Derby County- The New Clough Era

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Club Information

Full Name : Derby County Football Club
Nicknames: The Rams
Founded: 1884
Owner: Andrew Appleby
Chairman: Adam Pearson
Manager: Nigel Clough
League: Coca Cola Championship
Last Season Finish: 18th
Rivals: Nottingham Forest, Leicester City, Leeds United

Stadium: Pride Park Stadium
Capacity: 33,957
Average Attendance (08/09 season): 29,445- higher than 9 Premier League clubs
Highest Addendance: 33,378 (vs Liverpool, 2000)

Fans: Most Loyal Supporters- Sky Sports Magazine- 2008
Famous Fans: Rebecca Adlington (Double Olympic Gold Medalist), Geoff Hoon (MP), Margaret Beckett (MP), Timothy Dalton (Actor- James Bond), Robert Lindsey (Actor- My Family), Michael Sheen (Actor)

Club Records

Record League Win: 9-0 vs Wolves, 1891 and vs Sheffield Wednesday, 1899
Most League Goals in a Season: 37, Jack Bowers, 30/31 and Ray Straw, 56/57
Most League Goals: Steve Bloomer – 292 Goals
Top Goalscorer: Steve Bloomer – 332 Goals
Most Goals in a Game: Steve Bloomer – 6 vs Sheffield Wednesday, 1899
Most Appearances for the Club: Kevin Hector – 589 Matches (486 League)
Record Transfer Fee: £3,500,000 for Robert Earnshaw from Norwich City
Record Fee Recieved: £7,000,000 for Seth Johnson to Leeds United

Honours

Tier 1 (currently Premier League) Champions: 1971/72, 1974/75
Runners Up: 1895/96, 1929/30, 1935/36

Tier 2 (currently Championship) Champions: 1911/12, 1914/15, 1968/69, 1986/87
Runners Up: 1925/26, 1995/96
Play-Off Winners: 2006/07
Play-Off Runners Up: 1993/94

Tier 3 (currently League 1) Champions: 1956/57
Runners Up: 1955/56

FA Cup Champions: 1945/46
Runners Up: 1897/98, 1898/99, 1902/03

FA Charity Shield Winners: 1975

Texaco Cup Winners: 1972
Anglo-Italian Cup Winners: 1992/93
Watney Cup Winners: 1971

Brian Clough Trophy

This trophy is contested for every time Derby County and Nottingham Forrest play a match with each other. It is named such because Brian Clough managed both of these rival teams with great success. The Trophy was commissioned in 2007 and is contested for in every match between these two rivals whether it be a friendly (or not so in some cases), a cup match or a league match. In the case of a draw then the trophy is retained by the current holders. Currently Derby County are leading Nottingham Forest by 3 wins to 0 with 2 draws. The results and scorers are shown below:

Friendly 31st July 2007
Derby County 2 – 0 Nottingham Forest
J McEveley
C Fagan

League Match 2nd November 2008
Derby County 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest
E Villa ------------------E Villa (OG)

FA Cup 23rd January 2009
Derby County 1 – 1 Nottingham Forest
R Hulse---------------- R Earnshaw

FA Cup Replay 4th February 2009
Nottingham Forest 2 – 3 Derby County
C Cohen ----------------------R Hulse
N Tyson (pen) --------------P Green
------------------------------------K Commons

League Match 21st February 2009
Nottingham Forest 1 – 3 Derby County
R Earnshaw -----------------L Nyatanga
------------------------------------R Hulse
------------------------------------S Davies (pen)

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Club Legends

Brian Clough







Full Name : Brian Howard Clough
Date of Birth: 21st March 1935
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, England
Date of Death: 20th September 2004 (aged 69)
Place of Death: Derby, England

Brian Clough was a football manager. He is most noted for his success at Midlands sides Derby County and Nottingham Forest with his achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest viewed by many as the greatest achievement in football history.

Charismatic, outspoken, and often controversial, Clough is widely considered to be one of the greatest managers of the English Game and the greatest English manager never to manage the England team.

He died of stomach cancer in 2004 and such was his popularity that Derby and Nottingham fans, usually the bitter with rivalry, mourned together. A memorial service was held for Brian Clough at Pride Park stadium with over 14,000 people in attendance.

Steve Bloomer







Full Name: Stephen Bloomer
Date of Birth: 20th January 1874
Place of Birth: Cradley, England
Date of Death: 16th April 1938 (aged 64)
Place of Death: Derby, England

Senior Career Apps (Goals)

Derby County 375 (238 )
Middlesbrough 125 (61)
Derby County 98 (53)

National Team

England 23 (28 )

Derby County currently come out onto the pitch to a song mentioning Steve Bloomer. He is also the third highest all-time league goal scorer.

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Club Song

Steve Bloomer’s watchin’,
Helping the fight,
Guiding our heroes,
In the black and the white,
All teams who come here,
There’s nowhere to hide,
Everyone is frightened,
Of that Derby pride,
DERBY

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Squad


Goalkeepers






Roy Carroll - OVR 71
Kieren Westwood - OVR 67


Defenders






Paul Connolly - OVR 65
Martin Albrechtsen - OVR 68
James McEveley - OVR 69
Jordan Stewart - OVR 65
Lewin Nyatanga - OVR 64





Miles Addison - OVR 60
Dean Leacock - OVR 65
Andy Todd - OVR 62



Midfielders


Gary Teale - OVR 65





Nacar Barazite - OVR 60





Robbie Savage - OVR 66
Przemyslaw Kazmierczak - OVR 69
Stephen Pearson - OVR 67
Paul Green - OVR 62


Attackers






Kris Commons - OVR 69
Giles Barnes - OVR 73
Nathan Ellington - OVR 69
Chris Porter - OVR 71
Emanuel Villa - OVR 70
Luke Varney - OVR 66





Rob Hulse - OVR 70
Steve Davies - OVR 59
Mile Sterjovski - OVR 67

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Transfers In
K Westwood - £1.5m
G Barnes - Loan Terminated - £1m

Transfers Out
R Zadkovic - £750k
S Bywater - £500k
J Beardsley - £150k
M Hanson - Loan

Budget
£5.2 million

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Fixtures and Results

July
30th vs Blackpool (A) 1-0

August
2nd vs Southampton (H) 2-0
9th vs Bristol City (A) 2-2
16th vs Ipswich (H)
23rd vs Sheffield Wednesday (A)
30th vs Cardiff (H)

September
6th vs Doncaster (H)
9th League Cup vs Everton (H)
13th vs Swansea (A)
20th vs Birmingham (H)
27th vs QPR (A)

October
4th vs Preston (A)
11th vs Barnsley (H)
14th League Cup R3
18th vs Sheffield United (A)
25th vs Charlton (H)

November
1st vs Crystal Palace (A)
4th League Cup R4
8th vs Reading (H)
15th vs Norwich (A)
22nd vs Coventry (H)
29th vs Plymouth (A)

December
6th vs Burnley (H)
13th vs Wolves (A)
16th League Cup Q-F
20th vs Watford (H)
24th vs Nottingham Forest (A)
27th vs Southampton (A)
31st vs Charlton (A)

January
3rd vs Watford (A)
7th vs Sheffield United (H)
10th FA Cup vs Tottenham (A)
13th League Cup S-F
17th vs Ipswich (A)
20th League Cup S-F
24th vs Sheffield Wednesday (H)
31st FA Cup R4

February
1st League Cup Final
7th vs Coventry (A)
14th vs Doncaster (A)
21st FA Cup R5
28th vs Reading (A)

March
7th vs Crystal Palace (H)
14th FA Cup Q-F
21st vs Birmingham (A)
28th vs Swansea (H)

April
4th vs Norwich (H)
12th FA Cup S-F
18th vs Cardiff (A)
22nd vs Blackpool (H)
25th vs Plymouth (H)
29th vs Nottingham Forest (H)

May
2nd vs Burnley (A)
6th vs Barnsley (A)
9th vs Wolves (H)
13th vs Preston (H)
16th vs Bristol City (H)
20th vs QPR (H)
23rd FA Cup Final
27th Play-Off S-F Leg 1

June
3rd Play-Off S-F Leg 2
8th Play-Off Final

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Derby Announce New Sponsor

Derby County have announced a new 1 year sponsorship deal with company Vista Parks. Vista Parks is a company boasting action packed amusement parks that the whole family can enjoy. The deal is believed to bring in around £244,000 per match. It has also been reported that if Derby County finish in the top half of the league they will receive an extra £770,500, with extra bonuses for winning the Championship or a domestic cup.

Nigel Clough is said to be happy with this deal as it more than covers the clubs current wage bill. Clough has confirmed reports that he has received a budget from the Derby County board of £5.3 million, but has refused to highlight any possible acquisitions, staying “We’ll see what happens.”







Speculation is rife over whether Clough will use this budget to bring some much needed “big names” into the squad or whether, like his father he will invest in some lesser known talent.

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Reserve 9 - 9

GO!!!!

[PavaniCagliari]

pictures? and good luck

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Originally Posted by PavaniCagliari

pictures? and good luck

Just chuckin some in now.

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goin town for fewhours then will do more when i get back.

Any comments are welcome would love some advice on how I can improve or some recommendations of realistic transfer targets.

Cheers

[Steve]

decrease your font size
look at other manager modes
read mm for dummies

i actually expected some pretty high quality..hopefully you can improve on a decent foundation...

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Clough Attempts Triple Swoop

A source from within Derby County Football Club has revealed that manager Nigel Clough is set to spend most of his £5.3million budget on three players. The first is said to be Jack Wilshire from Arsenal who Clough is beleived to be looking to loan in. He is said to be looking to bolster his offensive options and sees 17 year old Wilshire as the perfect fit.

Transfer target Jack Wilshire

The second player is Kieron Westwood. The 23 year old irish shot stopper currently plays for Coventry City, but with Roy Carroll low on confidence and Stephen Bywater being transfer listed, young Westwood looks more and more likely to make the switch in a deal reportedly worth around £1.5 million.

Young Goalkeeper Keiron Westwood

The third player is again currently Championship based. He is 21 year old Andrew Surman of Southampton, with Southampton currently in financial troubles and Coventry reportedly offering £3 million this offer may to too good to turn down for the Saints.

£3 million rated Andrew Surman

As of yet Derby County manager has been unavailable for comment.

[PNE-Adz]

Some good, and relastic targets there for Derby.

[LeeXD]

Nice start, but add a pic to the update

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Originally Posted by LeeXD

Nice start, but add a pic to the update

jst done I like to get it out there to be read then add pics

[Zx_Visi0n_xZ]

Your manager mode is very good just to let you know and i like your song

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Blackpool vs Derby County Match Preveiw

Derby manager Nigel Clough is beleived to be using this match to view the abilities of some of his players in an attempt to see which are of to be a valuable asset in Derby's promotion push. He will also be judging the leadership abilites of each of his players as he looks to appoint a permanent captian. Today's captain will be Paul Connolley.

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway will be looking to take advantage of being at home evening stating at a recent press conference "The fans need to get behind the team if we are to win our first game of the season against Derby.". Some fans see this as making excuses before the match result has been decided, however most are reacting positively to the ralley, with Bloomfield Road selling out for this afternoons fixture.

Blackpool are likely to field a 442 formation as follows:

--Rachubka--
--Barker----Evatt----Edwards----Crainey--
--Taylor- Fletcher----Jorgensen----Adam----Vaughan--
--Ormerod----Campbell--

Derby are also likely to line up in a 442 formation with the following players believed to be starting:

--Carroll--
--Connolley----Albrechtsen----McEveley----Stewart--
--Teale----Barazite----Savage----Commons--
--Hulse----Porter--

Predictions

BBC Sport - 1-1
Sky Sports - 2-1
Setanta Sports - 0-0

Any other predictions welcome.

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Originally Posted by Zx_Visi0n_xZ

Your manager mode is very good just to let you know and i like your song

Its actually sung by Robert Lindsey as well on the recordings who plays Ben Harper in My Family

[sam.]

Mate, your picture is Ramsey, not Wilshere

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Originally Posted by Theo14Cesc4

Mate, your picture is Ramsey, not Wilshere

so it is cheers ill change that now

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Derby's Luck Decides Scrappy Event


Porter celebrates what turns out to be the winning goal.

Today's match between Derby County and Barnsley was decided by a large chunk of fortune in Derby's favour. The match was scrappy throughout with most of the time spent in the middle of the park. In the 3rd minute Kris Commons thought he would try his luck from 25 yards, however the ball ended up both high and wide. Porter then forced a good save out of Barnsley goalkeeper Paul Rachubka on 10 minutes when he swivelled on the edge of the area, before curling a shot towards the right hand corner of the goal, but Rachubka managed to get a hand onto the ball, turning it away to a Barnsley defender. Porter then threatened again 3 minutes later when he got one-on-one with Rachubka thanks to a beautifully weighted pass by Nacer Barazite. Porter then took his time before hitting the bottom of the right post, the Barnsley defence then scrambled the ball clear. Bret Ormerod could only roll the ball feebly into the arms of Roy Carroll from the edge of the area in Barnsley's only shot on target of the match. Hulse then forced another great save from Rachubka when he headed Robbie Savage's deep cross towards the near post, but Rachubka was across quicklym pushing the effort out for a corner. Barazite then forced another save from the preceeding corner, before another corner from which he should have scored. The ball fell to Barazite's head in the area 7 yards out for him to only head the ball into the goalkeepers arms.

In the 38th minute the ball was kicked long by James McEveley, Rob Hulse headed it on, where it fell into the path of Chris Porter, again one-on-one with the goalkeeper. This time he opted to chip the ball over Rachubka. Rachubka read the chip however and parried the ball into the air only for it to fall onto the head of Porter who headed into an empty net as Rachubka had dived to reach the chip. Derby were then careful to control the game, restricting Blackpool to long range shooting until the half time interval.

The second half contained no chances until Commons shot from 30 yards on 81 minutes, however the shot was straight down the keeper's throat which Rachubka easily saved. Ormerod hit the side netting from a poor angle on 84 minutes with what turned out to be the final chance of the game for Barnsley. The match finished 0-1, with Shaun Barker of Barnsley getting the Man of the Match award for keeping Kris Commons quiet for most of the afternoon.

Nigel Clough said this after the game."I'm pleased with all of the lads today. We've had to fight hard for the win as we expected, but we have done it. There were one or two issues that we need to sort out like lapses of concentration from some of the lads, but overall I'm happy with the win.". When asked about possible transfer targets he said, "Many tabloids have been linking us with a number of names, including Jack Wilshire and Andrew Surman. I can catagorically deny that Derby County Football Club are in negotiations with these players.". When asked who he is interested in signing Clough stated, "I am not going to try to unsettle players with talk of possible transfers. You'll just have to wait and see what happens".

In other news Derby County have announced the depatures of Ruben Zadkovich to Preston for £750k and Stephen Bywater to Sheffield Wednesday for £500k. Mitchell Hanson has also departed, but only on a season's loan to Real Sociadad.

[MFC_SmogMonster]

Very good start.

Might have a look in every day or two to see what;s happening with The Rams.

[.DJ]

Nice work so far. kiu. Maybe you can add match stats to the reports