I wrote to ex Derby keeper Colin Boulton at a private address to get my cards signed.Colin also sent back a short note with a photocopied autograph sheet from the Derby team of the 70s.
Boulton was the only Derby County player to take part in all 84-league games during the team's two Championship winning seasons.His career began at Charlton Kings then he started playing for Gloucester Police.He was a Police Cadet in Cheltenham when he was signed by Rams manager Tim Ward in August 1964.
His course to the first team was not always a smooth one as Brian Clough signed Rochdale keeper Les Green in 1968.It took another three seasons for Boulton to get his chance in the first team and he kept 23 clean sheets during the Championship-winning 1971–72 season.
In September 1976, Boulton joined Southampton on loan for a month as Lawrie McMenemy had lost confidence in Ian Turner (who had helped "the Saints" win the FA Cup only a few months earlier)and reserve 'keeper Steve Middleton.He played five games for The Dell club, winning two and losing two, including a 6–2 defeat at Charlton Athletic and victory at Wolves by the same scoreline; in his five games, he conceded 11 goals.
Boulton went on to make 344 first team appearances for Derby County before a move to America where he played for Tulsa Roughnecks and Los Angeles Aztecs from 1979 to 1980.Boulton's final team was back in England,where he played for Lincoln City.However in his fourth game he sustained an injury that was to end his playing career.
On 2 March 2009, it was announced that Boulton had been voted the greatest goalkeeper in Derby County's history.
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