Well you have to put 'Super' John Francis in don't you? He was very similar to Shaun Wright-Phillips, in that he would kick and run at the defenders to little or no effect. But it did have an effect once. Back in that play-off season, we'd been held 0-0 at home to Plymouth and we thought we'd blown it because we were rubbish away all that season (how times change, not). I was listening to Radio Lancashire whilst watching the Champions League Final with the sound off. We went 1-0 down and I was thinking were dead and buried. But John Francis came to the rescue with two goals, Warren Joyce sealing the win.
Here are the highlights from that game...
During that season there was a photo of Francis over two pages of the Matchday programme with the caption
'John Francis makes the number 14 shirt his own.'
Now this was in the days of teams playing in numbers 1-11. The number 14 was usually the second outfield substitute, not really something you would want to make 'your own' . Made me laugh at the time.
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