Whilst several players, such as Malcolm Christie, bought from Nuneaton Borough for 50,000 and eventually registering 30 goals in 129 appearances for the club over 5 years, Richard Jackson and Paul Boertien (both of whom spent nearly a decade at the club), were successfully captured from lower league sides, Smith's previous golden touch in the transfer market had appeared to desert him, as players such as Bjorn Otto Bragstad, Con Blatsis, and Daniele Daino where bought and barely registered on the field, with safety only guaranteed on the penultimate day of the 200001 FA Premier League season; Malcolm Christie's goal the difference in a 10 win away to Manchester United. Les Parkin covered Derby County when they won Football League titles under Clough and Dave Mackay in the 1970s, and travelled with the club for their matches in the European and UEFA Cups. This was Derby's sole participation in the tournament, which lasted only four seasons, but the victory proved to be the highlight of an otherwise unremarkable season as Derby consolidated their top-flight position with a ninth-placed finish, though Roy McFarland became the first Derby player to represent England since 1950 when he appeared against Malta, and Clough made two more key signings in the shape of Archie Gemmill, 66,000 from Preston, and again broke the club transfer record with the 170,000 capture of Sunderland's Colin Todd. A purple patch of form in February saw the club end local rivals Nottingham Forest's 19 match unbeaten run, inflict eventual-Champions Newcastle United's biggest defeat of the season (30) and hit five in a match for the first time in three years when they edged out Preston North End 53 at Pride Park, before a run of just three wins in twelve through the end of February until the end of April, ensured that safety was not achieved until the 44th fixture of the season after a 11 draw at home to relegation rivals Crystal Palace. Derby county 1970s Stock Photos and Images (188) See derby county 1970s stock video clips Quick filters: Cut Outs | Black & white Page 1 of 2 RM EP2BGT - Derby County v Juventus, European Cup semi final 2nd leg match at the Baseball Ground, Derby, 25th April 1973. [90] Relegated in May 2021, former Championship club Wycombe Wanderers considered legal action against Derby County following the administration announcement. Whilst the club did manage a trip to Wembley for the first time in nearly 20 years reaching the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup, where they lost 13 to Cremonese and recorded a club record 7 consecutive away league wins, starting with a 31 win at Cambridge United on 3 October 1992 and ending with a 21 defeat at Brentford on Boxing Day, 1992, the season was seen as something of a disappointment considering the amount of money spent and the players available to the club. Following the AEK Athens defeat, a 11 draw away to Q.P.R. Derby ended the season with a 10 win over title rivals Liverpool at the Baseball Ground, John McGovern netting the crucial winner, leaving Derby on 58 from 42 games, Leeds on 57 from 41 and Liverpool on 56 from 41. [61][62] Derby finished seven points off the play-offs, with poor away form being another factor in missing out on the top, however they again showed decent home form, but the cup results were a disappointment, losing in the First Round of the League Cup and Fourth Round of the FA Cup. Of the players at the club when Cox arrive, the key man was Peter Taylor signing Bobby Davison, who became the first Derby player to hit 20 league goals in a single campaign since Kevin Hector in 196768 when he hit 24 goals in 46 matches to finish as the club's leading scorer for the third consecutive season. One of the innovations Clough and Taylor brought about was a simplification of what was now considered a very old fashioned club crest. [3] Derby's European adventure came at the expense of their league campaign, with a run of just 3 wins in 11 towards the end of the season contributing to a disappointing seventh-placed finish in the club's first ever title defence, as they finished the 197273 First Division, 14 points behind eventual winners Liverpool. 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. George had a brilliant season for the Rams, earning both the club's Player of the Year trophy and the Midlands Player of the Season trophy and helped himself to 24 goals in all competitions. Following the game at Old Trafford a director called Jack Kirkland demanded to know what Taylor's role within the club and the pair, feeling undermined, left their role after six and a half years in charge. [38] On 28 January 2008, it was announced that Derby had been purchased by American group General Sports and Entertainment, with Tom Glick taking the role of new president and chief executive. Having just clinched promotion to Division One with an exciting Newcastle United side, Arthur Cox left St James' Park on a point of contract and Derby wasted no time in appointing him as manager in May 1984. But it is his club, his 100m-plus investment, and he will run it his way.". The club recorded an average attendance of 26,023, a figure more than 3,000 down on the previous campaign but still the second highest in the Championship behind Leeds United's 27,299 and the 15th best in the country. After taking just 6 points from 14 matches Davies left by mutual consent[37] The move was seen to be more as a result of Davies publicly questioning Adam Pearson's chairmanship of the club in a post-match interview following a 20 home defeat by Chelsea than actual results (as Pearson publicly gave Davies his backing a few weeks previously), with some supporters suggesting Davies engineered his dismissal as he was unable to turn the club around. Overview; News; Fixtures & Results; Record against. 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. The history of Derby County Football Club from 1967 to the present covers the major events in the history of the club from Brian Clough assuming control in 1967 up until the 201718 season. 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. Derby started the 199798 at a fine pace, peaking at 4th following the 40 win over Southampton, and Francesco Baiano, Player of the Season, flourished in particular; equalling the club record of scoring in six consecutive league games. Burley's first full season in charge brought little joy, as they recorded a 20th-placed finish in the 200304 Division One, just 1 point clear of relegation with safety not confirmed until the penultimate game of the season with a 20 win over Millwall. 's existence had been relatively consistent, the era covered here saw the club experience five promotions and five relegations as it rose dramatically to its peak and back. Without the distraction of European football removed, hopes where high that Derby would enter the 197374 season as title contenders, but the increasingly fractious relationship between Clough and the board came to a head following a 10 victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford on 13 October 1973. There was also the continued introduction of academy players to the side, with Tom Huddlestone and Marcus Tudgay making significant contributions alongside players such as Lee Grant and Lee Holmes. The Baseball Ground's location in residential area meant that after all alternatives had been explored, including the renovating the Baseball Ground to a 26,000 all-seater arena, it was decided it would be of more benefit for the club to move instead, with it being announced that the stadium would be completed for the start of the 19971998 season. 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. One of these matches, a 52 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in which Baiano scored twice, was the club's first victory at Hillsborough since September 1936. The season itself started in unconvincing fashion with two draws and two defeats. [33] Despite this however, Derby made a disastrous start to the Premier League 2007-08 season and following their 60 defeat by Liverpool on 1 September 2007, Irish bookmakers Paddy Power decided to pay out on the club to be relegated after just five games of the new season. The fine of 10,000 and a one-year ban from European competition saw the club bring in Preston North End secretary Stuart Webb into the club to help its administrative efficiency off the pitch match the playing efficiency on it. Jewell was replaced by Nigel Clough, manager of local non-league club Burton Albion and son of the club's greatest ever manager Brian. Both played a key role as the club fought hard to secure a 15th-placed finish, eight points clear of relegation, although an eight-match mid-season losing run prevented them from finishing higher. Pride Park was something of a fortress in its first six months as, after the abandonment of its first game against Wimbledon due to floodlight failure, Stefano Eranio's penalty in a 10 win over Barnsley kicked off a 12 match unbeaten start at the stadium, which included a 30 win over Arsenal and a 40 victory against Southampton. With promise that any money raised in player sales would be given to him for purchases, Smith began restructuring his squad with the signing of Robin Van Der Laan (475,000 and Lee Mills) from Port Vale, Sean Flynn (a 250,000 makeweight in the Paul Williams deal), Gary Rowett (another makeweight, this time in exchange for Craig Short), Darryl Powell for 750,000 from Portsmouth and Ron Willems for 280,000 from Swiss champions Grasshopper Zrich. Addison spent heavily in his attempt to preserve Derby's top-flight status, with 1m spent on Barry Powell, Alan Biley and Dave Swindlehurst, with Swindlehurst being the club's first 400,000 player. Mackay's record of a League title and two top five finishes, as well as an FA Cup semi-final, in just two-and-a-half years should have made him fireproof but an alarming start to the 197677 season, which saw the club fail to win a league match until the 9th fixture, when they thumped Tottenham Hotspur 82 with Bruce Rioch grabbing four in his emergency centre forward role, had Mackay's position coming under threat. [57] The planned development also coincided with plans from the City Council to build a multi-use sports arena on the same site as the proposed Plaza. David Derby ( Republican Party) was a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, representing District 74. Derby opened the 197071 season with a pre-season participation in the inaugural Watney Cup, an invitational tournament in which the top two scorers from all divisions of the Football League who had not earned promotion or European football, took part. After Steve Howard (the club's Player of the Season) netted his 18th and 19th goals of the season in a 21 win at St. Mary's in the first leg, a dramatic 120th-minute strike by former Ram Grzegorz Rasiak took the game to penalties after the match finished 32 to Southampton after extra time in the second leg at Pride Park. | Sports Memorabilia, Football Programmes, League Fixtures | eBay! During this period the club was managed by its greatest ever manager, Brian Clough, and was represented by players such as Kevin Hector, Roy McFarland, Archie Gemmill, Stefano Eranio and Igor timac, all of whom where voted into the club's All Time First Eleven in 2010. Of the inherited squad, eleven players departed and only four were retained: Kevin Hector, Alan Durban, Ron Webster and Colin Boulton. Shop by category. 1. [15] Christie, Riggott, Higginbotham and Poom were eventually sold in the January 2002 Transfer window, netting considerably less than they would have if sold the previous summer, and joined players like Horacio Carbonari, Darryl Powell and Deon Burton in exiting the club (Burton leaving as the club's most capped ever player, with 42 appearances for Jamaica). Paul Clement was announced as McClaren's successor ahead of the 201516 season,[65] with local businessman Mel Morris named as the new Club Chairman. "[14] Another former Rams hero. Derby County have confirmed the US-based General Sports and Entertainment (GSE) group as the new owners of the club. Nigel Clough described the club's 201213 campaign as being "Frustratingly close to being in the top six (but) we were also very pleased with the level of performances, home and away. 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. Although shorn of the star names of the previous decade, Derby had the ever consistent Steve Buckley in the ranks, alongside a striking combination of Alan Biley and Dave Swindlehurst, who both broke double figures for the season, as well as the experience of McFarland and Steve Powell. With Derby back in the top flight, Robert Maxwell took over from his son as chairman, who took the position of vice-chairman, and showed a clear desire to make his mark, with two England internationals being brought into the club in the guise of new club record signing Mark Wright, at a cost of 760,000, and Peter Shilton from Southampton. Within two days of Davies's dismissal, on 26 November 2007, Derby appointed highly rated former Wigan manager Paul Jewell. With no money for players, and the need to slash the club's wage bill, big names such as Fabrizio Ravanelli, Georgi Kinkladze and Craig Burley left the club with the gaps of their departure shored up by free signings; Candido Costa was taken on a season long loan whilst seven others including Mathias Svensson and Leon Osman were recruited on short-term loans, as Derby used a club record 36 different players in the course of the season.