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1968–69 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County
1968–69 season
ChairmanEngland Sam Longson
ManagerEngland Brian Clough
StadiumBaseball Ground
Second DivisionWinners
(In 1969–70 Division One)
FA CupThird round
League CupQuarterfinals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kevin Hector (16)

All:
Hector (20)

The 1968–69 season was Derby County's 69th in the Football League and their 11th season in the Second Division. The team finished in 1st spot to clinch promotion to the First Division after being relegated 16 years ago.

Season summary

In his third season as chairman, Sam Longson and his second season manager Brian Clough clinched the influential signing of midfielder Dave Mackay from Tottenham Hotspur.[1] Also from Hartlepools United arrived young midfielder John McGovern being crucial during the second half of the season allowing MacKay to play as Full-back.[2] Meanwhile, assistant and former Goalkeeper Peter Taylor recommended the transfer in of Les Green to reinforce the squad.[3] After a last year failed bid, finally, Clough signed midfielder Willie Carlin[4] for a fee of £63,000.

The squad won the 1st spot in Second Division getting back to the First Division after being relegated in 1953. Meanwhile, in Football League Cup the team advanced to the quarterfinals only to lose in Replay against Swindon Town. In FA Cup The Rams were eliminated by Burnley in the third round.

Scottish Full-back Dave Mackay was named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, the only Derby County player to earn the honour.[5]

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
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 England ENG Mick Jones
DF England ENG John Richardson
DF England ENG John Robson
DF England ENG Pat Wright
DF England ENG Jim Walker
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF 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
MF Northern Ireland NIR Arthur Stewart
FW England ENG Kevin Hector
FW Scotland SCO John O'Hare
FW England ENG Frank Wignall
FW England ENG Richie Barker
FW England ENG Barry Butlin

Transfers

Winter

In
Pos. Name from Type
FW Frank Wignall Wolverhampton Wanderers
Out
Pos. Name To Type
FW Richie Barker Notts County

Competitions

Second Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Derby County (C, P) 42 26 11 5 65 32 2.031 63 Promotion to the First Division
2 Crystal Palace (P) 42 22 12 8 70 47 1.489 56
3 Charlton Athletic 42 18 14 10 61 52 1.173 50
4 Middlesbrough 42 19 11 12 58 49 1.184 49
5 Cardiff City 42 20 7 15 67 54 1.241 47 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal average; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup as the 1968–69 Welsh Cup winners.

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundAHAAHHHAHHAAAHAHHAHAHAHHHAAAHHHAAHAAAHHAAH
ResultDDLLDWWDWWWDLWWWWDDWDDWWWDLWWWLWDWWWWWWWWW
Position11121821191712139654743322311111111111111111111111
Source: Competitive matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Leader, Promotion to 1969–70 First Division;   = Promotion to 1969–70 First Division;   = Relegation to 1969–70 Third Division

Matches

10 August 1968 1 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Derby County Blackburn
Eamonn Rogers 2' (pen.) 6' Roy McFarland Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,686
Referee: JE Thacker
17 August 1968 2 Derby County 1–1 Blackpool Derby
John O'Hare 29' 50' Tony Green Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 24,760
Referee: LA Cussons
20 August 1968 3 Sheffield United 2–0 Derby County Highfield
Willie Carlin
Colin Addison (pen.)
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,609
Referee: F Cowen
24 August 1968 4 Huddersfield Town 2–0 Derby County Huddersfield
Paul Aimson 37', 55' Stadium: Leeds Road
Attendance: 10,442
Referee: R Capey
28 August 1968 5 Derby County 2–2 Hull City Derby
Kevin Hector
Richie Barker
Ken Wagstaff
Alan Jarvis
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 24,650
Referee: RV Spittle
31 August 1968 6 Derby County 2–0 Oxford United Derby
John O'Hare 15'
Roy McFarland 65'
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 21,737
Referee: TJ Hill
7 September 1968 7 Derby County 3–1 Aston Villa Derby
Kevin Hector 1', 85'
Alan Hinton 16'
86' Mike Ferguson Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 23,723
Referee: VJ Batty
14 September 1968 8 Bristol City 0-0 Derby County Bristol
Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,850
Referee: R Tinkler
18 September 1968 9 Derby County 1-0 Fulham Derby
Alan Hinton Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 26,771
Referee: R Matthewson
21 September 1968 10 Derby County 1-0 Millwall Derby
Alan Durban 30' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: GC Kew
28 September 1968 11 Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Derby County Burnden
Terry Wharton 55' 16' Richie Barker
19' Jim Walker
Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 15,202
Referee: DC Fieldsend
5 October 1968 12 Middlesbrough F.C. 0-0 Derby County Ayresome
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 28,636
Referee: K Styles
9 October 1968 13 Hull City 1-0 Derby County Kingston upon Hull
Ian Butler Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 24,307
Referee: SJ Kayley
12 October 1968 14 Derby County 1-0 Preston North End Derby
Alan Hinton 18' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 27,146
Referee: D Turner
19 October 1968 15 Portsmouth F.C. 0-1 Derby County Milton
29' Hector Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 22,041
Referee: L Callaghan
26 October 1968 16 Derby County 1-0 Birmingham City Derby
Willie Carlin 74' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,218
Referee: D Laing
9 November 1968 17 Derby County 2-1 Charlton Athletic Derby
John O'Hare 25'
Kevin Hector 64'
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 25,176
Referee: JE Thacker
16 November 1968 18 Cardiff City 1-1 Derby County Cardiff
Brian Clark 73' 79' Alan Durban Stadium: Ninian Park
Attendance: 17,328
Referee: KH Burns
23 November 1968 19 Derby County 3-3 Carlisle United Derby
Dave Mackay 13'
Willie Carlin 17'
John O'Hare 54'
46' George McVitie
47', 69' Hugh McIlmoyle
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 23,395
Referee: BJ Homewood
30 November 1968 20 Crystal Palace F.C. 1-2 Derby County Selhurst
John McCormick 69' 59' Willie Carlin
60' Roy McFarland
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 20,751
Referee: RL Johnson
7 December 1968 21 Derby County 1-1 Norwich City Derby
Roy McFarland 90' 21' Terry Anderson Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 24,719
Referee: K Howley
14 December 1968 22 Preston North End 0-0 Derby County Preston
Stadium: Deepdale
Attendance: 12,714
Referee: J Quinn
21 December 1968 23 Derby County 2-1 Portsmouth F.C. Derby
Hector 60', 70' 37' George Smith Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 22,061
Referee: GW Jones
26 December 1968 24 Derby County 3-2 Middlesbrough F.C. Derby
Roy McFarland 20'
Alan Hinton 70', 74' (pen.)
40', 41' (pen.) John Hickton Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,481
Referee: FM Nicholson
11 January 1969 25 Derby County 2-0 Bury F.C. Derby
Roy McFarland 59'
John O'Hare 64'
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 24,578
Referee: RA Paine
14 January 1969 26 Birmingham City 1-1 Derby County Birmingham
Fred Pickering Hector Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 39,977
Referee: K Markham
18 January 1969 27 Charlton Athletic 2-0 Derby County Charlton
Ray Treacy 75'
Matt Tees 81'
Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 30,115
Referee: THC Reynolds
25 January 1969 28 Bury F.C. 0-1 Derby County Bury
15' John O'Hare Stadium: Gigg Lane
Attendance: 15,361
Referee: R Capey
1 February 1969 29 Derby County 2-0 Cardiff City Derby
Hector 10', 71' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,589
Referee: R Barker
1 March 1969 30 Derby County 4-2 Blackburn Rovers Derby
Willie Carlin 35'
Kevin Hector 44'
John O'Hare 53'
Frank Wignall 87'
59' Malcolm Darling
72' John Connelly
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 26,492
Referee: AE Dimond
5 March 1969 31 Derby County 0-1 Crystal Palace F.C. Derby
61' Bobby Woodruff Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 31,748
Referee: HW Ellis
8 March 1969 32 Blackpool F.C. 2-3 Derby County Blackpool
Ronnie Brown 12'
John Craven 66'
35' John O'Hare
62' Roy McFarland
86' (pen.)Alan Hinton
Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 18,853
Referee: GC Kew
11 March 1969 33 Carlisle United 1-1 Derby County Carlisle
Eric Welsh Kevin Hector Stadium: Brunton Park
Attendance: 12,844
Referee: R Darlington
15 March 1969 34 Derby County 1-0 Huddersfield Town Derby
Roy McFarland 29' Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 28,293
Referee: SJ Kayley
22 March 1969 35 Oxford United 0-2 Derby County Headington
34', 36' Hector Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 18,020
Referee: NCH Burtenshaw
29 March 1969 36 Aston Villa 0-1 Derby County Birmingham
45' (o.g.) Dave Simmons Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 49,188
Referee: TW Dawes
2 April 1969 37 Fulham F.C. 0-1 Derby County Fulham
Frank Wignall Stadium: Craven Cottage
Attendance: 18,173
Referee: JR Osborne
5 April 1969 38 Derby County 5-1 Bolton Wanderers Derby
Hector 21'
Frank Wignall 44'
John O'Hare 62'
Willie Carlin 66'
Roy McFarland 86'
53' Roy Greaves Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 30,684
Referee: BH Daniels
7 April 1969 39 Derby County 1-0 Sheffield United Derby
Alan Durban Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,976
Referee: AWS Jones
12 April 1969 40 Millwall F.C. 0-1 Derby County New Cross
22' Willie Carlin Stadium: The Old Den
Attendance: 13,735
Referee: DA Corbett
16 April 1969 41 Norwich City 1-4 Derby County Norwich
Ken Foggo (pen.) Frank Wignall
, Willie Carlin
John O'Hare
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,804
Referee: KE Walker
19 April 1969 42 Derby County 5-0 Bristol City Derby
Alan Durban 16', 30', 44'
54' Alan Hinton
88' Kevin Hector
Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 31,644
Referee: F Cowen

Football League Cup

13 August 1968 1 Derby County 3-0 Chesterfield F.C. Derby
Stadium: Baseball Ground
4 September 1968 2 Derby County 5-1 Stockport County Derby
Alan Hinton , , (pen.), (pen.)
Hector
Ian Ledgard Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 21,549
Referee: G Hartley
25 September 1968 3 Chelsea F.C. 0-0 Derby County London
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 26,975
Referee: DH Counsell
2 October 1968 replay Derby County 0-0 Chelsea F.C. Derby
Dave Mackay
Kevin Hector
Alan Durban
Alan Birchenall Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,346
Referee: DH Counsell
16 October 1968 4 Everton 0-0 Derby County Liverpool
(own goal) Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 44,705
Referee: DJ Lyden
23 October 1968 replay Derby County 1-0 Everton Derby
Kevin Hector Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 34,370
Referee: ET Jennings
30 October 1968 5 Derby County 0-0 Swindon Town Derby
(own goal) Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 35,104
Referee: K Howley
5 November 1968 replay Swindon Town 1-0 Derby County Swindon
Don Rogers 27' Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 26,449
Referee: AE Dimond

FA Cup

4 January 1969 3 Burnley 3-1 Derby County Burnley
Colin Blant 8'
Frank Casper 43', 53'
84' Alan Durban Attendance: 22,842
Referee: K Howley

Statistics

Players statistics

Substitute appearances indicated in brackets
No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League
Second Division
Football League
League Cup
FA
Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Les Green 51 -37 42 -32 8 -2 1 -3
DF England ENG Ron Webster 46 0 38 0 7 0 1 0
DF England ENG Roy McFarland 51 0 42 0 8 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay 50 2 41 1 8 1 1 0
DF England ENG John Robson 51 0 42 0 8 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO John McGovern 19 0 18 0 0 0 1 0
MF Wales WAL Alan Durban 44 8 36 6 7 1 1 1
MF England ENG Willie Carlin 43 8 36 8 6 0 1 0
MF England ENG Alan Hinton 48 12 41 7 6 5 1 0
FW England ENG Kevin Hector 50 20 41 16 8 4 1 0
FW Scotland SCO John O'Hare 49 10 41 10 7 0 1 0
GK England ENG Colin Boulton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Jim Walker 31 1 20+3 1 8 0
DF England ENG John Richardson 5 0 4 0 1 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Arthur Stewart 6 0 4 0 2 0
FW England ENG Richie Barker 10 2 3+4 2 3 0
FW England ENG Frank Wignall 4 4 2+2 4
DF England ENG Peter Daniel 2 0 2 0
FW England ENG Barry Butlin 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF England ENG Mick Jones
DF England ENG Tony Rhodes
DF England ENG Pat Wright

References

  1. ^ Rostron, Phil (2011). We are the damned united: The real story of Brian Clough at Leeds United. Edinburgh: Mainstream Pub. ISBN 9781845969394.
  2. ^ Mike Cockayne. "John McGOVERN – Derby County FC – (Part 1) 1968–71". John McGovern: Derby County FC. Sporting Heroes. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Testimonial for Martin Taylor 1996/97". ToffeeWeb.com. 14 May 1997. Retrieved 22 August 2009.
  4. ^ "How Clough and Taylor transformed the fortunes of Derby County". Nottingham Post. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. ^ "England – Players Awards". RSSSF. 4 October 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
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