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5 unusual facts about Derby County F.C.


David Courtley

David listed supporting Derby County, listening to music and riding his bike to work as his hobbies.

Football League Third Division North

Of the teams that played in Third Division North, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Derby County were later English football champions.

Football League Third Division South

Several Midlands-based teams were included in the South division, even though most were geographically closer to their Northern division rivals, such as Nottingham Forest and Notts County being included in the Southern division even though nearby Derby County spent time in the Northern division.

Pride Park

This 10 hectare site adjacent to Derby County F.C. stadium and the River Derwent was heavily contaminated from its former use as a gas works.

Ramsline Halt railway station

Ramsline Halt, previously Baseball Ground Halt, was a single-platform railway station that opened in 1990 to serve the Baseball Ground, the former home of Derby County football club in England.


1997–98 Derby County F.C. season

The 1997–98 English football season was Derby County's second consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

1998–99 Derby County F.C. season

The 1998–99 English football season was Derby County F.C.'s third consecutive season in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

2004–05 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

With fans getting restless, and the threat of demonstrations against the team management, Kinnear resigned in December after a 3–0 defeat to arch-rivals Derby County at Pride Park left Forest struggling at the foot of the Championship.

Adam Pearson

On 29 October 2007 Pearson was named as the executive chairman of Derby County after buying the majority share holding from Peter Gadsby.

Billy Frith

In preparation for the first season of post-war football, he signed experienced forward Colin Lyman from Tottenham Hotspur for 'fairly substantial fee', full-back Garth Butler from Derby County, and half-back Norman Hallam from Chelsea.

Bridgnorth Town F.C.

On 12 May 2010 former Derby County and Bradford City player Lee Mills was appointed new manager after previously holding a management role at Shropshire County League club Shifnal United 97.

Church Gresley

The most notable homegrown talent was goalkeeper Ted Clamp who played for the team before moving to teams such as Buxton, Bolton and Derby County.

Danny Buijs

However, ADO Den Haag struggled in the Eredivisie in Bujis first season there and, on 14 April 2010, English Football League Championship side Derby County announced they had agreed a deal to sign Buijs for the start of the 2010–11 season.

Darren Wassall

He left Forest for Derby County in 1992 in a £600,000 deal amid rumours of a dressing room incident with manager Brian Clough which left Wassall feeling unable to remain at Forest.

David Soames

On Boxing Day 2002, he came off the bench to score his first senior goal in a 3–1 away win over Derby County, this would be his only senior goal in professional football.

David Speedie

He would score 12 goals in 37 league games for the East Midlands side in 1993–94 as they qualified for the playoffs and sealed promotion to the Premier League by defeating local rivals Derby County 2-1 in the playoff final at Wembley Stadium.

Deeping Rangers F.C.

Their most notable alumni include Malcolm Christie (who moved to Derby County and then Middlesbrough) and Ben Wright (who later played for Viking Stavanger in the UEFA Cup and was also on the books of football league clubs Lincoln City).

Dennis Rofe

Rofe was signed by Bloomfield to fill the left back position after David Nish had been sold to Derby County for a record fee of £250,000.

Deon Burton

Burton would play intermittently for Portsmouth over the next three seasons before a £1m move to Derby County in the Premier League for the 1997–98 season.

Fraser Valley Mariners

Colin Miller left Abbotsford in the 2006 close season to become Billy Davies' assistant at Derby County in the Premier League, and he was replaced by former Canadian international Shaun Lowther for the 2007 campaign.

Harry Storer, Jr.

He came from a sporting family; his father was a goalkeeper for Arsenal and Liverpool and played cricket for Derbyshire, and his uncle Bill Storer played cricket for England and Derbyshire and football for Derby County.

Ian Storey-Moore

In 1972, Storey-Moore was introduced by Brian Clough, then manager of Derby County as a new player, with a fee of £225,000 reportedly agreed.

José Júnior

Despite the best efforts of Walsall manager Colin Lee to sign him permanently, Júnior moved on to Derby County in August 2003; in his final game at Bescot Stadium, he had demonstrated his skills perfectly by scoring a hat-trick against the Rams.

Kevin Hector

After a successful start to his playing career in the lower leagues at Bradford Park Avenue, Tim Ward signed him for Derby County in 1966 and was a key player in their success under the management of Brian Clough and Dave Mackay over the next few seasons, forming a formidable partnership with John O'Hare.

Mansfield 103.2 FM

Each Saturday in the football season, Mansfield 103.2 have regular updates on the local games in the area including Mansfield Town, Chesterfield F.C. Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Notts County, South Normanton Athletic F.C., Glapwell F.C., Shirebrook Town F.C. and Sutton Town F.C..

Paddy Fagan

After continuing to play regularly for a further three seasons, Fagan lost his first team place to Colin Barlow in the 1959-60 season, and was transferred to Derby County for £8,000 in March 1960, after a total of 165 appearances and 35 goals for the Manchester club.

Ronnie Moran

Originally a left back, Moran signed professional terms for manager Don Welsh in January 1952 and subsequently made his debut in a 3-2 defeat at Derby County on 22 November 1952, at the age of 18 years old.

Smith's Wood

Derby County forward Jamie Ward is from Smiths Wood and attended Smiths Wood Sports College.

Steve Bloomer's Watchin'

The idea for the song began in November 1996 when two Derby County supporters Mark Tewson and Martyn Miller heard an old Australian rules football song entitled "Up There Cazaly" which was composed by Mike Brady, in 1979, for an Australian TV show.


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