Keith Osgood, Steve Hodge and John Chiedozie, once of Spurs, also went on to play for Derby.Ronnie Dix, who won one England cap with Derby, left for Spurs in 1939, yet played only three games before war broke out. Connections are otherwise rare, although by coincidence another of Mackay’s countrymen, one Jimmy Bauchop, did score the goal which clinched the Second Division title for Derby in 1912 before moving on to Spurs.Ten things that Barnsley’s Slovenian AlesKrizanmight be missingtoday1 The `in-the-face-of-adversity’ spirit that runs through Slovenian football. Mackay was Footballer of the Year in his first season and, at 36, ever-present in his third. Karl Kainer, referee of the Busby Babes’ last game, on his refusal to give the match ball to Manchester United..

Raid on Spurs that made Rams great

At a time when Brian Clough’s activities in the transfer market are under scrutiny for unhappy reasons, today’s meeting of Derby County and Tottenham Hotspur provides an opportunity to recall one of the signings of the century. His compatriot John Duncan, now Chesterfield’s manager, made the same journey 10 years after Clough’s coup when Tommy Docherty bought him for for pounds 150,000, though injury prevented his making a remotely comparable impact. He then joined Swindon as player-manager, but when the championship came to the Baseball Ground in 1972, his influence on Roy McFarland’s form was unmistakable.Mackay returned, of course, to succeed Clough and take Derby into the the European Cup again. In 1968, with six-figure fees commonplace, Clough paid Spurs pounds 5,000 for a supposed has- been who became the catalyst in the rise of the Rams.
After nine glittering years at White Hart Lane, Dave Mackay was about to become assistant manager at Hearts when Clough offered him the chance to play on in the top division. Sean Stewart, at 12 Britain’s youngest father, on the birth of his son.
l I went to the ball and said, “Ball, would you like to fly to England?” It said, “No,” so it stayed on the shelf. John McEnroe on an Australia Day fireworks display in Melbourne. l I’m very happy with Ben, but if Man Utd win the League it will have been a perfect year.

“That means we will need to show better form than in last week’s 2-1 Cup win over Hamilton.”. l I think President Clinton has attacked Australia to take his mind off other things. Their rise has impressed Smith, the Ibrox manager, who knows his own team’s fine record against the Perth outfit will be put to the test at McDiarmid Park.”St Johnstone are having an exceptional season and have been playing very confidently of late,” he said. Rangers’ top scorer, Marco Negri, is still awaiting permission to head a ball again because of an eye injury which is now impairing the Ibrox club’s title visions. The Italian striker incurred the damage during a game of squash with his compatriot, Sergio Porrini, in mid-January.
Negri has now returned to training but is still experiencing flashing across the eye and has been told by specialists there is no prospect of him lining up at St Johnstone today.As four of Negri’s 33 goals this season have come in home and away successes against the Saints, the loss is certain to be felt as Walter Smith’s men aim to protect a three-point advantage at the top of the Bell’s Scottish League Premier Division.St Johnstone’s season has surpassed even their own expectations, with last year’s First Division winners occupying a comfortable fifth place in the top flight. Rovers have drawn their last four League games 0-0 and a fifth blank would set a new Football League record.Sunderland will be without Darren Holloway and Alex Rae for their match against Port Vale at the Stadium of Light, but their captain, Kevin Ball, may make his first appearance since October after recovering from an ankle infection..

Frank Clark, the City manager, said: “He’s been getting fitter and stronger by the day and he could be in the starting line-up.”Tranmere will create a piece of history if the match finishes goalless. “We’ve got 19 games to do it and I’m confident we’ve got it in us.”Manchester City’s pounds 3.5m record signing, Lee Bradbury, could start his first game in nearly four months at Tranmere after recovering from a broken bone in his back. As long as the light catches that noble, stained-glass smile, the legend will live on.. Alan Ball is confident he can repeat his Southampton rescue act with Portsmouth.

Ball, who begins his second spell in charge of the First Division’s bottom club against Sheffield United at Fratton Park today, saved Saints from relegation and he is adamant he can do the same for Pompey.
“When I took over at Southampton [in 1994] we only had 19 points, yet we managed to turn things around there and I see no reason why we can’t do it here,” Ball said. McGuinness, whose son Paul is part of United’s youth coaching team, admits he would be “saddened” if Edwards’ record went: “No disrespect to Owen, but it reminds people of Duncan’s greatness.”He need not worry Dudley will not let the world forget Duncan Edwards. He was good with both feet, had range and vision in his passing and shot ferociously As for his tackling: “It was like being hit by a tank. He wasn’t dirty, but he was a big lad (6ft, 13st) and nothing went past him.”Topping it all off was an equable temperament “He never lost his temper.