Trevor Francis, for example, is regarded as Britain's first £1m player but was officially transferred for £975,000.
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Allison controversially sold crowd favourites such as Peter Barnes and Gary Owen and replaced them with players such as Michael Robinson and Steve Daley - who became the British transfer record for £1,450,000m.