1970–71 Derby County F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Derby County 1970–71 Brian Clough Sam Longson Baseball Ground First Division 9th FA Cup 5th round League Cup 4th round O'Hare (13) O'Hare (15) 000066 ffe700 ffe700 ffe700 000066 ffe700 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 season was Derby County's 71st in the Football League and their 2nd consecutive season in the First Division. Also, they competed in FA Cup, Football League Cup and Watney Cup. Season summary During summer, assistant Peter Taylor told Brian Clough about Scottish midfielder Archie Gemmill who had been considering signing for the reigning champions Everton. Clough saw him as a player who could pass well and had the type of energy that would drive an attack forward. Clough drove to Gemmill's house. When the player refused to sign for Derby (who had never won the league title), Clough told him that he was going to sleep outside in the car. "But my wife invited him in and he stayed the night," Gemmill said. Clough, eventually, got his man for £60,000 over fried eggs the following morning.In his fifth season as chairman, Sam Longson received a telegram by his fourth season manager Brian Clough informing him about the arrival of Central-back Colin Todd in February 1971 for a British record transfer fee for a defender of £175,000.http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/IPlayerssns/IPS807.asp Appearances by season and competition The Stat Cat 25 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121016212800/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/IPlayerssns/IPS807.asp 16 October 2012 Todd rejoined with Clough after played for his youth squad at Sunderland in 1965.http://rokerpark.com/navbar/bydecade/postwar/1960-1969/1966-67.html Sunderland AFC 1966/67 Rokerpark.com 25 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110715200054/http://rokerpark.com/navbar/bydecade/postwar/1960-1969/1966-67.html 15 July 2011http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-centenary/pfa-centenary-auction---a-tribute-to-the-stars-fea PFA Centenary Auction – a tribute to the stars featured in this unique collection Ian Nannestad Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) 13 November 2007 25 August 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110613194107/http://www.givemefootball.com/pfa-centenary/pfa-centenary-auction---a-tribute-to-the-stars-fea 13 June 2011 When linked with the club, Brian Clough famously remarked "We're not signing Colin Todd, we can't afford him". He then signed him that same day. Also for this campaigned arrived Forward Jeff Bourne from Burton Albion.https://gameofthepeople.com/2015/03/09/we-are-the-champions-1974-75-derby-county/ We are the Champions: 1974-75 – Derby County gameofthepeople.com 9 March 2015 18 May 2016 The team finished on a disappointing 9th spot in First Division. However, during August the team clinched the inaugural Watney Cup after defeating Fulham F.C., Sheffield United and, on the Final in front of 32,000 fans the squad won with a 4-1 score against Manchester United.https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-manchester-united-watney-4711886 'So perfect' The story behind Derby County's Watney Cup success Steve Nicholson 18 November 2020 18 August 2023 derbytelegraph.co.uk Squad yes yes GK ENG Colin Boulton yes GK ENG Les Green yes DF ENG Ron Webster yes DF ENG Tony Rhodes yes DF ENG Peter Daniel yes DF ENG Roy McFarland yes DF WAL Terry Hennessey yes DF ENG John Richardson yes DF ENG John Robson yes DF ENG Colin Todd yes yes DF SCO Dave Mackay Captain yes MF ENG Willie Carlin yes MF WAL Alan Durban yes MF SCO John McGovern yes MF ENG Alan Hinton yes FW ENG Kevin Hector yes FW SCO John O'Hare yes FW ENG Frank Wignall yes FW ENG Barry Butlin yes FW ENG Jeff Bourne Transfers In Pos. Name from Type MF Archie Gemmill Preston North End £60,000 FW Barry Butlin Notts County loan ended Out Pos. Name To Type MF Arthur Stewart Ballymena United F.C. DF Pat Wright Southend United DF Jim Walker Hartlepool United loan Winter In Pos. Name from Type DF Colin Todd Sunderland £175,000 FW Jeff Bourne Burton Albion Out Pos. Name To Type Pre-season and friendlies Watney Cup Watney Cup 1 August 1970 1 Fulham F.C. 3-5 Derby County Steve Earle 6Vic Halom11Vic Halom13 2 O'Hare23Hector69Durban102Hector106Durban 18,501 Craven Cottage Fulham yes R Matthewson W 5 August 1970 Semifinals Derby County 1-0 Sheffield United McGovern 30 25,322 Baseball Ground Derby D Smith W 8 August 1970 Final Derby County 4-1 Manchester United Baseball Ground Derby 32,049 McFarland19 Hinton23 Durban35 Mackay72 32Best K Walker W Competitions First Division 1970-71 Football League League table First Division DER Results by round table b Round Ground A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H Result L/W/W/W/D/L/L/L/W/L/D/D/L/L/L/D/D/W/W/L/D/L/D/L/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/L/L/L/W/L/W/D/W/W/D/W Position 18/8/5/5/4/-/8/13/11/14/13/13/14/18/20/18/19/14/16/15/16/18/16/15/15/15/13/14/13/14/14/14/13/13/13/12/12/12/10/9/8/9 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Leader, Qualification to 1971–72 European Cup blue2 Qualification to 1971–72 UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to 1971–72 Second Division #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup complete Competitive matches December 2020 Matches source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/matches/season/1971/ 15 August 1970 1 Chelsea F.C. 2-1 Hutchinson 74, 84 25 O’Hare Derby County Fulham Stamford Bridge 46,969 L 19 August 1970 2 Wolverhampton 2-4 Curran 19 Dougan 29 15, 31 McGovern 21 Durban 23 O’Hare Derby County Wolverhampton Molineux Stadium 29,910 W 22 August 1970 3 Derby County 2-0 Hinton 19 penWignall 47 Stoke City Derby Baseball Ground 35,461 W 26 August 1970 4 Derby County 2-0 Harper 3 o.g. Hector 23 Ipswich Town Derby Baseball Ground 30,869 W 29 August 1970 5 Huddersfield Town 0-0 Derby County Huddersfield Leeds Road 27,997 D 2 September 1970 6 Derby County 3-4 Coventry City Hinton 13McGovern 62Hector 8 88 Carr31 Clements28 Martin54 Martin Derby Baseball Ground 31,621 R Capey L 5 September 1970 7 Derby County 1-2 O’Hare 40 4 Dyson 14 Young Newcastle United Derby Baseball Ground 30,466 L 12 September 1970 8 Southampton F.C. 4-0 Davies 34, 52 Channon 56, 89 Derby County Southampton The Dell 19,429 L 19 September 1970 9 Derby County 1-0 Hinton 5 Burnley F.C. Derby Baseball Ground 26,749 W 26 September 1970 10 West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Derby County McVitie 22 Brown 73 46 O’Hare West Bromwich The Hawthorns 31,437 L 3 October 1970 11 Derby County 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur Hinton 81 pen 47 Peters Derby Baseball Ground 36,007 D 10 October 1970 12 Everton F.C. 1-1 Derby County Morrissey 23 48 McGovern Goodison Park Walton 46,214 D 17 October 1970 13 Derby County 1-2 Chelsea F.C. O’Hare 3 26, 57 Weller Derby Baseball Ground 35,166 L 24 October 1970 14 Derby County 0-2 Leeds United 53 Clarke 65 Lorimer Derby Baseball Ground 32,797 L 31 October 1970 15 Arsenal F.C. 2-0 Derby County Kelly 35 Radford 66 Highbury Highbury Stadium 43,023 L 7 November 1970 16 Derby County 0-0 Liverpool F.C. Derby Baseball Ground 33,004 D 14 November 1970 17 Manchester City 1-1 Derby County Bell 77 24 O’Hare Moss Side Maine Road 31,817 D 21 November 1970 18 Derby County 2-0 Blackpool F.C. Hector 39 McFarland 59 Derby Baseball Ground 28,237 W 28 November 1970 19 Nottingham Forest 2-4 Derby County Chapman 8 Storey-Moore 32 26 Gemmill 55 O’Hare 59 Wignall 72 McGovern West Bridgford The City Ground 30,539 W 5 December 1970 20 Derby County 2-4 West Ham United Wignall 8 Durban 26 16 Greaves 19 Brooking 71 Best 88 Best Derby Baseball Ground 30,806 L 12 December 1970 21 Crystal Palace F.C. 0-0 Derby County Selhurst Selhurst Park 24,418 D 19 December 1970 22 Stoke City 1-0 Derby County Burrows 60 Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground 21,906 L 26 December 1970 23 Derby County 4-4 Manchester United MacKay 2Wignall 21Hector 67Gemill 70 74 Kidd55 Law59 Law57 Best Derby Baseball Ground 34,068 D Les Green made his final appearance before moving to Durban City in August 1971. 9 January 1971 24 Derby County 1-2 Wolverhampton Gemmill 78 pen 2 Shaw 89 Gould Derby Baseball Ground 34,243 L 16 January 1971 25 Ipswich Town 0-1 Derby County 56 O’Hare Ipswich Portman Road 20,231 W 6 February 1971 26 West Ham United 1-4 Derby County Eustace 48 7 Hector19 Hector29 Hinton67 Hinton Upton Park Boleyn Ground 26,606 W 17 February 1971 27 Derby County 1-0 Crystal Palace F.C. Mackay 76 Derby Baseball Ground 25,521 W 20 February 1971 28 Blackpool F.C. 0-1 Derby County 24 O’Hare Blackpool Bloomfield Road 17,892 W 27 February 1971 29 Derby County 2-0 Arsenal F.C. McFarland 31 Hector 50 Derby Baseball Ground 35,875 W Colin Todd made his debut after moving from Sunderland this month. 6 March 1971 30 Leeds United 1-0 Lorimer 77 Derby County Leeds Elland Road 36,467 L 13 March 1971 31 Derby County 0-0 Manchester City Derby Baseball Ground 31,987 D 20 March 1971 32 Liverpool F.C. 2-0 Derby County Mackay 42 o.g. Lawler 88 Anfield Anfield 40,990 L 27 March 1971 33 Newcastle United 3-1 Derby County Mackay 1 o.g. Webster 21 o.g. Foggon 55 89 Hector Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 26,026 L 31 March 1971 34 Derby County 1-2 Nottingham Forest Hector90 20 Richardson81 Storey-Moore Derby Baseball Ground 34,857 L 3 April 1971 35 Derby County 3-2 Huddersfield Town Hinton 14 pen, 67 Hector 16 Clarke 38 Ellam 39 Derby Baseball Ground 24,113 W 7 April 1971 36 Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Derby County Chivers Pearce Hinton Tottenham White Hart Lane 25,627 L John Richardson made his final appearance before moving to Notts County in July. 10 April 1971 37 Manchester United 1-2 Derby County Law 72 37, 50 O’Hare Greater Manchester Old Trafford 45,691 W 12 Apr 1971 38 Derby County 0-0 Southampton F.C. Derby Baseball Ground 26,217 D 17 Apr 1971 39 Derby County 3-1 Everton F.C. Hector 29 O’Hare 49, 51 75 Whittle Derby Baseball Ground 28,793 W 24 Apr 1971 40 Burnley F.C. 1-2 Derby County Casper 28 52 Durban 79 McGovern Burnley Turf Moor 10,349 W 27 Apr 1971 41 Coventry City 0-0 Derby County Coventry Highfield Road 22,051 D 1 May 1971 42 Derby County 2-0 West Bromwich Albion Durban 27 Hinton 60 Derby Baseball Ground 33,651 W FA Cup 1970-71 FA Cup 2 January 1971 3rd round Chester F.C. 1-2 Derby County Keith Webber 84 25 Wignall 64 Gemmill Chester Sealand Road 15,882 W 23 January 1971 4th round Derby County 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Alan Hinton 27 penJohn O'Hare 89 80 John Richards Derby Baseball Ground 40,576 W 13 February 1971 5th round Everton F.C. 1-0 Derby County David Johnson 43 Liverpool Goodison Park 53,490 L Football League Cup 1970-71 Football League Cup 8 September 1970 Second round Derby County 3-1 Halifax Town Alan Durban 19, 68 Kevin Hector 45 26 Phil McCarthy Derby Baseball Ground 20,029 P Partridge W 7 October 1970 Third round Derby County 4-2 Millwall F.C. Dave Mackay Alan Hinton penJohn McGovern John O'Hare Derek Possee Gordon Bolland Derby Baseball Ground 25,537 W 27 October 1970 Fourth round Coventry City 1-0 Derby County Neil Martin 59 Coventry Highfield Road 26,557 C Thomas L Statistics Players statistics Substitute appearances indicated in brackets First Division League Cup FA Cup GK ENG Colin Boulton 19 0 3 0 0 0 DF ENG Ron Webster 34+1 0 3 0 3 0 DF SCO Dave Mackay 42 2 3 0 2 1 DF ENG Roy McFarland 35 2 3 0 3 0 DF ENG John Robson 34+1 0 2 0 3 0 MF SCO John McGovern 32+2 6 3 0 2 1 MF WAL Alan Durban 26+2 4 2 0 2 2 MF SCO Archie Gemmill 31 3 3 1 MF ENG Alan Hinton 34 10 2 1 3 1 FW ENG Kevin Hector 42 11 3 0 3 1 FW SCO John O'Hare 42 13 3 1 3 1 GK ENG Les Green 23 0 0 0 3 0 DF ENG Colin Todd 14 0 MF ENG Willie Carlin 13 0 0 0 2 0 DF WAL Terry Hennessey 12 0 1 0 1 0 FW ENG Frank Wignall 10+7 4 1 1 2 0 DF ENG John Richardson 8 0 DF ENG Peter Daniel 4 1 1 0 0+1 0 DF ENG Tony Rhodes 3 0 0 0 1 0 FW ENG Jeff Bourne 2 0 FW ENG Barry Butlin 1 0 DF ENG Jim Walker 1 0 https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1971/ August 2023 References 1970-71 Category:English football clubs 1970–71 season