He phoned and asked me to meet up with him – I knew what was going to happen.”, Davies also reckoned he had a good idea who Pearson wanted to replace him. It’s quickly clear Davies is actually glad we have phoned: he wants his say about a period he believes has been misrepresented. BA1 1UA. [4] A resounding 5–1 win against Colchester United (by far the biggest win of a campaign which saw victory by a two-goal margin or greater on just six occasions) looked to have put the club back on track, but, after taking just 12 points from the next ten fixtures, the club slipped out of the automatic promotion places altogether and a 2–0 defeat at Crystal Palace in the penultimate game of the season confirmed a 3rd-placed finish and entry into the 2006–07 Championship playoffs. They were promoted after beating West Bromwich Albion 1–0 in the 2007 Championship play-off final. A silence descended over Pride Park as Stiliyan Petrov set his sights from near the halfway line, sending a shot high into the air. If I say that there are six or seven options, and options one to four are players who’ll help to make Derby a competitive Premier League club, but the owners opt to bring in options five, six and seven, they can’t complain too much about the outcome. Transfers: Overview of all signed and sold players of club Derby for the current season. Derby ended the campaign with six straight losses – Adebayor netted another hat-trick in a 6-2 Arsenal romp before Reading won 4-0 at Pride Park on a day when the Royals were relegated themselves. It was not the sort of goal that could be repeated every week, but it gave County a 1-0 win – their sole victory of the entire season. He showed me the training ground and it was magnificent. They scored just 20 goals (also a lowest-ever tally), lost 29 games (also a record) and equalled a 108-year record of one win all season which had been previously set by Loughborough. But we were hung out to dry. This is an overview of all the club's transfers in the chosen season.

It wasn’t inspiring.”. 2 Billy picked up six points and Paul Jewell came in for the last 24 games and only got five.”, Jewell’s early matches in charge were frustrating. “I went to Adam Pearson and said to him, ‘Look, we are so bad and we need to give the supporters something to hold on to.’ What I should have done instead was keep all of the money and then strengthen for the Championship, but I didn’t want to hold my hands up and admit that we were going down without even trying. The club’s supporters stayed remarkably loyal – an estimated 7,000 travelled north for Derby’s last away game against Blackburn – but the Villa result seriously tested their resolve. After the play-off final, what I said was, ‘I don’t know if I’ll be here next season.’ The press never clarified with me why I said that. Pride Park Stadium  33.597 Seats, Current transfer record: Get the best features, fun and footballing frolics straight to your inbox every week. I was trying to say that something’s going on. Those statistics probably tell its own unwanted story. Sorry Derby fans…but here is the lowdown of this shocking season. Just one solitary victory across 38 games against Newcastle United in mid-September and relegated before the end of March. The Professional Footballers’ Association was then called in to try to resolve the bonus dispute, but Derby would slide to third place by the end of the season. We never got any momentum going.”. "Not one ounce of respect was given to a group of players and staff who’d achieved something marvellous...", Micky Mouse club: Disney in Derby takeover talks. No-one can ever say Derby County’s 2007-2008 squad didn’t try. Derby’s longest unbeaten run during the entire season was two games. He was joined by Claude Davis – a £3 million capture from Sheffield United and Kenny Miller who arrived on transfer deadline day from Celtic for £2.25 million. Arriving were the likes of Robbie Savage from Blackburn Rovers, goalkeeper Roy Carroll from Rangers and full-back Danny Mills on-loan from Manchester City. On 28 January, it was announced that Derby had been purchased by American group General Sports and Entertainment, with Tom Glick taking the role of new President and Chief Executive. Often it was ‘you lot’ and not ‘us’. “In my 35 years of watching Derby County, it was the greatest feeling ever,” supporter Carl Walker tells FFT. “Then it gets to January and they’re past our total. Two weeks later, they lost 6-0 to Liverpool FC and before September was out, Arsenal had also enjoyed a goal-filled afternoon, putting five past Derby’s hapless defenders at The Emirates. It was a win that took them off the bottom of the table but sadly for the Rams supporters, it was the highest point of the entire Premier League return. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Derby County Official Name: Derby County Football Club Formed: 1884 Ground: Pride Park … “I’ll tell you exactly what happened,” says Jewell, who guided both Bradford and Wigan into the top flight, leaving the Latics at the end of the previous season to take a break from the game. Although performances improved under Jewell, results didn't. Following their 6–0 defeat to Liverpool on 1 September, Irish bookmakers Paddy Powerdecided to pay out on the club to be relegated after just five games of the new season.

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