Derby County

Oh great – the cynic might think – another book cashing in on the vogue of Clough and Taylor.  I must admit to being a little bit apprehensive. The author – Maurice Edwards – was quick in the prose to place Peter before Brian – but doesn’t in the title. Brian and Peter: A Right Pair.  [...]

Firstly the good news: skipper Paul “Kenna” McKenna’s injury does not require surgery and so there is a glimmer of hope that he may return before the season ends (which would be especially useful if we end up in the dreaded play-offs).

In the meantime, the sponsorship deal with Victor Chandler has been extended by two [...]

Nigel Clough has denied any wrongdoing following on from the handbags at the end of Saturday’s match, and appears to be asking for leniency as it is a local derby (not sure that this is an argument that will curry any favour with the FA). However, Billy Davies has continued with his claims and made [...]

Forest lose unbeaten run… at Pride Park!
It was written. Football can be as predictable as it is manic, and today’s meltdown has been lurking in the shadows for some time.
A performance that would have satisfied Colin Calderwood only compounded the inevitability. From the first whistle our opponents had the upper hand, and for the first [...]

Football’s a funny old game. If you’re old enough to remember ‘The Saint and Greavsie’, then you’ll know where the popularisation of that particular stock phrase originated. It wasn’t a great show in all honesty, but was as good as it got in an era when TV punditry was primarily about humour, albeit of the [...]

Well, we cannot ignore this one can we?

I was just about to post some thoughts on the match, but got sidetracked by Billy accusing Nigel Clough of assaulting him during Saturday’s match:

“I told him I wouldn’t have minded him doing it to my face but to do it when my back was turned was [...]

Nat, one of our forum regulars, has written this article post Wednesday!
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Looking back, I can still barely believe it. Birmingham City going fifteen games unbeaten whilst in the top-flight, a team that less than a year ago huffed and puffed like the Big Bad Wolf in getting out of the Championship. A team at that [...]

The Derby manager Nigel Clough is desperately looking for some new faces to try and improve his team’s form in the second half of the season, and the young Arsenal striker Gilles Sunu is high on his list.
“We are trying, we are making calls about loans to bolster the squad – not necessarily just for [...]

Nottingham’s favourite Derby-baiting novelty punk band, the Red Dogs, have just relaunched their website and to celebrate they’ve given us one of their new t-shirts to give away. Featuring Nathan Tyson and his infamous flag waving incident, the shirts are guaranteed to wind up all Derby supporters. They can be ordered at £12 each from [...]

Thanks to MrTomNFFC for sending us this clip of Robbie Savage tying himself up in knots on Radio Derby. Savage starts on the offensive over some admittedly slack journalism from his BBC colleague Colin Gibson, but quickly loses the upper ground, unable to explain Derby’s recent poor form – except to suggest that the [...]

I remember when the January transfer window first came to football. Forgive me if I can’t remember the exact year but I remember FIFA decided that it was a good idea to help all the small clubs hold onto their top players for larger parts of a season. Nobody could have predicted the level of [...]

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With West Brom leading away to Scunthorpe ..

Unless your team was unfortunate enough to be struck by bad weather (particularly Barnsley), you may realise we are now at the halfway point of the Championship season. 23 games gone and all of sudden ambitions become a bit clearer for clubs. The championship can be one of the most exciting leagues in the world [...]

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Breaking news: Kleenex supplies in Derbyshire have just run out.
“It’s a bigger outrage than when Diego Maradona punched the ball past Peter Shilton in 1986. It’s a bigger disgrace than when Zinedine Zidane butted Marco Materazzi three years ago,” fumes the Derby Telegraph on its tear-stained pages.
The strains of mournful violins can be heard across [...]

Hartlepool United legend Tony Parry has died at the age of 64.He was a boyhood hero of Sky TV’s Jeff Stelling who recalled him with fondness in this clip after Tony made a return to Hartlepool as guest of honour at the Club’s hugely successful Centenar…

Swansea City beat Derby County 1-0 at Liberty Stadium this evening with a late but reportedly deserved winner to jump over Cardiff City into 3rd spot of the Championship, their highest league placing for 26 years.Cardiff City get their show back on the…

Derby County stalwart who added style and personality to full-back position.
Read full tribute and leave your memories at Lasting Tribute.

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Do you remember when we had a tall polish striker called Gregorz Rasiak? Do you remember how influential he was in the team back in 2005? Do you remember what happened on 31 August 2005? That’s right. We sold him at the eleventh hour for a tiny fee and no hope of signing a replacement. This summer, many Rams fans were expecting history to repeat itself.

Transfer deadline day is here!
The action starts now as new faces join The Rams and old faces say good bye. The bank holiday weekend saw two familiar faces exit Moor Farm for the final time as Martin Albrechtson and Clause Davis had their contracts ended. This will have cost the club a fair sum of [...]