Editing Trevor Francis (section)

===Queens Park Rangers===
Francis signed for [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] on a free transfer in March 1988 and helped the team finish fifth in the First Division.<ref name="QPR Obit">{{cite web |url=https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/2023/july/28/remembering-trevor-francis/ |title=Remembering Trevor Francis |first=Chris |last=Guy |publisher=Queens Park Rangers F.C. |date=28 July 2023 |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> He scored 10 goals from 26 appearances in the first half of the 1988–89 season and took over as player-manager in December 1988 when [[Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)|Jim Smith]] moved to [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], but a knee injury in January 1989 put an end to his playing season.<ref name="QPR Obit"/> He marked his return to the field in September 1989 with a hat-trick against [[Aston Villa]],<ref name="QPR Obit"/> but was replaced as manager by [[Don Howe]] in November 1989 and his playing contract was paid up a few days later.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/ealing-and-acton-gazette-after-francis/129067488/ |title=Rangers go Continental |first=Graham |last=Metcalf |newspaper=Ealing & Acton Gazette |date=1 December 1989 |page=60 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

In March 1989, QPR player [[Martin Allen]] left the preparations for a game away at [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] in order to witness the birth of his son. Francis fined him two weeks' wages, a decision that was condemned by the British press and discussed in Parliament. Francis expressed remorse, but never recovered the trust of Allen, who left for West Ham at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=The jury is still out on Francis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/feb/27/newsstory.sport6 |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=27 February 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Which football managers have followed legends with instant success? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/apr/23/which-football-managers-have-followed-legends-with-instant-success-the-knowledge |access-date=25 April 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

During his time at Queens Park Rangers, Francis completed a brief loan in 1988 with an Australian [[National Soccer League]] team, [[Wollongong Wolves FC|Wollongong City]], as part of businessman [[Harry Michaels]]' attempt to market football in Australia. Michaels had previously funded the loans of [[Alan Brazil]] and [[Paul Mariner]], whom Francis was to replace, and had discussions with [[Norman Whiteside]], [[Nigel Clough]] and [[Michel Platini]] about playing for the [[New South Wales]]-based team.<ref>{{cite web | title=Star strikers and restructures to make soccer turnstiles click | website=Australian Financial Review |first=Garrett |last=Jones | date=17 May 1988 | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/star-strikers-and-restructures-to-make-soccer-turnstiles-click-19880517-k2s6u | access-date=30 July 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name=OzFootball/>