Archie Gemmill

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Archie Gemmill
Personnel
Surname Archibald Gemmill
birthday March 24, 1947
place of birth PaisleyScotland
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1964-1967 FC St. Mirren 65 0(9)
1967-1970 Preston North End 99 (13)
1970-1977 Derby County 261 (17)
1977-1979 Nottingham Forest 58 0(4)
1979-1982 Birmingham City 97 (12)
1982 Jacksonville Tea Men 32 0(2)
1982 Wigan Athletic 11 0(0)
1982-1984 Derby County 63 0(8)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1981 Scotland 43 0(8)
1 Only league games are given.

Archibald "Archie" Gemmill (born March 24, 1947 in Paisley , Scotland ) is a former Scottish football player who won three English championships with Derby County and Nottingham Forest .

Career

FC St. Mirren

Gemmill's first stop as a player at the Scottish first division club FC St. Mirren was inconsistent due to many injuries. In his last season for his team St. Mirren rose as the table penultimate in the second division. Archie Gemmill then moved to English second division club Preston North End for £ 13,000 .

Preston North End

In the 1967/68 season Preston North End landed only in third from bottom place in the table and trembled for a long time about relegation. After a place in midfield in the following year Gemmill rose with his team in the season 1969/70 as bottom of the table in the third division. Gemmill had meanwhile attracted the attention of the Derby County's coaching duo . Coach Brian Clough and his assistant coach Peter Taylor were convinced of his qualities and signed him for their team.

Derby County

The new coach Brian Clough had made it to the Football League First Division with Derby County in 1968/69 and then surprisingly took fourth place in the table as a climber. In the first season with Archie Gemmill, the team only reached ninth place, but in 1971/72 the team succeeded in winning the English championship. More traditional teams like Leeds United , Liverpool FC and Manchester City were narrowly beaten and relegated to their places. As champions in the European Cup of National Champions 1972/73 , the team reached the semi-finals and only failed there at the Italian champions Juventus Turin around Dino Zoff , Fabio Capello and Helmut Haller .

After coach Brian Clough had to leave the club due to serious differences with the board, Derby finished third in 1973/74. In the Football League First Division 1974/75 the second championship title followed after 1972. Under the new coach Dave Mackay Archie Gemmill could continue to work as a regular for his club and contribute his part to the title. In the European Cup of National Champions 1975/76 , however, this time the early out followed in the 2nd round. Spanish champions Real Madrid were beaten 4-1 at home in the first leg, but the second leg turned into a disaster. After 1: 5 after extra time, the English champions were eliminated. After a disappointing 15th place in the 1976/77 season Gemmill moved to the new club of his former coach Brian Clough and joined Nottingham Forest .

Nottingham Forest

In his first year in Nottingham , he was able to celebrate his third championship title. Forest managed the feat as a climber to win the championship in the First Division 1977/78 . Gemmill was also used here in over 30 league games and scored three goals. To top it off, he and his team made their first finals in the 1979 national championship cup. Forest met Swedish champions Malmö FF in the final in Munich and defeated them 1-0 with a goal from Trevor Francis . However, Gemmill had to watch this game from the bench for 90 minutes because Brian Clough had failed to set it up. Mainly because of this measure by the coach and the following dissonances, he decided to change clubs after the season.

Birmingham City

The club from Birmingham played in 1979/80 only in the second division, but managed by a third place in the table due to the better goal difference before Chelsea, promotion to the First Division. The following year brought a place in the middle of the table and the season 1981/82 a long relegation battle, which could ultimately be completed successfully by 16th place.

However, Gemmill had already moved to Jacksonville Tea Men in the North American Soccer League in early 1982 during the season . He spent a season there before moving back to England. His former teammate Larry Lloyd had meanwhile taken over the coaching position at third division Wigan Athletic and convinced him to move. His stay there was not permanent, because after only eleven games he joined his ex-club Derby County . There Peter Taylor had taken over the coaching post after his resignation at Nottingham Forest and then committed Gemmill.

After an average season in 1982/83 for his club, which now only plays in the second division, the crash into the third division followed in 1983/84. After this unpleasant season, Archie Gemmill ended his successful and titled playing career.

Scottish national team

In 43 international appearances for Scotland, he was able to achieve eight goals and was part of the team that in 1978 at the FIFA World Cup took part. He became a "people's hero" with two goals in the preliminary round match against the Netherlands (final score 3: 2), which is also recognized in the film Trainspotting ("Phew, I haven't felt that good since Archie Gemmill scored against Holland in 1978!" ). In particular, his legendary goal to make it 3-1 is still remembered by most Scottish football fans today and was voted one of the best goals of all time.

family

His son Scot Gemmill , who was born in Derby County , followed him in 1990 as a player for Nottingham Forest and from 1995 also in the Scottish national team.

title

  • English champion: 1972 , 1975 , 1978
  • National Champion Cup: 1979
  • League Cup: 1979
  • European Supercup: 1979

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