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The Racecourse Ground, as it was initially known, later became the County Cricket Ground after the Derbyshire County Cricket Club started playing there in 1871. [4] The Racecourse Ground was also a football venue; it was the home of Derby County F.C. from 1884 until 1895, [5] and hosted an FA Cup Final replay [6] and an England international ...
Derby College is a further education provider with sites located within Derbyshire (Derby and South East Derbyshire – Ilkeston, Morley). It delivers training in workplace locations across England. It delivers training in workplace locations across England.
The county's debut home game in first-class cricket was played at the County Ground in Derby against Lancashire. [8] The venue has also been known as the Racecourse Ground, as it had previously been used for horse racing, [ 9 ] and also served as the original home ground of Derby County Football Club , which was formed as an offshoot of the ...
The Derby 10k is an annual 10 kilometre road running event held in Derby, UK in April, organised by the Derby County Community Trust. Over 3,000 runners take part in the race, which starts outside Pride Park Stadium , the home of Derby County F.C.
Fair Hill Training Center is a racehorse training center based in Fair Hill, Maryland. It was owned by William du Pont, Jr. of the well-known Du Pont family , who bought the land in 1926. Dupont invested a substantial amount of money to make the property a leading breeding and training farm for his Thoroughbred racehorses .
The ground was also formerly used for football, and was the home of Derby County F.C. between 1884 and 1895. It staged the first ever FA Cup Final match played outside London, a replay of the 1886 Final , and hosted an international match between England and Ireland in 1895.
Derby County Reserves and Academy are the youth teams of Derby County. The reserve team is made up of under-23 players, and is effectively Derby County's second-string side. The under-18 players among other younger age groups make up the academy team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of reserve team football in England.
Derbyshire (/ ˈ d ɑːr b i ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DAR-bee-sheer, -shər) [4] is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south and west, and Cheshire to the west.