However, a 02 defeat at home to Wimbledon (Derby's first home defeat in 23 league fixtures, equalling the club record set 67 years previously) showed a need for more experience and the inspired capture of Paul McGrath proved a key capture. However, a 02 defeat away to Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup Fifth Round preceded a notable wobble in results and the club recorded a return of just 6 points from the next 5 games, conceding top spot to Birmingham City after a 01 defeat at St. Andrews on 9 March 2007. They also won the Derbyshire Senior Cup, scoring 24 goals in their four fixtures including a 141 win over Shirebrook Town. However, Aston Villa's 10 win at Pride Park on 7 February 1997, the first home league defeat at the ground, saw the team lose their way somewhat and Europe was missed out on, with only 16 points taken from the final 36 available. Unlike the flair of Burley's playoff team, Davies side was built on a strong defence with more than 1 goal conceded in a match on just 4 occasions as a tightly knit defence of Marc Edworthy, Dean Leacock, Darren Moore and Mo Camara helped Bywater to keep 12 clean sheets, including 5 on the trot through January. ", - Jim Smith prior to the 1995/96 promotion season[7]. He left with a record of just 13 wins in 58 matches, though he did take the club to their first major cup semi-final in over 30 years when the club reached the League Cup final four, where they lost 43 on aggregate to eventual winners Manchester United. This was Derby's sole participation in the tournament, which lasted only four seasons, but the victory proved to be the highlight of an otherwise unremarkable season as Derby consolidated their top-flight position with a ninth-placed finish, though Roy McFarland became the first Derby player to represent England since 1950 when he appeared against Malta, and Clough made two more key signings in the shape of Archie Gemmill, 66,000 from Preston, and again broke the club transfer record with the 170,000 capture of Sunderland's Colin Todd. Although Derby reached the FA Cup quarter-finals (losing 10 to eventual runners-up Arsenal in a second replay at Filbert Street, Leicester), their primary cup success for 197172 came in the Texaco Cup, a competition between English, Scottish and Irish clubs who were not in European competition and featuring 16 clubs. The club paid the price, earning only 3 wins from their first 17 fixtures. A 32 win at Blackpool on 8 March 1969 kicked started an unbeaten sequence which did not end for 22 matches and the following season with a 10 defeat away to Sheffield Wednesday on 27 September 1969, another club record and the final tally of just 5 defeats from 42 league fixtures was also unmatched in the club's history. as a result, Derby took part in the club's first ever penalty shootout and overcame their opponents, winning 76. [9] However, a slump in performances and a poor run of form towards the end of the season in which Derby only picked up two wins in thirteen matches saw them slide down to eighth, not only missing out on automatic promotion, but the play-off positions as well. Either they were wrong to appoint (Todd) or wrong to dismiss him Pickering's Chairmanship was pointing the club towards disaster. Burley achieved safety against a background of boardroom uncertainty Chairman Lionel Pickering, after putting temporary faith in former Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson and a notional 30m bond, was removed from the chair after the club temporarily entered receivership by The Co-operative Bank, who instantly installed a new board composed of John Sleightholme, Jeremy Keith and Steve Harding, for the cost of 1 each. Les Parkin covered Derby County when they won Football League titles under Clough and Dave Mackay in the 1970s, and travelled with the club for their matches in the European and UEFA Cups. The sale of Marcus Tudgay to Sheffield Wednesday, to raise funds for the capture of Darren Moore to strengthen the defence, left the club with just one recognised striker, 35-year-old Paul Peschisolido, and, after just 33 games in charge, Brown was sacked as Derby manager after a 61 defeat at Coventry City was followed by an embarrassing 31 FA Cup exit to League One side Colchester United. Former Presidents Nixon and LBJ stand together outside the LBJ library. October and November were disappointing with Derby picking up only 1 win and 5 points out of a possible 30 as Derby fell to 15th place in the league, with a 40 defeat at rivals Leicester City at the start of the month, starting the slump in form. Two days later, Clough and Taylor resigned their positions as Derby County manager. Whilst the media optimistically predicted a push for a playoff place[44][45] Derby once again struggled against relegation for much of the season, before a run of just two defeats in the final 10 fixtures saw the club finish in 14th, their third highest finish in their respective division in the previous ten years. All this was temporarily overshadowed by controversy surrounding the signing of Fuertes who, after scoring twice, including the winner against Everton, was refused entry back into Britain after a club training break in Portugal when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged; Derby were able to recoup his fee by transferring him to French side Lens for 2.8m. Tom Naylor also earned praise from Nigel Clough for his development and impressed when standing in for John Brayford at right-back. Derby County chairman Sam Longson greets new manager Brian Clough and assistant Peter Taylor at the . Derby's upturn in form had also sparked an upturn in attendances, which had fallen dramatically during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Enter your search keyword. Peter Daniel, who stepped in for Roy McFarland who suffered an Achilles Tendon injury whilst on international duty and missed all but the last four matches, warned the club's Player of the Season award and Ron Webster became only the fifth player to break 500 appearances for Derby during his appearance in the defeat at Luton, whilst Boulton broke the record for goalkeeping appearances during the campaign, on his way to 344 appearances total for the club. In the event of the match Ashley Ward, who finished the season with 9 goals, 2 behind leading scorer Dean Sturridge. survival) in the Premier League and when this was not achieved the club was once again plunged into financial crisis. The Barnsley match had attracted a crowd of 27,232 (the club's biggest home attendance since 27, 783 watched a 31 home defeat against Manchester United in February 1980) and it broke 30,000 for the first time since a 21 home defeat against Nottingham Forest in 1979, in a 22 draw against Manchester United on 18 October 1997. One of these matches, a 52 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in which Baiano scored twice, was the club's first victory at Hillsborough since September 1936. Another former Derby favourite, Iigo Idiakez, missed the decisive penalty to see Derby through to the newly completed Wembley Stadium to face off against West Bromwich Albion in the 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final. Maxwell, who appeared to have vast wealth at his disposal, helped the directors raise the 220,000 necessary to lift the petitions and Derby survived off the pitch. The 29-year-old signed for the Rams on a free transfer from Wycombe Wanderers last August on a one-year contract. There was also the continued introduction of academy players to the side, with Tom Huddlestone and Marcus Tudgay making significant contributions alongside players such as Lee Grant and Lee Holmes. Form declined badly and key players departed Paul Goddard was sold to Millwall for 800,000 whilst injuries bit into a squad increasingly short of depth. Despite such struggles Saunders had managed an impressive 17 goals, almost half of Derby's 37 total, and it was no surprise that the club failed to hold on to him as he was sold to Liverpool for 2.9m (over 2m more than the previous record fee received for a Derby player), along with Mark Wright, who commanded a 2.3m. Wayne Rooney's valiant attempt to keep Derby County in the Championship despite a 21-point deduction came to an end on Monday as a 1-0 defeat at QPR saw the Rams relegated A chartered accountant by profession, he became chairman of the finance committee, a role he energetically embraced and to which he made positive contributions. Clough was sacked nine games into the 201314 season, after defeat to local rivals Nottingham Forest, and was replaced by former Derby player and assistant manager Steve McClaren. He won 43 Scotland caps and will forever be remembered for his contribution in the 1978 World Cup. As with Clough, Mackay lasted just 18 months at Derby after winning the title. Whilst the first 80 years of Derby County F.C. His remit was simple: avoid relegation. The application shall be filed with the county chair or the . Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 32 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for 5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received. They even overcame bitter rivals Nottingham Forest, recent Champions of Europe at the time 20 at The Baseball Ground in a fractious FA Cup Third Round tie before being knocked out in the 5th round 10 against Manchester United. The club relied less on loan signings and more on the club's academy as Jeff Hendrick, Mark O'Brien, Callum Ball, Mason Bennett and Will Hughes all broke into the first team, Bennett and Hughes making their debuts with Bennett setting a club record for youngest ever team player, making his first appearance against Middlesbrough on 22 October 2011 at 15 years and 99 days old,[56] beating Lee Holmes' record by 169 days. Hebberd's Oxford teammate Dean Saunders joined the club in October 1988 as Derby's first 1million signing, the club reached the dizzy heights of 5th in the 198889 Division One table. In May 2021, the club, now managed by Wayne Rooney, narrowly avoided relegation to League One. With money tight, Clough was forced to cobble together a team from free transfers and loan deals ahead of the 200910 season, with 14 players signing temporary deals over the season and only Shaun Barker and Dean Moxey of the nine permanent signings arriving for fees, despite almost 3m being made in player sales (including 1.5m for Emanuel Villa). The 201415 season saw Derby competing at the top end of the Championship for much of the season, even leading the table going into March. With the goals of front three Kevin Hector, Francis Lee (a 100,000 capture from Manchester City in August 1974), and Roger Davies, all of whom hit 12 or more league goals, supplemented by midfielder Bruce Rioch, whose 15 strikes helped me finish the club's top league scorer, Derby hit Q.P.R. With Derby back in the top flight, Robert Maxwell took over from his son as chairman, who took the position of vice-chairman, and showed a clear desire to make his mark, with two England internationals being brought into the club in the guise of new club record signing Mark Wright, at a cost of 760,000, and Peter Shilton from Southampton. Clough also fired the club secretary, the groundsman and the chief scout, along with two tea ladies he caught laughing after a defeat. Advanced: Help & Contact; Sell . He did not run for re-election in 2018. [92], History of Derby County F.C. Promotion saw Derby return to the top flight for the first time in 16 years and Dave Mackay's performances saw him named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year, alongside Manchester City's Tony Book, the only Derby County player to earn the honour.[1]. The duo's first season in charge of Derby saw the club finish one place lower, 18th, than the previous campaign but it saw the recruitment of numerous players, such Roy McFarland, John O'Hare and Alan Hinton, who between them made 1,154 appearances for the club and would go on to form the spine of the club's most successful ever side. With Derby clear in the high court, Taylor was fired as manager following a 51 defeat at Barnsley, with the club having won just 31 points from 33 games, and McFarland was appointed until the end of the season. 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With no money for players, and the need to slash the club's wage bill, big names such as Fabrizio Ravanelli, Georgi Kinkladze and Craig Burley left the club with the gaps of their departure shored up by free signings; Candido Costa was taken on a season long loan whilst seven others including Mathias Svensson and Leon Osman were recruited on short-term loans, as Derby used a club record 36 different players in the course of the season. Bobby Davison (who finished top league scorer for the fifth season on a row, with 19 strikes, taking his league tally to 82 in 5 years) and Phil Gee grabbed 32 goals between them, half of Derby's total, and Cox's team set a club record with 11 away league victories to secure a return to top-flight football after a traumatic seven years away. 1. Season summary [ edit] Following a seven-match winless run which saw the club drop to 5th place in the table, Clement was sacked on 8 February 2016, though Morris said the sacking was not due to results but because "not enough progress had been made" in the club's playing style. Derby's summer signings had mixed fortunes with Craig Bryson, Jason Shackell & Frank Fielding all being in contention for the Player of the Year award. Final score: Derby County 0-0 Juventus. Derby County chairman Sam Longson with Brian Clough in 1967 Controversy surrounding Brian Clough's departure from Derby County has rankled with fans for decades. Gregory immediately bought in Newcastle pair Warren Barton and Rob Lee, and recorded three wins and a creditable 22 draw with Manchester United in his first seven games. The club also had another notable League Cup run, reaching the quarter finals and beating top-flight Everton and Chelsea in successive rounds, before again being knocked out by the competition's eventual winners, falling 10 away to Swindon Town in a replay. [34][35] The poor start saw fans accuse Gadsby and the board of failing to invest properly in players for the club and, on 29 October 2007, Gadsby stepped down as chairman to be replaced by former Hull City owner Adam Pearson. [70] Derby once again broke their transfer record, with Czech international Matj Vydra joining for 8,000,000 from Watford,[71] while Jeff Hendrick became the club's highest ever outgoing transfer with a 10,500,000 move to Burnley. This was Cox's team at its peak and, as Peter Shilton put it, it was a "battling fifth"[5] and further investment was required if Derby were to maintain the surge back to their peak. It was also higher than the average gate of seven Premier League clubs. and a 02 defeat away to Everton, Mackay approached the board with a request for a vote of confidence. During this period the club was managed by its greatest ever manager, Brian Clough, and was represented by players such as Kevin Hector, Roy McFarland, Archie Gemmill, Stefano Eranio and Igor timac, all of whom where voted into the club's All Time First Eleven in 2010. They came to despise one another although it was still Clough . The club recorded an average attendance of 26,020, 3 down previous campaign but still the third highest in the Championship behind West Ham United and Southampton. A purple patch of form in February saw the club end local rivals Nottingham Forest's 19 match unbeaten run, inflict eventual-Champions Newcastle United's biggest defeat of the season (30) and hit five in a match for the first time in three years when they edged out Preston North End 53 at Pride Park, before a run of just three wins in twelve through the end of February until the end of April, ensured that safety was not achieved until the 44th fixture of the season after a 11 draw at home to relegation rivals Crystal Palace. The season started in worrying fashion, with just one win in the club's opening seven fixtures, and despite a brief rally of 6 wins in 10 over September to November, a 01 defeat at Luton Town on 21 December 1974 left the idea of a title charge as the last things on the club's mind.
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