“Much of what Manchester City achieved in the ’60s and ’70s was down to Francis…he is, quite rightly, seen as one of this club’s best-ever players”
Manchester City ambassador and Lee’s former team-mate, Mike Summerbee
Francis LEE (1944-2023)
When lists of Manchester City’s greatest players are compiled, Lee’s name is rarely far from the top.
City paid £60,000 – a club record fee – in order to sign the striker from Bolton Wanderers in 1967, and it proved money well spent as he helped kickstart the club’s most
