Legendary player: Archie Hunter- they hired a train just for him
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| Archie Hunter, Aston Villa |
Archie Hunter was a legend on Villa Park, when he could not attend an awayday match because of his job and could not travel with the other players, Aston Villa rented a train just to transport Archie Hunter to the match.
The first FA cup where players had numbers on the back
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| 1933 Everton player Dixie Dean scored the final goal in Fa cup final to 2-0 against Manchester City |
Soccer sports first "million-pound man"
In February 1979 Trevor Francis became the soccer sports first "million-pound man". The legendary Nottingham Forest manager, Brian Clough had to pay a fee of 999999 British pound to transfer Francis from Birmingham to Nottingham Forest, but that amount was without taxes.The purchase of Francis, made Brian Clough and Nottingham Forest European cup winners, when Trevor Francis headed a goal into the net against Swedish Malmo FF 3 months later.
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