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HEY JUDE! 16-YEAR- OLD HAS TWO CLUB RECORDS

FOCUS ON BIRMINGHAM CITY’S TEEN SENSATION
By John Wragg

TOUGH LOVE: Jude Bellingham is fouled by Stoke’s James McClean before being congratulated on his goal by head coach Pep Clotet

ON THE afternoon of Saturday, February 20, 1971, I was at St Andrew’s covering Birmingham City’s home game with Bolton in the Second Division.
It would normally have been a hum-drum, middle of the table fixture, not much on it, not a lot of interest. Except this was different.
A 16-year-old lad from Devon called Trevor Francis was tearing things up. He was getting goals and 25,6...

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