The 1969–70 season was Derby County's 70th in the Football League and their 1st season in the First Division since being relegated in 1953.
Season summary In his fourth season as chairman, Sam Longson and his third season manager Brian Clough appointed Jimmy Gordon as the new assistant coach arriving from Blackburn Rovers and transferred in Welsh Central-back Terry Hennessey in February 1970 for a fee of £100,000. The squad finished the league season on a decent 4th spot (its best outcome since the 1948-49 season), including a sequence of 6 consecutive wins, which would have claimed the club its first ever European campaign as entrants in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup but a joint FA and League disciplinary panel found the club guilty of 'gross negligence' after an unexplained gap of £3,000 in season-ticket income and payment of fees to Dave Mackay outside of the terms of his contract. The fine of £10,000 and a one-year ban from European competition saw the club bring in Preston North End secretary Stuart Webb into the club to help its administrative efficiency off the pitch match the playing efficiency on it. After the ban from Continental competitions, the club was invited to the inaugural Watney Cup.
Meanwhile, the team advanced to the FA Cup R5 stage only to be eliminated away at QPR. The squad reached the quarter final of the Football League Cup losing an away replay against Manchester United.
Squad
Transfers In Pos. Name from Type DF Terry Hennessey Nottingham Forest £100,000 Out Pos. Name To Type DF Pat Wright Southend United FW Barry Butlin Notts County loan
Competitions First Division
League table
Results by round
Matches source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/matches/season/1970/
Football League Cup
FA Cup
Statistics
Players statistics Substitute appearances indicated in brackets
References