Boulton’s respect for game he loves

PETER JACKSON
THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW

COLIN Boulton of Derby County stands astride the Himalayan peaks of Football League champions, the only uncapped goalkeeper to have been a permanent fixture throughout two triumphant campaigns. Winning the title against the odds in 1972 under ‘Old Big ‘Ead’ and regaining it against still greater odds three seasons later ABC, (After Brian Clough), required negotiating a perilous route through 84 matches.
Boulton, alone among Derby’s champion squads, played every minute of every one.
And now, some half a century lat...

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