‘Derby County’ Archives
The tragic of the Cup: 13th – 14th February
Fulham 4 - 0 Notts County You don't want to mess with Sven, I'm telling you. Fulham 4 - Notts County 0- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Crystal Palace 2 - 2 Aston Villa Stilyan Petrov's dodgy late equaliser denied Crystal Palace victory after an enthralling cup-tie at Selhurst Park. Crystal Palace 2 - Aston [...]
Football was better in the past: 1974-75
Dave Mackay, and not Brian Clough as many wrongly believe, guided Derby County to their second league title in the space of four years. Can you imagine in modern times a provincial team like Derby overcoming strong competition from Liverpool, Ipswich Town, Everton, Stoke City, Manchester City, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough in a title race [...]
The tragic of the Cup: 3rd round 2nd – 3rd January
The 4th Round Draw FA Cup (4th Round Draw)- Watch more Videos at Vodpod. Manchester Utd 0 - 1 Leeds Utd Sir Alex Ferguson has expressed 'shock' at his team's performance after their 1-0 defeat to lowly Leeds, who will travel to White Hart Lane in round four as a reward for beating Manchester United. Manchester [...]
Life outside the Premier League
More highlights from the depths of the English leagues, i.e. The Championship and League One. Marvel at the expoits of former league champions like Leeds and Derby, wonder at the majesty of European giants such as Nottingham Forest: Sheffield Wednesday 4 - 0 Scunthorpe Richard Wood opened the scoring after six minutes and Jermaine Johnson [...]
Football was better in the past: 1971-72
1971-72 was quite a season for young Brian Clough who, at the tender age of 37, won the first major trophy of his managerial career by guiding Derby County to their first ever league championship. This was no ordinary title triumph but the mother of all four-way battles. They overcame not only the mighty Leeds United to win the four-horse race but [...]
Football was better in the past: 1970-71
Leeds United were the predominant team of the era, although Everton had finished the previous season ahead of them as League champions and Chelsea had beaten them in the Cup final. England had, of course, handed over the World Cup to Brazil despite being the best team in Mexico. Man Utd were already in rapid decline, but give George Best the ball [...]
6 old school FA Cup semi finals
First of all, if you've landed here from the Guardian's 'classic youtube' section, please come back often as I've got loads more where this came from. Secondly, crack open a tinny, sit back and enjoy six matches from the 70s and 80s, when the FA Cup actually meant something... 1979-80 FA Cup Semi Final: Everton v West Ham 1979-1980 FA [...]
