1974–75 Derby County F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Derby County 1974–75 Sam Longson Dave Mackay Baseball Ground First Division Winners (In 1975-76 European Cup) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Third round UEFA Cup Third round Bruce Rioch (15) Kevin Hector (21) 38,000 v Carlisle United (26 April 1975) 17,716 v Servette FC (18 September 1974) 26,719 _navyborder _collar_CNortonMatosPT _navyborder FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000066 FFFFFF 1973–74 1975–76 The 1974–75 season was Derby County's 75th in the Football League and their 48th season in the top flight. They won their second league title in four years to qualify for the 1975–76 European Cup. Season review Whereas Brian Clough built his 1971–72 Championship winning team on discipline and a solid defence, Dave Mackay's 1974–75 side relied on attacking power to overwhelm its opponents. Midfielder Bruce Rioch bagged 15 goals to finish as the club's top league scorer, and the front three of Kevin Hector, Francis Lee and Roger Davies all contributed 12 or more. In March, Davies scored all the goals in a 5–0 win over Luton Town, becoming the first Derby player to net five times in a match since Hughie Gallacher in 1934. The Rams also put five past Queens Park Rangers and Burnley to finish the season as the league's leading scorers, though such abandon often left the side defensively frail and there were several heavy defeats along the way. The season started in worrying fashion, with just one win in the club's opening seven fixtures, and despite a brief rally of six wins in 10 between September and November, a 1–0 defeat at Luton just before Christmas 1974 left them in 10th place. However, a run of just three defeats in their last 20 games, which saw them take 30 points from a possible 40, helped Derby surge up the table. A 0–0 draw away to Leicester City on the penultimate Saturday, combined with Ipswich Town drawing at Manchester City a few days later, confirmed the Rams as champions for the second time in four years. left ENG Boulton ENG Webster ENG McFarland ENG Todd ENG Nish ENG Lee SCO Gemmill SCO Rioch ENG Newton ENG Davies ENG Hector Derby County First XI: 1974–75 Although domestic cup progress was limited (reaching the third round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the FA Cup), Derby's UEFA Cup debut proved relatively fruitful. A 6–2 aggregate victory over Servette FC was followed by a 4–4 aggregate draw with Atlético Madrid in the second round, both ties finishing 2–2. As a result, Derby took part in the club's first ever penalty shootout and overcame their opponents, winning 7–6. However, that was to be as good as it got for the Rams as Velež Mostar were able to overturn a 3–1 first league deficit to win 5–4 on aggregate and reach the quarter-finals. Peter Daniel won the club's Player of the Season award after stepping in for Roy McFarland, who suffered an Achilles tendon injury whilst on international duty and missed all but the last five matches. Ron Webster became only the fifth player to break 500 appearances for Derby during his appearance in the defeat at Luton, while Colin Boulton broke the club record for goalkeeping appearances during the campaign on his way to a total of 344 appearances for the club. Colin Todd received the PFA Players' Player of the Year award, the only Derby County player ever to do so. Squad yes yes GK ENG Colin Boulton yes GK ENG Graham Moseley yes DF ENG Peter Daniel yes DF ENG Roy McFarland yes DF ENG David Nish yes DF WAL Rod Thomas yes DF ENG Colin Todd yes DF ENG Ron Webster yes MF SCO Archie Gemmill Captain yes MF ENG Alan Hinton yes MF SCO Jeff King yes yes MF ENG Henry Newton yes MF ENG Steve Powell yes MF SCO Bruce Rioch yes FW ENG Jeff Bourne yes FW SCO Eric Carruthers yes FW ENG Roger Davies yes FW IRE Chris Egan yes FW ENG Kevin Hector yes FW ENG Francis Lee yes FW ENG John Sims Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Francis Lee Manchester City Out Pos. Name To Type MF John McGovern Leeds United FW John O'Hare Leeds United DF Jim Walker Brighton and Hove Albion FW John Sims Oxford United loan Competitions Division One 1974–75 Football League League table First Division DER Results by round table b Round Ground A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H Result D/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/W/D/D/W/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/P/D/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/D/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/D/D Position 13/15/7/4/12/11/14/10/7/8/9/5/5/7/7/7/5/10/6/7/8/9/10/10/9/7/5/8/9/7/8/7/3/6/7/6/5/3/4/1/1/1/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st Leader, 1975–76 European Cup blue2 Classified to 1975–76 UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to 1975–76 Division Two Competitive matches August 2021 Matches 17 August 1974 1 Derby County Everton 13 0–0 Walton Goodison Park 42,193 D 21 August 1974 2 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Coventry City 1–1 15 Lee 68 21 Mortimer 25,717 D 24 August 1974 3 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Sheffield United 2–0 7 Hector 4 Davies 76 23,088 W 27 August 1974 4 Derby County Coventry City Coventry 1–1 4 Carr77 20 Davies 18,586 Highfield Road D 31 August 1974 5 Derby County Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham White Hart Lane 2–0 12 Ritchie 46, 59 20,770 L 7 September 1974 6 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Newcastle United 29 Macdonald61 Burns 2–2 11 Davies 42 Lee 51 21,197 D 14 September 1974 15:00 7 Derby County Birmingham City 3–2 14 Hatton 28Francis 64 pen79 pen 84 Rioch87 Davies 27,345 Birmingham St. Andrews L 21 September 1974 8 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Burnley 3–2 10 Hector 46 Rioch 55 pen Lee 65 19 o.g. Todd89 o.g. Daniel 21,377 W 25 September 1974 9 19:30 BST Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Chelsea 4–1 7 Rioch10 Webster 24 Daniel 35 Hector 86 14 Hutchinson 22,036 Ken H Burns W 28 September 1974 10 Derby County Stoke City Hurst 87 1–1 8 75 Lee 23,589 Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground D 5 October 1974 11 Derby County West Ham United Robson 8Bonds 59 2–2 9 29 Lee80 Hector 32,900 Upton Park Boleyn Ground D 12 October 1974 12 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Leicester City 1–0 5 Rioch 39 24,753 W 15 October 1974 13 Derby County Sheffield United 1–2 5 Lee , Sheffield Bramall Lane 21,882 W 19 October 1974 14 Derby County Carlisle United Train42Martin 65Clarke 69 3–0 7 Carlisle Brunton Park 13,353 L 26 October 1974 15 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Middlesbrough 2–3 7 24,036 Lee 36 Hinton 69 10 Hickton35 Foggon46 Mills L 2 November 1974 16 Derby County Leeds United 1–0 7 78 Lee Leeds Elland Road 33,551 W 9 November 1974 17 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Queens Park Rangers 5–2 5 Hector 31Rioch 34Hector 54Hector 66 Lee 72 44 Leach88 Bowles 23,339 W 16 November 1974 18 Derby County Arsenal 10 3–1 Ball 52Kidd 72Ball 79 pen 75 pen Rioch London Highbury 32,286 L 23 November 1974 19 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Ipswich Town 6 2–0 Hector Rioch 24,341 W 30 November 1974 20 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Wolverhampton Wanderers suspd. Suspended because of a waterlogged pitch. 7 December 1974 21 Derby County Liverpool 8 2–2 Kennedy 18Heighway 22 13 Bourne63 Davies 41,058 Liverpool Anfield Road D 14 December 1974 22 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Everton 0–1 9 66 Latchford 24,991 L 21 December 1974 23 Derby County Luton Town J Ryan 61 pen 0–1 10 12,862 Luton Kenilworth Road L 26 December 1974 24 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Birmingham City 10 2–1 Bourne 38 Rioch 65 87 Hatton 26,121 W 28 December 1974 25 Derby County Manchester City 9 2–1 Bell 64 21 Newton65 Lee 40,188 Moss Side Maine Road W 11 January 1975 26 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Liverpool 7 2–0 Newton 39 Lee 80 33,463 W 18 January 1975 15:00 27 Derby County Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 0–1 32 Newton Wolverhampton Molineux 24,515 W 1 February 1975 28 Derby County Queens Park Rangers 8 4–1 Givens 10Givens 80Thomas 87Givens 89 3 Rioch 20,686 Shepherd's Bush Loftus Road L 8 February 1975 29 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Leeds United 9 0–0 33,641 D 22 February 1975 30 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Arsenal 7 2–1 Powell 2Powell 28 23 Radford 24,002 W 25 February 1975 31 Derby County Ipswich Town 8 3–0 Ipswich Portman Road 23,078 L 1 March 1975 32 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Tottenham Hotspur 7 3–1 Rioch 30 Daniel 37 Davies 67 11 Jones 23,000 W 8 March 1975 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 33 Derby County Chelsea 3 1–2 Hollins 62 58 Daniel61 Hinton Fulham Stamford Bridge 22,644 Donald Biddle W 15 March 1975 34 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Stoke City 6 1–2 49Hector 75 Greenhoff89 Greenhoff 29,985 L 22 March 1975 35 Derby County Newcastle United 7 0–2 16 Nish 87 Rioch 31,010 Newcastle Upon Tyne St. James' Park W 29 March 1975 36 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Luton Town 6 5–0 Davies 7Davies 11Davies 32Davies 78Davies 86 24,619 W 31 March 1975 37 Derby County Burnley 5 2–5 Hankin 18James 66 pen 1 Rioch20 Nish29 Davies78, 89 Hector 24,276 Burnley Turf Moor W 1 April 1975 38 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Manchester City 3 2–1 Rioch Rioch 32,966 W 5 April 1975 39 Derby County Middlesbrough 4 1–1 Mills 34 90 Hector 30,066 Middlesbrough Riverside D 9 April 1975 20 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 1–0 Lee 68 30,109 J Benet W Originally scheduled for 30 November but was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. 12 April 1975 40 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County West Ham United 1 1–0 Rioch 66 31,336 W 19 April 1975 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time 41 Leicester City 0–0 1 Derby County Leicester Filbert Street 38,943 D 26 April 1975 42 Derby Baseball Ground Derby County Carlisle United 1 0–0 38,000 D League Cup 1974–75 Football League Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance11 September 1974Second roundPortsmouthA5–1Hector 2, Lee, Rioch, Roberts (og)13,5828 October 1974Third roundSouthamptonA0–514,911 FA Cup 1974–75 FA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance4 January 1975Third roundOrientA2–2Todd 212,4908 January 1975Third round replayOrientH2–1Lee, Rioch26,50127 January 1975Fourth roundBristol RoversH2–0Hector, Rioch (pen)27,98018 February 1975Fifth roundLeeds UnitedH0–135,298 UEFA Cup 1974–75 UEFA Cup DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF – AScorersAttendance18 September 1974First round 1st LegSWI Servette FCH4–1Hector 2, Daniel, Lee17,7162 October 1974First round 2nd LegSWI Servette FCA2–1Lee, Hector9,600Derby County win 6–2 on aggregate23 October 1974Second round 1st LegESP Atlético MadridH2–2Nish, Rioch (pen)29,3476 November 1974Second round 2nd LegESP Atlético MadridA2–2 (aet)Rioch, Hector35,0004–4 on aggregate, Derby County win 7–6 on penalties27 November 1974Third round 1st LegYUG Velež MostarH3–1Bourne 2, Hinton26,13111 December 1974Third round 2nd LegYUG Velež MostarA1–4Hector15,000Velež Mostar win 5–4 on aggregate Statistics Players statistics Substitute appearances indicated in brackets Football LeagueDivision One Football League Cup UEFA Cup FA Cup GK ENG Colin Boulton 42 0 2 0 6 0 4 0 DF ENG Ron Webster 24 1 2 0 6 0 2 0 DF ENG Peter Daniel 37 3 2 0 6 1 4 0 DF ENG Colin Todd 39 0 2 0 5 0 4 2 DF ENG David Nish 38 2 2 0 5 1 4 0 MF SCO Bruce Rioch 42 15 2 1 6 2 4 2 MF SCO Archie Gemmill 41 0 2 0 6 0 3 0 MF ENG Henry Newton 35+1 3 1+1 0 6 0 4 0 FW ENG Roger Davies 39+1 12 2 0 2+1 0 3+1 0 FW ENG Kevin Hector 38 13 2 2 6 5 2 1 FW ENG Francis Lee 34 12 2 1 6 2 4 1 GK ENG Graham Moseley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF WAL Rod Thomas 22 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 MF ENG Steve Powell 12+3 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 MF ENG Alan Hinton 8+5 2 0 0 0+4 1 0+2 0 FW ENG Jeff Bourne 7+10 2 0+1 0 4+1 2 3+1 0 DF ENG Roy McFarland 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF SCO Jeff King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW SCO Eric Carruthers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW IRE Chris Egan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW ENG John Sims 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 November 2023 References Results database from Soccerbase 1974-75 Category:English football clubs 1974–75 season 1974-75