- 41. Trade restrictions
- (Clubs)
- ... boxes at the Clock End. In his first editorial, Mike Francis described The Gooner as “a magazine written for Arsenal fans by the fans who really care”. In short, the word symbolised an Arsenal fan who ...
- Created on 14 October 2007
- 42. City takeover
- (Business & finance)
- ... Shinawatra. The takeover was almost a fait accompli anyway, as he’d quietly entered into an Irrevocable Undertaking Agreement with John Wardle, David Makin, Francis Lee, Dennis Tueart and several other ...
- Created on 17 September 2007
- 43. Letters, WSC 246
- (Readers' letters)
- ... (albeit by a military junta) and has been named by Amnesty International in relation to human-rights abuses. We’ve had questionable chairmen: Peter Swales hung around far too long and Francis Lee promised ...
- Created on 20 August 2007
- 44. Letters, WSC 244
- (Readers' letters)
- ... the Silkmen. Under-16s are able to gain admission for a fiver and under-12s are allowed in for free. Average home attendances are up this year, despite a relatively poor season on the field. Francis Pyatt, ...
- Created on 14 June 2007
- 45. Southend Utd 1 Ipswich Town 3
- (Match of the month)
- ... Harrold is a peripheral figure – perhaps unsettled by the visiting support’s rather harsh cries of “Wanker!” that now follow him everywhere – and Mark Gower’s and Simon Francis’s delivery from the flanks ...
- Created on 14 December 2006
- 46. Division One 1967-68
- (Season in brief)
- ... to become chairman of his club. Described by manager Joe Mercer as the “final piece in the jigsaw”, Francis Lee joined Manchester City from Bolton in October 1967. His arrival coincided with an unbeaten ...
- Created on 14 October 2006
- 47. July 2006
- (Diary)
- ... over government interference in the running of the FA. Jason Roberts joins Blackburn, who will also have a go at reviving Francis Jeffers’s career. Tuesday 4 The FA’s official response to Wayne Rooney’s ...
- Created on 14 September 2006
- 48. Queens Park Rangers 1975-76
- (As good as it got)
- ... to happen. Gerry Francis was Rangers captain in a season that kicked off with a 2-0 defeat of Liverpool at Loftus Road. He was their inspiration during a glorious final 15-match run of 13 wins, a draw ...
- Created on 14 July 2006
- 49. Division One 1974-75
- (Season in brief)
- ... a goalless home draw against Carlisle. Colin Todd, Bruce Rioch and Francis Lee were among their stars. At the bottom, promoted Carlisle and Luton went straight back down, relegated along with Chelsea, ...
- Created on 14 May 2006
- 50. Wednesday 1 United 2
- (Match of the month)
- ... you can start to get your head around Owlie frustration when you look at Hillsborough. It’s a decent owd ground, is this – and it’s not so long ago that the Trevor Francis side featuring Waddle, Sheridan, ...
- Created on 14 April 2006
