Rams Review Meets Alan Hinton

Cory sits down with Derby County legendary winger Alan Hinton to discuss his career in the game. We find out how Alan got his start at Wolves and what it was like to share a dressing room with players he idolized as a kid. We discuss his England call up and how it affected his wedding and what Alf Ramsey did to accommodate a personal milestone for Alan and his wife. We also find out why Alf Ramsey did not like wingers. We find out what led to Alan Hinton's eventual departure from Wolves and why he regrets the way it ended. We discuss how the move to Nottingham Forest came about and how transfers worked in the 1960s. We talk about his successful career at the City Ground which culminated in a FA Cup semi-final defeat to Dave MacKay's Tottenham Hotspur.
What led Alan to Derby? We find out about the transfer and what life was like under Brian Clough and Peter Taylor and why the winning the Second Division was a lot of fun. We discuss the great Alan Durban and what he brought to the Rams. We find out about the two league titles and discover which one Alan enjoyed more. We discuss European football at this time and THAT Juventus tie (both in Turin and the return leg at The Baseball Ground). We find out about Cloughie's resignation and Alan's role in the attempt to bring Clough and Taylor back to The Baseball Ground.
We then discuss his move to the United States and how it helped him and his family move forward after tragedy. We discuss the North American Soccer League (NASL), his time at the Dallas Tornados and Vancouver Whitecaps and what it was like to play professional football in American during this time. We then talk about his transition into coaching with the Tulsa Roughnecks, Vancouver Whitecaps and Seattle Sounders. And we find out the development of American soccer from the NASL to MLS and beyond.
We discuss his new book Triumph and Tragedy and then find out about some of Alan's hobbies, discuss how the game has changed through the years and what advice he would give people today.
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