1975-76 - Ipswich Town 2 Derby County 6 - Highlights

Football League Division 1, 24th April 1976, Portman Road, Ipswich

[@growlerthe2nd712]

This was despite the score line The beginning of the end for a great Derby team and the beginning of a great Ipswich team. UTR ⚽️🐏

[@steve-r-collier]

worst decision by the directors sacking Mackay..i think it was shortly after a 8-2 win against spurs..there were enough good players in the team to turn it around

[@ilokivi]

My understanding is that the Board decided to approach Clough and make him an offer. Upon learning of this, Mackay did the only thing he could do with any dignity and resigned. The rest is history.

[@marksevern9339]

RIP Francis Lee. What a fantastic bloke in every sense.

[@ace--x]

The only bright spot of a disastrous end-of-season run-in for the Rams which commenced with Charlie George's injury. But who would have thought it would have continued into the following season too. Enter Tommy Doc the season after and the championship-winning team were flogged off on the cheap, to be replaced by a load of mediocrity... and alas relegation to the second division and then to the third was not too long in coming,

[@okasur1]

I was at that game. Trevor Whymark missed a penalty early in the second half (not shown here) which might have squared it at 3-3 and the outcome would have been different.

[@KeithDeley]

If only we had a team like this now

[@stevejobling3159]

And when Ipswich where good too!

[@richardtaylor8165]

Francis Lee looking a tad chunkier at the end of his career than he did at the start!!!

[@markhayes4149]

Great game sadly after this it was the beginning of the end of the Rams.

[@johnlowdon5809]

Never the Rams are great club.

[@stephendavies8510]

Derby decline was forest's gain league title by 7 clear points, 42 matches unbeaten, 2 European cups, 1 super cup, 2 league cups all in the space of 4 years and to take a team that was really struggling and turn it into a team winning the European cup in consecutive years is an achievement that can never be bettered.

[@ilokivi]

@@johnlowdon5809 DCFC is one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888, and has won the League Championship twice and the FA Cup. I respectfully beg to differ.

[@vntr2006]

I think Ipswich also missed a penalty in this game.

[@okasur1]

Yes. Whymark early in the second half when it was 2-3.

[@nicklewis1882]

Nothing riding on this game. Town were guaranteed to finish sixth whatever. Doesn't excuse their performance though. You look at all six goals: they just can't be bothered. Their minds were already on their hols. Credit to Derby, they actually put effort in and deserved the win.

[@chrillebjork5948]

Great team Derby...

[@stephendavies8510]

Ipswich blew the title the previous season and so did Leeds in 71/72 I prefer winning European cups which my team did twice.

[@stokes8762]

@@stephendavies8510 You mean when the ball collided with the back of Francis's head and rebounded in against the mighty Malmo and the stushed bobbly mis hit from Robertson in the game where Shilton was man of the match. The worst bunch of cloggers ever to defile the beautiful game. Ten cup ties against the likes of Öster, Pitesti, Grasshopper ffs lmao

[@stephendavies8510]

@@stokes8762 The mighty Liverpool couldn't beat us who won the European cup in consecutive seasons even players like Alan Hansen said we were a good side plus remember the 42 match unbeaten run in the league and we went 13 matches without losing in the European cup which ties the record with Real Madrid we were the only provincial club to ever win the European cup what this side achieved in such a short period of time will never be beaten.

[@holydiver73]

What an end to Franny's career. 2 goals in Injury time whilst quaffing on a pie. 👍🏻

[@staceygrove5976]

0:45 What a biased commentator! How much more obvious do you want a foul to be?

[@IanWelland]

Good old Gerry Harrison! Anglia TV's football man - he was the same with Norwich City as well!

[@jamesdu9753]

I was there

[@billyidle3458]

me too mate