Derby v Southend 1976

[Suffolk Shrimper In Dorset]

Hi, a request if I may to help with something I am writing

Who was the Derby player that brought down one of our players when clear on goal in the 1976 FA Cup tie at the Baseball ground? I think it was Roy MacFarland, tho it might have been Colin Todd or Bruce Rioch.

And was our player Stuart Parker in that?

I'm sure someone with a long memory will know!

Thanks

 

[OldBlueLady]

I think it was Rioch and I think it was Terry Nicholl he brought down. I am pretty sure Stuart Parker would have played. In English that year we had to write our autobiographies and I know I wrote about the game in that so I will dig it out later and see if there's anything in there to back it up.

You might get a better response to this in Chit Chat rather than the Pub?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

It was Bruce Rioch who committed the foul.Stuart Parker certainly played.Can't remember who BR brought down through the mists of time.Though I do remember I was arrested after the game.

 

[Gt Yarmouth Shrimper]

I'm also sure it was Rioch.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Ok, found it, doesn't answer your first question, but says that Stuart Parker had a goal disallowed so he definitely DID play! Also says that Rioch was committing many crude tackles and escaping censure.

 

[Fiftyone]

Rioch committed the foul on Ron Pountney.