George made his competitive debut in the 1975 FA Charity Shield at Wembley Stadium as Derby overcame FA Cup winners West Ham United 20 under the Twin Towers to claim the shield for the only time in their history. [77] Rowett signed a contract until the end of the 201819 season. Derby County chairman's Brian Clough letter revealed after 45 years David Derby - Ballotpedia [88], On 17 September 2021, the club's board of directors announced that the club was to go into administration. Between December 1990 and April 1991 the club went a club record 20 games without a win and equalled the worst ever home league defeat when they crashed 71 at home to Liverpool. Derby County chairman Sam Longson with Brian Clough in 1967 Controversy surrounding Brian Clough's departure from Derby County has rankled with fans for decades. Prior offices. Derby County F.C. - Wikipedia Recently it has come to my attention that meetings have been held, important decisions taken and documents signed without my knowledge. Despite this disappointment, the club maintained a healthy tilt at the league title and were well in the race until March, when George dislocated his shoulder in a 11 draw at home to Stoke City saw the striker miss the run-in, with Derby taking just 6 points from the remaining 14 and finishing the season in fourth, 7 points behind winners Liverpool. Out of a final two of Smith and Brian Horton. However, the signing of Swindon Town's Rod Thomas and Aston Villa's Bruce Rioch turned the club's season around and they lost only four of their last 18 fixtures to grab a third place finish and a return to European football; a fine achievement considering the tumultuous nature of the campaign. The funds to purchase the club will come from Alonso's personal wealth as well as several investors in a consortium. Derby County Squad 1969/1970 - worldfootball.net The club endured three unsuccessful play-off campaigns, failing in the semi-finals twice and losing in the 2019 final to Aston Villa. Derby twice broke its transfer record in the space of a month when in March 1992 they signed Paul Kitson for 1.3m from Leicester City (Phil Gee being one of two players going in the opposite direction) and then Tommy Johnson for Notts County ten days later. [89] Having invested "in excess of 200m" in the club, owner Mel Morris apologised to fans and staff about the administration. The eight match of this run was a 03 defeat by Nottingham Forest and Gregory was suspended the next day, the club alleging serious misconduct. Another former Derby favourite, Iigo Idiakez, missed the decisive penalty to see Derby through to the newly completed Wembley Stadium to face off against West Bromwich Albion in the 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final. The 1970s remains Derby County's most glorious decade with two First Division championships and those great European nights. County Chairs. Other notable results, such as a 31 win over Chelsea, a 41 win away at Middlesbrough and a 44 draw with Bradford City showed the club was still competitive and fans still attended in large numbers; 33,378 attending a 20 home defeat by Liverpool setting a new record for a Derby match at Pride Park. [84] On 8 July 2021, the EFL imposed a transfer embargo on the club,[85] leaving Rooney with a squad of just nine contracted senior professionals;[86] however, the EFL later relaxed the embargo but said any deals will have strict wage limits. Derby County: Season 1970/1971: 22 Players/Coaches: Derby County: Season 1969/1970: 21 Players/Coaches: Derby County: Season 1968/1969: 22 Players/Coaches: Derby County: . Dino Zoff in goal for Juventus. Although results did not improve dramatically (most games ended in draws, taking the club to a record 20 draws in a single campaign) Derby managed to take 18 points from their final 16 games and avoided relegation, finishing 20th. Derby entered the 198182 season expecting promotion, but just 6 wins from their opening 20 games put paid to any ambitions and Colin Addison was sacked in January 1982, to be replaced by his assistant John Newman. Although the season ended with a 62 victory over Ipswich Town at Portman Road, with Francis Lee grabbing 2 goals in the final game of his career, unbeknown to Derby County and its fans, the club's peak was passing. survival) in the Premier League and when this was not achieved the club was once again plunged into financial crisis. Derby County in the FA Cup - the 1970s by Gareth Davis and Burnley 52 and Luton Town 50 (with Davies becoming the first Derby player to hit 5 goals in a match since Hughie Gallacher in 1934) to finish the season as the league's leading scorers. Derby County is saddened to hear of the passing of former director Richard Moore. He won 43 Scotland caps and will forever be remembered for his contribution in the 1978 World Cup. They reached the FA Cup Quarter finals for the third time in seven years, losing out only to late Nwankwo Kanu goal in a 01 away defeat by Arsenal, and recorded some memorable victories, including a league double over Liverpool 21 at Anfield and 32 at Pride Park and a 10 win over Nottingham Forest in the teams' first ever meeting at Pride Park. Mr Pickering's excited by the way things are shaping, so maybe he'll make more available. In the event Derby could only record a 9th-place finish and McFarland, in the knowledge his contract was not going to be renewed, said his goodbye's in the penultimate match of the season, a 21 home defeat at Southend United, ending a 28-year association with the club, broken only by a two-year spell as player-manager at Bradford City. Maxwell was replaced first by Brian Fearn and then by Lionel Pickering, who made his fortune through the founding and running of a free newspaper, and brought majority shareholdings and invested 12m in the form of a loan. In the event of the match Ashley Ward, who finished the season with 9 goals, 2 behind leading scorer Dean Sturridge. [70] Derby once again broke their transfer record, with Czech international Matj Vydra joining for 8,000,000 from Watford,[71] while Jeff Hendrick became the club's highest ever outgoing transfer with a 10,500,000 move to Burnley. A second tilt at European football was made in the 199899 season, the Rams peaking in 2nd place after 6 games with a 20 home win over Leicester City, eventually finishing one place better off in 8th. When Derbyshire Constabulary received allegations of financial irregularities, Sleightholme resigned his position as chairman in April 2006, stating "My position has been made untenable. Whilst Derby were now under the control of the Maxwell family, with Ian as chairman whilst Robert remained in charge at Oxford United, Cox entered a club finally run with backroom stability if not exactly limitless funds. Docherty was constantly engaged in the transfer market whilst at Derby, but the only truly successful capture was Steve Buckley, a 163,000 signing from Luton Town who was Derbys first choice leftback for the next 8 years. February was another disappointing month, where they picked up on 1 point, scoring no goals with them club suffering their 2nd 40 defeat of the season to the hands of Southampton by the end of the month, Derby were 15th in the table. [21] Three years later, Murdo Mackay, Jeremy Keith and finance director Andrew McKenzie were charged with taking a secret commission worth 440,625 from the club and were each sentenced to a combined seven and a half years in prison.[22]. Taylor brought McFarland back to the club as his assistant manager, earning the club a fine when Bradford City complained of an illegal approach, and brought back Archie Gemmill to provide leadership, but the key signing was Halifax Town forward Bobby Davison for 80,000. Clough had built a balanced team at Derby, one in which every player knew his job. The plans were scaled down from the planned 20 million pound development proposed in 2007. It was revealed that the debt had risen to 52million, with the Gadsby-led consortium injecting more than 20million, paying off the ABC Corporation loan and negotiated a deal over the remaining debt with the Co-operative Bank, as well as returning Pride Park to club ownership. Some memorable results occurred along the way, including a 22 draw away to Arsenal, a 42 victory over Tottenham Hotspur and a remarkable 32 victory against Manchester United, in which Mart Poom and Paulo Wanchope made their Derby debuts, Wanchope scoring a goal which was later voted the greatest in the club's history. In this sequence the club won 13 of its fixtures, scoring three or more goals on 8 occasions and recorded a 41 win at Birmingham City, their first win at St. Andrews since 1948, and catapulted themselves from the bottom five to the top of the table in the space of four months, at one point finding themselves 7 points clear at the top of the table. In the 1970s, it twice won the First Division and competed in European competitions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals. One of the innovations Clough and Taylor brought about was a simplification of what was now considered a very old fashioned club crest. After a 21 win in Yugoslavia saw Derby proceed through to the second round 41 on aggregate, the club found itself drawn again Eusbio's Benfica, one of European football's leading lights. Shop by category. | Sports Memorabilia, Football Programmes, League Fixtures | eBay! [75], "Mel Morris (is) a micro-manager who demands success and is not known for his patience - four managers in just over a year testify to that. Derby maintained their top 2 position in September, with the main highlight being a 21 win at local rivals Nottingham Forest, despite the fact that goalkeeper Frank Fielding gave away a penalty and was sent off after 67 seconds, Jeff Hendrick's winner in the game was his first goal in senior football. However, despite a promising middle part of the season, the club fell away badly in the final third and recorded just 4 wins from its last 15 fixtures to finish the season in 6th, 22 points behind Champions West Ham United. The true extent of the club's financial woes were born out when they could not afford to pay Telford United their share of the gate receipts after and FA Cup 4th Round tie (the club eventually reached the Quarter finals, their best run for seven years) and Stuart Webb was appointed a director and set about acquiring shares and striving to attract investors to the club and cottoned onto media proprietor Robert Maxwell, who was owner of Oxford United. The 198485 season was one of transition and, although the club only managed a 7th-placed finish the lowest league placing in the club's history the foundations for the next five years of success were being laid, with Rob Hindmarch, Charlie Palmer and Eric Steele were bought in for free whilst the sale of Kevin Wilson for 150,000 to Ipswich Town helped fund moves for Trevor Christie, Gary Micklewhite and Geraint Williams. As a result of this, on 25 May 2015 Steve McClaren was sacked.[64]. Entry into the European Cup in 1972 compelled the installation of new floodlights to match UEFA specifications. [34][35] The poor start saw fans accuse Gadsby and the board of failing to invest properly in players for the club and, on 29 October 2007, Gadsby stepped down as chairman to be replaced by former Hull City owner Adam Pearson. [7] Steve Bruce rejected the chance to be player-manager before the club finally selected Jim Smith. Derby ( Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oklahoma's 2nd Congressional District. Successor: Mark Vancuren. Steve Powell also 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 City aged just 16 years and 30 days. Derby's summer signings had mixed fortunes with Craig Bryson, Jason Shackell & Frank Fielding all being in contention for the Player of the Year award. Derby County - Historical Football Kits - historicalkits.co.uk In mid-October, Nigel Clough and his backroom staff signed new .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}3+12-year contracts. 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 relegated.. more 28.02.2022 18:24 The 1971-72 season was Derby County 's 72nd in the Football League and their 45th season in the top flight. [36] Meanwhile, results on the pitch weren't improving, with another poor performance away to Aston Villa (02) being followed by a 50 home defeat against a West Ham side ravaged by injuries. County Chairs - Republican Party of Texas Whilst the first 80 years of Derby County F.C. Derby County won the English First Division title twice in the 1970s On a deserted suburban Derby street on the night of Monday, 8 May 1972, two men were jumping in jubilation next to a. Although they rarely swept away the opposition, instead building on the foundations of a strong defence as record signing defender Colin Todd claimed the club's Player of the Year, there were some memorable performances; 40 humblings of rivals Nottingham Forest and Stoke City at the Baseball Ground and away to Sheffield United. After Forest won the European Cup, Clough allowed Parkin to take the trophy home for one night, so that he could get photographs with it. The club recorded an average attendance of 26,020, 3 down previous campaign but still the third highest in the Championship behind West Ham United and Southampton. The club embarked on a 20 match unbeaten league run from 11 November 1995 to 5 March 1996, the club's best run inside of one season. The club settled into mid-table mediocrity until Brian Clough and Peter Taylor arrived in 1967 and transformed the club. 14 Rare Photos Of Texas In The 1970s - OnlyInYourState Smith became the first man to earn promotion at the first attempt in the club's history and had managed it with very little outlay, using his knowledge and experience to shape an attacking outfit which played football the right way. When the European Cup was launched in 1955, Derby had been in the Third Division and now stood as English football's sole representatives in Europe's premiere club competition. The 201415 season saw Derby competing at the top end of the Championship for much of the season, even leading the table going into March. Derby County: 81 wonderful memories of the Baseball Ground Its first league triumph in the 1971-72 season came just three . Kevin Hector, who grabbed a brace in the match, became only the 7th Derby player to score 100 league goals when he hit the second in a 20 win over Coventry City in April 1973 and Derby broke the British Transfer Record for the first time in 24 years with the 250,000 capture of Leicester City's David Nish in August 1972. Dave Mackay ended his three-year tenure at the club with his first ever ever-present campaign, a personal goal, and won the club's Player of the Year award. After starting the season with a 33 draw with old rivals Leeds United, Derby lost only one of their opening seven fixtures, recording a creditable 11 home draw with Champions Manchester United as well as a 21 win at Blackburn Rovers and a 10 win over Sunderland. [46] In the event of the season, after a slow start The Rams spent five fixtures in the play-off positions after a run of 8 wins from 11 fixtures before collapsing spectacularly post-November and recording just four wins from their remaining 28 fixtures, with Championship safety not guaranteed until the 44th fixture when, despite losing 32 at Norwich City other results left the bottom three unable to overtake them. Derby had budgeted for a fourth bottom finish (i.e. Idiakez was voted the club's Player of the Season and Rasiak finished top scorer (with 17 goals) as Derby confounded their form of the last 5 years to grab a fourth-placed finish in the newly rebranded Football League Championship and entrance into the 200405 Playoffs. Derby County chairman's Brian Clough letter revealed after 45 years