Francis Lee RIP

[Northerndave]

This annoys me a great deal. Surely the media team could get this right?
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Pathetic isn't it when Derby have a far better tribute video up on their site last night for the 2 years he was there.

 

[Gary James]

Going to wind that back and give it a listen.

I didn’t get long enough sadly. So much to say.

I’ve posted this lengthy profile on him to my website:

Francis Lee

It is with immense sadness that I write this but the news has now been announced that the former Bolton, Manchester City, Derby & England star Francis Lee has died. There are so many things to …

gjfootballarchive.com

 

[levets]

Last I knew, they never spoke again to each other, but happy to stand corrected.

I thought they kind of made up at Neil Young funeral

 

[levets]

Pathetic isn't it when Derby have a far better tribute video up on their site last night for the 2 years he was there.

I’ve emailed the club and asked them to amend immediately. They said they’ll pass it over to the media team to ‘investigate’. Somebody going to get a bollocking.

 

[levets]

I’ve emailed the club and asked them to amend immediately. They said they’ll pass it over to the media team to ‘investigate’. Somebody going to get a bollocking.

Now amended

 

[Dcfc]

Derby fan in peace,never before gone on another fans site,but making an exception to pay tribute to the great Franny Lee,we had him at the twilight of his career and a lot of fans said he’s come for the ride,how wrong we were,he was inspirational never saw him have a bad game,always 110% commitied,full of passion exuberance and goals,he formed a great partnership with Charlie George,and Kevin Hector,and on a wednesday night under the floodlights at the old Baseball Ground in a European cup semi final against Benfica with the great Eusebio ,absolutely tore them apart he was brilliant.He played like a kid in a schoolyard full of the cocky tricks and Always with a smile on his face.against the Dirtys (Leeds showing what a hard man he was.I’m sure we could go on and on,bottom line a LEGEND every where he played.He was always Man City but thank you for borrowing him to us for 2years helping us to win the title he was part of the best Derby team in our history.God bless you Franny,RIP.

 

[ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN]

Derby fan in peace,never before gone on another fans site,but making an exception to pay tribute to the great Franny Lee,we had him at the twilight of his career and a lot of fans said he’s come for the ride,how wrong we were,he was inspirational never saw him have a bad game,always 110% commitied,full of passion exuberance and goals,he formed a great partnership with Charlie George,and Kevin Hector,and on a wednesday night under the floodlights at the old Baseball Ground in a European cup semi final against Benfica with the great Eusebio ,absolutely tore them apart he was brilliant.He played like a kid in a schoolyard full of the cocky tricks and Always with a smile on his face.against the Dirtys (Leeds showing what a hard man he was.I’m sure we could go on and on,bottom line a LEGEND every where he played.He was always Man City but thank you for borrowing him to us for 2years helping us to win the title he was part of the best Derby team in our history.God bless you Franny,RIP.

Well said

broke my young heart when he signed for you

 

[Karl8]

My dad used to tell me all about Franny, and very warmly called him Lee 1 Pen.
Whilst I never had the great privilege of seeing Franny play for us, I was around when he put his money where his mouth was and tried to rescue us when we were in the mud. I’ll remember him fondly for that if nothing else.
Rest in peace Francis Lee. A true blue hero.

 

[BufordUSABlue]

Can you post a picture?

Of the shirt ............. not one of me topless presumably ;-)

 

[blue44]

Derby fan in peace,never before gone on another fans site,but making an exception to pay tribute to the great Franny Lee,we had him at the twilight of his career and a lot of fans said he’s come for the ride,how wrong we were,he was inspirational never saw him have a bad game,always 110% commitied,full of passion exuberance and goals,he formed a great partnership with Charlie George,and Kevin Hector,and on a wednesday night under the floodlights at the old Baseball Ground in a European cup semi final against Benfica with the great Eusebio ,absolutely tore them apart he was brilliant.He played like a kid in a schoolyard full of the cocky tricks and Always with a smile on his face.against the Dirtys (Leeds showing what a hard man he was.I’m sure we could go on and on,bottom line a LEGEND every where he played.He was always Man City but thank you for borrowing him to us for 2years helping us to win the title he was part of the best Derby team in our history.God bless you Franny,RIP.

Great post mate
I was 9 or 10 when he put that goal past us at MR
I now forgive him