Roy McFarland

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Roy McFarland
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Personnel
Surname Roy Leslie McFarland
birthday April 5, 1948
place of birth Liverpool ,  England
position Defense
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1966-1967 Tranmere Rovers 35 0(0)
1967-1981 Derby County 434 (44)
1981-1982 Bradford City 40 0(1)
1983-1984 Derby County 8 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1971-1977 England 28 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1981-1982 Bradford City
1984 Derby County
1993-1995 Derby County
1995-1996 Bolton Wanderers (Assistant Coach)
1996-2001 Cambridge United
2001-2002 Torquay United
2003-2007 Chesterfield FC
2009 Burton Albion
1 Only league games are given.

Roy Leslie McFarland (born April 5, 1948 in Liverpool , England ) is an English football player and current manager, who achieved fame especially through his playing at Derby County . In 1972 and 1975 he won the English championship with his team.

Career as a player

Roy McFarland started his career as a player in 1966 with the English club Tranmere Rovers . The club from Birkenhead, located in the greater Liverpool area, was playing in the English fourth division at the time. McFarland reached a regular place at the age of 18 and celebrated the promotion of his team to the third highest English league at the end of the year. His excellent debut season did not go unnoticed by higher-class clubs, which led to McFarland's decision to move to Derby County after just one year with the Rovers .

Derby County

Derby had played in the English second division since 1957 and had received little attention in previous years. For the new season 1967/68 Brian Clough and Peter Taylor took over the sporting management of the team as coaching team and led the club in the following years at the most successful time in the club's history. After an unsatisfactory first year, the team achieved promotion to the first division in 1968/69 with a sovereign first place. There the club surprised in the Football League First Division 1969/70 by a fourth place. The team was denied entry into the European Cup due to "financial irregularities".

After a midfield place in 1970/71 succeeded in winning the English championship in the 1971/72 season . Only one point ahead of Leeds United as well as Liverpool FC and Manchester City led to the greatest success in the club's history. Roy McFarland celebrated the title alongside players like John McGovern , Archie Gemmill , Colin Todd , John O'Hare and goalkeeper Colin Boulton . With the title, Derby took part in the European Cup of National Champions 1972/73 and only failed there in the semifinals against the Italian champions Juventus Turin . The successful coaching activity of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor ended a little later due to strong differences between Clough and the board of the club. Despite the protests of many fans, the board then appointed ex-player Dave Mackay , who had been brought to the club by Clough and Taylor, as the new coach. This led the club to third place in 1973/74 and thus into the 1974/75 UEFA Cup . After a success over Servette FC Genève and a win on penalties against Atlético Madrid , the team surprisingly failed in the third round at the Yugoslav club FK Velez Mostar .

But the team around McFarland, Bruce Rioch , Archie Gemmill , Colin Todd and Francis Lee achieved their second championship title in 1975 after 1972. Two points ahead of Liverpool FC and Ipswich Town led to another triumph. The participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1975/76 led to a quick elimination. After a 4-1 home win in the second round, the team failed 5-1 after extra time at the Spanish champions Real Madrid . 4th place in the 1975/76 season qualified for participation in the 1976/77 UEFA Cup , but there, too, the derby failed in the second round at AEK Athens . After a weak start to the season, Dave Mackay was dismissed, but this did not prevent the team from finishing 15th at the end of the season. After two more mixed years, the club rose in the 1979/80 season after eleven years in the First Division as penultimate in the second division. After the missed direct resurgence in the 1980/81 season, McFarland moved to Bradford City in 1981 to end his career as a player-coach there at the age of 33 in the fourth division.

In Bradford McFarland succeeded with his new team immediately by a second place behind Sheffield United the promotion to the third division. He then ended his successful playing career at the age of 34. In the 1983/84 season, however, he decided to make a short-term comeback to help his ex-club Derby County, which was in desperation, as a player-coach. But even he could not prevent relegation to the third division and then finally ended his playing career.

English national football team

Roy McFarland made his debut in February 1971 in the English national team in the qualifier on Malta for the European Football Championship in Belgium in 1972 . After a first place in Group 3 before Switzerland, England moved into the quarter-finals and met Germany there. McFarland was not used in the legendary 3-1 defeat in the first leg at Wembley , but in the 0-0 second leg in Berlin. England missed participation in the European Championship. McFarland then played all four qualifying games for the 1974 World Cup in Germany. The 1-1 draw at Wembley against Poland on October 17, 1973 led to the non-participation in the tournament and the farewell to national coach Alf Ramsey . In qualifying for the European Football Championship in 1976 in Yugoslavia under the new coach Don Revie , he was only used in the 1: 2 defeat in Czechoslovakia, which led to missing the final round again. His last official game in qualifying for the Football World Cup 1978 in Argentina, took place on November 17, 1976 in Italy and was lost 2-0. England missed their fourth participation in an international tournament in a row. Roy McFarland's national team career fell into an extremely unfortunate decade for the English national football team.

Career as a coach

Roy McFarland started his coaching activity in 1981 as a player-coach at Bradford City and crowned it with promotion to the third division. In 1984 he was again active as a player- coach at Derby County , but ended this engagement after relegation to the third division. He then stayed with his long-term club until 1993 as Arthur Cox's assistant coach . In 1993 he succeeded him as head coach and reached the first play-off round with a sixth place in the 1993/94 season and, after a success over Millwall FC, made it to the play-off final. There, however, the team failed at Leicester City . In 1994/95 the club found itself only in 9th place and Roy McFarland decided to move to the Bolton Wanderers . There he stepped together with his former teammate Colin Todd to succeed Bruce Rioch , with whom he had also played for Derby County. Rioch had led the club into the Premier League in 1995/96 , but then moved to Arsenal . McFarland was unable to establish his new club in the Premier League and was sacked in January 1996. Bolton rose at the end of the season under coach Colin Todd in the second division. From 1996 to 2001 he was active as a coach at Cambridge United and achieved promotion to the third division in 1998/99. After barely a year at Torquay United , he became a coach at Chesterfield FC in 2003 and established the club in the third division before being fired in 2007 and relegated to the fourth division. In January 2009, Burton Albion took over as coach to succeed Nigel Clough , the son of his former coach Brian Clough , who became Derby County's new coach. McFarland achieved promotion to the fourth division with the team, but then decided against further coaching.

successes

  • English champion: 1972 , 1975
  • Promotion to the first division in 1969 (as a player with Derby County)
  • Promotion to the third division in 1982 (as player-coach of Bradford City)
  • Promotion to the third division in 1999 (as coach of Cambridge United)
  • Promotion to fourth division in 2009 (as coach of Burton Albion)

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personal data
SURNAME McFarland, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McFarland, Roy Leslie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool