1971–72 Derby County F.C. season

February 2015 February 2015 Derby County 1971–72 Brian Clough Sam Longson Baseball Ground First Division 1st (In 1972–73 European Cup) FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Second round Alan Hinton (15) Alan Hinton (20) 000066 ffe700 ffe700 ffe700 000066 ffe700 1970–71 1972–73 The 1971–72 season was Derby County's 72nd in the Football League and their 45th season in the top flight. They won their first ever league title to qualify for the 1972–73 European Cup, as well as winning the Texaco Cup. In addition, their reserve side won the Central League for the first time since 1936. Season summary Derby began the season with an unbeaten League run of five wins and seven draws although they did exit the League Cup at the second round stage, beaten 2–0 in a replay at Leeds. Defeat at leaders Manchester United in their 13th match triggered a period of inconsistent league form that saw Derby lose five times in 11 matches, the last at Elland Road just after Christmas, but they lost just one of their next 13 and a 2–0 victory against Leeds at the Baseball Ground over Easter took them to the top of the table. They remained there despite losing to Newcastle in the next match, their only home defeat of the season, and then drawing with West Bromwich Albion but had now played a game more than the three teams below them (Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester City) with only two points separating the four. Two victories followed but defeat at Manchester City in their penultimate match of the campaign saw Derby slip to third with the title race still wide open. 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. Crucially, the two would meet at the Baseball Ground in Derby's final match although the Reds still had a further game in hand. Leeds lay fourth on 55 points, also with two matches remaining and a superior goal average to the other challengers. Derby ended their season by beating Liverpool 1–0, John McGovern netting the winner, leaving them on 58 points with Leeds (who beat Chelsea 2–0 on the same night) on 57 and Liverpool on 56. 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. Leeds needed a draw and Liverpool a win to overtake Derby. In the event, Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Leeds 2–1 at Molineux and Liverpool could only manage a 0–0 draw at Arsenal. The league was unusually close throughout the campaign and the final table saw Derby champions just one point ahead of the teams in 2nd (Leeds), 3rd (Liverpool) and 4th (City). left ENG Boulton ENG Webster ENG McFarland ENG Todd ENG Robson SCO McGovern SCO Gemmill WAL Durban ENG Hinton SCO O'Hare ENG Hector Derby County First XI: 1971–72 Clough had built a balanced team at Derby, one in which every player knew his job. They rarely swept away the opposition, instead building on the foundations of a strong defence, although there were some memorable performances, notably in 4–0 defeats of Stoke and Nottingham Forest at the Baseball Ground and away to Sheffield United. Although Derby reached the FA Cup fifth round, losing 1–0 to eventual runners-up Arsenal in a second replay at Filbert Street, their primary cup success for 1971–72 came in the Texaco Cup, a competition between sixteen English, Scottish and Irish clubs who were not in European competition. With home gates consistently over 20,000, Derby beat Dundee United (8–5 on aggregate), Stoke (4–3 agg.) and Newcastle (4–2 agg.) before playing Airdrieonians in the final. After a 0–0 draw at Broomfield Park, Derby beat their Scottish opponents 2–1 in the second leg at the Baseball Ground with Roger Davies, signed for £12,000 the previous summer from non-league Worcester City, grabbing the decisive goal to give Derby their second cup win in as many seasons. Record signing defender Colin Todd claimed the club's Player of the Year while Alan Hinton finished the season as top scorer with 15 goals. Kevin Hector netted his 100th for the club in a 6–0 FA Cup fourth round win over Notts County and Alan Durban became the club's most capped international, overtaking Sammy Crooks, with his 27th and final appearance for Wales. 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. Squad Substitute appearances indicated in brackets yes yes GK ENG Colin Boulton yes GK ENG Graham Moseley yes DF ENG Ron Webster yes DF ENG Captain Roy McFarland yes DF ENG Colin Todd yes DF ENG John Robson yes DF WAL Terry Hennessey yes DF ENG Jim Walker yes DF ENG Tony Bailey yes DF ENG Peter Daniel yes DF ENG Alan Lewis yes DF ENG Tony Parry yes yes MF SCO John McGovern yes MF WAL Alan Durban yes MF SCO Archie Gemmill yes MF ENG Alan Hinton yes MF ENG Steve Powell yes FW ENG Frank Wignall yes FW ENG Kevin Hector yes FW SCO John O'Hare yes FW ENG Jeff Bourne yes FW ENG Barry Butlin yes FW ENG Roger Davies Transfers In Pos. Name from Type FW Roger Davies Worcester City £12,000 DF Tony Parry Hartlepool £2,500 DF Alan Lewis MF Steve Powell GK Graham Moseley Blackburn Rovers Out Pos. Name To Type DF Dave Mackay Swindon Town FW Frank Wignall Mansfield Town GK Les Green Durban City DF Tony Rhodes DF John Richardson Competitions Division One 1971–72 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 D/W/W/D/D/D/W/W/D/D/W/D/L/W/W/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/L/W/W/D/W/L/W/W/W/W/W/D/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/W Position 12/6/3/3/4/3/3/2/3/3/3/4/4/3/2/2/2/2/3/2/4/4/5/4/4/4/3/4/3/3/3/2/2/2/2/1/1/1/1/1/3/1 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss #FFD700 Leader, Qualification to 1972–73 European Cup blue2 Qualification to 1972–73 UEFA Cup red1 Relegation to 1972–73 Second Division #CCCCFF Qualification for the Watney Cup complete Competitive matches December 2020 Matches 14 August 1971 Derby County 1 2–2 Manchester United Hector 50 Wignall 60 14 Law 35 Gowling Derby Baseball Ground 35,386 D 18 August 1971 2 West Ham United 2–0 Derby County O'Hare 2 Wignall 7 Derby Baseball Ground 30,783 W 21 August 1971 3 Leicester City 0–2 Derby County 64 Hector67 pen Hinton Leicester Filbert Street 35,460 W 24 August 1971 4 Coventry City 2–2 Derby County Joicey 39 Hunt 55 pen 53 O'Hare 86 Wignall Coventry Highfield Road 27,759 D 28 August 1971 5 Southampton 2–2 Derby County Derby Baseball Ground McGovern39 Hector63 70Stokes 83 pen Gabriel 28,498 D 31 August 1971 6 Ipswich Town 0–0 Derby County Ipswich Portman Road 18,687 D 4 September 1971 7 Everton Derby County 0–2 17 Hector 70 Wignall Liverpool Goodison Park 41,024 W 11 September 1971 8 Derby County 4–0 Stoke City Derby Baseball Ground Todd28 O'Hare32 Hinton49 Gemmill89 32,545 W 18 September 1971 9 Chelsea 1–1 Derby County Baldwin 66 32 McFarland Fulham Stamford Bridge 42,872 D 25 September 1971 West Bromwich Albion 10 0–0 Derby County Derby Baseball Ground 30,628 D 2 October 1971 Newcastle United 11 Derby County 0–1 62 Hinton Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park 32,077 Ivan Smith W 9 October 1971 12 Tottenham Hotspur 2–2 Derby County Derby Baseball Ground Todd 52 McFarland 82 62 Chivers87 Pearce 35,744 D 16 October 1971 13 Manchester United 1–0 Derby County Best 53 Old Trafford Old Trafford 53,247 L 23 October 1971 14 Derby County 2–1 Arsenal O'Hare 9 Hinton 44 pen 22 Graham Derby Baseball Ground 35,480 W 30 October 1971 15 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Derby County 58 pen Hinton78 Robson Nottingham City Ground 37,170 W 6 November 1971 16 Derby County 3–0 Crystal Palace Derby Baseball Ground 30,388 Bell 2 o.g. Wignall 48 Hector 87 W 13 November 1971 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Derby County Richards 44, 76 22 O'Hare Wolverhampton Molineux 32,957 L 20 November 1971 18 Derby County 3–0 Sheffield United Hector 2 Hinton 14 penHinton 68 pen Derby Baseball Ground 35,326 W 27 November 1971 19 Huddersfield Town 2–1 Derby County Worthington 64 J Lawson 77 78 McGovern Huddersfield Leeds Road 15,329 L 4 December 1971 20 Derby County 3–1 Manchester City Hinton 22 pen Webster 36 Durban 38 66 pen Lee Derby Baseball Ground 35,384 W 11 December 1971 21 Liverpool 3–2 Derby County Whitham 14, 44, 53 42 O'Hare49 O'Hare Liverpool Anfield Road 44,601 L 18 December 1971 Everton 22 2–0 Derby County Derby Baseball Ground Hinton 49, 55 27,895 W 27 December 1971 23 Leeds United Gray 5 Lorimer 20, 57 Derby County 3–0 Leeds Elland Road 44,214 L 1 January 1972 24 Derby County 1–0 Chelsea Webb 84 o.g. Derby Baseball Ground 33,063 W Some sources registered the goal as scored by Gemmill. 8 January 1972 25 Southampton 1–2 Derby County O’Brien 13 44 O'Hare89 Durban Southampton The Dell 19,321 W 22 January 1972 26 West Ham United 3–3 Derby County Lampard 42 B Robson 48 Brooking 80 4 Hinton66 Durban87 Hector Upton Park Boleyn Ground 31,045 D 29 January 1972 27 Coventry City 1–0 Derby County Derby Baseball Ground 46 Robson 29,385 W 12 February 1972 Arsenal 28 Derby County 2–0 George 45 penGeorge 90 52,055 Highbury Highbury Park L 19 February 1972 29 Derby County 4–0 Nottingham Forest Hinton34O'Hare36Hinton 49 Hector75 Derby Baseball Ground 31,801 W 4 March 1972 30 Derby County 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Hinton 50 pen McFarland72 8 pen McCalliog Derby Baseball Ground 33,456 W 11 March 1972 31 Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Derby County Tottenham White Hart Lane 88 pen Hinton 36,310 W 18 March 1972 32 Derby County 3–0 Leicester City O'Hare17 Durban 67 Hector 87 Derby Baseball Ground 34,019 W 22 March 1972 33 Derby County 1–0 Ipswich Town Derby Baseball Ground Hector 15 26,738 W 25 March 1972 34 Stoke City 1–1 Derby County Greenhoff 48 pen 52 Durban Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground 33,771 D 28 March 1972 35 Crystal Palace 0–1 Derby County Walker South Norwood Selhurst Park 21,158 W 1 April 1972 36 Derby County 2–0 Leeds United Derby Baseball Ground O'Hare16 Hunter 70 o.g. 38,611 W 3 April 1972 37 Derby County 0–1 http://toon1892.com/detail_match.php?id=2622 Newcastle United Derby McFarland 45 70 Cassidy Baseball Ground 38,119 L 5 April 1972 38 West Bromwich Albion 0–0 Derby County West Bromwich The Hawthorns 32,439 D 8 April 1972 39 Sheffield United 0-4 Derby County 12Gemmill18 Hector64 Durban83 O'Hare Sheffield Bramall Lane 38,238 W 15 April 1972 40 Derby County 3–0 Huddersfield Town McFarland 15 Hector 22 O'Hare 52 Derby Baseball Ground 31,414 W 22 April 1972 41 Manchester City 2–0 Derby County Marsh 24 Lee 67 pen Moss Side Maine Road 55,023 L 1 May 1972 42 Liverpool 1–0 Derby County McGovern 63 Derby Baseball Ground 39,159 W League Cup 1971-72 Football League Cup Second round 8 September 1971 Leeds United Derby County 0–0 Derby Baseball Ground D 34,023 27 September 1971 replay Leeds United Derby County 2–0 Lorimer 35, 65 Leeds Elland Road 29,132 L Texaco Cup Texaco Cup First round 15 September 1971 1 SCO Dundee United Derby County ENG 6–2 Durban Hector Walker O'Hare Hinton Robson 20,059 Derby W 29 September 1971 2 Dundee United SCO ENG Derby County 3–2 Hinton Butlin 6000 Dundee Tannadice Park L Second round 20 October 1971 1 ENG Stoke City Derby County ENG 3–2 O'Hare , Hector Derby Baseball Ground 21,487 W 3 November 1971 2 Stoke City ENG ENG Derby County 1–1 Wignall Stoke-on-Trent Victoria Ground 23,461 D Semifinals 24 November 1971 1 ENG Newcastle United Derby County 1–0 O'Hare Derby Baseball Ground 20,021 W 8 December 1971 2 Newcastle United ENG ENG Derby County 2–3 Walker McGovern Todd Newcastle-upon-Tyne St. James' Park 37,140 W Finals 25 January 1972 1 Airdrieonians SCO Derby County 0–0 Airdrie Broomfield Park 16,000 D 26 April 1972 2 SCO Airdrieonians Derby County ENG 2–1 Hinton (pen), Davies Derby Baseball Ground 25,102 W FA Cup 1971-72 FA Cup Third round 15 January 1972 Shrewsbury Town Derby County 2–0 Hector 68Hector 85 32,463 W Fourth round 5 February 1972 Notts County Derby County 6–0 Robson19 Hector44 Durban 56Durban 58 Hinton 62 penDurban 74 Derby Baseball Ground 39,450 W Fifth round 26 February 1972 Arsenal Derby County 2–2 Hinton 47 pen Durban 88 41, 79 Charlie George Derby Baseball Ground 39,622 D 29 February 1972 replay Arsenal Derby County 0–0 yes D 63,077 Islington Highbury 13 March 1972 2nd replay Arsenal Derby County Leicester N 1–0 Ray Kennedy L 36,534 Statistics Players statistics Football LeagueDivision One Football League Cup FA Cup TexacoCup GK ENG Colin Boulton 42 0 2 0 5 0 8 0 DF ENG Ron Webster 38 1 2 0 5 0 5 0 DF ENG c Roy McFarland 38 4 2 0 5 0 2 0 DF ENG Colin Todd 40 2 2 0 5 0 6 1 DF ENG John Robson 41 2 2 0 5 1 6 1 MF SCO John McGovern 39+1 3 1 0 5 0 6 1 MF SCO Archie Gemmill 40 3 2 0 5 0 3 0 MF WAL Alan Durban 31 6 1 0 5 4 4 2 MF ENG Alan Hinton 38 15 2 0 5 2 8 3 FW ENG Kevin Hector 42 12 2 0 5 3 6 2 FW SCO John O'Hare 40 13 2 0 5 0 5 4 GK ENG Graham Moseley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF WAL Terry Hennessey 17+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 8 0 FW ENG Frank Wignall 10+1 5 2 0 0 0 3 1 DF ENG Jim Walker 3+3 1 0 0 0 0 2+2 2 MF ENG Steve Powell 2+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 2 0 DF ENG Tony Bailey 1 0 0 0 0 0 2+1 0 DF ENG Peter Daniel 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 DF ENG Alan Lewis 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DF ENG Tony Parry 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FW ENG Jeff Bourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FW ENG Barry Butlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 FW ENG Roger Davies 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1972/ August 2023 References Results database from Soccerbase 1971-72 Category:English football clubs 1971–72 season 1971-72