Iconic Moments in Football No.61

1st November 1975. Derby County vs Leeds United at the reigning champions Baseball Ground. BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ chose the game as their featured match and it wasn’t hard to see why.The two clubs had both enjoyed success during the early 1970s, both winning the league title and Leeds had won the FA Cup […]

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Iconic Moments in Football No.58

It’s very rare that a tape measure and a pot of paint can cause such excitement but this week’s ‘Iconic Moment’ involves these two items.A peculiar incident occurred on 30th April 1977 at the old Baseball Ground as Derby County were playing at home to Manchester City in a First Division match. The Baseball Ground was […]

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