xgorton
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Yes great day out red hot afternoon,also got my 3 aways up rags got beat home with Ipswich I won a few quid.
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40 years ago today
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A story goes Trevor Francis and his agent travelling up to dicuss terms with the City board were pondering how much of a wage he should ask for. £4,000 a week was decided, hoping to get £3,000. As they sat down in the boardroom Swales stood up saying " We will pay you £6,000 a week and not a penny more" Francis and his agent could hardly keep a straight face.
percypawpaw
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Short lived but what a player, remember the trip to Stoke, but what hurt was selling him just before the start of a new season, me and my mates were all gutted, we were on holiday in Spain and could not believe he had gone.
Stiff Little Wingers
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was it that rarity....a Phil Boyer goal?Eh; it was a scorching hot Saturday afternoon. One of my most memorable away days, the place was rammed with blues.
Anyone remember who scored our other goal that day, WITHOUT GOOGLING IT?
If I remember correctly, it was Phil Boyer
What a player Francis was and we had such high hopes that season because the squad was really good...Francis, Reeves, Tommy Hutch, Tueart, Hartford, Gow, Power etc but injures ravaged us
jimharri
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Very good.was it that rarity....a Phil Boyer goal?
What a player Francis was and we had such high hopes that season because the squad was really good...Francis, Reeves, Tommy Hutch, Tueart, Hartford, Gow, Power etc but injures ravaged us
jimharri
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That hideous new roof on the main stand had to be paid for,allegedly.Short lived but what a player, remember the trip to Stoke, but what hurt was selling him just before the start of a new season, me and my mates were all gutted, we were on holiday in Spain and could not believe he had gone.
Blueknows
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I take it you've never heard him commentate or discuss us pre and post match? Never heard him say a good word about us worse than Danny millsI’ve simply never got that vibe from him at all. I’ve also seen him write very fondly about City supporters. Think there were some issues with his wages being paid on time on a couple of occasions, but he got them in the end and got a big money move to Sampdoria, so he’d have no reason to hate us, and as far as I’m concerned, he doesn’t.
citymad
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Yep, never really heard him say anything positive, a bit like Niall Quinn. Wonderful player though.I take it you've never heard him commentate or discuss us pre and post match? Never heard him say a good word about us worse than Danny mills
Think you might need to take a zero off that. No player was getting paid £6,000 per week in 1981A story goes Trevor Francis and his agent travelling up to dicuss terms with the City board were pondering how much of a wage he should ask for. £4,000 a week was decided, hoping to get £3,000. As they sat down in the boardroom Swales stood up saying " We will pay you £6,000 a week and not a penny more" Francis and his agent could hardly keep a straight face.
John Barnes became the first £10k per week footballer in 1992 and there was an outcry then that wages were out of control