Editing Trevor Francis (section)

===Crystal Palace===
Francis was manager of [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]  from November 2001 to April 2003.<ref name="Named Palace">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/nov/30/newsstory.sport5 |title=Palace name Francis as manager |first=Dan |last=Rookwood |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 November 2001 |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref><ref name="Sacked Palace"/> He was appointed by Crystal Palace chairman, [[Simon Jordan]] to replace [[Steve Bruce]] who had resigned as Crystal Palace manager with the intention of taking the manager's role at Birmingham City. Litigation had followed with Bruce being placed on "[[gardening leave]]".<ref>{{cite web | last=Harris | first=Nick | title=Palace win injunction against Bruce | website=The Independent | date=23 November 2001 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/palace-win-injunction-against-bruce-9201022.html | access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> Of the appointment Jordan said, "The last two or three weeks have not been easy. I'm bored of Steve Bruce and Birmingham and what I'm interested in is Trevor Francis and Crystal Palace." At the time Francis said that he had turned down four jobs before accepting the role at Crystal Palace.<ref name="Named Palace" /> Under his managership, Palace defeated a [[Gerard Houllier]]-managed [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in an FA Cup fourth round replay at [[Anfield]] in February 2003<ref>{{cite web | title=Palace stun Liverpool | website=BBC Sport | date=13 February 2003 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/2708843.stm | access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref> and beat Palace's main rivals, [[Brighton & Hove Albion]], 5–0 in October 2002.<ref>{{cite book |title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011 |last=King |first=Ian |date=April 2012 |pages=221, 420–23 |publisher=Derby Books |isbn=9781780910468}}</ref> However, after the team's second failure to achieve promotion to the Premier League, Simon Jordan dismissed him, stating: "People know I am very unhappy with the selection of our players under Francis. We have a very strong squad and we should have done a lot better this season – a lot of lessons need to be learned from injury prevention and transfer policy."<ref name="Sacked Palace">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/apr/19/newsstory.sport4 |title=Francis sacked for failing to decorate Jordan's Palace |first=Dominic |last=Fifield |newspaper=The Guardian |date=19 April 2003 |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>