After a 22 draw at home to Hull City on 10 February 2007, Derby were 7 points clear at the top of the table[25] and had strengthened for the promotion run in with the signing of Tyrone Mears, Jay McEveley, Gary Teale, David Jones, Craig Fagan, Stephen Pearson and Jon Macken for a combined 5m. Despite the addition of Craig Short for 2.5m from Notts County a record for a team outside of the top flight and for a defender at any level the club could only an 8th-placed finish in the 199293 Division One table, largely as a result of taking three points from their opening 7 fixtures, missing out on the playoffs altogether. The Derby-born businessman took a 22% stake in the Rams in . The league was unusually close throughout the campaign and the final table saw Champions Derby just one point of the teams in 2nd (Leeds), 3rd (Liverpool) and 4th (Manchester City). The true extent of the club's financial woes were born out when they could not afford to pay Telford United their share of the gate receipts after and FA Cup 4th Round tie (the club eventually reached the Quarter finals, their best run for seven years) and Stuart Webb was appointed a director and set about acquiring shares and striving to attract investors to the club and cottoned onto media proprietor Robert Maxwell, who was owner of Oxford United. On 29 October 2007 Pearson was named as the executive chairman of Derby County after buying the majority share holding from Peter Gadsby. Derby County chairman Sam Longson greets new manager Brian Clough and assistant Peter Taylor at the . His remit was simple: avoid relegation. [92], History of Derby County F.C. 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. The Baseball Ground's location in residential area meant that after all alternatives had been explored, including the renovating the Baseball Ground to a 26,000 all-seater arena, it was decided it would be of more benefit for the club to move instead, with it being announced that the stadium would be completed for the start of the 19971998 season. The form soon dipped again and, after a run of just 2 wins in 11 matches which left the club 18th in the table, Jewell quit as manager on 28 December 2008 after just over a year in the job. A club record 41,826 packed into The Baseball Ground to see a 50 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, before an indifferent run of form between September and January saw the club fall of the title pace. The 29-year-old signed for the Rams on a free transfer from Wycombe Wanderers last August on a one-year contract. They reached the FA Cup Quarter finals for the third time in seven years, losing out only to late Nwankwo Kanu goal in a 01 away defeat by Arsenal, and recorded some memorable victories, including a league double over Liverpool 21 at Anfield and 32 at Pride Park and a 10 win over Nottingham Forest in the teams' first ever meeting at Pride Park. [8] On 2 November 2009 it was announced by Hull that Pearson would be returning as chairman with immediate effect. A lack of consistency was one reason; not only in results (the club never recording more than two consecutive victories) but also in the club's inability to field a consistent team selection. Smith's eye for capturing players such as Rowett and Flynn in part exchange deals, as well as the fact that most of Cox's big money buys had held a large percentage of their value, meant that his transfer dealings did not hit the red until the signing of Ashley Ward for 1m from Norwich City in March 1996..mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}, "My brief was to reduce the wage bill and get some money in. From the start of April to mid march, Derby picked up 14 points out a possible 21 which lifted Derby to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs with 4 games remaining, Derby manager Nigel Clough however ruled out a play-off place, wishing there was more the 4 games left as the club were showing great form. [79] Earlier, in October 2020, it was announced that Morris was intending to sell the club and was actively seeking new owners. However, despite a promising middle part of the season, the club fell away badly in the final third and recorded just 4 wins from its last 15 fixtures to finish the season in 6th, 22 points behind Champions West Ham United. After a 11 draw at The Baseball Ground, Derby found themselves 31 down with 10 minutes to go in the replay at White Hart Lane, before Roger Davies grabbed a brace to take the game to extra time, before completing his hat-trick as Derby ran out 53 winners. However, things did not go to plan and the club spent the majority of the season in the lower reaches of the table. [38] On 28 January 2008, it was announced that Derby had been purchased by American group General Sports and Entertainment, with Tom Glick taking the role of new president and chief executive. Derby's first ever European match came with a home tie against Yugoslavia's eljezniar Sarajevo, which they won 20 with goals from Roy McFarland and Archie Gemmil. European debut proved to be a memorable one. 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. Employing his new signings alongside incumbent players such as Dean Sturridge and Russell Hoult, as well as McFarland's last major signing, Notts County defender Dean Yates (who was Player of the Season), Smith started the 199596 season poorly, with just 4 wins from their opening 14 games, but the influential signing of Igor Stimac for 1.57m from Hajduk Split proved the key. With promise that any money raised in player sales would be given to him for purchases, Smith began restructuring his squad with the signing of Robin Van Der Laan (475,000 and Lee Mills) from Port Vale, Sean Flynn (a 250,000 makeweight in the Paul Williams deal), Gary Rowett (another makeweight, this time in exchange for Craig Short), Darryl Powell for 750,000 from Portsmouth and Ron Willems for 280,000 from Swiss champions Grasshopper Zrich. Many of the departing players were high-wage earning flops from the Billy Davies/Paul Jewell-era, (such as Claude Davis, Roy Carroll and Martin Albrechtsen) many of whose contracts were cancelled by mutual consent as the club tried to reign in its spiraling wage bill. [91] On 22 September 2021 the club formally went into administration and were deducted 12 points leaving it bottom of the Championship. survival) in the Premier League and when this was not achieved the club was once again plunged into financial crisis. A 21 win over Norwich City in Burley's first match got his reign off to the perfect start, and although only 6 points were taken from the next 6 games, it was enough to finish 18th in the league with 52 points, 6 clear of relegated Sheffield Wednesday in 22nd. The club endured three unsuccessful play-off campaigns, failing in the semi-finals twice and losing in the 2019 final to Aston Villa. Following the game at Old Trafford a director called Jack Kirkland demanded to know what Taylor's role within the club and the pair, feeling undermined, left their role after six and a half years in charge. 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. [43] and equalled Loughborough's 108-year Football League record of going through an entire season with only one win. Despite interest from Westley in taking the position of manager, former Preston North End boss Billy Davies was appointed Derby County's new permanent manager, having taken Preston North End into the playoffs in the previous two seasons. [89] Having invested "in excess of 200m" in the club, owner Mel Morris apologised to fans and staff about the administration. 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. Derby twice broke its transfer record in the space of a month when in March 1992 they signed Paul Kitson for 1.3m from Leicester City (Phil Gee being one of two players going in the opposite direction) and then Tommy Johnson for Notts County ten days later. GEORGE Clooney has told fellow fans of struggling Derby County he would love to help out manager Wayne Rooney - by buying the cluband sparing them of . The season started very strongly, with just two defeats in the opening half of the season seeing Derby sitting at the top of the table with 47 points after 23 games. 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. During his spell, the backbone of Derby's glory era departed, as Colin Boulton, Colin Todd, Archie Gemmill, Kevin Hector Charlie George and Leighton James either retired or were sold and on and not adequately replaced, with Docherty's "three Van Goghs" midfield trio of Bruce Rioch, Gerry Daly and Don Masson flopped in particular. Poor results continued: a 60 home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa on 12 April 2008 is the biggest defeat at Pride Park and, by the season's end, they had recorded the Premier League's lowest points total (11). As a result of this, on 25 May 2015 Steve McClaren was sacked.[64]. Derby finished the season 12th in the league, 11 points off the play-off players, with Nigel Clough being satisfied with the performances of the team, stating a lack of firepower as the reason why they fell short and a target to improve in 201213. Clough's team entered the 196970 Division One campaign more than ready for the challenge of top-flight football and went 11 unbeaten from the opening day, briefly topping the table. Clough and Taylor had guided Hartlepools to an eighth-placed finish in Division Four during the 196667 season and was recommended to Derby chairman Sam Longson by former England striker Len Shackleton, who had been working as a journalist in the North East. In becoming Derby's third manager of 1982 Taylor created friction with former partner Brian Clough, from which the pair's friendship never recovered. Smith became the first man to earn promotion at the first attempt in the club's history and had managed it with very little outlay, using his knowledge and experience to shape an attacking outfit which played football the right way. Mon 28 Jan 2008 08.20 EST. Oklahoma House of Representatives District 74. Dave Mackay ended his three-year tenure at the club with his first ever ever-present campaign, a personal goal, and won the club's Player of the Year award. (Leakey, 1971) 2. Derby opened the 1970-71 season with a pre-season participation in the inaugural Watney Cup, an invitational tournament in which the top two scorers from all divisions of the Football League who had not earned promotion or European football, took part. The 199899 season was Jim Smith's Derby County peak, as the financial demands of Premier League football began to catch up with them. Nixon was President at the time. [54] Derby ended the season with a win and a draw as they finished in 12th place on 64 points, 7 places and 15 points better off than the previous season, the club's first top half finish since promotion in 2007 and best league standing since relegation in 2008. Former Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson was appointed head coach in May 2016. [24] With new ownership, Derby were able to compete in the transfer market for the first time in a number of years, with Luton Town's Steve Howard becoming the club's first 1m singing since Franois Grenet six years previously and, alongside captures from Premiership club's such as West Ham United's Stephen Bywater and Fulham defender Dean Leacock, Davies began shaping a side capable of competing at the right end of the table. John Kirkland, who ran Derbyshire construction giant Bowmer and Kirkland and was Derby County's longest-serving director, has passed away. Tom Naylor also earned praise from Nigel Clough for his development and impressed when standing in for John Brayford at right-back. Alan Hinton finished the season as the club's top scorer with 15 goals, whilst Kevin Hector netted his 100th for the club in a 60 FA Cup Fourth Round win over Notts County and Alan Durban became the club's most capped international, overtaking Sammy Crooks, with his 27th and final appearance for Wales. The club's reserve side had a less successful year than in the two previous seasons, with the club missing out on the Central League title by one point from Sheffield United, as well as being beaten in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final by Buxton. In May 2021, the club, now managed by Wayne Rooney, narrowly avoided relegation to League One. Although the club won its first game following the exodus 30 against Rotherham United[16] they then embarked on 9 match winless streak which seriously threatened relegation. Paul Clement was announced as McClaren's successor ahead of the 201516 season,[65] with local businessman Mel Morris named as the new Club Chairman. 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. Clough also fired the club secretary, the groundsman and the chief scout, along with two tea ladies he caught laughing after a defeat. They also won the Derbyshire Senior Cup, scoring 24 goals in their four fixtures including a 141 win over Shirebrook Town. Following a 30 capitulation away to title rivals Leeds United following an inconsistent period of form which saw 5 wins and 6 defeats from 11 fixtures, Clough savaged his squad and produced the desired effect Derby lost just 3 of their remaining 19 fixtures and did enough to hold off both Leeds United and Liverpool to claim the title. Phillip Whitehead. Of the inherited squad, eleven players departed and only four were retained: Kevin Hector, Alan Durban, Ron Webster and Colin Boulton. | Sports Memorabilia, Football Programmes, League Fixtures | eBay! and Burnley 52 and Luton Town 50 (with Davies becoming the first Derby player to hit 5 goals in a match since Hughie Gallacher in 1934) to finish the season as the league's leading scorers. Derby County, champions of England twice in the 1970s, Championship play-off finalists in 2014 and 2019, the club of Brian Clough, Dave Mackay and Roy McFarland, have gone into administration. Derby had budgeted for a fourth bottom finish (i.e.
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