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Excellent assesment of the squad.... why did we struggle so badly..? ha ha.

I feel guilty now moaning about this lot when i think to how bad we used to have it...

Back to Yakka... he was awesome i used to love him, mainly becuase he was the most glamorous sounding person i had ever heard of and made me think that the supers were signing big international stars....rather than Ian Dalziel..... I still have my We''ll be back in 82 scarf.....!

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My first game I saw had Banovic in goal.  As a kid, I couldn't assess him as I thought all of the players were brilliant.  Was particularly fond of Banovic, Emson and Barton.

But then, I used to pretend I was Billy Caskey when playing football...

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Brian Attley shiite
Vjekoslav Banovic Goalkeeper ok ish
John Barton Right back  shiite
Steve Buckley Left back Ok but had a broken leg
Steve Cherry  ok ish
John Clayton Forward Had some succes with plymouth after he left us
Mick Coop Right back shiite
Ian Dalziel Defender shiite
Steve Emery Midfielder poor replacement for langan - broken by gerry gow
Paul Emson Winger shiite
Frank Gamble Winger some ability but couldn't be @rsed
Charlie George [(ENG)] Past it
Keith Osgood [(ENG)] Defender shiite but betterthan shotton
Barry Powell [(ENG)] Midfielder shiite
Steve Powell [(ENG)] Midfielder/Defender past it
Alan Ramage Central defender Incredibly shiite
Tony Reid Midfielder shiite
Wayne Richards Full back shiite
Frank Sheridan Midfielder shiite
Glenn Skivington Midfielder Some ability, outstanding debut aparently
Steve Spooner Midfielder shiite
Dave Swindlehurst [(ENG)] Forward Good player
Kevin Wilson [(NIR)] Forward Good player
Archie Gemmill [(SCO)] Past it
Roy McFarland [(ENG)] Past it
Aidan Gibson Midfielder shiite
Kevin Hector [(ENG)] Forward Padt it but still a hero
Andy Hill Forward shiite
Roger Jones [(ENG)] Goalkeeper average
John Lovatt Full back shiite
John McAlle [(ENG)] Defender/Centre back shiite

so in one word RamNut just how would you sum up this team ?

it was soon to be saved by the arrival of a certain Mr Davison !

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so in one word RamNut just how would you sum up this team ?

it was soon to be saved by the arrival of a certain Mr Davison !

Which was the only good thing Peter Taylor did for us during his time as manager....oh wait...stick one over that lot was pretty good too.

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Paul Emson always gets a lot of stick on fan sites, but boy was he quick. Terrified defenders with his pace - the sort of player you could hoof the ball vaguely over the defenders towards and he'd reach it 5 yards ahead of them. Sadly he couldn't always do a lot with it, but was definitely an exciting outlet.

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so in one word RamNut just how would you sum up this team ?

it was soon to be saved by the arrival of a certain Mr Davison !

we had some young players coming through.....cherry, blades, harbey, garner

taylor made a few good signings......futcher, gemmill, garry mills, paul hooks, bobby Davison - who was Roy Mac's suggestion

Someone signed dave watson - the england centre half.

Kevin wilson and steve buckley were still performing.

it went wrong when we signed calvin plummer, John Robertson, Kenny Burns and Bobby Campbell - all rubbish.

(Was george foster was missing from that squad list?)

Arthur cox came in and signed eric steele, charlie palmer, rob hindmarch, floyd streete, paul richardson, kevin taylor, steve biggins - who was hammered by the crowd - mickey lewis......mark wallington.

we benefitted from having super scout Ron Jukes who spotted Martin Taylor, Dave Penney, Michael Forsyth, Ross McClaren, probably Jeff Chandler, Steve mcclaren.

we sold kevin wilson too cheaply but signed Gary Micklewhite, Trevor Christie and Geraint Williams with the cash.

finally another Roy Mac suggestion - john Gregory - and nigel callaghan, and the rest was history.

 

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we had some young players coming through.....cherry, blades, harbey, garner

taylor made a few good signings......futcher, gemmill, garry mills, paul hooks, bobby Davison - who was Roy Mac's suggestion

Someone signed dave watson - the england centre half.

Kevin wilson and steve buckley were still performing.

it went wrong when we signed calvin plummer, John Robertson, Kenny Burns and Bobby Campbell - all rubbish.

(Was george foster was missing from that squad list?)

Arthur cox came in and signed eric steele, charlie palmer, rob hindmarch, floyd streete, paul richardson, kevin taylor, steve biggins - who was hammered by the crowd - mickey lewis......mark wallington.

we benefitted from having super scout Ron Jukes who spotted Martin Taylor, Dave Penney, Michael Forsyth, Ross McClaren, probably Jeff Chandler, Steve mcclaren.

we sold kevin wilson too cheaply but signed Gary Micklewhite, Trevor Christie and Geraint Williams with the cash.

finally another Roy Mac suggestion - john Gregory - and nigel callaghan, and the rest was history.

 

i remember it as we struggled for about 4 or 5 seasons as a lot of heroes got older and older, we signed some even older ones and they couldn't offer enough support to teh young ones coming through

around 1983 we still had watson, macfarland in central defence, gemmill in midfield - now that is an ancient spine.

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Squad from 81/82 season

http://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1982

                               Appearances.  Sub. Goals
Brian Attley [(WAL)] Midfielder 19 0 1
Vjekoslav Banovic Goalkeeper 21 0 - -
John Barton Right back 10 0
Steve Buckley Left back 43 0 5
Steve Cherry [(ENG)] Goalkeeper 5 0 - -
John Clayton Forward 15 2 3
Mick Coop Right back 20 1
Ian Dalziel Defender 5 0
Steve Emery Midfielder 15 1 1
Paul Emson Winger 41 3 5
Frank Gamble Winger 2 1
Charlie George [(ENG)] Forward 11 0 2
Aidan Gibson Midfielder 0 2
Kevin Hector [(ENG)] Forward 29 4 6
Andy Hill Forward 6 0 2
Roger Jones [(ENG)] Goalkeeper 19 0 - -
John Lovatt Full back 2 2
John McAlle [(ENG)] Defender/Centre back 18 0
Richard Money [(ENG)] Defender/Centre back 6 0
Keith Osgood [(ENG)] Defender 5 3 3
Barry Powell [(ENG)] Midfielder 35 0 4
Steve Powell [(ENG)] Midfielder/Defender 19 0
Alan Ramage Central defender 10 0 2
Tony Reid Midfielder 13 0
Wayne Richards Full back 9 1
Frank Sheridan Midfielder 32 1 2
Glenn Skivington Midfielder 22 3 2
Steve Spooner Midfielder 4 0
Dave Swindlehurst [(ENG)] Forward 39 0 6
Kevin Wilson [(NIR)] Forward 20 4 9
Archie Gemmill [(SCO)] Midfielder
Roy McFarland [(ENG)] Defender/Centre back

I played in the same side as Keith Osgood in the mid to late 90s. Chadd Juibilee 96. Sunday Taverners league. He was decent at that level!

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I played in the same side as Keith Osgood in the mid to late 90s. Chadd Juibilee 96. Sunday Taverners league. He was decent at that level!

didn't he live on Beaufort St in Chadd ?? Not many ex professional footballers can say they live on Beaufort St !! Or more to the point not many people living on Beaufort St can say they used to be a professional footballer, quite a few pros but not footballers !!

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Yakka was something of a cult hero , as you never knew what he was going to do next. Sublime one match almost ridiculous the next.

Finance played a big part at the time , think it was so bad we had to  let Bobby Campbell go back to Bradford for free as we couldn't afford to pay the instalments. Maybe not such a bad thing.

Performances of the time were pretty dire most were all blood and guts , but I think if the memory is correct we still pulled in as big if not bigger crowds than ex-European champions ha ha  

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