Nathan Ellington was reunited with Paul Jewell at the end of May 2008 when he agreed to join Derby County from Watford.

It was Jewell who paid out a then club-record £1.2m to take Ellington from Bristol Rovers to Wigan Athletic in 2002.

He was repaid with an exceptional haul of 67 goals over the next three seasons as Wigan rose from League 1 to the Premier League.

Ellington was at non-league side Walton and Hersham before Bristol Rovers took a £150,000 gamble on him in February 1999.

He made his name with 44 goals over the next three years, including an FA Cup hat-trick against Derby, before his prolific spell at Wigan.

West Bromwich Albion snapped him up at the start of 2005/06 and he added five goals in the top-flight but was used largely as a substitute in his seconod season.

Ellington came off the bench in last May's play-off final at Wembley as the Rams won promotion and though he started 2007/08 with the Baggies, Watford paid a club record £3.25m to take him to Vicarage Road in August.

The Bradford-born striker is known as The Duke, after jazz musician Duke Ellington.

He is on a year's loan from Watford, for which the Rams have paid a substantial fee, and he will become a Derby player on a free transfer at the end of that time.

Ellington's first goals for Derby came via a stylish hat-trick in August's 3-1 Carling Cup win over Lincoln City.

LAST UPDATED: October 3 2008.