Francis Lee

paulchapo said:
Absolutely. He'd terrify defences and score a shitload of goals. He could take a mean penalty too.
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I was at Wembley watching England (v Poland I think) when Franny missed a penalty. For those who remember the old dog track between the pitch and the fans, the ball was still rising when it reached the crowd - There weren't many who could hit a ball as hard as Franny!
 
s1ty m said:
13, I think. Sorry for being pedantic. Happy to be wrong.
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It appears we're both wrong

In the 1971–72 season, Lee set a British record for the number of penalties scored in a season, with 15 of his 35 goals scored from the penalty spot. Many of the penalties resulted from fouls on Lee, earning him the nickname Lee One Pen. Some journalists, holding the opinion that Lee gained a number of penalties by diving, used the name Lee Won Pen instead.[4] Lee's name is often cited in debates about diving in football; referees' chief Keith Hackett described him as a player who "had a reputation of falling down easily".[5]
 
chaddblue said:
And Frank Clark

On a serious note though, I saw him in Porto and he didn't look a well man, almost unrecognisable. Not heard anything since so hopefully he's recovered from whatever it was
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someone said to me recently he wasn’t very well.
 
paulchapo said:
It appears we're both wrong

In the 1971–72 season, Lee set a British record for the number of penalties scored in a season, with 15 of his 35 goals scored from the penalty spot. Many of the penalties resulted from fouls on Lee, earning him the nickname Lee One Pen. Some journalists, holding the opinion that Lee gained a number of penalties by diving, used the name Lee Won Pen instead.[4] Lee's name is often cited in debates about diving in football; referees' chief Keith Hackett described him as a player who "had a reputation of falling down easily".[5]
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15. Blimey. I saw him miss one against Derby in a 4-0 win in the early 70s.
 
s1ty m said:
15. Blimey. I saw him miss one against Derby in a 4-0 win in the early 70s.
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Memory might be playing tricks but I seem to recall him not just 'missing' one but only just getting it inside the corner flag in a 7-0 trashing of Burnley in the late 60's.
 
paulchapo said:
It appears we're both wrong

In the 1971–72 season, Lee set a British record for the number of penalties scored in a season, with 15 of his 35 goals scored from the penalty spot. Many of the penalties resulted from fouls on Lee, earning him the nickname Lee One Pen. Some journalists, holding the opinion that Lee gained a number of penalties by diving, used the name Lee Won Pen instead.[4] Lee's name is often cited in debates about diving in football; referees' chief Keith Hackett described him as a player who "had a reputation of falling down easily".[5]
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In that season, I went to every match, home and away.
From memory, only 4 of the penalties were awarded for fouls on Lee himself - he "merely" scored the penalty.
The goal that broke the record was at the swamp, so quite a satisfying night.
 
crazyg said:
In that season, I went to every match, home and away.
From memory, only 4 of the penalties were awarded for fouls on Lee himself - he "merely" scored the penalty.
The goal that broke the record was at the swamp, so quite a satisfying night.
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Yes, that's how I remember it too. Most of the fouls were on other players. The media were at it even then, changing it to 'Lee Won Pen'. Despite that, he did once say that his style of running straight into the box often forced defenders into making mistakes which resulted in either a pen or a goal. He was a handful, that's for sure.
 
BillCarlisle said:
Yes, that's how I remember it too. Most of the fouls were on other players. The media were at it even then, changing it to 'Lee Won Pen'. Despite that, he did once say that his style of running straight into the box often forced defenders into making mistakes which resulted in either a pen or a goal. He was a handful, that's for sure.
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Yes he had a low centre of gravity and was very stocky with a barrel chest, like a cross between Tevez and Aguero.
 
paulchapo said:
It appears we're both wrong

In the 1971–72 season, Lee set a British record for the number of penalties scored in a season, with 15 of his 35 goals scored from the penalty spot. Many of the penalties resulted from fouls on Lee, earning him the nickname Lee One Pen. Some journalists, holding the opinion that Lee gained a number of penalties by diving, used the name Lee Won Pen instead.[4] Lee's name is often cited in debates about diving in football; referees' chief Keith Hackett described him as a player who "had a reputation of falling down easily".[5]
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8 of the 15 penalties were for fouls on other players, handball etc.
Only 7 were won directly by Lee.
 
Saw him score his first goal for City against Fulham at Craven Cottage.

A bloody miracle I even made it there. Stood outside newsagents on Timperley station bridge waiting for the coach me and my mate had booked, got suspicious when it was overdue and asked in the shop where it was, they had not rung our booking through to Maine's. Got a refund and persuaded my father to drive us into town to Piccadilly station. There was a strike in progress and no trains running to London from Piccadilly but were informed there was one from Central in about 20 minutes. My father, who had hung around, dropped us at Central and we ended up in London about 30 minutes before kick-off after changing trains at Rugby. After catching the underground we sprinted along the the embankment from Putney Bridge and just made it for the kick-off.
 
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