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The Price of Football

Nostalgia special: Trevor Francis' £1m transfer in 1979

The Price of Football

Guy Kilty

Sports, Business

4.92.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Kevin and Kieran look back at Trevor Francis' £1m transfer from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest in 1979, the first time a British club paid a seven-figure fee for a player. Follow Kevin on Twitter - @kevinhunterday Follow Kieran on Twitter - @KieranMaguire Follow The Price of Football on Twitter - @pof_pod Support The Price of Football on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/priceoffootball Check out the Price of Football merchandise store: https://the-price-of-football.backstreetmerch.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:14.2

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0:20.9

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0:30.2

Hello and welcome to the Price of Football, the show that looks at the money behind the

0:44.4

beautiful game of me, Kevin Day, and Liverpool University's Kiran Maguire.

0:49.0

Normally at this stage, Kiran, I'd ask you how you are, but I know because it's only

0:53.4

been 30 seconds since we recorded Monday's pod, basically, because it's Thursday, and normally

1:00.1

that would be a news day, but as we mentioned last pod, I'm on a three day break and Mrs

1:06.8

Day has made it perfectly clear that if I wish to be retained to my testicles, I'm

1:12.5

not to take two hours off to do a podcast.

1:14.6

So we're bringing you another of our special nostalgia pods today, Kiran.

1:20.3

I've been quite looking forward to this, and in honour of his recent passing, Kiran,

1:25.2

we thought we'd take a look at Trevor Francis's record-breaking move from Birmingham City

1:29.7

to Nottingham Forest in 1979, which made him the first million pound player technically

1:36.3

before we do that, Kiran.

1:37.3

I think it would be rude of me not to check whether anything's happened in the three

1:42.0

minutes or so since we stopped recording Monday's pod and started recording this one.

1:47.8

Well, actually, I have been busy, and as we both know, the devil will find work for idle

1:54.4

hands to do.

1:55.4

I stole my light just because you asked me to, yes, because the Baroness, I walked out just

2:04.5

to get myself a quick drink of water, and the Baroness, while standing at the door,

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