. i mean you buy ridgewell (a player never a first teamer for the mighty villa) and then... YOU MAKE HIM CAPTAIN. Laughable. the funny thing is he stands out in your squad as a good player but only cause the rest of the team is SO DAMN SHIT. cant wait till derby day. SHIIIIT ON THE CITY!!!!
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