Colin Boulton
Colin Donald Boulton ( born September 12, 1945 in Cheltenham ) is an English former footballer who with Derby County won the English championship in 1972 and 1975.
Playing career
Derby County
Colin Boulton moved in August 1964 to the English second division club Derby County and played in the season 1964/65 its first six second division games. After he stayed in the 1965/66 season without league bet he got 66/67 in fourteen games available for use. Derby graduated this year in the lower third of the table of the Second Division. Only with the arrival of new coach Brian Clough and assistant coach Peter Taylor at the beginning of the 1967/68 season the most successful period in their history was begun. Colin Boulton remained Meanwhile, behind the newly obligated Les Green, only the role of the substitute goalkeeper. In the Second Division in 1968/69 Derby succeeded after 16 years to return to the First Division. The start in the English top flight began in the season 1969/70 with fourth place very successfully. After a ninth place 1970/71 Derby County won the Football League First Division 1971/72 the first league title in club history. Colin Boulton had already replaced in the second half of the previous season Les Green in goal and played in the championship season all 42 league games. In the 1972/73 season County was unable to repeat this success with 7th place, but the team managed to Ron Webster, Archie Gemmill, Alan Hinton, Roy McFarland and Boulton the semi-finals of the European Cup of Champions 1972/73. After inter alia, in the 2nd round, Benfica was defeated, was waiting in the semifinals of the Italian champions Juventus. After a 1-3 defeat in Turin, Derby retired after a 0-0 home from the competition, favoring and so missed the final against Ajax Amsterdam.
At the beginning of the 1973/74 season, the board split under turbulent circumstances of coach Brian Clough, who hired the former player Dave Mackay as his successor. Mackay reached County in 1974 a third place and led the team in the Football League First Division 1974/75 to the second championship in club history. Colin Boulton once again denied all 42 league games and so contributed its share to the title ahead of Liverpool at. The second launch in the European Cup of Champions 1975/76 already ended in the 2nd round. Derby failed after two legendary games with 4:1 and 1:5 after extra time at the Spanish champions Real Madrid. The performances in the league worsened after a fourth place 1975/76 in the following two years significantly. 1978 Boulton left Derby to fourteen successful years and joined the North American Soccer League. After his return to England, he played in the 1980/81 season four league games for the fourth division Lincoln City.
In December 2009, Colin Boulton was elected to the All Star Team Derby County.