Includes transfers during this period and players on loan. Derby also won the Texaco Cup in 1971-72 and Hennessey was ever-present in that success as the Rams saw off Dundee United, Stoke City, Newcastle United and Airdrieonians. Charlton Athletic and Watford were relegated. Register for a Rams account today. The 1972 UEFA Cup Final was the final of the first ever UEFA Cup and was contested by two English teams, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur. The night will also cast the spotlight on the Derby County Women with their prestigious Young Player and Player of the Season awards being presented. 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The value Clough placed on McGovern is clear from the fact he went on to captain Nottingham Forest to the European Cup twice. Where has the time gone, does it feel. O'Hare, as centre forward, was essential to Derby's shape and style, and an unselfish team player. At the time I was 16 and just wanted to play football, and honestly didn't have any nerves at all. * Derby County Women Young Player of the Season 2021/22, * Sammy Crooks Young Player of the Season 2021/22, * Highest Goalscorer of the Season 2021/22, * Derby County Women Player of the Season 2021/22, * Jack Stamps Player of the Season 2021/22, * Chefs Special 3-course Menu * Prize Draw and Silent Auction for Signed Memorabilia * Free Stadium Parking * Pre-event Reception & Post-event Party. England were eliminated from the 1972 European Championships in the quarter-finals after losing 31 on aggregate over two legs (13 at Wembley and 00 in West Berlin) to West Germany, who went on to win the tournament. Derby County 1971/72. Known Youth , Apprentice or Reserve players added in case the autograph is in this collection. "These were magical experiences," said McFarland. Derby County will stage their first End of Season Awards event in three years on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 at Pride Park Stadium and Derby's first-team staff and players will all be in attendance. Tickets are available from 99 per person (plus VAT) on a first come first served basis. They would also pick you up. Powell had made just one start for the first team and yet here he was up against a formidable Liverpool side containing the attacking threats of Steve Heighway, Kevin Keegan and John Toshack, and in Derby's biggest game of the season in which victory would take them top of the table. But they had to wait a week for Liverpool, who needed a win at Arsenal, and Leeds, if they got a point at Wolves, to finish their fixtures. Mrz - RAMS CHAMPIONS in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! "Me and Toddy then had a long drive down to the Hendon Hall Hotel to meet up with England,"McFarland continued the story. It is not fluke, not to do what they did," Powell said, adding: "They always kept you on your toes, you never knew from day to day what was going off. [6] This assured Derby the title by a single point. McFarland and Todd had left their team-mates on their end-of-season holiday to report for international duty and made sure they tuned in to listen as their fate was decided for them. [11], 20 August 1971: Manchester United beat Arsenal 31 in a "home" tie, played at Anfield in Liverpool as a result of a ban from hosting their first two home games in Manchester, the second would be held at the Victoria Ground in Stoke-on-Trent.[12]. "It felt like a lot for us to haul back. Coaches. 197172 was Huddersfield's last season in the top flight until 2017, and within a few seasons they fell into the Fourth Division. I'll never ever forget what he said that night and of all the players to score the goal against Liverpool in our final game of the season, it was John McGovern. Overview; News; Fixtures & Results; Record against. Leeds lay fourth on 55 points, also with two matches remaining and a superior goal average to the other challengers. So I walked down the length of his street, walked to the bottom and then back again. [16], 29 January 1972: In the second League Cup semi-final replay, at Old Trafford, Stoke overcome a West Ham side forced to make Bobby Moore their stand-in goalkeeper, putting them through to the League Cup Final for the first time. You couldn't write it.". MRZ 4. Derby ended their season by beating Liverpool 10, John McGovern netting the winner, leaving them on 58 points with Leeds (who beat Chelsea 20 on the same night) on 57 and Liverpool on 56. That was the basis of having Archie in the team and what a great signing it was.". 15 December 1971: John Ritchie's goal and a penalty save from Gordon Banks gives Stoke City a replay in the Football League Cup semi-final against West Ham United. Fifty years on from that remarkable achievement, several of the Rams stars from that season, including Roy McFarland, Archie Gemmill, Alan Durban, Alan Hinton, John OHare, Colin Todd, Roger Davies, Colin Boulton and Steve Powell will be there in person to take a trip down memory lane and look back on the stunning season which saw Derby crowned as the Champions of England for the first time in their history. "Low and behold, Leeds and Liverpool couldn't match what we had done to get the results that they wanted in their last game and we became champions.". Goalkeeper Colin Boulton and Hector played all 42 league games, John Robson missed just one. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for IPSWICH TOWN V DERBY COUNTY POGRAMME SEASON 71 - 72 at the best online prices at eBay! Derby County squad 1971-72: (back row, l-r) Terry Hennessey, John Richardson, Tony Bailey, Peter Daniel, John Sims, Ricky Marlowe, Jeff Bourne, Ken Blair, Tommy Mason; (third row, l-r) Physio Gordon Guthrie, Kevin Hector, John McGovern, John O'Hare, Frank Wignall, Alan Durban, Colin Boulton, Alan Hinton, John Robson, Colin Todd, Ron Webster, "Playing with these guys was wonderful," Hinton said. Fifty years ago today, May 8, 1972, Derby County were crowned champions of England for the first time. 8 May 1972: Derby County win the League Championship as neither Leeds United nor Liverpool manage to win their final league games. We jumped out of the car and hugged each other. Leeds needed a draw and Liverpool a win to overtake Derby. "I was told in the morning that I was playing," Powell recalled. Wayne Rooney's valiant attempt to keep Derby County in the Championship despite a 21-point deduction came to an end on Monday as a 1-0 defeat at QPR saw the Rams . National Football Teams without an confederation. Nottingham Forest and Huddersfield Town lost their First Division status. 70-71 TRANSFER DIARY. I doubt it. DERBY COUNTY were still living off their 1946 FA Cup final success against CharltonAthletic when Alan Durban arrived at the Baseball Ground. Wayne Rooneys side, backed by the clubs loyal supporters, have valiantly fought against the odds in the Championship over the course of the campaign and the End of Season Awards event will offer the opportunity to recognise the players efforts. "The gaffer phoned my dad up at dinner time and said 'I'm going to play your bairn tonight'. Full Site Menu. How did you get on? A crowd of 39,159 squeezed into the Baseball Ground on a Monday night but the Rams suffered an injury blow and would be without Ron Webster, an exceptionally good right back and fine defender. It left The Vixen in a difficult fix when they continued strong in the final round. I was kind of falling over in amazement that he hadn't tried a shot at goal, and it put me half a step out. Contacte o seu. "Me and Toddy [Colin Todd] were not with the squad in Majorca because we had to report for England duty," McFarland said. With home gates consistently over 20,000, Derby beat Dundee United (85 on aggregate), Stoke (43 agg.) Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer. 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But their hopes were controversially endedexternal-link at the the semi-final stage by Juventus. With it came confirmation that Brian Clough's Derby County were English First Division champions. Grimsby Town, Southend United, Brentford and Scunthorpe United were promoted from the Fourth Division. "He had a terrific footballing brain in and around the box," Gemmill said of Durban in his autobiography, 'Archie Gemmill - Both sides of the Border'. "We were all down after being knocked out of the FA Cup," McFarland said. But they didn't. Toddy sat in the car, but I had to get out. City, having completed their fixtures, now led the table on 57 points but could no longer win the league, with Derby and second-placed Liverpool both a point behind and separated only by goal average. "I wanted to go but I was an apprentice. McFarland, now aged 74, recalls being crowned champions while standing outside a row of houses as "surreal", having paced up and down the street waiting for the result from the Leeds game to come through after Liverpool, another title challenger, had already drawn with Arsenal. The title win came at a time when the rivalry between Clough and Leeds boss Revie - two managers with different approaches and footballing ideologies which defined a generation in their own ways - was simmering. . Steve Powell became Derby's youngest ever player, a record he held for almost 30 years, when he made his debut in a Texaco Cup tie against Stoke aged just 16 years and 30 days. I think they played four and a half minutes injury time [in the Leeds' game] and it seemed like four and a half years.". Leeds United beat Chelsea 20 and will win the title if they can beat Wolverhampton Wanderers in their final fixture.[16]. Glittering drama based on the audacious Brinks-Mat security depot heist, A corrupt copper and a Leeds gangster are bound together by decades of dishonesty. That unbeaten start to the season gave the Rams a foothold and showed they could muscle into the natural order of the division. The 32 aggregate win by Tottenham Hotspur gave them the second European trophy in their history[9], 8 July 1971: Bill Shankly signs a three-year contract as Liverpool manager which will keep him in charge until the end of the 197374 season. Among the victories was a 2-0 triumph over Leeds and the decisive win, sealed by John McGovern, against Liverpool in the last of their matches to go top of the table. AN OPEN and honest clearing of the air was the key to Coventrys remarkable turn of form that secured Championship survival, reckons talismanic frontman Matt Godden. How many of the 23-man squad can you name from that season? We've given you 10 minutes to name them all. And It's All Women. Tottenham Hotspur qualified for the UEFA Cup as the trophy holders. Watching and listening to the players was a privilege and gave off a sense of being in the presence of greatness from magical days. Alan Durban loved to get a goal, he was good at getting a goal but this time he threw a dummy to the Liverpool player by letting the ball run. - and it's a third of the price of Heinz, Consumer group Which? 8 May 1972: Derby County win the League Championship as neither Leeds United nor Liverpool manage to win their final league games. His players are young and full of ability, and to win a League Championship so soon after entering the First Division is a credit to his methods." Derby County Football Club, Pride Park Stadium, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8XL In total, just 16 players featured for Derby that season. The second leg, played on 17 May at White Hart Lane, ended 11. Entdecke DERBY COUNTY v WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 1971/2. Goalkeeper Colin Boulton was just one of two players to feature in every game. Derby County FC Squad, 1971-72 View source Squad Colin Boulton John Robson Terry Hennessey Roger Davies Jeff Bourne John McGovern Peter Daniel Colin Todd Steve Powell Kevin Hector John O'Hare Roy McFarland Ron Webster Alan Hinton Archie Gemmill Staff Manager: Brian Clough Honours Football League Division 1 Championship That is what winning the English title meant.". Clough, bold as ever, turned to 16-year-old Steve Powell as Webster's replacement. Derby's destiny was not in their own hands and they left the country to escape the pressure - Brian Clough holidayed with his family in the Isles of Scilly while Peter Taylor went to Majorca with the players. The players used and the number of appearances they made were: Colin Boulton (42), Ron Webster (38), John Robson (41), John McGovern (40), Terry Hennessey (18), Colin Todd (40), Roy McFarland (38), Archie Gemmill (40), John O'Hare (40), Kevin Hector (42), Alan Hinton (38), Alan Durban (31), Frank Wignall (11), Jim Walker (6), Steve Powell (3), Tony Bailey (1). Overview; News; Fixtures & Results; Record against. ", Leeds lost 2-1 while Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by Arsenal. "I tell you what, we made enough noise," McFarland told BBC Sport. Grabbans saved pen sees fight go to wire. Mansfield Town, Barnsley, Torquay United and Bradford City were relegated. How many of the 23-man squad can you name from that season? VALERIEN Ismael de-manded an immediate reaction from Barnsley after their play-off momentum stalled with defeat to a Preston side inspired by Jordan Storey. Other Finders: Draft Finder, Head-to-Head Finder, Player Comparison Finder. The 197172 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in England. Please email [emailprotected] or call 01332 667583 for further details or to book your tickets/table, or you can book online by Clicking Here. . His nickname among supporters was 'The King'. That ended goalless, watched by 63,077, and so the tie went to a second replay at Filbert Street, Leicester, in March. At left back, Robson rarely gave an inch to opposing forwards and loved to attack. Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. The latest rumours and stories from around the world of football. Report this user for behavior that violates our Community Guidelines. 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Football Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. [18], 31 March 1972: Brian Clough dismisses reports that he is to be Noel Cantwell's successor as Coventry City manager. CARLOS Corberan was a relieved man to see Huddersfield secure their Championship safety with this draw with Coventry. He oiled the midfield wheels, closing down the opposition's key man, making tackles and interceptions, and kept things ticking by pushing around simple passes. POLICE have launched an investigation after a stranger tried to pick up a five-year-old girl in a park. Todd was fast and strong in the tackle and a wonderful passer, a player of great awareness who could read the game like a book. Please Note: If playing on a mobile device, you may need to turn your screen sideways. Brian Clough, 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first league championship.