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Derby County Football Club in Derby UK

Derby County Football Club in Derby UK Ground Name: Pride Park Stadium Capacity: 33,597 (all seated) Address: Pride Park Stadium, Derby, DE24 8XL Main Telephone No: 0870-444-1884 Pitch Size: 105 x 68 metres Club Nickname: The Rams Year Ground Opened: 1997 Former Ground: The Baseball Ground Shirt Sponsors: Derbyshire Building Society Home Kit Colours: Black & White Away Kit Colours: Blue & Yellow Official Web Site: www.dcfc.co.uk Achievements Football League Division One (pre-Premiership): Champions 1971-72, 1974-75 Runners-up 1895-96, 1929-30, 1935-36, 1995-96 Football League Division One (post-Premiership): Runners-up 1995-96 Football League Division Two: Champions 1911-12, 1914-15, 1968-69, 1986-87 Runners-up 1925-26 Football League Division Three North: Champions 1956-57 Runners-up 1955-56 FA Cup: Winners 1946 Runners-up 1898, 1899, 1903 Football League Cup: Semi-finalists 1968 Texaco Cup: Winners 1972 European Cup: Competed 1972-73, 1975-76 UEFA Cup: Competed 1974-75, 1976-77 Anglo-Italian Cup: Runners-up 1993 Information on former D.C.F.C players at D.C.F.C players A new era and victory at Wembley Stadium Derby's Chairman, John Sleightholme, resigned in April 2006, saying his position had become untenable. The rest of the board followed him later that month. A popular consortium of local businessmen led by former vice-chairman Peter Gadsby bought the club, reducing its debt and returning Pride Park Stadium to the club's ownership in the process. In June 2006, former Preston North End boss Billy Davies was appointed Derby County's new permanent manager, with Julian Darby as his first-team coach. In his first season, Davies took Derby to the Championship play-offs, where they beat Southampton on penalties in the semi-finals before defeating West Bromwich Albion 1-0 at the new Wembley Stadium to secure a return to the Premier League and the £60m windfall that achievement is reputed to bring. After a poor start to the season, manager Billy Davies left by mutual consent in November. He was succeeded by Paul Jewell, who failed to save the club as Derby suffered the Premier League's earliest ever relegation, in March, recorded the Premier League's lowest-ever points total, and equalled Loughborough's 108-year Football League record of going through an entire season with only one win. In January, the club was taken over by an international investment group led by General Sports and Entertainment, with Pearson remaining as de-facto chairman. Derby's match at home to Sheffield United on 13 September 2008 generated much media coverage as it was approaching a year since Derby's last league win, a run which saw the club break the English league record for most matches without a win. Just four days short of the anniversary of the 1–0 victory over Newcastle, Rob Hulse scored against his former club as Derby ran out 2–1 winners, earning Paul Jewell his first league win as Derby boss at his 27th attempt. Despite taking the club to the League Cup semi-final, the club's first major cup semi-final since 1976, where Derby lost 4–3 to Manchester United over two legs, Jewell resigned as manager in December 2008. He was replaced by Nigel Clough, son of former manager Brian. In 2011 Derby seem to be rather well ( early days ). Taken from Wikipedia see Wikipedia on Derby County External weblinks Official site Derby Evening Telegraph Rams Site by the Derby Evening Telegraph RamZone RamsTrust (supporters' trust) Derby County Goal Highlights dcfcForum Therams.co.uk Official Forum Popside Ramsportal links you to Derby County Return to The Derby Guide Homepage

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