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5 unusual facts about Freddie Goodwin


Dave Latchford

Even then manager Freddie Goodwin brought in Welsh international Gary Sprake, but Latchford soon regained his first team place, eventually losing it permanently when new manager Willie Bell brought in Jimmy Montgomery.

Freddie Goodwin

It was at Birmingham where he introduced the young Trevor Francis into league football.

A wing half, Goodwin was signed as a trainee from Cheshire Schoolboys by Manchester United on 1 October 1953 as one of the Busby Babes.

He was not on the plane to Munich, having not been selected in the squad for the quarter-final second leg tie with Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia.

Minnesota Kicks

Freddie Goodwin, who had previously coached the New York Generals, was named the first coach on February 19, 1976.



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