In the multi-million pound Premier League era, the idea of Liverpool being involved in an end-of-season relegation battle sounds ridiculous but, in the spring of 1953, this was very much the case. The...

The Rams travelled to St James’s Park to face Newcastle United on Saturday, 9 September 1933, still searching for their first victory of the season. Derby were the only Division One side yet to record...

Season 1951/52 had seen the Rams start off with three wins and three defeats in their opening six games and this inconsistency continued as the season progressed. By the turn of the year, the club’s ten victories had been mirrored by ten defeats and, though the club had won more than half their matches at the Baseball Ground, a poor away record, as well as a run of four straight defeats since Boxing Day (coupled with an early exit from... Read More Read More

To mark the founding of the world’s first professional football league by William McGregor in 1888, which began with 12 clubs including Derby County, the Football League celebrated its Golden Jubilee ...

Having joined the Football League in 1920 as founder members of the newly-created third tier of the professional game, Brentford spent most of that decade in the lower reaches of the Third Division (S...

The promotion season of 1968/69 has gone down in history as laying the foundation for the club’s run of success in the early/mid 1970s, however it’s often forgotten that the season had actually starte...

The second half of the 1930s saw some of the most celebrated names in the club’s long history wear the shirt but without ever managing to get their hands on either of the two major trophies on offer. ...

After the conclusion of the 1966/1967 season, a disappointing campaign where the Rams finished 17th in Division Two, the Rams embarked on a post-season tour of Germany to play a series of friendly fix...

Here’s your chance to get your hands on a Derby County 2024/25 home shirt (size medium), signed by the first-team squad! This fantastic prize has been generously donated by the club – and it could be ...

The end of the current season saw League football bid farewell to one of its most iconic stadiums when Everton, who had called it home since 1892, played their final match there before moving across t...

After a 0-0 draw against VfL Bochum in Germany, manager Dave Mackay and assistant Des Anderson took their Derby County side to Spain to compete in the Costa del Sol tournament as part of their prepara...

When we read about yet another manager or top player criticising the number of fixtures scheduled, one of the most common ripostes is that players and managers “have it easy compared to how football u...

Although not a matchday programme, this piece of memorabilia commemorates a significant moment in the history of Derby County. To mark the club’s golden jubilee, a celebratory supper was held on Monda...

Season 1974/75 will always, of course, be remembered for Derby’s second League title in four seasons but what of their FA Cup campaign? The Third Round draw (which was now being shown live on Match of...

Without a win in four matches, Derby County travelled to Elland Road on Saturday 1 December 1934 to face Leeds United. All eyes were on Hughie Gallacher, the prolific Scottish forward recently signed ...

Having finished runners-up to title winners Sunderland the previous season, Derby had entered the new season as one of half a dozen clubs expected to challenge for honours and had started off in great...

After 11 games of the 1938/1939 season, George Jobey’s Derby County side were flying high in Division One, sitting second with 16 points. They were level on points with leaders Everton, though the Tof...

The 1930s had begun with an air of optimism around the club with George Jobey’s team lying in third place in the table, five points behind leaders Sheffield Wednesday, and on a run of 7 wins from thei...

“What a fantastic experience it was, parading the trophy around the pitch” says former Rams striker Roger Davies as he fondly recalls the moments leading up to the final game of the 1974/1975 season a...

In late October of the 1945/1946 season, Ted Magner’s Derby County team made the journey to Somerton Park in South Wales to face Newport County in the Football League South. Just a week earlier, the R...

Just under seven years (2,555 days, to be precise) since the outbreak of war put an abortive end to the 1939/40 Football League season, August 31, 1946, saw the resumption of the competition. There wa...

Derby County concluded the 1911/12 season as Division Two champions with 54 points, edging out Chelsea on goal average after both teams finished level on points. After spending four years at Middlesbr...

George Jobey’s Rams suffered three consecutive away defeats at the start of the 1926/1927 season against Arsenal, Leeds, and Sheffield United. Their only victory came in the second game of the new cam...