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
← 1971–72	1973–74 →

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

Derby County were unable to retain their title and slumped to seventh place, just one point off qualification for the UEFA Cup. This slump was in part due to Derby'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 in controversial circumstances: Juventus were accused of, and later proven to have, bribed the match official.

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

Kit

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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.		Position	Player
		GK	Colin Boulton
		DF	Peter Daniel
		DF	Roy McFarland
		DF	David Nish
		DF	Colin Todd
		DF	Ron Webster
		DF	Terry Hennessey
		MF	Willie Carlin

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Alan Hinton
		MF	Steve Powell
		MF	Archie Gemmill
		MF	John McGovern
		FW	Roger Davies
		FW	Kevin Hector
		FW	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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1972–73 Derby County F.C. season

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Season summary

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Squad

Transfers

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Results

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