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They used to call it ' the beautiful game ' but that was when you could reach out and touch footballers and identify with them. When all the shysters, schmoozers, con-men, crooks and downright dangerous individuals were attracted to boxing, the home of the big bucks. Football was ordinary. Down...

Trevor Francis was a high class striker and immediately repaid Forest by scoring the winning ( and only ) goal in the European Cup Final. Although he was the first £1m player, I still regard it as pretty good business. The deal that smacked of insanity, around the same time, was Malcolm Allison...

Reminds me of Bill Nicholson refusing to pay £100,000 for Jimmy Greaves ( Deal done at £99,999 )