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Derby County finished the season in third place in the Championship, four points behind champions Sunderland and two points behind runners-up Birmingham City.With new ownership, Derby had been 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 £1 million signing since François Grenet six years previously ...
Lionel Victor Pickering (4 December 1931 – 2 September 2006) was an English businessman, best known as the owner of Derby County F.C. between 1991 and 2003. A self-made millionaire, he previously built up a free local newspaper business, making his fortune primarily from the advertising revenue it generated.
This article chronicles the seasons of Derby County Football Club from their formation in 1884 to the present day.. Chart of Derby County League Performances. Details of Derby County's final league position is given (from the 1888–99 season, when The Football League was founded), along with which round they made it to in both the FA Cup, the EFL Cup (which began in the 1960–61 season) and ...
Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 3–2 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed – five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for £5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received.
Derby have had 26 full-time managers. The most successful of these is Brian Clough , who won the club's first ever Football League title and reached the semi-final of the European Cup . The club's longest-serving managers were Jimmy Methven and George Jobey , who managed the club for 16 years, with Jobey being in charge for a club-record 629 games.
The record attendance at Pride Park for a competitive Derby County match is 33,378 for a Premier League match against Liverpool on 18 March 2000. [99] The largest crowd to ever watch a Derby County game is 120,000 when Derby County played Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in the 1975–76 European Cup.
Melvyn Morris CBE is an English businessman and failed former football club chairman.. Morris is most recently known for his disastrous tenure as owner of Derby County.His ownership resulted in huge debts accrued and administration, ultimately ending in relegation to the third tier of English football for only the third time since the club’s formation in 1884.
The 2007–08 season was Derby County's 109th season in the Football League, their 65th season in the top division of English football and their first season in the top flight since the 2001–02 season. They were promoted after beating West Bromwich Albion 1–0 in the 2007 Championship play-off final.