Quote Originally Posted by Isaac Hunt View Post
I'd been to a few games in the previous seasons, but it was about mid sixties that I started to go to every game at home and quite a few away. I remember Derby coming to NP and fair play, they tore us apart and won 5-1. I went to the return game at the Baseball Ground in about the January or February, I'm pretty sure it was Brian Clarkes debut and he scored after 2 or 3 minutes. We won 4-3 on a complete mud tip as the Baseball ground was in those days. Great memories though. I wonder if that was the quickest goal ever by a player making his debut, or I wonder how many players have scored for us on their debut. Anyone know?
I was at that game at the Baseball Ground. I went behind the goal and something that stuck in my mind was how short the Derby defenders seemed compared to our forwards. I can't remember if Les Green was their goalie in that game but I think he was only about 5'8" or less. Derby were just starting to get good around this time.