How to find the words to pay tribute to Roy McFarland on his 70th birthday today? “I’m proud of my Merseyside roots, but I’ve been here 30-odd years now, and I’m not moving, said Roy, I love the county and I’m here to stay”.He continued: “As a boy growing up in Liverpool, I had only been to Blackpool and the North Wales resorts, and wasn’t aware that such beautiful places like Dovedale or Monsal Dale existed until I came to Derbyshire. Now this is my home, and I consider myself to be a Derbyshire person”.The highlights of his career, and his fondest memories?“Winning the Championship with Derby County in 1972, and being shortlisted for the 1970 World Cup Squad were perhaps the highlights, but 1969-70 was a magical year, and holds my fondest memories”. Roy’s father came to Derby’s rescue: “If they want you that badly, son, I think you should sign”. Margaret was also loved by 8 grandchildren and by 4 great-grandchildren. They had returned home ahead of England duty and, with their wives, listened to events unfolding at Molineux and Highbury on the radio in Toddy’s car outside his home in Littleover. Please adjust your search criteria and try again. Roy Leslie McFarland (born 5 April 1948) is an English former football manager and former player. McFarland had been deemed responsible for putting Włodzimierz Lubański, Poland's best striker at the time, out of football for two years after an apparent poor tackle damaged Lubański's cruciate ligament during a World Cup qualifying match in June 1973. Our. He left the club after the poor set of results on 12 March 2007,[6] leaving caretaker boss Lee Richardson to try and save the struggling Chesterfield. Wife of Albert Ross McFarland (married 19 Feb.1893 in Hancock County,IA. Roy married local lass Linda at St. Alkmund’s Church, Derby in 1973, and they have lived in the village of Quorndon ever since. Along with defensive partner Colin Todd, he appears to have missed the celebration while on England duty. He led Cambridge to promotion from the third division in 1998/99, then after over 230 games in charge at the Abbey Stadium, became manager of Torquay United in 2001, leaving after just one season and taking time-out to consider his future. Joyce married Jackie Hallam, Wendy married John Mycroft and John told me that the youngest one, Linda, said she wouldn’t marry a footballer but then along came Roy McFarland and that all … Roy married local lass Linda at St. Alkmund’s Church, Derby in 1973, and they have lived in the village of Quorndon ever since. When Taylor left, McFarland had a short spell as Caretaker Manager, during which the Rams kept a 100% home record, but they were relegated and McFarland left following a regime change at the club. Of the late Brian Clough, for many years his mentor, manager, and near neighbour in Quorndon, McFarland simply says, “There was no one like him; for me he was an education in life – as well as football”. As Cloughie said, it could have been a hundred. But, again, not Roy and Toddy. Roy McFarland, a consummate professional and one of the most respected figures in English football this year celebrates his 40th year in the game and I’d like to pay a tribute to the long and distinguished career of the Chesterfield F.C. My Great grandmother. Roy is Liverpudlian born and bred and once dreamed of stepping out at Anfield for his beloved Reds in front of the Kop on which he stood as a lad. Dear Mother of Debbie (Robert) Lincoln, and Roy McFarland, both of Hamilton; Cathy (Greg) Jones, of Belleville; Roseann Reitsma, of Stirling; and Christine (Roger) Hawley, of Foxboro. He was dismissed in January 1996 after just six months in charge, with Bolton bottom of the Premiership and heading for relegation. You can unsubscribe at any time. Was then, the `Clough experience’ his most valuable asset in football management? McFarland started his managerial career at Bradford City as player manager when he took over from George Mulhall in May 1981. In 2009, after a spell out of football McFarland was appointed the caretaker manager until the end of the 2008–09 season of Burton Albion on 6 January, filling the gap created by Nigel Clough who had moved along the A38 to McFarland's former club Derby County earlier in the day. Not unreasonably, Roy’s publishers used that on the dust jacket of his autobiography. Roy McFarland, 24 Apr 1895 in IA. And what of the future?“My future in football is invested here at Chesterfield. Beloved wife of William (Bill) John Casselman. But once I’d grown up and was lucky enough to meet Roy (sometimes in the bar at Quarndon Cricket Club, occasionally professionally), I was startled to discover that, at 5ft 11in, he wasn’t quite as tall as me. Roy returned to the Rams as Manager in October 1993 for two seasons, before forming a managerial partnership at Bolton Wanderers with former England & Derby County team-mate, Colin Todd. 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From June 2003 to March 2007, McFarland was manager of Chesterfield and did well to keep the club in the third tier of the league, with Chesterfield's severe lack of resources, when most pundits have tipped them for relegation. I try to set challenges, and realistic goals, and my present challenge is for us to reach the top six in the Division”. Easy. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. On behalf of Peak District Online I went along to meet the man responsible, and I found that Roy McFarland had lost none of his passion for the game – or for his `adopted’ county of Derbyshire! McFarland was 24 years old and at the peak of his profession when he suffered a severe achilles tendon injury playing for England against Northern Ireland at Wembley in May 1974. He took over as manager of Torquay United in July 2001, but resigned in April 2002 after Torquay chairman Mike Bateson decided that if McFarland was to have an assistant he had to have a playing one, meaning McFarland's assistant David Preece had to leave as he had just retired as a player. The first memory that popped into my mind was of a Sunday morning in May 1972, when Derby County – having won their first Championship in famously odd circumstances – opened the Baseball Ground to parade the trophy in front of their fans after the end of the season. The season included a nine-game winning run, which was a club record at the time. Happy birthday, Roy. With Derby County, he played 442 league games, helping him to earn 28 caps for England. It didn’t stop him being the consummate centre-half, though. Sorry, no records were found. With Derby’s season over, those fans had to endure an agonising Monday night when Leeds United, away to Wolves, and Liverpool, away to Arsenal, could have overtaken them at the top of the table – but didn’t. I still get a buzz from the game, and the biggest buzz of all as manager is when the players you work with day-in, day-out play well, both individually and collectively. Roy McFarland during his playing days at Derby County. So I won’t embarrass Roy by claiming he was better than that pair – but he was up there. When I noticed Roy’s 70th was looming, it was an excuse not only to re-read that autobiography, but also to take a trip down a golden memory lane. Memories of that famous FA Cup glory- run which ended in semi-final defeat, were rekindled by McFarland’s men in this season’s Carling Cup Competition. Peter Taylor spotted the young McFarland playing for Tranmere when he and Brian Clough were in their first managerial job at Hartlepool United in 1967, and reported back to Clough that he had found `an uncut diamond’. It is only now, looking back at pictures from that sunny Sunday morning, that I realise Roy wasn’t. [14], McFarland was appointed to the Derby County board of directors in May 2017. “But for our football club to progress, the move to the proposed new ground needs to happen. Home » Peak District Online » Peak District Guide » Useful Information » Famous Derbyshire People » Roy McFarland – Famous Derbyshire People, 40th Anniversary of Roy McFarland – King of the Blues. "[13] He was eventually succeeded by Paul Peschisolido. He was predeceased by : his parents, Auburn McFarland and Hattie Smith McFarland; his wife Nancy Winstead McFarland; and his sisters, Maydene McFarland Sweatman, Bobbie Sue Wisenhunt and Nelsie Bershen. [8] McFarland eventually helped to extend Burton's unbeaten run to 17 games, which dated back to October 2008, before his side were beaten 2–0 by his former team Cambridge United in March 2009. One of the Rams' greatest players ever celebrates a landmark birthday today, Sign up NOW for your daily Rams newsletter direct to your inbox. I was generously given carte blanche to interview a collection of sportspeople of my own choosing. Roy Leslie McFarland (born 5 April 1948) is an English former football manager and former player. In figurative terms, and in the history of Derby County, of course he was. McFarland's next management job came at Cambridge United, where he arrived just before Christmas in 1996. Leave it to Cloughie. He played 40 games for Bradford in a brief spell as manager which brought the club promotion in 1981–82 via the runners-up spot in the Fourth Division. It was to be 17 months before he played for England again, but there were to be only four more caps. It was an attractive part of the package which brought me here, and is essential for the fans and the future of Chesterfield Football Club and I want to see it happen”. It was during his managerial career – assistant to Arthur Cox at Derby at the time – that I was given the opportunity of a set-piece interview as part of a series for this paper in the summer of 1992. In his days as an England international, Roy McFarland graced soccer grounds around the world from Malta to Moscow, but perhaps his most successful playing days were here in Derbyshire where he made almost 300 home appearances at the Baseball Ground in a Derby County career which spanned over five hundred league and cup games. On behalf of Peak District Online I went along to meet the man responsible, and I found that Roy McFarland had lost none of his passion for the game - or for his `adopted’ county of Derbyshire! Clough famously snatched him from under Liverpool’s noses and took him to Derby County for a fee of £24,000 – in circumstances that are legend: He regained his England place briefly and his 28 appearances set an international record for a Derby County player – passing Alan Durban’s 27 caps for Wales. The partnership ended when Bolton were relegated in 1996, and Roy moved on to become manager of relative league newcomers, Cambridge United in November that same year. A third misapprehension from those days: that kid on the Ossie End was convinced Roy was an absolute giant.

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