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.


Kevin Hector and David Nish lead the way after the 1975 title triumph
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.


Steve Bloomer
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.