The season ended with a 11 draw at Sunderland which took the club to 30 points, their lowest return for 11 years, and 19th place. [88], On 17 September 2021, the club's board of directors announced that the club was to go into administration. Successor: Mark Vancuren. Behind the scenes circumstances were deteriorating, and Burley left his position, citing interference from football agent turned Director of Football Murdo Mackay, and the sale of Huddlestone, to Tottenham Hotspur, against his wishes. On 29 October 2007 Pearson was named as the executive chairman of Derby County after buying the majority share holding from Peter Gadsby. John Kirkland, who ran Derbyshire construction giant Bowmer and Kirkland and was Derby County's longest-serving director, has passed away. His remit was simple: avoid relegation. 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. With a more settled side than he was previously allowed Burley only used 24 players, 7 of whom were involved in 10 or less games and a strong mix of academy graduates (Lee Grant, Pablo Mills, Tom Huddlestone, Marcus Tudgay) and inspired purchases (Rasiak, Idiakez, Tommy Smith) Derby enjoyed a splendid second half to the season, recording just 6 defeats in their final 24 fixtures, including a run of 1 defeat in 14, and equalled the club record for away wins in a season and setting a club record of 6 consecutive away victories. In the 1970s, it twice won the First Division and competed in European competitions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals. The season was notable for a run to the League Cup semi finals, the club's first ever notable run in the competition, where they lost 42 on aggregate to eventual winners Leeds United. Derby had budgeted for a fourth bottom finish (i.e. At one stage touted as a future England manager, Gregory had been in place at Aston Villa but his relationship with Villa chairman Doug Ellis led him to walk out to take charge at Derby. Mackay's departure triggered a revolving managerial door at Derby over the next 8 years. Financial circumstances were worsening as the debt spiralled to 30m plus, despite Burley building success on the pitch without using any transfer funds. Jewell was replaced by Nigel Clough, manager of local non-league club Burton Albion and son of the club's greatest ever manager Brian. 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. Derby died on August 24, 2021. As a result, Derby entered the Football League playoffs for the first time since they had been introduced in 1987. Squad / Appearances; Transfers; Manager history; Players from A-Z; . The 29-year-old signed for the Rams on a free transfer from Wycombe Wanderers last August on a one-year contract. [53] However defeats to Middlesbrough and Cardiff City in 4 days ended the Derby's play-off chances. 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. 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. Idiakez was voted the club's Player of the Season and Rasiak finished top scorer (with 17 goals) as Derby confounded their form of the last 5 years to grab a fourth-placed finish in the newly rebranded Football League Championship and entrance into the 200405 Playoffs. The club's return of 49 points (from a possible 138) was the club's lowest ever return from a 46-game programme[47] and was their lowest points total in the second tier since 1984, when they took just 42 points from 42 fixtures. Overview; News; Fixtures & Results; Record against. Despite overseeing two defeats in his first two games, Clough soon turned the club's form around, taking them to the 5th round of the FA Cup and just 3 defeats in 13 matches, a run which included 4 consecutive wins. Important information has been withheld from me. 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. 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. After Forest won the European Cup, Clough allowed Parkin to take the trophy home for one night, so that he could get photographs with it. [72] Derby started poorly under Pearson, with only one win in the opening nine games. Pre-season spending saw Derby twice break their club-record transfer fee, with the 4,750,000 signing of Hull City's Tom Ince[66] followed by the capture of Norwich City's Bradley Johnson for 6,000,000[67] as part of an unprecedented 24,000,000 outlay. 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]. Of the eight loanees, only Everton's Osman made a significant impact[17] and without him Derby could well have been relegated, as the club collected almost half of its 52 points from his 17 games. [15] Christie, Riggott, Higginbotham and Poom were eventually sold in the January 2002 Transfer window, netting considerably less than they would have if sold the previous summer, and joined players like Horacio Carbonari, Darryl Powell and Deon Burton in exiting the club (Burton leaving as the club's most capped ever player, with 42 appearances for Jamaica). 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. Derby's home since 1894, The Baseball Ground had been reduced to just 18,000 seat due to the legal requirement for all seater stadia, and the club's revenue opportunities were held back by limited attendances and the move to a purpose built, 30,000 seater stadium, later name Pride Park Stadium, on the Pride Park business park just outside Derby city centre, was born more of necessity then desire. Derby's upturn in form had also sparked an upturn in attendances, which had fallen dramatically during the late 1970s and early 1980s. 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. One bright point to the campaign came with the reserves successful The Central League Division One Central Section campaign, which saw them finish top and become the first Derby reserves team to win the title since Arthur Cox's reserves claimed it in the 1985/86 season. County Chairs. 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. Whereas Clough built his Championship winning team on discipline and a solid defence, Mackay's 19741975 side relied on its attacking power to overwhelm its opponents. Facing off against fellow big spenders Blackburn Rovers, Derby fell at the semi final stage as a 21 win at The Baseball Ground wasn't enough to overcome a 42 defeat at Ewood Park in the first leg and they crashed out 45 on aggregate and missed out on the opportunity to be a part of the inaugural Premier League, instead spending the 199293 season in the renamed Division One. 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. In becoming Derby's third manager of 1982 Taylor created friction with former partner Brian Clough, from which the pair's friendship never recovered. Newman managed just 5 wins during the remainder of the campaign as Derby finished a lowly 16th and where only saved from relegation by the return of the mercurial Charlie George on non-contract terms from Bournemouth. Clough also fired the club secretary, the groundsman and the chief scout, along with two tea ladies he caught laughing after a defeat. The club also finished League runners-up twice in the 1930s, and won the FA Cup in 1946 . Colin Todd was awarded the PFA Players' Player of the Year award for the 197475 season, the only Derby County player to do so. Academy director Darren Wassall was appointed as coach for the remainder of the season. 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. Enter your search keyword. 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. Nixon was President at the time. Clough and Taylor had briefly resigned 18 months previously on 27 April 1972,[4] to take over at Coventry City before Longson offered them more money, and Clough's burgeoning media personality went at odds with what Longson wanted from his manager. The recruitment of Terry Hennessey, Derby's first 100,000 player, from Nottingham Forest in February restored some impetus in the side and the club rallied, finishing the season 11 unbeaten, including a sequence of 6 consecutive wins, and earning a fourth placed finish, which would have claimed the club its first ever European campaign as entrants in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup but a joint FA and League disciplinary panel found the club guilty of 'gross negligence' after an unexplained gap of 3,000 in season-ticket income and payment of fees to Dave Mackay outside of the terms of his contract.
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