Rams History
Year Formed- 1884
Stadiums-
Derby's first ground was the RaceCourse ground (county cricket ground), the club moved to the Baseball Ground in 1885 where the Rams remained there for the next 102 years. Derby of course moved to Pride Park in 1997.Pride Park holds 33,597 fans but is restricted a little to seperate Home and Away Fans.
Glory Years-
English Champions (division 1 now Premiership) - 1972 and 1975
Football League Championship Champions (then division 2 2nd tier of english football) - 1967
FA Charity Shield- 1975
European Cup Semi-Finalists-1973
CLOUGH AND TAYLOR ERA
In there first season with the club Derby finished one place lower than the previous season , the next season Derby won the 2nd Division title gaining promotion to Division 1 where in the first season clough and Taylor's side finished 4th place which was the best league finish for the Rams in 20 years following that Derby could'nt compete in Europe becuase of financial reasons despite qualifacting by finishing 4th and was fined for not being able to compete. In the 1970-71 season the club finished 9th.The following season (the 1971-72 season) the club were crowned English Champions. As English champions the Rams were playing in Europe, where according to many Derby were cheated out of the European Cup semi finals by Juventus. Clough and Taylor never had a great relationship with the board and especially Sam Longson. Both Brian and Peter resigned on 15 October 1973 much to the fans anger.Some fans say Derby could of been a huge football club like the likes of Man United if Clough and Taylor would of stayed.
DAVE MACKAY MANAGEMENT
Dave Mackay,who played for Derby under Clough, was appointed Manager of Derby after the departure of Clough and Taylor. In Mackay's second season he won The 1st Division title and made the Rams become English Champions for the second time.
