Derby County FC

Derby County History

Derby County Football Club, nicknamed The Rams, is Derby's most successful football Club and is one of the twelve founder members of the English Football League, started in 1888. As a result, they are one of only eleven football clubs to have played in every season of the league since it began.

Derby County's home ground is Pride Park stadium based in Pride Park, Derby, with a capacity of 33,597, and the team currently plays in the Coca-cola Championship, formerly division two.

Appointed in January 2009, the Club's current Manager is Nigel Clough, son of the legendary Brian Clough, who also managed the team from 1967-73 and led them to their first ever Football League Championship Title in 1972.

As you would expect for a team that is nicknamed The Rams, Derby County FC’s logo is a picture of a Ram (shown at the top of the page). This is a tribute to Derby County’s connection with The First Regiment of Derby Militia who always used to take a Ram with it as a mascot. The Derby County logo is also a tribute to the song The Derby Ram, an old and comical folk song from Derby.

Sometimes referred to as FC Derby County or simply Derby FC, The Rams first team players include well known names such as Robbie Savage, the current team captain, Steven Bywater, who plays in goal and prolific striker Luke Varney.

Derby County FC Players (first team squad)

Stephen Bywater                Goal Keeper

Dennis Onyango                 Goal Keeper

Gareth Roberts                  Left Back

Dean Moxey                      Left Back

Jason Beardsley                 Right Back

Mitchell Hanson                  Right Back

Miles Addison                     Centre Back

Shaun Barker                     Centre Back

Dean Leacock                    Centre Back

Russell Anderson                Centre Back

Jake Buxton                      Centre Back

Stephen Pearson                Left Midfield

David Martin                      Left Midfield

Lee Croft                          Right Midfield

Robbie Savage                   Centre Midfield

Paul Green                        Centre Midfield

Lee Hendry                       Centre Midfield

Tomasz Cywka                  Wing

Steve Davies                     Wing

Luke Varney                      Forward

Chris Porter                       Centre Forward

Derby County FC Football Matches

The majority of Derby County’s matches, as with most in the Coca Cola league, take place on a Saturday usually with a 3pm Kick Off, however there are also a number of late kick offs as well as Sunday matches and mid-week matches. If you’re not a fan of travelling then you may just want to attend Derby County home games at Pride Park Stadium but the die-hard supporters will be interested in both the home and away matches. Either way, if you want a full schedule of Derby County matches just go to

Derby County FC Fixture List.

Derby County FC Club Shop

If you are looking to buy Derby County merchandise or other sports memorabilia, then you can pop along to the club shop where you will be able to get the latest Derby County football shirt. You can have it personalised with your own name on the back or if you prefer you can get one of the current team players names on it such as a Robbie Savage football shirt or a Luke Varney football shirt. The club shop also sells other sports goods and accessories such as wallets, keyrings or stickers. However, if you want to buy match tickets you will not be able to do so in the Derby Club shop.

If you are looking for a sports related gift why not try searching Sporting Goods in Derby. There is even a section on Derby County football shirts.

Derby County FC Tickets

There are a number of ways to buy Derby County tickets including going in person to the Club’s ticket office at Pride Park stadium or calling by phone. You can find the stadium and its contact details at:

Pride Park Stadium address: Pride Park, Derby

Pride Park Stadium postcode: DE24 8XL

Derby County Ticket office phone number: 0871 4721884

Using any of the details above you can buy both home tickets as well as away fixture tickets for Derby County matches. If you are a club membership holder or a season ticket holder you will usually be offered the opportunity to buy away match tickets at least a week or two before they go on sale to the general public.

Derby County FC Academy

The Derby County Academy was set up in order to help develop young promising footballers with the goal of getting them placed within Derby County’s first team squad. Managed by Darren Wassall, the academy also looks to help the clubs goal of producing home grown talent which is defined as being anyone affiliated with the FA or Welsh FA for at least 3 seasons before their 21^st birthday. This is regardless of age or nationality.

Derby County Ladies Team

Established in 1989, Derby County Ladies FC has 2 senior teams which play in the Northern division of the FA Women’s Premier League. There are also seven junior teams that play in various leagues including Derbyshire Girls and Ladies football league, Nottinghamshire Girls football league and Central Warwickshire Girls football league.

Derby County Ladies FC training occurs twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7.30-9.30 at Derby University and Pingle school respectively.

Famous players from Derby County

Over the years Derby County FC have had some great successes in the top flight as well as some exceptional players passing through their books. In Chronological order, some of Derby County’s most famous players include:

John Goodall – Played for The Rams from 1889-1898 and was one of only a few players to also play for Derbyshire cricket team at the same time, known as doing the Derbyshire Double.

Steve Bloomer – Something of a Derby FC legend, Bloomer played at the same time as John Goodall in the 1890’s and became the clubs top scorer for 14 consecutive seasons.

Hughie Gallacher – Scottish born Gallacher played for Derby County FC later on in his career in 1934 scoring 38 goals in 51 league games which helped Derby to finish second in the league for the 1934/35 season.

Peter Doherty – Transferred to Derby County after the war, Doherty helped the club win the FA cup that year, even scoring in the final.

Peter Shilton – One of the most famous players of his era and still the most capped player for England (125) Peter Shilton signed for Derby County FC from Southampton in 1987. Helping Derby to finish fifth in the league in 1989, Shilton missed out on playing in the UEFA cup the following year due to the ban on English clubs at that time. Aside from his time at Derby County, Peter Shilton’s achievements are legendary and far too numerous to list here.

Jobs at Derby County

We would all love to get a job playing for Derby County FC, but as we all know you can't do this just by searching for jobs in Derby. However, there are a number of vacancies at any given time with Derby County FC such as vacancies for match day stewards, or within the various catering facilities available at Pride Park. Derby County are also involved with work experience placements so if you can see yourself working for the club in any of these capacities then just visit their website.