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1972–73 Derby County F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Derby County
season	1972–73
manager	Brian Clough
stadium	Baseball Ground
league	First Division
league result	7th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Sixth round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	European Cup
cup3 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer
Kevin Hector (14)
season topscorer
Kevin Hector (18)
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prevseason	1971–72
nextseason	1973–74

Kevin Hector (14) Kevin Hector (18) 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

The 1st round of the European Cup semi-finals in Turin against Juventus

The club broke the British transfer record with the signing of half-back David Nish, from Midland rivals Leicester City, for £225,000. Derby County were unable to retain their title and finished in 7th place, one point off qualification for the UEFA Cup. This slump was in part due to the club'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: Clough accused the Bianconeri of bribing the match officials — describing the Italians as "cheating bastards" at the end of the first leg match in Turin —, despite they will prove later unrelated to any attempt to combine.

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

Squad

Transfers

In	Pos.	Name	from	Type
DF	David Nish	Leicester City	£225,000
FW	John Sims

Out	Pos.	Name	To	Type
DF	John Robson	Aston Villa	£90,000
FW	Barry Butlin	Luton Town

Results

First Division

Main article: 1972-73 Football League

League table

Results by round

| color_2-5 = blue2| text_2-5 =Qualification to 1973–74 UEFA Cup | color_21-22 = red1| text_21-22 =Relegation to 1973–74 Second Division

Matches

Garland Hudson Osgood O’Hare A Brown Davies Morgan Hinton Clarke Bremner Lorimer Hinton Beattie Whymark O’Hare Marsh Bell Todd Hinton Craven Hinton McFarland Hector Davies Hector Gemmill Hurst Greenhoff Hinton Davies Francis Jimmy Robertson John Mahoney Hector , McCarthy Malcolm Macdonald Hector Clarke Bone Hector Hinton Gemmill Hector Hector Davies McFarland

League Cup

Main article: 1972–73 Football League Cup

Second Round

Third Round

Webb Osgood McGovern

FA Cup

Main article: 1972–73 FA Cup

Third round

Fourth Round

Alan Gilzean Mike England Davies Davies Davies Hector

Fifth Round

Kevin Hector , , Don Givens

Sixth Round

European Cup

Main article: 1972–73 European Cup

Eightfinals

Hector McGovern

Quarterfinals

Hector

Semi-finals

Causio McFarland Gemmill Davies

Statistics

Squad statistics

References

Brian Glanville. (21 September 2004). "Obituary: Brian Clough". The Guardian.
Franco Costa. (April 22, 1974). "La Juve era già assolta";). Stampa Sera.

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