1970–71 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
1970–71 season
Chairman	Sam Longson
Manager	Brian Clough
Stadium	Baseball Ground
First Division	9th
FA Cup	5th round
League Cup	4th round
Top goalscorer	League: ; O'Hare (13); All: ; O'Hare (15)
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	← 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.^[1] Todd rejoined with Clough after played for his youth squad at Sunderland in 1965.^[2]^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5]

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	England ENG	Colin Boulton
—	GK	England ENG	Les Green
—	DF	England ENG	Ron Webster
—	DF	England ENG	Tony Rhodes
—	DF	England ENG	Peter Daniel
—	DF	England ENG	Roy McFarland
—	DF	Wales WAL	Terry Hennessey
—	DF	England ENG	John Richardson
—	DF	England ENG	John Robson
—	DF	England ENG	Colin Todd


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	Scotland SCO	Dave Mackay (Captain)
—	MF	England ENG	Willie Carlin
—	MF	Wales WAL	Alan Durban
—	MF	Scotland SCO	John McGovern
—	MF	England ENG	Alan Hinton
—	FW	England ENG	Kevin Hector
—	FW	Scotland SCO	John O'Hare
—	FW	England ENG	Frank Wignall
—	FW	England ENG	Barry Butlin
—	FW	England 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

1 August 1970 1	Fulham F.C.	3-5 (a.e.t.)	Derby County	Fulham
	Steve Earle File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' Vic HalomFile:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Vic HalomFile:Soccerball shade.svg 13'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' O'Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 102'Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 106'Durban	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 18,501 Referee: R Matthewson

5 August 1970 Semifinals	Derby County	1-0	Sheffield United	Derby
	McGovern File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 25,322 Referee: D Smith

8 August 1970 Final	Derby County	4-1	Manchester United	Derby
	McFarlandFile:Soccerball shade.svg 19' HintonFile:Soccerball shade.svg 23' DurbanFile:Soccerball shade.svg 35' MackayFile:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'Best	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 32,049 Referee: K Walker

Competitions

First Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Southampton	42	17	12	13	56	44	1.273	46	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
8	Manchester United	42	16	11	15	65	66	0.985	43	Qualification for the Watney Cup^{[lower-alpha 1]}
9	Derby County	42	16	10	16	56	54	1.037	42
10	Coventry City	42	16	10	16	37	38	0.974	42
11	Manchester City	42	12	17	13	47	42	1.119	41

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

↑ Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
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

Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; = Leader, Qualification to 1971–72 European Cup; = Qualification to 1971–72 UEFA Cup; = Relegation to 1971–72 Second Division; c = Qualification for the Watney Cup

Matches

source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/matches/season/1971/

15 August 1970 1	Chelsea F.C.	2-1	Derby County	Fulham
	Hutchinson File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' O’Hare	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 46,969

19 August 1970 2	Wolverhampton	2-4	Derby County	Wolverhampton
	Curran File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Dougan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' McGovern File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' O’Hare	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,910

22 August 1970 3	Derby County	2-0	Stoke City	Derby
	Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' (pen) Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 35,461

26 August 1970 4	Derby County	2-0	Ipswich Town	Derby
	Harper File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (o.g.) Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 30,869

29 August 1970 5	Huddersfield Town	0-0	Derby County	Huddersfield
				Stadium: Leeds Road Attendance: 27,997

2 September 1970 6	Derby County	3-4	Coventry City	Derby
	Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' McGovern File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Carr File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Clements File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Martin File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Martin	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 31,621 Referee: R Capey

5 September 1970 7	Derby County	1-2	Newcastle United	Derby
	O’Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Dyson File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Young	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 30,466

12 September 1970 8	Southampton F.C.	4-0	Derby County	Southampton
	Davies File:Soccerball shade.svg 34', File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Channon File:Soccerball shade.svg 56', File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 19,429

19 September 1970 9	Derby County	1-0	Burnley F.C.	Derby
	Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 26,749

26 September 1970 10	West Bromwich Albion	2-1	Derby County	West Bromwich
	McVitie File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' O’Hare	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 31,437

3 October 1970 11	Derby County	1-1	Tottenham Hotspur	Derby
	Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (pen)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Peters	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 36,007

10 October 1970 12	Everton F.C.	1-1	Derby County	Walton
	Morrissey File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' McGovern	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 46,214

17 October 1970 13	Derby County	1-2	Chelsea F.C.	Derby
	O’Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Weller	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 35,166

24 October 1970 14	Derby County	0-2	Leeds United	Derby
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 53' Clarke File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Lorimer	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 32,797

31 October 1970 15	Arsenal F.C.	2-0	Derby County	Highbury
	Kelly File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' Radford File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'			Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 43,023

7 November 1970 16	Derby County	0-0	Liverpool F.C.	Derby
				Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 33,004

14 November 1970 17	Manchester City	1-1	Derby County	Moss Side
	Bell File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' O’Hare	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 31,817

21 November 1970 18	Derby County	2-0	Blackpool F.C.	Derby
	Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' McFarland File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 28,237

28 November 1970 19	Nottingham Forest	2-4	Derby County	West Bridgford
	Chapman File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Storey-Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Gemmill File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' O’Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' McGovern	Stadium: The City Ground Attendance: 30,539

5 December 1970 20	Derby County	2-4	West Ham United	Derby
	Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 8' Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Greaves File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Brooking File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Best File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' Best	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 30,806

12 December 1970 21	Crystal Palace F.C.	0-0	Derby County	Selhurst
				Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 24,418

19 December 1970 22	Stoke City	1-0	Derby County	Stoke-on-Trent
	Burrows File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'			Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 21,906

26 December 1970 23	Derby County	4-4	Manchester United	Derby
	MacKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Gemill File:Soccerball shade.svg 70'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 74' Kidd File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Law File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Law File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Best	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 34,068
Note: Les Green made his final appearance before moving to Durban City in August 1971.

9 January 1971 24	Derby County	1-2	Wolverhampton	Derby
	Gemmill File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' (pen)		File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Shaw File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Gould	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 34,243

16 January 1971 25	Ipswich Town	0-1	Derby County	Ipswich
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' O’Hare	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 20,231

6 February 1971 26	West Ham United	1-4	Derby County	Upton Park
	Eustace File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Hinton	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 26,606

17 February 1971 27	Derby County	1-0	Crystal Palace F.C.	Derby
	Mackay File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 25,521

20 February 1971 28	Blackpool F.C.	0-1	Derby County	Blackpool
			File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' O’Hare	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 17,892

27 February 1971 29	Derby County	2-0	Arsenal F.C.	Derby
	McFarland File:Soccerball shade.svg 31' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 35,875
Note: Colin Todd made his debut after moving from Sunderland this month.

6 March 1971 30	Leeds United	1-0	Derby County	Leeds
	Lorimer File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'			Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 36,467

13 March 1971 31	Derby County	0-0	Manchester City	Derby
				Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 31,987

20 March 1971 32	Liverpool F.C.	2-0	Derby County	Anfield
	Mackay File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.) Lawler File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'			Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 40,990

27 March 1971 33	Newcastle United	3-1	Derby County	Newcastle upon Tyne
	Mackay File:Soccerball shade.svg 1' (o.g.) Webster File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' (o.g.) Foggon File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Hector	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 26,026

31 March 1971 34	Derby County	1-2	Nottingham Forest	Derby
	HectorFile:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 20' Richardson File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Storey-Moore	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 34,857

3 April 1971 35	Derby County	3-2	Huddersfield Town	Derby
	Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' (pen), File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'		Clarke File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Ellam File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 24,113

7 April 1971 36	Tottenham Hotspur	2-1	Derby County	Tottenham
	Chivers File:Soccerball shade.svg Pearce File:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svg Hinton	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 25,627
Note: John Richardson made his final appearance before moving to Notts County in July.

10 April 1971 37	Manchester United	1-2	Derby County	Greater Manchester
	Law File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 37', File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' O’Hare	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 45,691

12 Apr 1971 38	Derby County	0-0	Southampton F.C.	Derby
				Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 26,217

17 Apr 1971 39	Derby County	3-1	Everton F.C.	Derby
	Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' O’Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Whittle	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 28,793

24 Apr 1971 40	Burnley F.C.	1-2	Derby County	Burnley
	Casper File:Soccerball shade.svg 28'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' McGovern	Stadium: Turf Moor Attendance: 10,349

27 Apr 1971 41	Coventry City	0-0	Derby County	Coventry
				Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 22,051

1 May 1971 42	Derby County	2-0	West Bromwich Albion	Derby
	Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'			Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 33,651

FA Cup

2 January 1971 3rd round	Chester F.C.	1-2	Derby County	Chester
	Keith Webber File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Wignall File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Gemmill	Stadium: Sealand Road Attendance: 15,882

23 January 1971 4th round	Derby County	2-1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
	Alan Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (pen) John O'Hare File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' John Richards	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 40,576

13 February 1971 5th round	Everton F.C.	1-0	Derby County	Liverpool
	David Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'			Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 53,490

Football League Cup

8 September 1970 Second round	Derby County	3-1	Halifax Town	Derby
	Alan Durban File:Soccerball shade.svg 19', File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Kevin Hector File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'		File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Phil McCarthy	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 20,029 Referee: P Partridge

7 October 1970 Third round	Derby County	4-2	Millwall F.C.	Derby
	Dave MackayFile:Soccerball shade.svg Alan Hinton File:Soccerball shade.svg (pen) John McGovernFile:Soccerball shade.svg John O'HareFile:Soccerball shade.svg		File:Soccerball shade.svgDerek Possee File:Soccerball shade.svg Gordon Bolland	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 25,537

27 October 1970 Fourth round	Coventry City	1-0	Derby County	Coventry
	Neil Martin File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 26,557 Referee: C Thomas

Statistics

Players statistics

Substitute appearances indicated in brackets

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		League Cup		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	England ENG	Colin Boulton	22	0	19	0	3	0	0	0
	DF	England ENG	Ron Webster	41	0	34+1	0	3	0	3	0
	DF	Scotland SCO	Dave Mackay	47	3	42	2	3	0	2	1
	DF	England ENG	Roy McFarland	41	2	35	2	3	0	3	0
	DF	England ENG	John Robson	40	0	34+1	0	2	0	3	0
	MF	Scotland SCO	John McGovern	39	7	32+2	6	3	0	2	1
	MF	Wales WAL	Alan Durban	32	6	26+2	4	2	0	2	2
	MF	Scotland SCO	Archie Gemmill	34	4	31	3	3	1
	MF	England ENG	Alan Hinton	39	12	34	10	2	1	3	1
	FW	England ENG	Kevin Hector	48	12	42	11	3	0	3	1
	FW	Scotland SCO	John O'Hare	48	15	42	13	3	1	3	1
	GK	England ENG	Les Green	26	0	23	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	England ENG	Colin Todd	14	0	14	0
	MF	England ENG	Willie Carlin	15	0	13	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Wales WAL	Terry Hennessey	14	0	12	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	England ENG	Frank Wignall	20	5	10+7	4	1	1	2	0
	DF	England ENG	John Richardson	8	0	8	0
	DF	England ENG	Peter Daniel	6	1	4	1	1	0	0+1	0
	DF	England ENG	Tony Rhodes	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	England ENG	Jeff Bourne	2	0	2	0
	FW	England ENG	Barry Butlin	1	0	1	0
	DF	England ENG	Jim Walker	1	0	1	0

Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1971/

References

↑ "Appearances by season and competition". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
↑ "Sunderland AFC 1966/67". Rokerpark.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
↑ Nannestad, Ian (13 November 2007). "PFA Centenary Auction – a tribute to the stars featured in this unique collection". Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.
↑ "We are the Champions: 1974-75 – Derby County". gameofthepeople.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
↑ Steve Nicholson (18 November 2020). "'So perfect' The story behind Derby County's Watney Cup success". derbytelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[table_note_res_WAC0.23612834384485-6] Manchester United and West Bromwich Albion qualified for the Watney Cup as the two teams with the most goals that hadn't already qualified for a European competition.

[1] "Appearances by season and competition". The Stat Cat. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

[2] "Sunderland AFC 1966/67". Rokerpark.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

[3] Nannestad, Ian (13 November 2007). "PFA Centenary Auction – a tribute to the stars featured in this unique collection". Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2009.

[4] "We are the Champions: 1974-75 – Derby County". gameofthepeople.com. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[5] Steve Nicholson (18 November 2020). "'So perfect' The story behind Derby County's Watney Cup success". derbytelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

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1970–71 Derby County F.C. season

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