David Nish
David John Nish ( born September 26, 1947 in Burton -upon -Trent ) is a former English footballer. His greatest successes as a player were of winning the English Championship in 1975 with Derby County and the feeder with Leicester City in the final of the FA Cup in 1968/69. Between 1973 and 1974 he played five games in the England team.
Playing career
Leicester City
David Nish debuted on December 3, 1966 at the age of eighteen years for Leicester City in the Football League First Division 1966/67, and scored in the game against Stoke City direct his first goal. By the end of the season, the young defender denied another seventeen league games. After an eighth place in his first season worsened the performance of the club and led a thirteenth place 1967/68 in the 1968/69 season to relegation to the Second Division second-rate. Successful acted the team to Peter Shilton, Allan Clarke and the 21 -year-old team captain David Nish in the FA Cup in 1968/69 as Leicester reached the final of the prestigious competition. However, the final game lost City after a hit by Neil Young with 0-1 against Manchester City. By winning the second division championship in the 1970/71 season against Sheffield United succeeded in its second year, the return to the First Division. David Nish secured his team the following year in the league, before moving to Derby County in August 1972.
Derby County
Derby had in the Football League First Division 1971/72 to secure their first championship in club history and committed as the reigning English champions for the British record transfer fee of £ 225,000 to 24 -year-old defender. The team of coach duo Brian Clough and Peter Taylor was in the 1972/73 season this success with 7th place not repeat, but the team of Ron Webster, Archie Gemmill, Alan Hinton, Roy McFarland and David Nish succeeded the semi-finals of the European Cup national Champions 1972/73. After inter alia, in the second 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. David Nish scored two goals in eight 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 ended in the second 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. David Nish also came due to injuries from the 1976/77 season only reduces the use and moved in 1979 to Tulsa Roughnecks in the North American Soccer League
In December 2009, David Nish was elected to the All Star Team Derby County.
England national team
Between 1973 and 1974, denied Nish five matches in the England team. His debut celebrated on 12 May 1973 a 2-1 victory over Northern Ireland, as he was set up by coach Alf Ramsey at left-back. His fifth and last match he played a year later on May 18, 1974 against Scotland.