FACTS AND FIGURES
Ground:
Pride Park Stadium, Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8XL.Capacity: 33,597.
Pitch size: 110 yards x 72 yards.
Year formed: 1884 (founder members of the Football League in 1888).
Previous grounds: 1884 - Racecourse Ground; 1895 - Baseball Ground; 1997 - Pride Park Stadium.
Nickname: The Rams.
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Kevin Hector and David Nish lead the way after the 1975 title triumph |
CLUB HONOURS
Division One: Champions 1971/72, 74/75; runners-up 1895/96, 1929/30, 35/36.
Division Two: Champions 1911/12, 14/15, 68/69, 86/87; runners-up 1925/26, 1995/96; play-off winners 2006/07.
Division Three (North): Champions 1956/57.
FA Cup: Winners 1946; runners-up 1898, 1899, 1903.
League Cup: Semi-final 1968.
Texaco Cup: Winners 1972.
Watney Cup: Winners 1970.
Charity Shield: Winners 1975.
European Cup: 1972/73 semi-final; 75/76 second round.
UEFA Cup: 1974/75 third round, 1976/77 second round.
Anglo-Italian Cup: Runners-up 1993 (beaten 3-1 by Cremonese at Wembley).
Wembley Stadium: FA Cup winners 1946; Charity Shield winners 1975; Anglo-Italian Cup runners-up 1993; play-off final runners-up 1994; play-off final winners 2007.
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Record goalscorer Steve Bloomer |
RECORDS
Record Baseball Ground attendance: 41,826 v Tottenham Hotspur, Division One, September 20 1969.
Record Pride Park attendance (Rams): 33,378 v Liverpool, Premiership, March 18 2000.
Record Pride Park attendance (overall): 33,597 England v Mexico, international friendly, May 25 2001.
Record goalscorer: Steve Bloomer (1892-1905, 1910-1913) 332 (293 league, 38 FA Cup, one other).
Most appearances: Kevin Hector (1966-1977, 1980-1981) 581+8 (478+8 league, 34 FA Cup, 42 League Cup, 27 other).
Youngest player: Lee Holmes, 15 years 268 days v Grimsby Town, December 26 2002.
Most capped player: Deon Burton (Jamaica), 42 caps.
Highest league scorer in a season: 37 - Jack Bowers 1930/31; Ray Straw 1956/57.
Record victory (league): 9-0 v Wolverhampton, Division One, January 10 1891.
Record victory (overall): 12-0 v Finn Harps, UEFA Cup first round first leg, September 15 1976.
Record defeat (league): 8-0 v Blackburn Rovers, January 3 1891; 8-0 v Sunderland, September 1 1894.
Record defeat (overall): 2-11 v Everton, FA Cup, 1889/90.
Most points in a season: 84 (three points for a win), 1985/86, 1986/87.
Most goals in a season: 111, Division Three (North), 1956/57.
Record transfer fee received: £7m from Leeds United for Seth Johnson, October 2001.
Record transfer fee paid: £3.5m for Robert Earnshaw from Norwich City in June 2007.


















