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1972–73 Derby County F.C. season

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Derby County
1972–73 season
ManagerEngland Brian Clough
StadiumBaseball Ground
First Division7th
FA CupSixth round
League CupThird round
European CupSemi-finals

During the 1972–73 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division. As the reigning champions of the First Division, Derby would represent England in the European Cup.

Season summary

The semifinal round of the European Cup in Turin against Juventus.

Derby County were unable to retain their title and slumped to seventh place, just one point off qualification for the UEFA Cup. This slump was in part due to Derby's poor away form, winning only four matches away from home all season - one of the matches lost was a 5-0 defeat at Leeds United, the loss only serving to intensify the rivalry between Clough and United manager Don Revie. The club had better success in the European Cup, reaching the semi-finals before being knocked out by Juventus: in this circumstance Clough accused the rivals to have bribed the match officials (apostrophizing the Italians "cheating bastards" at the end of the first leg match in Turin),[1] despite the bianconeri they will prove later unrelated to any attempt to combine.[2]

At the end of the season, Kevin Hector was voted Derby's Player of the Year.

Kit

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Colin Boulton
— DF England ENG Peter Daniel
— DF England ENG Roy McFarland
— DF England ENG David Nish
— DF England ENG Colin Todd
— DF England ENG Ron Webster
— DF Wales WAL Terry Hennessey
— MF England ENG Willie Carlin
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Alan Hinton
— MF England ENG Steve Powell
— MF Scotland SCO Archie Gemmill
— MF Scotland SCO John McGovern
— FW England ENG Roger Davies
— FW England ENG Kevin Hector
— FW Scotland SCO John O'Hare

Transfers

In

Derby broke the English transfer record with the signing of half-back David Nish, from Midland rivals Leicester City, for £225,000.

Out

Results

First Division

League Cup

FA Cup

  • Derby County 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
  • Tottenham Hotspur 3-5 Derby County (aet) (Davies [3], Hector [2])

European Cup

  • 13 September 1972: Derby County 2-0 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar (McFarland 38', Gemmill 53')
  • 27 September 1972: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 1-2 Derby County (Sprečo 60'; Hinton 9', O'Hare 15')
  • 25 October 1972: Derby County 3-0 Portugal Benfica (McFarland 6', Hector 8', McGovern 40')
  • 8 November 1972: Portugal Benfica 0-0 Derby County
  • 7 March 1973: Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava 1-0 Derby County (Horváth 42')
  • 21 March 1973: Derby County 2-0 Czechoslovakia Spartak Trnava (Hector 40', 51')
  • 11 April 1973: Italy Juventus 3-1 Derby County (Altafini 27', 84', Causio 65'; Hector 29')
  • 25 April 1973: Derby County 0-0 Italy Juventus

References

  1. ^ Brian Glanville (21 September 2004). "Obituary: Brian Clough". theguardian.com.
  2. ^ Franco Costa (22 April 1974). "La Juve era già assolta". Stampa Sera (in Italian): 9.
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