1972–73 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County

1972–73 season
Manager	Brian Clough
Stadium	Baseball Ground
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Third round
European Cup	Semi-finals
Home colours Away colours
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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 finished in 7th place, one point off qualification for the UEFA Cup. This slump was in part due to the club'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; Clough accused Juventus of bribing the match officials (describing the Italians as "cheating bastards" at the end of the first leg match in Turin).^[1]

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

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Squad[]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Colin Boulton — DF  ENG Peter Daniel — DF  ENG Roy McFarland — DF  ENG David Nish — DF  ENG Colin Todd — DF  ENG Ron Webster — DF  WAL Terry Hennessey — MF  ENG Willie Carlin

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Alan Hinton — MF  ENG Steve Powell — MF  SCO Archie Gemmill — MF  SCO John McGovern — FW  ENG Roger Davies — FW  ENG Kevin Hector — FW  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.

• David Nish – Leicester City, £225,000, August 1972

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

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