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Caught In Time
Featured
in the back of the Sports section of the Sunday Times,
the Caught in Time
series features a picture of a famous team, offers a
profile of each player, and answers the question 'Where
are they now?'.
Derby
County 1970
by Greg
Struthers
They were a class act. Brian Clough and Peter Taylor
formed one of the most successful managerial partnerships
in football, putting Derby County on the map in the early
1970s.
The outspoken Clough and the quiet Taylor played together
at Middlesbrough and teamed up at Hartlepool before
joining Derby in June 1967. During the next four years
they turned the Rams into one of the best clubs in
Europe. With astute purchases and motivational
management, the pair took Derby from the depths of the
Second Division to promotion in 1969, the First Division
title three years later and to the European Cup
semi-finals in 1973.
'They were fantastic times," recalls Dave Mackay,
who captained them to promotion in the autumn of his
playing career and then returned to manage the club to a
second League title in 1975. "I enjoyed, working
with Brian Clough, who played me as a sweeper, helping
out the young, defenders in the back four."
The 1970- 71 season was Mackay's last at Derby as a
player and, though the club finished ninth in the League,
they were going places. The acquisition of talented
defenders Colin Todd and David Nish brought strength and
skill to a team that achieved unprecedented heights at
the Baseball Ground. But it didn't last. Clough and
Taylor moved to Nottingham Forest, where they enjoyed
success in Europe, while Derby returned to the
backwaters.
1 Peter Daniel (Derby
County)
An unsung hero for the Rams, he signed, as an apprentice
in 1963 and was understudy to Roy McFarland until the big
centre-back was injured in May 1974. Daniel helped the
club win their second League title in 1975 and was voted
Player of the Season by the supporters. He now runs a
post office in Derbyshire
2 John O'Hare (Derby
County)
He was Clough's first signing at Derby, bought for 20,000
pounds from Sunderland. O'Hare's ball control and ability
to keep possession as a centre-forward were crucial. He
won 13 caps for Scotland and scored 81 goals in 308 games
for Derby. O'Hare joined Clough at Forest and helped .
win the European Cup. He now works for a Derby car dealer
and is a part-time scout
3 Colin Boulton (Derby
County)
A solid keeper with safe hands, Boulton fought off
all-comers to notch a record number of appearances in the
Derby goal. He was the only player to appear in all 84
League games in the two championship winning seasons. He
was a police cadet in Cheltenham when he was signed in
1964 and played 344 games in 13 years at the Baseball
Ground. He played in Los Angeles and at Lincoln before an
injury at Crewe ended his career. He now sells sports
equipment in Derby
4 Roy McFarland (Derby
County)
One of the Derby greats, McFarland was Clough's second
signing, plucked from Tranmere for 25,000 pounds. He
played alongside Mackay in the Rams defence, helping them
to promotion in 1969. When his mentor left, he took over
the captaincy, leading Derby to their first League title
in 1972. An injury picked up playing for England
prevented him from featuring in the 1974-75 title-winning
run until the last four matches, He was a skilful
defender who won 28 caps for England. He returned to
Derby briefly in the 1983-84 season and finished with 533
appearances for the club.
He is now the manager of Chesterfield
5 Jimmy Gordon (Derby
County)
The Derby trainer enjoyed a pre-war playing career with
Newcastle and a postwar spell at Middlesbrough. After
coaching at Derby, he followed Clough and Taylor to
Forest. He died in Derby in 1996
6 Alan Durban (Derby
County)
Signed from Cardiff for 10,000 pounds in the summer of
1963, Durban was initially a striker but found his niche
as a goal-scoring midfielder. A Welsh international,
Durban played in 406 games for the club, scoring 115
goals. He had managerial success at Shrewsbury and Stoke
and is now a part-time football scout living in
Shropshire
7 Terry Hennessey (Derby County)
A strong central defender and wing-half, Hennessey was
Derby's first 100,000 pounds signing when he joined from
Nottingham Forest in 1970. He spent four seasons at Derby
but was troubled by injuries to his knees and Achilles
tendon and was forced to retire. However, in 81 games for
the Rams, the "Gleaming Dome" made a name for
himself, also winning 39 caps for Wales. He settled in
Australia and is the sales manager for a company selling
cling film products near Melbourne
8 Frank Wignall (Derby
County)
Wignall joined Derby in 1970 in the autumn of a career
that had seen him win two England caps and help Forest
finish runners-up in the League. The Lancastrian striker
scored 17 goals in 59 games for Derby during a three-year
spell. He owns a garage and showroom in Nottingham
9 Ron Webster (Derby
County)
A reliable right-back who started his career at Derby as
an apprentice in 1962 and spent 16 years at the club.
After retiring, he became a youth coach and is now a
cattle farmer in Derbyshire
10 Dave Mackay (Derby County)
Clough described the signing of Mackay from Tottenham for
5,000 pounds in 1968 as his "best day's work".
The Scottish midfielder, who had helped Spurs win the
League and FA Cup double, enjoyed three years as sweeper
and captain at the Baseball Ground. After helping Derby
win promotion to the top division, Mackay finished his
playing career at Swindon. He then returned to Derby as
manager to steer them to the League title in 1975. His
managerial career also took him to the Middle East for 15
years. Now retired, he lives in hampshire and attends all
Derby games
11 Willie Carlin (Derby
County)
His 60,000 pounds signing from Carlisle August 1968
proved a catalyst in Derby's promotion challenge. The
tough midfielder's influence helped the club turn around
and, although only 5 feet 4 inches tall, he was the
ball-winner they needed. He spent only two seasons at
Derby and was sold to rivals Leicester. After running a
bar and restaurant at Cala Bona in Majorca, he has
returned to Derbyshire and regularly attends County
matches
12 John Robson (Derby
County)
Peter Taylor spotted the 17 year old back in the
northeast and Derby signed him in 1968. He helped them
win promotion and a League title, but was sold to Aston
Villa for 90,000 pounds in 1972. His career was ended by
multiple sclerosis in 1978. He lives in Sutton Coldfield
13 Alan Hinton (Derby County)
The supplier of accurate crosses from the left wing after
joining from Nottingham Forest for 30,000 pounds in
September 1967 Hinton also had a rocket shot and scored
84 goals in 318 games. He moved to America in 1976 after
the death of his son, making his mark with the Vancouver
Whitecaps. He coached in Seattle, where he now works as
an estate agent
14 Kevin Hector (Derby
County)
His pace and goal-scoring ability earned him the nickname
the King. Hector signed for 40,000 pounds from Bradford
Park Avenue in 1966 and, during two spells at the club,
made a record 592 appearances, scoring 203 goals. Twice a
substitute for England, he was sold to Vancouver but
returned in 1980 to keep Derby in the Second Division. He
is a postman in the East Midlands
15 John McGovern (Derby
County)
Started his career with Clough at Hartlepool and followed
him to Derby, Leeds and Forest, where he captained the
club to two European Cup triumphs. McGovern's touch and
intelligence in the Derby midfield played a big part in
their Success and his knowledge gained under the astute
Clough served him well when he became manager of Bolton.
He works summariser for BBC Radio Nottingham
From The
Sunday Times 26 October 2003.
Sports Section
Many thanks to
Paul Gillespie, for saving me this article to include on
the site
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