Francis Lee

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

And since no one else has done it on this thread (to my surprise), time to post this:



Perhaps the single most iconic photo in the history of this club, along with Kun and his twirling shirt.
(Look at the beauty of that shirt, by the way. No sponsors, no Nike or Puma trade mark. Not even the club badge. Just the purity of a cloudless sky…)

One kid to the right looks like Noel Gallagher. Got the same haircut!

 

[KS55]

he wasn't fat, he was "barrell chested" :0)

He's fat, he's round, he can't get off the ground,
Francis Lee, Francis Lee.....

 

[Vic]

He's fat, he's round, he can't get off the ground,
Francis Lee, Francis Lee.....

...bounces on the ground... surely?

 

[KS55]

...bounces on the ground... surely?

Maybe several versions, but so long ago now, the memory plays tricks on an old fellah. Sure my rag mate sang this version.

 

[Vic]

Franny was fantastic. At his peak (World Cup 1970) he was world-class. The nearest modern day player I can think of would be Tevez. In my view he was unfairly branded a diver. He was always being hacked down and the season he got the most pens (72 I think) alot of the decisions were because of fouls on other players. Lee Won Pen was just a good headline so the story stuck.

For the record (again) that was the Rag version. Originally it was Lee One Pen from the regular scoreline Lee 1 (pen).

 

[Vic]

My first hero.

There's a brilliant clip somewhere if him diving whilst arguing with the refeee possibly Kirkpatrick & another if him hiding the ball under his shirt.

Scored the first goal u ever saw live v Coventry towards the end of 70/71...it was either a retaken pen or a second one that was awarded.

Being young I was fucked off when he looked so happy scoring for Derby.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

That's the one.

 

[Gordyola]

That's the one.

He was showing the ref how Best had dived I think he got booked for his troubles

 

[Gordyola]

One kid to the right looks like Noel Gallagher. Got the same haircut!

I seem to remember that James H Reeve claims he’s in that picture

 

[Gordyola]

Just look at his face, look at his face

He ran over to the directors box to celebrate in front of Swales, following the way that he had been treated leaving City, but the first thing he saw was his son Gary in tears because his dad had scored against his team