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Highest home attendance	33,010 v Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship... , Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... (22 January 2011)
Lowest home attendance	23,159 v Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... , Championship Football League Championship The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League... (1 February 2011)
Average Attendance	26,023
Jack Stamps Trophy	John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...
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The 2010–11 season was Derby County's 112th season in the Football League

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. It was their third consecutive season in the second tier following the previous campaign and their 43rd overall. The club entered the season with odds of 25/1 for the title, the same as the previous year, 6–1 to be promoted and 8–1 to be relegated. In the event of the season, after a slow start The Rams spent five fixtures in the play-off positions

Football League Championship play-offs

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after a run of 8 wins from 11 fixtures before collapsing spectacularly post-November and recording just four wins from their remaining 28 fixtures, with Championship

Football League Championship

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safety not guaranteed until the 44th fixture when, despite losing 3-2 at Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

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other results left the bottom three unable to overtake them. The club's return of 49 points (from a possible 138) was the club's lowest ever return from a 46 game programme and was their lowest points total in the second tier since 1984, when they took just 42 points from 42 fixtures. The Derbyshire evening telegraph summed up the season as being one in which "with a few exceptions, (Derby) have competed in all the games and yet too often they have come out on the wrong end of the result having been the architects of their own downfall. Mistakes, individually and collectively, carelessness and a lack of concentration have all proved costly. As well as they have played in spells, notably in a wonderful purple patch earlier this season, the bottom line is that at other times they have not been good enough, as their position in the table indicates. That is why an influx of new faces is needed in this most important of summers to make sure they move forward next season."

The club's reserves proved more successful. Consisting of players returning from injury (Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

, Miles Addison

Miles Addison

Miles Vivien Esifi Addison is an English footballer who currently plays for Barnsley from Derby County in the Npower Championship. Addison can play as both a central defender or a central midfielder....

), players on the fringe of the first-team squad (Ben Pringle

Ben Pringle

Ben Pringle is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Rotherham United.-Career:Pringle started his career as a trainee with West Bromwich Albion, and later played for Newcastle Blue Star and Morpeth Town. He then joined Ilkeston Town, and helped them gain...

, Lee Croft

Lee Croft

Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....

) and academy prospects (Callum Ball

Callum Ball

Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...

, Jeff Hendrick

Jeff Hendrick

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) they retained The Central League Division One Central Section, taking 33 points from a possible 42 and scoring 35 goals in the process. They also won the Derbyshire Senior Cup

Derbyshire Senior Cup

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, scoring 24 goals in their four fixtures including a 14-1 win over Shirebrook Town

Shirebrook Town F.C.

Shirebrook Town F.C. are a football club based in Shirebrook, England. They are currently in Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League and play at Langwith Road.-History:...

.

The club recorded an average attendance of 26,023, a figure more than 3,000 down on the previous campaign but still the second highest in the Championship

Football League Championship

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behind Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

's 27,299 and the 15th best in the country. It was also higher than the average gate of seven Premier League clubs.

Team kit

On 1 May 2010 the club announced that website

Website

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buymobiles.net would be the club's shirt sponsor for the next three years, replacing the two-year association with previous sponsor Bombardier

Bombardier Transportation

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who instead became an "official partner" of the club. The deal was described as the "largest commercial deal in Derby County's history", with sources stating it to be worth around £2m in total. buymobiles already had previous association with the club as it first appeared on the back of the club shirts during the 2004/05 play-off matches against Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

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and had acted as "Season Presenting Sponsor" during the 2008/09 campaign. The new home kit for the 2010/11 season was revealed at 6pm on 16 July 2010, the day before the club's first pre-season friendly, at a specially-arranged Catwalk Show

Runway (fashion)

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at Pride Park Stadium

Pride Park Stadium

Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium located on the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby, England. It is the current home of Football League Championship club Derby County, who moved to the stadium from the Baseball Ground upon its opening in 1997...

, with Nigel Clough and his Derby County first team squad all in attendance. It was again manufactured by adidas

Adidas

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. The away kit was revealed at half-time in a pre-season friendly against Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

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Pre-season

Clough entered into the 2010–11 season looking to reinforce the squad that had been so badly afflicted by injuries the previous campaign. Of those at the club, new one-year contracts were given to goalkeepers Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

and Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

and Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

signed a new two-year deal.
Clough also stated a desire to retain the services of loanees Tomasz Cywka

Tomasz Cywka

Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...

and Michael Tonge

Michael Tonge

Michael William Eric Tonge is an English footballer who plays for Stoke City.Born in Manchester and raised in Astley, Tonge began his football career at Manchester United but moved to Sheffield United at the age of 16 after being released by the Premier League club. Tonge attended Bedford High...

for the new campaign. Cywka agreed a deal to sign on a free transfer from Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic F.C.

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on 25 May 2010 but interest in Tonge was curtailed when Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

announced he was for sale, pricing Derby out of a move and forcing them to look elsewhere. Injuries once again played a part in Derby's preparations, however, as the continuing absence of former Young Player of the Year Miles Addison

Miles Addison

, who was ruled out for the season after successfully undergoing foot surgery the previous March, was joined by that of Steve Davies

Steve Davies (footballer)

Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...

, who ruptured cruciate ligaments, ruling him out for the opening six months of the season. Prior to the start of Derby's pre-season friendly fixtures, it was announced Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

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would remain as Captain, with Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker

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replacing Addison as Vice Captain and Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...

being third in line.

The first confirmed signing of the summer was out of contract Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

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left back Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (footballer)

Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...

, who agreed a 2-year deal to join the club on the expiration of his Doncaster contract on 1 July 2010. A long standing interest in Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

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's John Brayford

John Brayford

John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...

seemed to have reached its conclusion with reports that the club had agreed a deal for £400,000 plus add-ons, though this was denied by Crewe boss Dario Gradi

Dario Gradi

Dario Gradi MBE is an Italian-born English football manager and former player, who was serving as manager of the Crewe Alexandra F.C. Academy. He is a former manager of Crewe Alexandra, with whom he has been associated for almost thirty years.Gradi is notable for his 24-year first spell as manager...

. Rumours resurfaced two weeks later, suggesting Derby were planning a £1m joint bid for Brayford and teammate James Bailey

James Bailey (footballer)

James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...

, who was seen as a long term replacement for Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

. Crewe confirmed that an offer for the pair had been accepted on 18 May 2010. The deal was finalised on 19 May 2010 for an undisclosed fee with the deal believed to total an initial £800k, rising to over £1m with add ons and a 15% sell on clause The club announced it had agreed a deal to sign ADO Den Haag

ADO Den Haag

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utility player Danny Buijs

Danny Buijs

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once the Dutch football season

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had finished, though they later pulled out of the deal.
Dave Martin

Dave Martin (footballer born 1985)

David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...

, who had had a successful loan spell with the club the previous campaign, formally completed his free transfer to the club following the completion of his contract with Millwall

Millwall F.C.

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on 1 June 2010, signing a two-year deal. After sealing five signings within a month of the end of the 2010/11 season, the club stated that the playing staff was "shaping up more for how we would like it" Additionally, the club tied down five of its academy squad to professional deals on 8 July 2010, with goalkeeper James Severn

James Severn

James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...

, defender Kallum Keane, midfielders Jeff Hendrick

Jeff Hendrick

Jeffrey Hendrick is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for English Football League Championship side Derby County...

and Graham Kelly

Graham Kelly (footballer)

Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...

and attacker Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan from Football League Championship side Derby County...

all signing deals to become part of Nigel Clough's first team squad. Kelly was sent out on loan to League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers

Bray Wanderers A.F.C.

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the next day. The club also took on several trialists with Ilkeston Town

Ilkeston Town F.C.

Ilkeston Football Club is an English football club based at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in 1894 as Ilkeston Town F.C.....

's Amari Morgan-Smith, American Conor Doyle, Woking

Woking F.C.

Woking Football Club is a football club from in Woking, Surrey, England, formed in 1889. They are playing in the Conference South in the 2011–12 season. For the 2011/2012 season, Woking are sharing their ground with Conference National club Hayes & Yeading United.-Promotion to the...

striker Joel Ledgister and Australia

Australia

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n duo Marc Hatvani and Courtney Chipperfield taking part in the club's pre-season fixtures. Doyle impressed sufficiently enough for the club to sign him on a 2-year deal which he signed ahead of the opening day of the season. Despite the addition of Doyle, there was a continued hunt for a new forward. The club where heavily linked with Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

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's Gary Hooper

Gary Hooper

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, who Clough highlighted as a player he admired, though Scunthorpe's fee proved too prohibitive for the club and he eventually joined Celtic

Celtic F.C.

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for £2.4m, with Clough saying the move was not "right for (Derby) at this stage". Other players to attract attention were West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

's Simon Cox, Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

's James Vaughan, Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic F.C.

's Jason Scotland

Jason Scotland

Jason Kelvin Scotland is a Trinidadian footballer who plays for Ipswich Town as a striker.Scotland started his footballing career in Trinidad and Tobago before moving to play professionally for Scottish club Dundee United. He has also had spells with St...

and Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

's Billy Sharp

Billy Sharp

William Louis "Billy" Sharp is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Doncaster Rovers. He is now widely known for playing in a game for Doncaster Rovers against Middlesbrough two days after his two-day-old son's death...

, though Sharp eventually joined Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

.

Of those leaving the club, it was announced that the contracts of first team players Jay McEveley, Gary Teale

Gary Teale

Gary Teale is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for St. Mirren.Teale started his career in Scotland in 1995 with Clydebank before spending three years with Ayr United...

, Lee Hendrie

Lee Hendrie

Lee Andrew Hendrie is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kidderminster Harriers in the Football Conference. The majority of his career was spent with Premier League club Aston Villa, where he spent fourteen years and became known as a somewhat controversial figure...

, Lewis Price

Lewis Price

Lewis Peter Price is a Welsh international goalkeeper who plays for Crystal Palace. He has previously played for Derby County and Ipswich Town-Ipswich Town:...

and Mark Dudley

Mark Dudley

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, as well as reserve team players Jermaine Johnson, Henrik Ojamaa and Alex Forde, would not be renewed. Paul Connolly

Paul Connolly

Paul Connolly is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Leeds United as a right back, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Bideford, Derby County and Sheffield United.-Plymouth Argyle:...

was the first under contract player to leave the club, joining Championship rivals Leeds United on a 3-year deal.
Leeds, alongside Q.P.R.

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...

and Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

, also expressed an interest in top scorer Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

Robert William "Rob" Hulse is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker.He had primarily spent his career at second tier level, playing there with Crewe Alexandra. West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United, Sheffield United and Derby County...

, who entered into the final year of his contract and was valued at £1.5m by the club. Derby coach Gary Crosby

Gary Crosby (footballer)

Gary Crosby began his senior career at Lincoln United. In his teenage years, he had been one of the most promising players in the Lincoln area and regularly appeared for Lincoln City's youth and reserve sides. A slight but skillful player, it was often felt his physique would prevent him turning...

stated, "As much as we'd like to keep Rob, financially, we will maybe look to sell him" though CEO Tom Glick later dismissed any financial need to sell the striker. He was later linked with a £1m move to newly promoted Premier League side Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

, though his rumoured £600,000 yearly wage was suggested to be a stumbling block. Newly-capped Irish international

Republic of Ireland national football team

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Paul Green

Paul Green (footballer born 1983)

Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...

was the subject of interest, this time from Celtic

Celtic F.C.

, though Derby moved quickly to dismiss any talk of a sale, describing Green as "untouchable." Temporary exits came when Lee Croft

Lee Croft

Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....

, who had made just one appearance in the last 8 months at the club, moved on a six month loan deal to Football League One

Football League One

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side Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

. and youngsters Greg Mills

Greg Mills (footballer)

Gregory Adam Mills is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a midfielder.-Career:Mills progressed through the ranks at Derby and was a regular part of the Derby County Reserves pre-season for the 2009/10 season, scoring twice...

and Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

joined Telford United and Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....

respectively.

The club announced that Season ticket

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sales matched those of the previous campaign, with 2,000 season ticket sales on Friday 16 April 2010 being "one of the single busiest days in the Ticket Office's history." By close of the club's Early Bird offer (which froze 2010/11 Season Tickets at 2009/10 prices) on 18 April 2010, the club had sold 17,357 season tickets, 471 ahead of sales at the same point the previous summer, and claimed they had received calls from "several hundred" supporters who had been prevented from purchasing by the events of the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull

2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull

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. It was also revealed that the club's CEO

Chief executive officer

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, Tom Glick, had been elected to The Football League

The Football League

Board

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August

Derby began the 2010–11 season away to newly-promoted Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

. John Brayford

John Brayford

, Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (footballer)

Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...

and James Bailey

James Bailey (footballer)

James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...

made their débuts in a 2–1 win, with Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

and Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

scoring their first goals of the season as Derby inflicted Leeds first opening day defeat for 21 years and recorded only their second win at Elland Road

Elland Road

Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...

in 35 years. The win was followed by a 1–0 defeat away to League Two side Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

in the League Cup

League Cup

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First Round, the club's second successive defeat to a lower league side in the competition's opening stage, and saw injuries to Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

and Chris Porter

Chris Porter (footballer born 1983)

Christopher John "Chris" Porter is an English footballer, who currently plays for Sheffield United. Born in Wigan, England he has also played for Bury, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and Derby County.-Early career:...

weaken the Rams squad further. They were later joined by Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan from Football League Championship side Derby County...

, who was ruled out for six months with a cruciate knee ligament injury incurred during an Under-18's friendly. Luke Varney

Luke Varney

Luke Ivan Varney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Portsmouth. He started his career with non-league Quorn, a club in his home county of Leicestershire, before moving to league football with Crewe Alexandra...

, who was linked with another loan spell away from the club, made a shock return to the first team line-up after a year when Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

was ruled out for the home game against Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

, leaving Varney as the only available striker on the books. Although Varney laid on Derby's goal for Tomasz Cwyka, the club fell to a second consecutive defeat as Cardiff ran out 2–1 winners. Despite being the sole forward fully fit and available, Varney was left out of the trip to Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

, to prevent a risk of injury ahead of a proposed loan move to an unidentified club. Left-back Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey

Dean William Moxey is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship side Crystal Palace. He is a left-sided player, comfortable at either left back or on the left side of midfield. He has been capped by England at semi-professional level.-Exeter City:Moxey began his career as a...

was employed as a lone striker and scored his first for the club as it fell to another 2–1 defeat. After the match, it was revealed that Varney had joined Premier League club Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

on a season long deal, with a view to a £500k permanent move. The month's fixtures finished with a visit from league leaders Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

. Derby took a 2–0 lead, with James Bailey

James Bailey (footballer)

James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...

scoring his first for the club to add to Kris Commons opener, before QPR scored twice in second half injury time to snatch a 2–2 draw. It was the second consecutive season in which QPR had come from two down to claim a result at Pride Park Stadium, after recovering from two down to win 4–2 at Derby the previous campaign. Bailey's performance say him earn a place in the Football League Championship Team of the Week, the first Derby player to do so in the 2010–11 campaign.

With the end of the transfer window approaching, Derby took Adelaide United youngster Alex Sunasky on trial and registered loan bids for W.B.A.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

striker Chris Wood

Chris Wood (footballer born 1991)

Christopher "Chris" Grant Wood is a New Zealand footballer who plays for Birmingham City on loan from West Bromwich Albion...

, Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid

Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....

's Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...

and long term target, Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

forward James Vaughan. Bueno eventually joined on a season long loan. It was also revealed that Clough left the Coventry defeat 5 minutes early to watch Notts County

Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

midfielder Ben Davies

Ben Davies (footballer)

Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...

. though he remained at Notts County. Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

was again linked with a move away from the club, this time to Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

, this time with the possibility of a cash-plus-Ross McCormack

Ross McCormack

Ross McCormack is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for English football club Leeds United and the Scotland national team. His main position is as a Striker but he can also play as a Winger....

deal (though McCormack later joined Leeds United) and Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

. He eventually joined QPR for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of £750k, rising to over £1m after clauses. The only other move saw Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...

leave to join Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

on a month long loan.

Financially, the club was revealed to have slashed almost 60% off of its agent's fees for the 2009–10 season in comparison to 2008–09 campaign. They spent £434,350, the ninth highest sum in the division, against the £1 million plus spent the previous year. The fees covered the 60 transactions, the highest in the country, the club committed to over the period between 1 July 2009, and 30 June 2010, which covered 22 loanees, 17 new registrations, 12 cancelled contracts and 9 updated contracts.

The month ended with the unveiling of the long proposed Clough

Brian Clough

Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...

/Taylor statue at Pride Park. In 2008 a 9'0 high bronze statue of the pair – who had managed the club between 1967 and 1973 – was commissioned to adorn the north west portion of the ground to be called Unity Plaza. The statue was designed by Andrew Edwards and features both Clough and Taylor holding Football League First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

which they won with the club in the 1972

1971-72 in English football

The 1971–72 season was the 92nd season of competitive football in England.-FA Cup:Leeds United overcame holders Arsenal to win the 1972 FA Cup Final...

. It was unveiled on 27 August 2010, 24 hours before the 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

September

Derby entered the September international break with just four points from their opening four games and with no wins in their last four games in all competitions. The club's owners faced recriminations from supporters over the sale of Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

(top scorer over the last two season) on transfer deadline day leaving no time to recruit an adequate replacement,
leading Executive Chairman Tom Glick to defend the club's actions, stating "We presented the offer to the manager and staff and they made the judgement from a footballing standpoint that this is an offer that was right to accept. Rob has been a great contributor and we acknowledge that when a player like Rob goes there will be disappointment. But ultimately I would have them [the fans] look at the squad Nigel

Nigel Clough

Nigel Howard Clough is an English former footballer and the current manager of Derby County. Playing predominately as a striker, but later in his career was used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s....

has put together, take a look past the temporary injury situation and take a look at what we have in the squad and the style of football we are playing. And I would say have some faith that Nigel has done a very good job with recruitment and the results will be coming very soon. We firmly believe that." The squad was again suffering from injuries – Chris Porter

Chris Porter (footballer born 1983)

(hip), Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

(groin), Stephen Pearson

Stephen Pearson

Stephen Paul Pearson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bristol City, on loan from Derby County in the English Championship. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.-Early career:Pearson was born in Lanark...

(knee) were all short term casualties, with Steve Davies

Steve Davies (footballer)

Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...

(cruciate ligaments) and Miles Addison

Miles Addison

(foot) out for the season. In addition, Jake Buxton

Jake Buxton

Jake Buxton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derby County.-Mansfield Town:Buxton came up through the youth system at Mansfield, winning the Youth Team Player of the Year award in 2002, and made his first-team debut in October 2002 in a Football League Trophy match...

was fit enough only for the bench and Tomasz Cywka

Tomasz Cywka

Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...

playing with a protective mask on after fracturing his cheekbone. Reigning Player of the Year Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...

was also playing with a slight thigh strain. The club restated its intention to benefit from the loan system, saying "There will be more and better players available on 7 September that were not available in the last window. That has to do Premier League's 25-man squad rule and Premier League sides holding on to guys just in case to make final decision" The club revealed it had agreed a deal with West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

to sign Chris Wood

Chris Wood (footballer born 1991)

Christopher "Chris" Grant Wood is a New Zealand footballer who plays for Birmingham City on loan from West Bromwich Albion...

on loan, but WBA's own injury problems forced them to pull the plug on any deal. Though Derby initially hoped to resurrect it at a later date, they instead bought in Swansea City's Shefki Kuqi

Shefki Kuqi

Shefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...

on a three month loan and Wood's West Brom teammate Luke Moore

Luke Moore

Luke Moore is an English football striker who currently plays for Swansea City. Moore has represented England at U21 level and is the younger brother of fellow former professional footballer, Stefan Moore.-Aston Villa:...

and Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

youngster Ryan Noble

Ryan Noble

Ryan Noble is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.-Sunderland:A product of the club's youth academy, Noble made his first professional appearance for Sunderland on 2 January 2010, coming on as a substitute for Darren Bent in a 3–0 FA Cup victory against Barrow at the...

on 29 day deals. There was also interest in Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

's Matt Fryatt, Aston Villa

Aston Villa F.C.

Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...

's Shane Lowry

Shane Lowry (footballer)

Shane Thomas Lowry is an Irish-Australian professional football player who currently plays as a centre defender or left fullback for the Australia national football team and Millwall, on loan from Aston Villa...

and former England U18 defender Netan Sansara

Netan Sansara

Netan Nico Sansara is an English footballer who plays for PAEEK as a left back. He has played for Dundee in the Scottish First Division, and has also played for Walsall.-Early life:...

was taken on trial.

Results on the pitch did not improve, however, as defeats to Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

and Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...

saw the club fall into the bottom three of the division for the first time under Clough's managerial reign, before a 1–1 draw at Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

, in which Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....

scored his first professional goal to open the scoring, saw the club escape the relegation zone whilst extending its winless run to 7 matches in all competitions. The run was ended with a 5–0 thrashing of Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

on 25 September 2010. Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...

, who earned a place in the Football League Championship Team of the Week and Shefki Kuqi

Shefki Kuqi

both scored their first goals for the club as Derby recorded their biggest league win since they beat Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

by the same scoreline on 17 April 1995. Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

also scored in the Palace rout and took his tally to five with a double in a 3–1 win over Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

three days later, also missing a penalty, as Derby claimed their first consecutive victories of the season and lifted themselves up to 15th with 11 points from their first 9 games.

Rumours again surfaced regarding the club's financial position, with The Daily Mail reporting that hedgefund

Hedge fund

A hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university...

investor partners of GSE close to collapse. Rumours particularly stemmed from the financial position of investor Jeff Martinovich, though CEO Tom Glick dismissed Martinovich as "a smaller investor who is not on the board, not involved in the operations of the football club and whatever troubles he has had they have not impacted on the bigger picture." Glick also dismissed a claim that the club has been for sale in the summer, stating "That is categorically untrue. We are baffled by the suggestion. There is nothing in it that is true and our commitment as an ownership group and operating Derby County for the long term remains in place." The rumours had gained credance due to the club missing out on high profile targets James Vaughan and Chris Wood

Chris Wood (footballer born 1991)

Christopher "Chris" Grant Wood is a New Zealand footballer who plays for Birmingham City on loan from West Bromwich Albion...

, though Glick stated this had been to footballing reasons rather than financial ones, with Derby matching or bettering the offers of the clubs the players eventually joined, Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

and Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

respectively.

October

With injuries continuing to bite into the squad, with five centrebacks in Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

, Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

, Jake Buxton

Jake Buxton

, Miles Addison

Miles Addison

and Mitchell Hanson unavailable, forcing rightback John Brayford

John Brayford

to deputise at centrehalf and midfield

Midfield

Midfield is the part of a sports pitch that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with football to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, but it can be used in field hockey to describe the same area, or in...

er Paul Green

Paul Green (footballer born 1983)

Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...

to move rightback, Derby revealed they had made a loan approach for an unnamed 21-year old Premier League defender ahead of the trip to Swansea City

Swansea City A.F.C.

Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...

. though it was rebuffed. It was also announced that Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...

's loan spell at Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

had been extended for another two months. They also took Euan Holden

Euan Holden

Euan Holden is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Stockport County in the Conference National...

on trial. Of the loanees at the club, Luke Moore

Luke Moore

's spell at the club was extended to a second month,
though Ryan Noble

Ryan Noble

returned to Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

at the end of his 29 day loan after a back injury restricted him to just one substitute appearance, though Clough suggested a desire to bring him back when he regained full fitness.

The club entered into the second international break of the season with a 0–0 draw at Swansea City which took the club's unbeaten run to four games, ending The Swans 100% home record in the process. During the international break, Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

, Mitchell Hanson and Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (footballer)

Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...

returned to action with roles in a reserve defeat against Rotherham United

Rotherham United F.C.

Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...

Addison was later was pencilled in to play a reserve game against Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

but was later withdrawn as a precaution after admitting he felt "a bit stiff". The promise of the imminent return of the defensive trio was dampened by the news first-choice goalkeeper Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

has been ruled out for four weeks with a wrist injury sustained in training. The club moved to bring in a loan keeper, as they had the previous campaign whilst Bywater was suspended, and were linked with former number one Lee Grant

Lee Grant (goalkeeper)

Lee Anderson Grant is an English footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Burnley...

and former target, Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

stopper Frank Fielding

Frank Fielding

Francis David "Frank" Fielding is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.-Club career:Born in Blackburn Lancashire, Fielding is a product of Blackburn Rovers Academy. He joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 28 September 2007 on a three-month loan deal alongside...

. Fielding eventually joined ahead of the Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

game on an emergency four week deal. Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

was then ruled out of contention due to being placed on compassionate leave due to a serious family illness, leading to a recall for Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

from his loan spell at Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

, with James Severn

James Severn

James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...

instead sent to the club as a compensatory replacement. Fielding kept a clean sheet on his debut, a 3–0 victory over Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

and then helped The Rams to a second consecutive win as they beat Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

3–2 at Keepmoat Stadium to reach 7th in the table, the club's highest league position since the opening day of the 2009–10 season. The run ended with a 2–0 reverse at Millwall

Millwall F.C.

, though a 4–1 home win over Watford

Watford F.C.

Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...

saw The Rams end the month with 10 points from a possible 15. Tomasz Cywka grabbed a brace in the win, which earned him a place in the Championship Team of the Week.

Chief Executive Tom Glick also answered fan questions in the local newspaper, the Derby Evening Telegraph

Derby Evening Telegraph

The Derby Telegraph, formerly the Derby Evening Telegraph, is a daily tabloid newspaper printed and distributed in Derby, England.-History:In 1857, Richard Keene was publishing the Derby Telegraph every Saturday. His business was in Irongate...

. In a two part interview over the course of the 9/10 weekend international break, Glick revealed that the £15-million interest only loan against the Pride Park Stadium

Pride Park Stadium

which was considered serviceable through the club's current operations and due to be repaid in 2016, with the club's wage bill operating at between £9m-£10m or just below 60% of the club's turnover. He added that the club had not turned a profit in the previous years of GSE's involvement and would be unlikely to in the current campaign, with the group's investors covering losses to ensure that losses did not add to the clubs debt. He also revealed that the club expected to be challenging for promotion to the Premier League within the next two years and back in the top flight within the next five with the aim for the 2010–11 campaign a top-half finish.

November

November opened with a fifth straight home win of the campaign, when Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

were beaten 2–0 in front of the Sky Sports

Sky Sports

Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...

cameras and a season record crowd of 29,086. The win lifted Derby into 4th in the table with the further boost of the return of Miles Addison

Miles Addison

for his first appearance in 10 months. Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey

also earned a place in the Championship Team of the Week. The result was followed up with a third straight victory; 2–0 at Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

, which ended a run of seven straight defeats at Portman Road

Portman Road

Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003...

stretching back to 2002, as Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

took his season tally to nine with a second-half brace. A 2–0 defeat at Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

was followed by a 3–2 win over Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

, despite being reduced to 10 man after Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (footballer)

Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...

became the first Derby player of the season to be sent off. The victory was the club's sixth consecutive home win, with 20 goals scored in the process, setting a record at Pride Park and was the club's best run of home form for over 15 years. It also saw Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

and Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

named in the division's Team of the Week. The month ended with a 2–1 defeat away to Burnley

Burnley F.C.

, though Savage was again named in the Team of the Week.

In terms of playing staff, Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

returned to availability after six weeks out, though Frank Fielding

Frank Fielding

's loan from Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

was still extended after his seven appearances had reaped three clean sheet and 15 points from a possible 21. Luke Moore's loan was also extended to a third and final month. The return of Deeney and Bywater took Derby's available goalkeepers to four, meaning Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

was able to return to Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

on loan, with James Severn

James Severn

James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...

returning to Derby after six appearances for the non-league outfit. The club was also linked with a move for Bryne striker Geir André Herrem It was revealed that Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

intended to complete a deal for on-loan Luke Varney

Luke Varney

, who had notched 4 goals in his loan spell at the Premier League team and that Derby had been paying a percentage of Varney's wage despite him being away on loan. Blackpool ,anager Ian Holloway

Ian Holloway

Ian Scott Holloway is an English football manager and former player. He became the manager of Blackpool in May 2009. Holloway is well-known amongst football fans for his off-the-wall interviews, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed. Holloway's playing career spanned 18...

claimed that Blackpool had a "massive clause" in the loan deal which meant they could sign Varney for just £250k in the January 2011 transfer window, though Derby denied this saying Varney could be sold to any club and that no deal is in place with Blackpool. This alerted West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

to the striker's availability.

December

Derby entered December fourth in the table but two consecutive defeats, at home to Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

(a first home defeat in over two months) and away to Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

(in a match marred by the controversial decision not to send off Bristol City keeper David James

David James (footballer)

David Benjamin James is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City.On 14 February 2009, he achieved the all-time Premier League appearance record with 536 appearances, overtaking Gary Speed. He held this record until being overtaken by Ryan Giggs on the 14th May 2011...

with the scores at 0–0), saw The Rams drop to seventh place. The defeats continued throughout the month, with a 2–1 defeat at home to Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

, the postponement due to snow of a home fixture against Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

and a 5–2 humbling away to local rivals

East Midlands derby

This article is only about games featuring Nottingham Forest and Derby County. For games with either of those clubs against Leicester City, see Leicester City F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. rivalry or Derby County F.C. and Leicester City F.C. rivalry....

Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

meant Derby failed to take a solitary point from December's four fixtures and dropped to 12th in the table on the back of their worst sequence of results for three years. The Forest result saw Clough's patience snap with his playing staff, singling out Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

and Paul Green

Paul Green (footballer born 1983)

Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...

as "offering nothing", saying "We get to the stage where we give the players every opportunity but at some point you have to move on to the next group. You've either got it or you go back to League Two or Poland or wherever you're from. We can't afford to have nights like this."

The return of Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and the continuing presence of Luke Moore

Luke Moore

as first choice loan striker saw Frank Fielding

Frank Fielding

and Shefki Kuqi

Shefki Kuqi

return to their parent clubs on completion of their loan deals. It was also announced that reigning Player of the Year Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...

had signed a new 3 1/2 deal with the club. At the end of his loan, Moore decided against staying with the club for the rest of the season, preferring to return to W.B.A.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

and "keep his options open" going into the January transfer window. The playing staff was bolstered by the return of Steve Davies

Steve Davies (footballer)

Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...

and Chris Porter

Chris Porter (footballer born 1983)

from long term injuries though Clough still stated his intention to reshape his playing staff over the January transfer window, stating that Lee Croft

Lee Croft

Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....

in particular had no future at the club.

January

The Rams started 2011 with a New Year's Day

New Year's Day

New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...

fixture away to Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

, just as they had opened 2007 in the 2006–07 promotion campaign

2006-07 in English football

The 2006–07 season was the 127th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:* The number of divisions at Level 8 of the English football league system increased from four to five...

. Clough made five changes to the side humiliated at Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

just three days before. Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

, heavily criticised as "offering nothing" the previous game, was dropped to the bench, and Stephen Pearson

Stephen Pearson

, Conor Doyle

Conor Doyle

Conor Doyle is an Irish-American soccer player who plays for Derby County.-Youth career:...

and a returning Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

introduced into the midfield. Two enforced changes came with Gareth Roberts

Gareth Roberts (footballer)

Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...

replacing the suspended Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey

and Chris Porter

Chris Porter (footballer born 1983)

making his first start of the league campaign as a replacement for Luke Moore

Luke Moore

, who returned to W.B.A.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

on the completion of his three month loan. In the event, the changes earned Derby a first win in 6 as a Porter double sealed a 2–1 win at the division's bottom club. The result was followed by a 0–0 home draw with Millwall

Millwall F.C.

, Clough's 100th match in charge. The return of just seven points from the last nine fixtures was beginning to affect attendances, with just 24,239 attending the Millwall draw, the lowest attendance for a league match at Pride Park Stadium

Pride Park Stadium

for almost four years, when just 23,122 attended an evening kick-off victory against Burnley

Burnley F.C.

on Tuesday 30 January. It was the third time in the 2010/11 campaign that attendances had dipped below 25,000 for a league fixture, something which had previously nor occurred since the said fixture against Burnley. The numbers, plus the nature of the support, led captain Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

to criticise the club's support, saying ""What you want them to do when we are not playing well is get behind us. It's as if they're waiting for a mistake to get on our backs." However, the club's slight revival was undermined by a giant killing

Upset

An upset occurs in a competition, frequently in electoral politics or sports, when the party popularly expected to win , is defeated by an underdog whom the majority expects to lose, defying the conventional wisdom...

at the hands of non-league Crawley

Crawley Town F.C.

Crawley Town Football Club is an English football club based in Crawley, West Sussex. They won the title of the Football Conference, by a record 15 point margin on second place, and with it promotion to The Football League, in April 2011.-1896–2009:...

in the FA Cup third round, described by reporters as one of the "biggest FA Cup shocks of all time" and others as the most "humiliating result in Derby County's history". The result saw Clough's job at the club reportedly come under threat as he issued an apology to the club's supporters, many of whom responded with demands for his dismissal Derby's Chief Executive Tom Glick answered fan's concerns by reiterating the club's support for Clough, saying "Nigel is absolutely our guy. We have been clear about that continuously" and promising investment in the playing staff in the current transfer window. The last result of the month saw Derby crash 1–0 at home to Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

in front of a season-high crowd of 33,010. It was their first loss to their rivals

East Midlands derby

at the Pride Park Stadium

Pride Park Stadium

.

Going into the January transfer window, Clough stated his desire to add three players, saying "in an absolute ideal world a defender, a midfielder and a forward would bolster the squad at the moment." Over the month club's principal targets were revealed as Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

defender Daniel Ayala

Daniel Sánchez Ayala

Daniel Sánchez Ayala is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Norwich City.-Liverpool:Born in El Saucejo, Seville Province, Spain, Ayala agreed a move to Liverpool in September 2007 after rejecting a professional contract with Sevilla, where he came through the youth team...

, Notts County

Notts County F.C.

midfielder Ben Davies

Ben Davies (footballer)

Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...

, Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

striker Martyn Waghorn

Martyn Waghorn

Martyn Thomas Waghorn is an English footballer who plays for Hull City as a striker, on loan from Leicester City. Waghorn had been with Sunderland since the age of eight and made his first team debut for the club in December 2007 against Manchester United at the age of 17...

and Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock F.C.

Kilmarnock Football Club is a Scottish football team based in the town of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Founded in 1869, "Killie" is the oldest club currently in the Scottish Premier League. Home matches are played at Rugby Park...

forward Conor Sammon

Conor Sammon

Conor Sammon is an Irish footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Wigan Athletic....

. Of the set, only long term target Davies joined the club before the closing of the transfer window, in a deal worth £350,000 after two lower bids were initially rejected.
A season long loan deal for Ayala was delayed after he failed to recover in time from injury, loan target Waghorn decided to remain at Leicester and Sammon opted to join Wigan Atletic

Wigan Athletic F.C.

, despite a bid of around £600,000 being accepted by Kilmarnock. New one year contract extensions were awarded to young duo Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly

Ryan Connolly is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan from Football League Championship side Derby County...

and Jeff Hendrick

Jeff Hendrick

Jeffrey Hendrick is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for English Football League Championship side Derby County...

and Lee Croft

Lee Croft

Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....

returned from his loan spell at Huddersfield Town

Huddersfield Town F.C.

Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...

, after just three appearances in five months.

In terms of departures, two players left for transfer fees. Contract-rebel Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

joined Celtic

Celtic F.C.

for a fee of around £300k, turning down a £500k overture from Celtic's Old Firm

Old Firm

The Old Firm is a common collective name for the association football clubs Celtic and Rangers, both based in Glasgow, Scotland.The origin of the term is unclear. One theory has it that the expression derives from Celtic's first game in 1888, which was played against Rangers. However, author,...

rivals who failed to match his wage demands. Left back Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey

was the subject of a £400,000 bid from Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

, which was accepted by Derby. Clough stated the bid's acceptance was football, rather than financially related, explaining "He (Moxey) has not really progressed this season as much as we hoped. We just thought it was a good offer. We have got another good left back in Gareth Roberts and we can always get cover in on loan if we need it." Other departures saw Medi Abalimba, whose contract at Derby was terminated but the club held onto his registration, join Oldham Athletic on a free and the young trio of Graham Kelly

Graham Kelly (footballer)

Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...

, Mitchell Hanson and Kallum Keane had their contracts canceled five months early by mutual consent. Temporary departures saw Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

extend his stay at Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

and Greg Mills

Greg Mills (footballer)

rejoin Telford United on season long deals. Dave Martin

Dave Martin (footballer born 1985)

moved on a month long loan to League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

side Notts County

Notts County F.C.

.

Rumoured departures saw Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

and Paul Green

Paul Green (footballer born 1983)

Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...

linked with moves to the Premier League; Leacock with West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

and Green with Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

and Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

., though both ultimately remained with the club. It was also revealed that club captain Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

was considering leaving the club for a move to Vancouver Whitecaps, Savage stating "One thing is for sure, I will be leaving Derby County at the end of the season, if not before, even if they offer me a new contract. My time is up here. I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with Derby and I want to walk away with my head held high." One fan responded by telephoning Savage during an interview on Radio Five Live and telling him to "leave the club now" and "take young Mr. Clough with him." Savage eventually rejected the move, stating it was too big a move for his family. Savage eventually announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2010–11 campaign via. his Twitter

Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...

account on 31 January 2011.

February

With the January exits of Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

and Dean Moxey

Dean Moxey

, coupled with the suspension of Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

, Clough made four changes from the defeat to Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

for a home visit from Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

but the result remained the same – despite Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...

opening the scoring in the seventh minute, with his first goal in four months, Ipswich claimed a 2–1 victory at Pride Park

Pride Park Stadium

to make it four consecutive home defeats for Derby. A season low of just 23,159 attended the game, and protests came from supporters over the perceived lack of investment from the board in the form of a "Sack the Board" banner unfurled prior to kick-off, a spectator streaking

Streaking

Streaking is the act of running nude through a public place.-History:On 5 July 1799, a Friday evening at 7 o'clock, a naked man was arrested at the Mansion House, London, and sent to the Poultry Compter...

on the pitch during the second half, the booing off of the players at full-time and post-game protests by the main entrance to Pride Park, attended by some 2,000 supporters. There was also pressure on Clough, who was criticised by PFA Chief Gordon Taylor after comments he made about Tomasz Cwyka following a 1–1 draw at Portsmouth

Portsmouth F.C.

. Of Cywka, Clough said "He's an extremely inexperienced and not very bright footballer... he can go back to Wigan or wherever he came from – I'm not really bothered – until he learns the game." This led Taylor to state that "It cannot be appropriate to criticise your team in such a way in public. We'll sort things out...otherwise it looks an untenable situation." Home defeats to Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

and Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

and a 0–0 draw at Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

stretched the club's winless run to eight games, with just one from the last fourteen, before a 1–0 away win at relegation rivals Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

took the club 8 points clear of relegation with 13 games to play. The win saw Championship Team of the Week performances from John Brayford

John Brayford

and goalscorer Theo Robinson

Theo Robinson

Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...

.

With the re-opening of the loan window, Derby signed Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

's Daniel Ayala

Daniel Sánchez Ayala

, Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

's Jamie Ward

Jamie Ward

Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...

and Millwall

Millwall F.C.

's Theo Robinson

Theo Robinson

Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...

on loan deals until the end of the season.
Injuries to goalkeepers Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

also led to the return of Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

goalkeeper Frank Fielding

Frank Fielding

, who had been at the club earlier in the campaign, on loan until the end of the season and the recall of Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

from his loan spell at Tamworth

Tamworth F.C.

. They were also unsuccessful loan bids for Swansea City forward Craig Beattie

Craig Beattie

Craig Beattie is a Scottish footballer who has played for Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, and Celtic as a striker.-Celtic:...

, Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

defender Damien Delaney

Damien Delaney

Damien Delaney is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for Ipswich Town and the Republic of Ireland national football team.Delaney began his career at Cork City...

, Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

's Rob Edwards, who had spend half-a-season at Pride Park in the 2003–04 season, and Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

's Paul Hayes

Paul Hayes

Paul Edward Hayes is an English footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic.-Scunthorpe United:Born in Dagenham, London, Hayes grew up in East London and went to Barclay Junior School in Leyton, where he captained the school football team from the age of 7...

.

34-year old former-Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

striker Michael Boulding

Michael Boulding

Michael Thomas Boulding is an English professional footballer. He can play as a forward or as a winger, and had previously been a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain...

also signed for the club on a non-contract basis for the remainder of the campaign. The club also awarded new contracts to Steve Davies

Steve Davies (footballer)

Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...

and Ben Pringle

Ben Pringle

, with both deals being for an initial year with the option of a one year extension.

The home defeat to Leicester City was followed by more protests from supporters towards the board, leading Clough to request that the fans "stick with the team and owners", claiming "This season we are going to survive and next season we will be better for these experiences." In the light of the protest, former owner Peter Gadsby

Peter Gadsby

Peter Gadsby is a millionaire property developer and lifelong Derby County fan who led a consortium to buy out Derby County football club in 2006.- Derby County takeover :...

launched a new takeover bid for the club, stating he wanted to be "involved with the club again." Derby County later released an official statement denying Gadsby's claims, saying "Mr. Gadsby has not, as is being reported, made an offer to buy the Club. The ownership group can confirm it recently received a letter from a third party, acting as a representative of Mr. Gadsby. There was no offer made in this letter. In addition, this letter did not specify how Mr. Gadsby intends to involve himself with the Club. The Club's ownership group has responded in writing and has had no subsequent contact with either Mr Gadsby or this third party, prior to today's public comments made through the media." The increasing sense of distrust between GSE and the Derby support led to various accusations being aimed at the club, including one that The Rams were being set up as a feeder club for MLS side

Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

Vancouver Whitecaps.

March

Derby went into a their re-arranged home fixture against Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

with renewed confidence following their victory at Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

, but turned out a performance described as captain Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

as "absolute disgrace" as they crashed to a 3–1 defeat. The crowd booed the players at full time and accorded manager Nigel Clough

Nigel Clough

with chants of "You don't know what you're doing" following the substitution of Theo Robinson

Theo Robinson

Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...

. Clough responded that "I thought they (the fans) should have booed a little bit louder" and indicated he had no issues with the criticism of his substitution, admitting ""They are entitled to do that." The result was followed with five points from the next four games, as a win over 2nd placed Swansea City

Swansea City A.F.C.

and draws with Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

and Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

left the club 9 points clear of relegation, with nine to play, going into the international break. Jamie Ward, who hit a stunning 35-yard strike in the 2–2 draw at Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

, was named in the Championship Team of the Week for March 19/20.

The club was active in the emergency loan market, letting Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and Ben Pringle

Ben Pringle

move out on loan, to Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

and Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

respectively. However, Pringle spent just 19 days of the loan at Torquay, playing five days, returning to Derby after expressing a desire to fight for a place in the Derby first team rather than remain at Plainmoor. A loan deal which would have seen Dean Leacock

Dean Leacock

move to Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

for the remainder of the campaign also fell through. In terms of incoming deals, Matt Duke

Matt Duke

Matthew "Matt" Duke is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City as a goalkeeper.-Career:Duke began his career playing for a pub football side in Bradway, Sheffield. He joined Hull City on 23 July 2004 from Burton Albion for a fee of £20,000, which could rise to £60,000 depending on...

arrived on a season long loan from Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

. The move for Duke proved to be a preemptive measure, as Frank Fielding's loan from Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

, which the club revealed was with a view to a permanent deal, would run out at the end of March, and not the end of the campaign as previously suggested, due to the 93 day emergency loan rule. However, Duke was recalled by Hull City before he was able to make a competitive appearance,who reacted by bringing in Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

's Brad Jones until the end of the campaign.

Going into the final two months of the season, the board made several announcements regarding it's intentions for the 2011/12 campaign. Regarding season tickets, the club announced it's early-bird initiative would be extended until May 15th to ensure supporters knew which division the club would be in the following campaign and also offered season ticket holders a money-back guarantee if they are upset about the club's transfer activity during the close season, Tom Glick saying "It's about holding us to account and supporters judging us by our actions." Glick also stated his disappointment with the lack of progress made during the game, stating there would be extra investment to bring in several "established" Championship "name" players to excite the support and his expectation that the club would at least occupy a top six position in the upcoming campaign. The club also published its accounts up to May 2010, showing a loss of £2.16m, compared to a loss of £14.93m for the previous 12 months.The figures showed the club's debt reduced from £22.3m to £19.1m, with Glick stating it currently stood at £15m after season ticket income was used to pay back part of the sum in June 2010. Turnover was marginally down £1.5m from £31.3m to £29.8m, mainly as a result of the club's 2008–09 domestic cup success (when it reached the League Cup semi finals and the FA Cup 5th Round) was not repeated. The wage bill for players was also reduced from £15.5m to £10.5m – and is said to currently stand at just over £9m after the departure of high-earners Rob Hulse

Rob Hulse

and Kris Commons

Kris Commons

Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...

April and May

The first game of April saw a 4-1 reverse at Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

, which also saw Paul Green

Paul Green (footballer born 1983)

Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...

sustain a cruciate and medial ligaments injury which ruled him out for between six to nine months. Derby bounced back by taking five points from their next three games, a 2-2 draw at Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

, in which they fought back from 2-0 down, a 2-1 victory over Leeds United and a 0-0 draw away to top of the table Queens Park Rangers

Queens Park Rangers F.C.

to leave themselves 9 points clear of relegation with just four games to play. Despite losing their next two games (Burnley

Burnley F.C.

and Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

) safety was confirmed on Easter Monday

Easter Monday

Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is celebrated as a holiday in some largely Christian cultures, especially Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox cultures...

2011, when results elsewhere assured The Rams could not be caught by their relegation rivals in the bottom three. With safety assured, Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...

had surgery on a knee

Knee

The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the fibula and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest joint in the human body and is very complicated. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus , which permits flexion and extension as...

problem which had been an issue throughout most of his two years at Derby and had prevented him from training for the majority of the end of the 2010-11 season. Barker took to the pitch prior to the start of the last home game of the season against Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

to hand over his 2009/10 Jack Stamps Trophy to John Brayford

John Brayford

. The match ended in a 0-2 defeat and meant that Derby lost 11 of their 23 home games throughout the campaign. In a post-match interview Clough stated that whilst talking with the fellow management staff during the game he had wondered "How many of those players out who started today we want out there on August 6th (and the answer is) not too many" and that he intended to bring in "6, 8, maybe 10" new players in the close season. Flying in the face of such talk of Clough restructuring was press speculation that Clough, fearing interference , would quit his position at Derby to return to Burton Albion

Burton Albion F.C.

Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...

. The final fixture of the season saw Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

and Callum Ball

Callum Ball

Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...

given their first professional starts in a 2-1 defeat at Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

which saw The Rams end the season in 19th, their lowest position on the league ladder in 5 years. The final tally of 49 points was the club's lowest ever from a 46 game season and their lowest in the second tier since 1984.

Following the completion of the 2010/11 season, Derby announced their retained list for the 2011/12 campaign. Goalkeeping trio Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

, Ross Atkins

Ross Atkins

Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...

and James Severn

James Severn

James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...

were all given new deals to their expiring contracts, whilst Callum Ball

Callum Ball

Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...

, Alex Witham, Aaron Cole and Chris Jones become first-year professionals after completing their scholarship programmes.The club also quickly entered into the transfer market, tying up permanent deals for loanees Frank Fielding

Frank Fielding

, Jamie Ward

Jamie Ward

Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...

and Theo Robinson

Theo Robinson

Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...

within 48 hours of the end of the season, with the three signing for undisclosed fees, rumoured to total £900k. They also made a £700k bid for Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

defender Jason Shackell

Jason Shackell

Jason Philip Shackell is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Championship club Derby County.-Norwich City:...

, a £1.25m move for Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

player Martyn Waghorn

Martyn Waghorn

and a £300k move for Kilmarnock

Kilmarnock F.C.

's Craig Bryson

Craig Bryson

Craig James Bryson is a Scottish football midfielder who plays for English Championship side Derby County...

- all of which were rejected. The club also agreed terms with out-of-contract Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

striker Chris Maguire

Chris Maguire

Christopher Jack "Chris" Maguire is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for English Championship side Derby County after agreeing a three year deal.-Aberdeen:...

, though the two clubs struggled to agree over the £400,000 compensation fee. There was also confirmation of a formal bid for Burton Albion

Burton Albion F.C.

goalkeeper Adam Legzdins

Adam Legzdins

Adam Richard Legzdins is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He qualifies to play international football for Latvia via his paternal grandparents.-Career:Legzdins was born in Penkridge, Staffordshire...

. Speculated targets for the club included Watford

Watford F.C.

midfielder John Eustace

John Eustace

John Mark Eustace is an English footballer who plays for Watford as a central midfielder. He has previously been contracted to Coventry City and Stoke City, and has spent time on loan at Dundee United, Middlesbrough, Hereford United and Derby County.-Coventry City:Born in Solihull, Eustace began...

, who had had a loan spell at the club in 2009, Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

's Kevin Phillips

Kevin Phillips (footballer)

Kevin Mark Phillips is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Blackpool.Phillips was the Premier League top scorer in the 1999–2000 season with 30 goals for Sunderland, a tally which won him the European Golden Shoe. He remains the only Englishman to win the trophy...

and Lee Bowyer

Lee Bowyer

Lee David Bowyer is an English professional footballer born in Canning Town, London, who plays as a midfielder for Ipswich Town of the Football League Championship....

, Adam Rooney

Adam Rooney

Adam Rooney is an Irish footballer, who plays as a striker for Championship side Birmingham City. He previously played for Stoke City, spent spells on loan at Yeovil Town, Chesterfield and Bury, and was a regular first-team member for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.-Stoke City:Rooney signed for...

of Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club are a Scottish football club from Inverness who compete in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by Terry Butcher and assistant manager Maurice Malpas...

. and Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

's Nathan Tyson

Nathan Tyson

Nathan Tyson is an English professional football striker, who is currently playing for Derby County.-Reading:...

. There was also rumours of an audacious swoop for Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

and England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

striker Michael Owen

Michael Owen

Michael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...

, which Clough himself later dismissed as "silly season" speculation.

The club confirmed the departures of Chris Porter

Chris Porter (footballer born 1983)

, Greg Mills

Greg Mills (footballer)

and Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy

Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...

, alongside the retiring Robbie Savage

Robbie Savage

, as they would not be offered new deals. It also confirmed that loanees Brad Jones

Brad Jones

Bradley Jones also known as Brad is a retired Australian racing driver. Jones now acts as team co-principal with his brother Kim in the V8 Supercar racing team, Brad Jones Racing.-Motorsport career:...

, Daniel Ayala and Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno

Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...

would all return to their parent clubs. Ben Pringle

Ben Pringle

was also told he was free to find another club, despite being handed a new 18 month contract just 3 months earlier and he later agreed personal terms with Rotherham United

Rotherham United F.C.

. It was also reported that Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

had a move for Russell Anderson

Russell Anderson

Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...

accepted but the player rejected the chance of a move, preferring to remain at Pride Park Stadium.

At the end of May, the club announced it had sold 16,200 Early Bird Season tickets for the following campaign, just 500 down from the same point last season.

End of Season squad

Player	Country	Squad Number	Position	Signed From	Date	Fee Paid	Total Derby Appearances	Total Derby Goals
Stephen Bywater Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...	England	1	Goalkeeper	West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...	29 August 2006	£225k	166/1	0
John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	England	2	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	19 May 2010	Undisclosed	48	1
Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...	Wales	3	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	1 July 2010	Free	25/3	0
Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...	Republic of Ireland	4	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	1 July 2008	Free	111/3	10
Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...	England	5	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	15 July 2009	£900k	79/4	6
Dean Leacock Dean Leacock Dean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....	England	6	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...	11 August 2006	£375k	112/14	1
Steve Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	England	7	Forward	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...	12 June 2008	£275k, rising to £725k	34/33	11
Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...	Wales	8	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	9 January 2008	£1.5m	129/8	7
Theo Robinson Theo Robinson Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...	England	9	Forward	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	22 February 2011	Loan	8/5	2
Jamie Ward Jamie Ward Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...	Northern Ireland	10	Forward	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	16 February 2011	Loan	13	5
Stephen Pearson Stephen Pearson Stephen Paul Pearson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bristol City, on loan from Derby County in the English Championship. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.-Early career:Pearson was born in Lanark...	Scotland	11	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Celtic	11 January 2007	£750k	103/22	4
Chris Porter Chris Porter (footballer born 1983) Christopher John "Chris" Porter is an English footballer, who currently plays for Sheffield United. Born in Wigan, England he has also played for Bury, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and Derby County.-Early career:...	England	12	Forward	Motherwell Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football & Athletic Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The club compete in the Scottish Premier League and are one of only seven teams to have remained in this league since it was founded in 1998...	1 February 2009	£400k	25/25	9
Saul Deeney Saul Deeney Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...	Republic of Ireland	13	Goalkeeper	Unattached	31 July 2009	Free	2/1	0
Russell Anderson Russell Anderson Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...	Scotland	14	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Unattached	15 January 2010	Free	13/13	1
Dave Martin Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...	England	15	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	1 June 2010	Free	2/11	1
James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	England	16	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	19 May 2010	Undisclosed	34/4	1
Jake Buxton Jake Buxton Jake Buxton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derby County.-Mansfield Town:Buxton came up through the youth system at Mansfield, winning the Youth Team Player of the Year award in 2002, and made his first-team debut in October 2002 in a Football League Trophy match...	England	17	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Burton Albion Burton Albion F.C. Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...	1 July 2009	Free	24/1	1
Ben Pringle Ben Pringle Ben Pringle is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Rotherham United.-Career:Pringle started his career as a trainee with West Bromwich Albion, and later played for Newcastle Blue Star and Morpeth Town. He then joined Ilkeston Town, and helped them gain...	England	18	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Ilkeston Town Ilkeston Town F.C. Ilkeston Football Club is an English football club based at the New Manor Ground in Ilkeston, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in 1894 as Ilkeston Town F.C.....	1 July 2009	Free	7/16	0
Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	Poland	19	Forward	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...	1 July 2010	Free	26/12	4
Miles Addison Miles Addison Miles Vivien Esifi Addison is an English footballer who currently plays for Barnsley from Derby County in the Npower Championship. Addison can play as both a central defender or a central midfielder....	England	20	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2005	N/A	64/13	5
Daniel Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Norwich City.-Liverpool:Born in El Saucejo, Seville Province, Spain, Ayala agreed a move to Liverpool in September 2007 after rejecting a professional contract with Sevilla, where he came through the youth team...	Spain	21	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	11 February 2010	Loan	16/1	0
Luke Varney Luke Varney Luke Ivan Varney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Portsmouth. He started his career with non-league Quorn, a club in his home county of Leicestershire, before moving to league football with Crewe Alexandra...	England	22	Forward	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...	27 November 2008	£1m+	11/4	1
Conor Doyle Conor Doyle Conor Doyle is an Irish-American soccer player who plays for Derby County.-Youth career:...	United States	23	Forward	Creighton University Creighton Bluejays The Creighton Bluejays, or Jays, are the athletic teams of Creighton University, a Jesuit/Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference...	6 August 2010	Free	5/10	0
Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...	Guinea-Bissau	24	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0/1	0
Mark O'Brien Mark O'Brien (footballer born 1992) Mark O'Brien is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who plays as a central defender for Derby County. His older brother Jamie O'Brien is also a professional footballer...	Republic of Ireland	25	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0/3	0
Callum Ball Callum Ball Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...	England	26	Forward	Trainee	2 January 2009	N/A	1/5	0
Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	Spain	27	Striker	Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....	31 August 2010	Loan	25/4	5
Ben Davies Ben Davies (footballer) Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...	England	28	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	20 January 2011	£350k	10/3	1
Jeff Hendrick Jeff Hendrick Jeffrey Hendrick is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for English Football League Championship side Derby County...	Republic of Ireland	29	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Trainee	2 May 2010	N/A	0/4	0
Ross Atkins Ross Atkins Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...	England	30	Goalkeeper	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	1	0
James Severn James Severn James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...	England	31	Goalkeeper	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0/1	0
Brad Jones	Australia	33	Goalkeeper	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	24 March 2011	Loan	7	0
Michael Boulding Michael Boulding Michael Thomas Boulding is an English professional footballer. He can play as a forward or as a winger, and had previously been a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain...	England	36	Forward	Unattached	25 February 2011	Free	0	0

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Player	Country	Squad number	Position	Signed From	Date	Fee Paid
John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	England	2	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	19 May 2010	Undisclosed
James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	England	16	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	19 May 2010	Undisclosed
Dave Martin Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...	England	15	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	1 June 2010	Free
Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...	Wales	3	Defender Defender (football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	1 July 2010	Free
Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	Poland	19	Forward	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...	1 July 2010	Free
Conor Doyle Conor Doyle Conor Doyle is an Irish-American soccer player who plays for Derby County.-Youth career:...	United States	23	Forward	Creighton University Creighton Bluejays The Creighton Bluejays, or Jays, are the athletic teams of Creighton University, a Jesuit/Catholic University located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Creighton competes in NCAA Division I athletics, competing in the Missouri Valley Conference...	6 August 2010	Free
Ben Davies Ben Davies (footballer) Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...	England	28	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	20 January 2011	£350k
Michael Boulding Michael Boulding Michael Thomas Boulding is an English professional footballer. He can play as a forward or as a winger, and had previously been a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain...	England	36	Forward	Unattached	25 February 2011	Free

Loan

Player	Country	Squad number	Position	Loaned From	Date	Loan Duration
Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	Spain	27	Forward	Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Real Valladolid Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, from where the nickname Pucela is derived....	31 August 2010	Season Long
Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...	Finland	9	Forward	Swansea City	13 September 2010	Three Months
Luke Moore Luke Moore Luke Moore is an English football striker who currently plays for Swansea City. Moore has represented England at U21 level and is the younger brother of fellow former professional footballer, Stefan Moore.-Aston Villa:...	England	28	Striker	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	24 September 2010	Three Months
Ryan Noble Ryan Noble Ryan Noble is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.-Sunderland:A product of the club's youth academy, Noble made his first professional appearance for Sunderland on 2 January 2010, coming on as a substitute for Darren Bent in a 3–0 FA Cup victory against Barrow at the...	England	29	Striker	Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...	27 September 2010	One Month
Frank Fielding Frank Fielding Francis David "Frank" Fielding is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.-Club career:Born in Blackburn Lancashire, Fielding is a product of Blackburn Rovers Academy. He joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 28 September 2007 on a three-month loan deal alongside...	England	34	Goalkeeper	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	15 October 2010	Two Months
Daniel Sánchez Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Norwich City.-Liverpool:Born in El Saucejo, Seville Province, Spain, Ayala agreed a move to Liverpool in September 2007 after rejecting a professional contract with Sevilla, where he came through the youth team...	Spain	21	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	11 February 2011	Three Months
Jamie Ward Jamie Ward Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...	Northern Ireland	10	Forward	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	16 February 2011	Three Months
Theo Robinson Theo Robinson Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...	England	9	Forward	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	22 February 2011	Three Months
Frank Fielding Frank Fielding Francis David "Frank" Fielding is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.-Club career:Born in Blackburn Lancashire, Fielding is a product of Blackburn Rovers Academy. He joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 28 September 2007 on a three-month loan deal alongside...	England	34	Goalkeeper	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	25 February 2011
Matt Duke Matt Duke Matthew "Matt" Duke is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City as a goalkeeper.-Career:Duke began his career playing for a pub football side in Bradway, Sheffield. He joined Hull City on 23 July 2004 from Burton Albion for a fee of £20,000, which could rise to £60,000 depending on...	England	33	Goalkeeper	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	4 March 2011
Brad Jones	Australia	-	Goalkeeper	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	24 March 2011	Six weeks

Notes

I Fielding was originally signed until the end of the 2010/11 season (ten weeks), though it was later revealed that the F.A.'s 93-emergency loan transfer rule limited his stay to just four weeks.

II Duke was originally signed on loan until the end of the 2010/11 season (nine weeks), but was later recalled by parent club Hull City

Hull City A.F.C.

, effective from March 31st.

Out

Permanent

Player	Country	Squad number	Position	Signed From	Date	Fee Paid	Total Derby Appearances	Total Derby Goals	Sold To	Date	Fee Received
Paul Connolly Paul Connolly Paul Connolly is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship club Leeds United as a right back, having previously played for Plymouth Argyle, Bideford, Derby County and Sheffield United.-Plymouth Argyle:...	England	2	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...	15 May 2008	Free	68/5	1	Leeds United	10 June 2010	Free
James McEveley James McEveley James Michael "Jay" McEveley is a professional footballer who currently plays for Barnsley, as a defender.-Blackburn Rovers:...	Scotland	3	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	29 January 2007	£600k, rising to £1m	84/17	6	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Gary Teale Gary Teale Gary Teale is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays as a winger for St. Mirren.Teale started his career in Scotland in 1995 with Clydebank before spending three years with Ayr United...	Scotland	11	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...	11 January 2007	£600k	75/29	5	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Lee Hendrie Lee Hendrie Lee Andrew Hendrie is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kidderminster Harriers in the Football Conference. The majority of his career was spent with Premier League club Aston Villa, where he spent fourteen years and became known as a somewhat controversial figure...	England	26	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	1 September 2009	P/Ex Part exchange A part exchange or part exchange deal is a type of contract. In a part exchange, instead of one party to the contract paying money and the other party supplying goods/services, both parties supply goods/services, the first party supplying part money and part goods/services.Whether a part exchange...	5/5	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Mark Dudley Mark Dudley Mark Dudley is a professional footballer, currently playing for Conference North side Hinckley United...	England	33	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2008	N/A	0/1	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Alex Forde		—	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Jermaine Johnson		—	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Henrik Ojamaa Henrik Ojamaa Henrik Ojamaa is an Estonian footballer who is a free agent after his release from RoPS. His preferred position is striker, but he is often used as an attacking midfielder or winger.-Derby County F.C.:...		—	Striker	Trainee	1 July 2009	N/A	0	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Lewis Price Lewis Price Lewis Peter Price is a Welsh international goalkeeper who plays for Crystal Palace. He has previously played for Derby County and Ipswich Town-Ipswich Town:...		—	Goalkeeper	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....	27 July 2007	Undisclosed	9	0	End of Contract	30 June 2010	N/A
Rob Hulse Rob Hulse Robert William "Rob" Hulse is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker.He had primarily spent his career at second tier level, playing there with Crewe Alexandra. West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United, Sheffield United and Derby County...	England	9	Forward	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	21 July 2008	£1.75m	85/12	31	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	31 August 2010	£750k, rising to £1m
Kallum Keane	Republic of Ireland	36	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	8 July 2010	Free	0	0	Contract Cancelled	27 January 2011	N/A
Mitchell Hanson	England	39	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Trainee	1 July 2007	N/A	0/1	0	Contract Cancelled	27 January 2011	N/A
Graham Kelly Graham Kelly (footballer) Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...	Republic of Ireland	40	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Trainee	8 July 2010	N/A	0	0	Contract Cancelled	27 January 2011	N/A
Kris Commons Kris Commons Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...	Scotland	10	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Unattached	2 June 2008	Free	82/16	24	Celtic Celtic F.C. Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...	28 January 2011	£300k
Dean Moxey Dean Moxey Dean William Moxey is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship side Crystal Palace. He is a left-sided player, comfortable at either left back or on the left side of midfield. He has been capped by England at semi-professional level.-Exeter City:Moxey began his career as a...	England	21	Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....	Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...	26 June 2009	£300k, rising to £500k	52/6	2	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	31 January 2011	£400k
Medi Abalimba	Republic of the Congo	38	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...	20 August 2009	Undisclosed	0	0	Oldham Athletic	31 January 2011	Free

Loan

Player	Country	Squad number	Position	Loaned To	Date	Loan Duration
Lee Croft Lee Croft Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....	England	—	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...	30 June 2010	Six Months
Graham Kelly Graham Kelly (footballer) Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...	Republic of Ireland	40	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Bray Wanderers Bray Wanderers A.F.C. Bray Wanderers A.F.C. are an Irish football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club, founded in 1942 and elected to the League in 1985, hails from Bray and play their home matches at the Carlisle Grounds. Club colours are Green and White, and it goes by the nickname...	9 July 2010	18 Weeks
Greg Mills Greg Mills (footballer) Gregory Adam Mills is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a midfielder.-Career:Mills progressed through the ranks at Derby and was a regular part of the Derby County Reserves pre-season for the 2009/10 season, scoring twice...	England	--	Forward	Telford United	5 Aug 2010
Ross Atkins Ross Atkins Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...	England	30	Goalkeeper	Tamworth Tamworth F.C. Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....	12 Aug 2010
Luke Varney Luke Varney Luke Ivan Varney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Portsmouth. He started his career with non-league Quorn, a club in his home county of Leicestershire, before moving to league football with Crewe Alexandra...	England	22	Forward	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	27 Aug 2010	Season Long
Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...	France	24	Midfield Midfield Midfield is the part of a sports pitch that lies approximately in the center. It is a term most commonly associated with football to refer to the area in and around the center circle, as well as the players who occupy that region, but it can be used in field hockey to describe the same area, or in...	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...	31 Aug 2010
James Severn James Severn James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...	England	31	Goalkeeper	Tamworth Tamworth F.C. Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....	15 Oct 2010	4 weeks
Ross Atkins Ross Atkins Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...	England	30	Goalkeeper	Tamworth Tamworth F.C. Tamworth Football Club are an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Tamworth, Staffordshire. Nicknamed 'The Lambs', they are currently members of the Conference National, the fifth highest tier in the English league system....	12 Nov 2010
Dave Martin Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...	England	16	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	21 January 2011
Greg Mills Greg Mills (footballer) Gregory Adam Mills is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a midfielder.-Career:Mills progressed through the ranks at Derby and was a regular part of the Derby County Reserves pre-season for the 2009/10 season, scoring twice...	England	--	Forward	Telford United	31 January 2011	3 Months
Stephen Bywater Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...	England	1	Goalkeeper	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	4 March 2011	Ten weeks
Ben Pringle Ben Pringle Ben Pringle is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Rotherham United.-Career:Pringle started his career as a trainee with West Bromwich Albion, and later played for Newcastle Blue Star and Morpeth Town. He then joined Ilkeston Town, and helped them gain...	England	18	Midfielder Midfielder A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...	Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...	4 March 2011

Notes

I Mills originally joined Telford for four weeks, but this was later extended.

II Atkins originally joined Tamworth for four weeks, but this was later extended to five months. However, the absence of Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

led to Atkins early recall.

III Mendy originally joined Tranmere for four weeks, but this was later extended.

IV Atkins originally joined Tamworth until the end of the campaign, but injuries to Stephen Bywater

Stephen Bywater

and Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney

Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...

again led to an early recall.

IV Martin originally moved on a one month deal, but this was extended for a further two months on 24 February 2011.

VI Pringle originally signed a one month deal with Torquay, but it was cancelled by mutual consent after 19 days.

Results

Friendlies

On 12 February 2010 the club made its first announcement regarding the club's 2010–11 pre-season friendlies ahead with the confirmation of a match against Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

side ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina

ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as simply Fiorentina, is a professional Italian football club from Florence, Tuscany. Founded by a merger in 1926, Fiorentina have played at the top level of Italian football for the majority of their existence; only four clubs have played in more Serie A...

. However, the game was cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances" and replaced with a match against Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

. The club announced additional matches in the final week of April 2010 before completing its itinerary with the announcement of its participation in the first ever match at Chesterfield

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

's new ground, B2net Stadium, on 20 May 2010.

Date	Competition	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Derby Scorers	Attendance
17 July 2010	Friendly	Burton Albion Burton Albion F.C. Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...	A Pirelli Stadium The Pirelli Stadium is an association football stadium on Princess Way in Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England. It was built in 2005 and is the current home of Burton Albion F.C., replacing the club's old Eton Park home, also on Princess Way, which was demolished and developed into housing...	1–0	Leacock	Unknown
19 July 2010	Friendly	Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...	A Roots Hall Roots Hall is a multi-use sports stadium in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, primarily used for football games and is the home of the Football League Two club Southend United. With a capacity of 12,392 Roots Hall is the largest football stadium in Essex, and is the current venue for the final of...	1–1	Hulse	1,050
21 July 2010	Friendly	AFC Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....	A	3–3	Commons , Green , Bailey	Unknown
24 July 2010	Friendly	Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...	A	5–4	Commons , Doyle , Porter , Brayford	7, 550 (1,500 away fans)
27 July 2010	Friendly	Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	H	1–0	Porter	10,386
31 July 2010	Friendly	Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...	H	1–2	Roberts	4,458

Football League Championship

The fixtures for the 2010–11 Football League Championship season was announced on 17 June 2010, with the season beginning on 7 August 2010 and ending on 8 May 2011. The season opened with an away trip to Leeds United, a fixture which kicked off The Rams 2004/05 season, and ends away to Reading

Reading F.C.

Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...

Date	Match No.	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Derby Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Pos
7 August 2010	1	5.15pm	Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...	A Elland Road Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...	2–1	Hulse , Commons	26,761 (1,662 away fans)	N. Swarbrick Neil Swarbrick Neil Swarbrick is an English professional football referee who generally officiates in the Premier League after being promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2011. He is based in Preston, Lancashire.-Career:... (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	9
14 August 2010	2	3.00pm	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	H Pride Park Stadium Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium located on the Pride Park business park on the outskirts of Derby, England. It is the current home of Football League Championship club Derby County, who moved to the stadium from the Baseball Ground upon its opening in 1997...	1–2	Cwyka	25,103 (896 away fans)	N. Miller (Co. Durham County Durham County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington... )	11
21 August 2010	3	12.15pm	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...	A Ricoh Arena The Ricoh Arena , home to Coventry City F.C., is a stadium complex situated in the Rowleys Green district of the city of Coventry, England containing a 32,609 seater football stadium, a 6,000 square-metre exhibition hall, a hotel, a leisure club, and a casino...	1–2	Moxey	13,169 (773 away fans)	E. Ilderton (Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in north east England around the mouths of the Rivers Tyne and Wear. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972... )	14
28 August 2010	4	3.00pm	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	H	2–2	Commons , Bailey	25,874 (1,655 away fans)	M. Haywood (Yorkshire Yorkshire Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform... )	15
11 September 2010	5	1.00pm	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	H	0–1		25,749 (1,775 away fans)	P. Crossley (Kent Kent Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of... )	18
14 September 2010	6	7.45pm	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	A KC Stadium The KC Stadium, often shortened to the KC, is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. Conceived as early as the late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. It is named after the stadium's sponsors, telecommunications provider KC,...	0–2		19,714 (793 away fans)	D. Whitestone (Northampton Northampton Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is... )	22
18 September 2010	7	3.00pm	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	A	1–1	Leacock	12,089 (1,179 away fans)	D. Webb (County Durham County Durham County Durham is a ceremonial county and unitary district in north east England. The county town is Durham. The largest settlement in the ceremonial county is the town of Darlington... )	20
25 September 2010	8	3.00pm	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	H	5–0	Bueno , Commons , Green , Kuqi ,	25,258 (936 away fans)	A. Bates (Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... )	19
28 September 2010	9	7.45pm	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	H	3–1	Barker , Commons	24,739 (710 away fans)	C. Pawson (South Yorkshire South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield... )	15
2 October 2010	10	3.00pm	Swansea City Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position...	A Liberty Stadium, Swansea The Liberty Stadium is a purpose-built sports stadium and conferencing venue in the Landore area of Swansea, Wales. The stadium is all-seated, with a capacity of 20,532 making it the largest purpose-built venue in Swansea and the third largest stadium in Wales after the Millennium Stadium and the...	0–0		15,071 (592 away fans)	P. Gibbs (West Midlands West Midlands (region) The West Midlands is an official region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. It contains the second most populous British city, Birmingham, and the larger West Midlands conurbation, which includes the city of Wolverhampton and large towns of Dudley,... )	14
16 October 2010	11	3.00pm	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	H	3–0	Moxey , Bueno , Savage	26,117 (919 away fans)	A. D'urso Andy D'Urso Andrew Paul D'Urso is an English football referee in the Football League. D'Urso is based in Billericay, Essex and is a member of the Barking & Dagenham Referees Society.-Career:... (Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west... )	13
19 October 2010	12	7.45pm	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	A	3–2	Moore , Commons ,	9,741 (1,733 away fans)	K. Evans(Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	7
23 October 2010	13	3.00pm	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	A The Den Football stadiums:The Den, formerly known as The New Den and the current home of Millwall FC, located in Bermondsey, London, SE16*The Den , a football stadium once the home of Millwall FC, located in New Cross, London, SE14...	0–2		12,024 (1,090 away fans)	G. Salisbury (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	12
30 October 2010	14	3.00pm	Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...	H	4–1	Brayford , Cwyka, Kuqi	27,119 (1,078 away fans)	P. Tierney (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	7
6 November 2010	15	5.20pm	Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...	H	2–0	Savage , Green	29,086 (1,023 away fans)	C. Webster (Tyne & Wear)	4
9 November 2010	16	7.45pm	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....	A Portman Road Portman Road is an association football stadium in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. It has been the home ground of Ipswich Town F.C. since 1884. The stadium has also hosted a number of England youth international matches, and one senior England friendly international match, against Croatia in 2003...	2–0	Commons	17,572 (491 away fans)	R. East (Wiltshire Wiltshire Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers... )	4
13 November 2010	17	3.00pm	Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...	A Walkers Stadium The King Power Stadium is a football stadium which hosts home matches of English football club Leicester City. The all-seater stadium, inaugurated in July 2002, holds 32,500 and has the 19th largest stadium capacity in England. The stadium is named after King Power, a company owned by club owner...	0–2		25,930 (3,321 away fans)	S. Tanner (Somerset Somerset The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the... )	4
20 November 2010	18	3.00pm	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....	H	3–2	Cwyka , Commons , Moore	25,189 (739 away fans)	J. Linington (Isle of Wight Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent... )	4
27 November 2010	19	5.45pm	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	A Turf Moor Turf Moor is a football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire. It is the home ground of Burnley Football Club, which has played there since moving from its Calder Vale ground in 1883. The stadium, which is situated on Harry Potts Way, named so after the club's longest serving Manager, has a capacity of...	1–2	Moore	13,790 (640 away fans)	M. Haywood (W. Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... )	4
4 December 2010	20	3.00pm	Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...	H	1–2	Commons	26,134 (2,228 away fans)	K. Stroud (Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force... )	7
11 December 2010	21	3.00pm	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	A Ashton Gate Ashton Gate Stadium is a stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it has an all-seated capacity of 21,497, with an effective capacity for football matches of around 19,500, with an average...	0–2		14,029 (1,052 away fans)	D. Sheldrake (Surrey Surrey Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of... )	7
18 December 2010	22	3.00pm	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	H	1–2	Commons	24,514 (467 away fans)	D. Deadman (Cheshunt Cheshunt Cheshunt is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of around 52,000 according to the United Kingdom's 2001 Census. It is a dormitory town and part of the Greater London Urban Area and London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station... )	9
29 December 2010	23	19.45pm	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	A City Ground The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....	2–5	Moore , Commons	29,490 (4,285 away fans)	A. Bates (Staffordshire Staffordshire Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders... )	12
1 January 2011	24	3.00pm	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	A Deepdale Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and, up to 2010, England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League.- History :...	2–1	Porter	11,198 (1,090 away fans)	R. Madley (W. Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... )	12
3 January 2011	25	3.00pm	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	H	0–0		24,239 (609 away fans)	K. Wright (Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west... )	13
15 January 2011	26	3.00pm	Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...	A Vicarage Road Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford and their tenants, the Saracens rugby union club. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 17,477.-History:...	0–3		12,917 (1,165 away fans)	G. Ward (Surrey Surrey Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. The historic county town is Guildford. Surrey County Council sits at Kingston upon Thames, although this has been part of... )	14
22 January 2011	27	1.00pm	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	H	0–1		33,010 (4,196 away fans)	G. Salisbury (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	14
1 February 2011	28	7.45pm	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....	H	1–2	Bueno	23,159 (587 away fans)	C. Boyeson (East Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority... )	16
5 February 2011	29	3.00pm	Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...	A Fratton Park Fratton Park is a football stadium in the English city-port of Portsmouth. It has been the home of professional club Portsmouth F.C. since its construction in 1898.-Description:...	1–1	S.Davies	14,555 (983 away fans)	N. Swarbrick Neil Swarbrick Neil Swarbrick is an English professional football referee who generally officiates in the Premier League after being promoted to the Select Group of Referees in 2011. He is based in Preston, Lancashire.-Career:... (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	17
12 February 2011	30	5.20pm	Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...	H	0–2		26,142 (2,724 away fans)	C. Webster (Tyne & Wear)	17
19 February 2011	31	3.00pm	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....	A Glanford Park Glanford Park is a football stadium in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, and the current home of Scunthorpe United. It is the smallest stadium by capacity in the Championship ....	0–0		5,696 (1,332 away fans)	S. Mathieson (Cheshire Cheshire Cheshire is a ceremonial county in North West England. Cheshire's county town is the city of Chester, although its largest town is Warrington. Other major towns include Widnes, Congleton, Crewe, Ellesmere Port, Runcorn, Macclesfield, Winsford, Northwich, and Wilmslow... )	18
22 February 2011	32	7.45pm	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	H	0–1		24,533 (1,576 away fans)	K. Woolmer (Northamptonshire Northamptonshire Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,... )	19
26 February 2011	33	3.00pm	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	A Bramall Lane -Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...	1–0	Robinson	21,084 (2,546 away fans)	R. East (Wiltshire Wiltshire Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers... )	18
1 March 2011	34	7.45pm	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	H	1–3	S. Davies	24,239 (623 away fans)	K.Hill (Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and... )	19
5 March 2011	35	3.00pm	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	H	0–0		26,251 (1,204 away fans)	D. Deadman (Cheshunt Cheshunt Cheshunt is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of around 52,000 according to the United Kingdom's 2001 Census. It is a dormitory town and part of the Greater London Urban Area and London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station... )	18
8 March 2011	36	7.45pm	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	A Riverside Stadium The Riverside Stadium is a football stadium in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, which has been the home of Middlesbrough F.C. since it opened in 1995...	1–2	Ward	13,712 (312 away fans)	K. Evans (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	19
12 March 2011	37	3.00pm	Swansea City	H	2–1	Williams Ashley Williams (footballer) Ashley Errol Williams is a Wales international footballer who plays for Swansea City as a defender.-Stockport County:He began his career at West Bromwich Albion as a youth player but was released by the club at 16 and went on to join Hednesford Town... (O.G.) , S.Davies	25,341 (1,190 away fans)	G. Scott (Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire .... )	18
12 March 2011	38	3.00pm	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	A Selhurst Park Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...	2–2	Pearson , Ward	14,686 (920 away fans)	J. Moss (W. Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... )	17
2 April 2011	39	3.00pm	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	A	1-4	Savage	22,254 (834 away fans)	J. Linington (Isle of Wight Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent... )	19
9 April 2011	40	3.00pm	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...	H	2–2	S.Davies , Savage	25,546 (955 away fans)	R.Booth (Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west... )	19
12 April 2011	41	7.45pm	Leeds United	H	2–1	Ward , B.Davies	27,252 (3,815 away fans)	G. Salisbury (Lancashire Lancashire Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston... )	19
18 April 2011	42	7.45pm	Q.P.R. Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	A Loftus Road Loftus Road is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is home to the English football team Queens Park Rangers of the Premier League and has a capacity of around 18,500. The four stands are called the Loftus Road End , Ellerslie Road Stand, South Africa Road Stand and the School End,...	0–0		16,745 (537 away fans)	D. Deadman (Cheshunt Cheshunt Cheshunt is a town in Hertfordshire, England with a population of around 52,000 according to the United Kingdom's 2001 Census. It is a dormitory town and part of the Greater London Urban Area and London commuter belt served by Cheshunt railway station... )	19
23 April 2011	43	3.00pm	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...	H	2-4	Robinson , Ward	25,187 (1,093 away fans)	M. Russell (South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon... )	19
25 April 2011	44	7.45pm	Norwich City Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...	A Carrow Road Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, England, and is the home of Norwich City Football Club. The stadium is located toward the easterly end of the city, not far from Norwich railway station and the River Wensum....	2-3	S.Davies , Bueno	26,078	A.Haines (London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... )	19
30 April 2011	45	3.00pm	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	H	0-2		25,745 (946 away fans)	I. Williamson (Berkshire Berkshire Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and... )	19
7 May 2011	46	12.45pm	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	A	1-2	Ward	21,902 (1,943 away fans)	P. Miller Bedfordshire Bedfordshire Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....	19

FA Cup

As a Football League Championship club, Derby joined the FA Cup at the Third Round stage in January 2011. They were given a draw away to non-league opposition for the second time in three years when they played the ESPN

ESPN

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

-televised tie away to Blue Square Premier team Crawley Town

Crawley Town F.C.

. Derby lost 2–1 in a result described as one of the "biggest shocks" in FA Cup history and the "most humiliating" result in "Derby County's history".

Date	Round	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Derby Scorers	Attendance	Referee
10 January 2011	3rd Round	8.00pm	Crawley Town Crawley Town F.C. Crawley Town Football Club is an English football club based in Crawley, West Sussex. They won the title of the Football Conference, by a record 15 point margin on second place, and with it promotion to The Football League, in April 2011.-1896–2009:...	A Broadfield Stadium Broadfield Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Crawley, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Crawley Town F.C.. The stadium has a capacity of 4,996 people, and is owned by Crawley Borough Council.-West Stand:...	1–2	Addison	4,145 (651 away fans)	M. Haywood (W.Yorkshire West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972.... )

Football League Cup

As a Football League Championship club, Derby entered the Football League Cup at the First Round stage, which commenced the week starting 9 August 2010. The seeded

Seeded

In fluid dynamics, seeding a flow, or a seeded flow, means to introduce particulates or other foreign substances into an otherwise transparent stream of fluid. These particulates are generally small enough to be carried by the fluid but large enough to be picked up using a flow visualization...

and region

Region

Region is most commonly found as a term used in terrestrial and astrophysics sciences also an area, notably among the different sub-disciplines of geography, studied by regional geographers. Regions consist of subregions that contain clusters of like areas that are distinctive by their uniformity...

alised draw was made on 16 June 2010 with Derby, one of the Northern region's seeded teams, drawn against League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

side Crewe Alexandra

Crewe Alexandra F.C.

, who they had never played in the competition before and had not met in any competition since a 5–1 win in the Football League Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

on 14 January 2006. The 2008–09 semi-finalists crashed out in the first round for the second successive season after a 46th minute Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker

Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...

own goal condemned the Rams to a 1–0 defeat.

Date	Round	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Derby Scorers	Attendance	Referee
10 August 2010	1st Round	7.45pm	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	A	0–1		3,778 (1,361 away fans)	C. Boyeson (East Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority... )

Appearances, goals and cards

Last Updated – 7 May 2011

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	England Stephen Bywater Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...	22	0	1	0	1	0	24	0	0	0
2	DF	England John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	46	1	1	0	1	0	48	1	4	0
3	DF	Wales Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...	24/2	0	1	0	0/1	0	25/3	0	4	1
4	MF	Republic of Ireland Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...	36	2	1	0	0	0	37	2	4	0
5	DF	England Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...	42/1	1	1	0	1	0	44/1	1	9	0
6	DF	England Dean Leacock Dean Leacock Dean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....	22/3	1	0	0	1	0	23/3	1	10	0
7	FW	England Steve Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	14/6	5	0/1	0	0	0	14/7	5	1	0
8	MF	Wales Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...	37/3	4	1	0	1	0	39/3	4	13	0
9	FW	England Rob Hulse Rob Hulse Robert William "Rob" Hulse is an English footballer who plays for Queens Park Rangers as a striker.He had primarily spent his career at second tier level, playing there with Crewe Alexandra. West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United, Sheffield United and Derby County...	1	1	0	0	0/1	0	1/1	1	1	0
9	FW	Finland Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi Shefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...	8/4	2	0	0	0	0	8/4	2	0	0
9	FW	England Theo Robinson Theo Robinson Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...	8/5	2	0	0	0	0	8/5	2	0	0
10	MF	Scotland Kris Commons Kris Commons Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...	25/1	13	1	0	1	0	27/1	13	4	0
10	FW	Northern Ireland Jamie Ward Jamie Ward Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...	13	5	0	0	0	0	13	5	1	1
11	MF	Scotland Stephen Pearson Stephen Pearson Stephen Paul Pearson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bristol City, on loan from Derby County in the English Championship. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.-Early career:Pearson was born in Lanark...	21/9	1	0	0	0	0	21/9	1	3	0
12	FW	England Chris Porter Chris Porter (footballer born 1983) Christopher John "Chris" Porter is an English footballer, who currently plays for Sheffield United. Born in Wigan, England he has also played for Bury, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and Derby County.-Early career:...	6/12	2	1	0	1	0	8/12	2	1	0
13	GK	Republic of Ireland Saul Deeney Saul Deeney Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Scotland Russell Anderson Russell Anderson Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...	4/7	0	0	0	0	0	4/7	0	1	0
15	MF	England Dave Martin Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...	0/2	0	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	0	0
16	MF	England James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	33/3	1	1	0	1	0	35/3	1	4	0
17	DF	England Jake Buxton Jake Buxton Jake Buxton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derby County.-Mansfield Town:Buxton came up through the youth system at Mansfield, winning the Youth Team Player of the Year award in 2002, and made his first-team debut in October 2002 in a Football League Trophy match...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	0
18	MF	England Ben Pringle Ben Pringle Ben Pringle is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Rotherham United.-Career:Pringle started his career as a trainee with West Bromwich Albion, and later played for Newcastle Blue Star and Morpeth Town. He then joined Ilkeston Town, and helped them gain...	3/12	0	1	0	1	0	5/12	0	0	0
19	FW	Poland Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	21/10	4	0/1	0	1	0	22/11	4	2	0
20	DF	England Miles Addison Miles Addison Miles Vivien Esifi Addison is an English footballer who currently plays for Barnsley from Derby County in the Npower Championship. Addison can play as both a central defender or a central midfielder....	10/11	0	1	1	0	0	11/11	1	1	0
21	DF	England Dean Moxey Dean Moxey Dean William Moxey is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship side Crystal Palace. He is a left-sided player, comfortable at either left back or on the left side of midfield. He has been capped by England at semi-professional level.-Exeter City:Moxey began his career as a...	20/2	2	0/1	0	1	0	21/3	2	6	1
21	DF	Spain Daniel Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala Daniel Sánchez Ayala is a Spanish footballer who plays as a defender for Norwich City.-Liverpool:Born in El Saucejo, Seville Province, Spain, Ayala agreed a move to Liverpool in September 2007 after rejecting a professional contract with Sevilla, where he came through the youth team...	16/1	0	0	0	0	0	16/1	0	5	0
22	FW	England Luke Varney Luke Varney Luke Ivan Varney is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Portsmouth. He started his career with non-league Quorn, a club in his home county of Leicestershire, before moving to league football with Crewe Alexandra...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW	United States Conor Doyle Conor Doyle Conor Doyle is an Irish-American soccer player who plays for Derby County.-Youth career:...	5/8	0	0	0	0/1	0	5/9	0	0	0
24	MF	Guinea-Bissau Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Republic of Ireland Mark O'Brien Mark O'Brien (footballer born 1992) Mark O'Brien is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who plays as a central defender for Derby County. His older brother Jamie O'Brien is also a professional footballer...	0/2	0	0	0	0	0	0/2	0	0	0
26	FW	England Callum Ball Callum Ball Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...	1/4	0	0	0	0	0	1/4	0	0	0
27	FW	Spain Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	25/4	5	0	0	0	0	25/5	4	4	0
28	FW	England Luke Moore Luke Moore Luke Moore is an English football striker who currently plays for Swansea City. Moore has represented England at U21 level and is the younger brother of fellow former professional footballer, Stefan Moore.-Aston Villa:...	9/4	4	0	0	0	0	9/4	4	1	0
28	MF	England Ben Davies Ben Davies (footballer) Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...	10/3	1	0	0	0	0	10/3	1	1	0
29	MF	Republic of Ireland Jeff Hendrick Jeff Hendrick Jeffrey Hendrick is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for English Football League Championship side Derby County...	0/4	0	0	0	0	0	0/4	0	0	0
29	FW	England Ryan Noble Ryan Noble Ryan Noble is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.-Sunderland:A product of the club's youth academy, Noble made his first professional appearance for Sunderland on 2 January 2010, coming on as a substitute for Darren Bent in a 3–0 FA Cup victory against Barrow at the...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	0
30	GK	England Ross Atkins Ross Atkins Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	England James Severn James Severn James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0	0	0
33	GK	England Matt Duke Matt Duke Matthew "Matt" Duke is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City as a goalkeeper.-Career:Duke began his career playing for a pub football side in Bradway, Sheffield. He joined Hull City on 23 July 2004 from Burton Albion for a fee of £20,000, which could rise to £60,000 depending on...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK	Australia Brad Jones	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
34	GK	England Frank Fielding Frank Fielding Francis David "Frank" Fielding is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.-Club career:Born in Blackburn Lancashire, Fielding is a product of Blackburn Rovers Academy. He joined League Two side Wycombe Wanderers on 28 September 2007 on a three-month loan deal alongside...	16	0	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0
36	FW	England Michael Boulding Michael Boulding Michael Thomas Boulding is an English professional footballer. He can play as a forward or as a winger, and had previously been a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Republic of Ireland Kallum Keane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Republic of Ireland Ryan Connolly Ryan Connolly Ryan Connolly is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan from Football League Championship side Derby County...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	MF	Republic of the Congo Medi Abalimba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	England Mitchell Hanson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	MF	Republic of Ireland Graham Kelly Graham Kelly (footballer) Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Starting 11

Last updated on 8 May 2011.

(These are the most used starting players in the most used formation throughout the complete season)

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
1	GK	England Stephen Bywater Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...	24
2	DF	England John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	48
3	DF	Wales Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...	25
5	DF	England Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...	44
6	DF	England Dean Leacock Dean Leacock Dean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....	23
16	MF	England James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	35
8	MF	Wales Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...	39
19	MF	Poland Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	23
4	MF	Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...	36
10	MF	Scotland Kris Commons Kris Commons Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...	26
7	FW	England Steve Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	14

Club

Record	Statistic	Dates(s)
Biggest Win	5–0 v Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	18 September 2010
Biggest Defeat	2–5 v Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	29 December 2010
Consecutive Victories	3	31 October 2010 – 13 November 2010
Unbeaten Run	6	18 September 2010 – 23 October 2010
Consecutive Defeats	5	27 November 2010 – 1 January 2011
Winless Run	8	3 January 2011–26 February 2011

(The above statistics refer to league matches only)

Individuals

League
Most league appearances:

Pos	Player	Country	Apps (Subs)
1	John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	England	46
2	Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...	England	42/1
3	Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...	Wales	37/3
4	Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...		36
5	James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	England	33/3

Most league Goals:

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Kris Commons Kris Commons Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...	Scotland	13
2	Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	Spain	5
=	Steve Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	England	5
=	Jamie Ward Jamie Ward Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...	Northern Ireland	5
4	Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	Poland	4

All competitions
Most appearances:

Pos	Player	Country	Apps (Subs)
1	John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...	England	48
2	Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...	England	44/1
3	Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...	Wales	39/3
4	James Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	England	35/3
5	Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...	Republic of Ireland	37

Pos	Player	Country	Goals
1	Kris Commons Kris Commons Kris Commons is an English-born Scottish footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Scotland national team...	Scotland	13
2	Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	Spain	5
=	Steve Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	England	5
=	Jamie Ward Jamie Ward Jamie John Ward is an English-born Northern Irish international professional footballer, who plays as a midfielder or forward for Derby County...	Northern Ireland	5
4	Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	Poland	4

Season Awards

Award	Player
Jack Stamps Player of the Year	John Brayford John Brayford John Robert Brayford is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender.-Crewe Alexandra:Born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Brayford started his career at non-league Burton Albion, where he made almost 80 league appearance, before signing for League One side Crewe Alexandra on a...
Club Player of the Year	John Brayford
Supporter's Club Player of the Year	John Brayford
Sammy Crooks Young Player of the Year	James Bailey James Bailey James Bailey may refer to:* James Bailey , National Basketball Association player* James Bailey , former executive of Thinking Machines and the author of the book After Thought...
Academy Player of the Year	Callum Ball Callum Ball Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...
Scholar of the Year	Kwame Thomas
Goal of the Season	Ben Davies Ben Davies Benjamin or Ben Davies may refer to:Benjamin Davies , British actor Ben Davies , Australian rules footballer*Ben Davies , English footballer... v Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
Special Achievement	Robbie Savage Robbie Savage Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...

Reserves

The fixtures for the 2010–11 The Central League Division One Central Section were announced on 9 July 2010, with the season beginning on 17 August 2010 and ending on 20 April 2011. The season opened with an away trip to Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

and will end at home to Barnsley

Barnsley F.C.

Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...

. The reserve side will attempt to defend the title won the previous season, and moved to Belper Town

Belper Town F.C.

-History:They were established in 1883 and joined the Midland League in 1961. After the 1981–82 season, Belper Town joined the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, winning the title in 1984–85...

's Christchurch Meadow ground, rather than Alfreton Town

Alfreton Town F.C.

Alfreton Town F.C. is an English football club based in Alfreton, Derbyshire. The club was reformed after a merger between Alfreton Miners Welfare and Alfreton United in 1959...

's Impact Arena

North Street (stadium)

North Street also known as the Impact Arena is a football stadium in Alfreton, Derbyshire. It is the home of Alfreton Town F.C. who currently play in the Conference National. Capacity is 3,600 with 1,500 seats....

where they had spent the previous two years, in an attempt to take the reserve team out across Derbyshire.

Results

Pre-season

Date	Competition	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
23 July 2010	Friendly	Matlock Town Matlock Town F.C. Matlock Town F.C. is an English football club based at Causeway Lane in Matlock, Derbyshire.-History:The club was established in the late 1870s and have competed in the Central Alliance and the Midland Counties League before reaching the Northern Premier League.In the 1974–75 season the club won...	A	2–2	Hendrick , Chipperfield	378
28 July 2010	Bass Charity Vase Bass Charity Vase The Bass Charity Vase is a football tournament founded in 1889 in Burton Upon Trent. It has played in all but 2 years since 1890.The Bass Charity Vase most successful club is Burton Albion as teams from Burton formed to create Burton Albion therefore there combined amount of titles totals 26. But...	Burton Albion Burton Albion F.C. Burton Albion Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The club's home ground is the Pirelli Stadium, having moved from Eton Park in 2005...	A Pirelli Stadium The Pirelli Stadium is an association football stadium on Princess Way in Burton upon Trent, East Staffordshire, England. It was built in 2005 and is the current home of Burton Albion F.C., replacing the club's old Eton Park home, also on Princess Way, which was demolished and developed into housing...	3–1	Varney , Martin	1,018
30 July 2010	Friendly	Solihull Moors Solihull Moors F.C. Solihull Moors F.C. is an English football club, founded in 2007 by the merger of Moor Green and Solihull Borough.The club plays its games at Damson Park, Solihull and competes in the Conference North.-History:...	A Damson Park Damson Park is a stadium in Damson Parkway, Solihull, West Midlands, England. It was the traditional home of Solihull Borough F.C. before they merged to become Solihull Moors. They currently share Damson Park with Birmingham and Solihull Bees and also have an agreement that allows Birmingham City...	2–0	Varney , Doyle	Unknown
3 August 2010	Friendly	Belper Town Belper Town F.C. -History:They were established in 1883 and joined the Midland League in 1961. After the 1981–82 season, Belper Town joined the Northern Counties East League Premier Division, winning the title in 1984–85...	A	1–1	Hulse	810

Division One Central

Date	Match No.	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Full Time F – A	Derby Scorers	Att.	Pos
17 August 2010	1	7.00pm	Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	A Vale Park Vale Park is a football stadium in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the home ground of Port Vale F.C., who have played at the ground since 1950....	1–5	Hendrick	??	7
25 August 2010	2	7.00pm	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	H	2–1	Ball , Doyle	350	5
8 September 2010	3	7.00pm	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	A	6–2	Ball , Hendrick , Doyle , Pringle , Richards	??	3
22 September 2010	4	2.00pm	Bradford City	H	1–0	Doyle	??	2
12 October 2010	5	7.00pm	Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...	A Don Valley Stadium The Don Valley Stadium is a stadium in Sheffield, England and is the home of Rotherham United F.C.. The stadium is an athletics stadium which has hosted major UK Athletic events and the 1991 World Student Games. Sheffield Eagles RLFC and Parramore Sports FC also use the stadium. It was designed by...	1–3	Ball	??	4
26 October 2010	6	7.00pm	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...	A Stocksbridge Park Steels F.C. Stocksbridge Park Steels Football Club is a football club based in Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England, playing in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The club was formed in 1986 after a merger between two other clubs, and initially played in the Northern Counties East League...	1–0	Doyle	??	3
17 November 2010	7	7.00pm	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	H	1–2	Pearson	??	5
12 January 2011	8	7.00pm	Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...	H	2–0	Mills , Ball	150	4
2 March 2011	9	7.00pm	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...	H	2–0	Porter , Doyle	174	3
16 March 2011	10	7.00pm	Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	H	2–1	Croft , B.Davies	235	3
22 March 2011	11	7.00pm	Bradford City	A Valley Parade Valley Parade, also known as the Coral Windows Stadium through sponsorship rights, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It was built in 1886, and was the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club until 1903, when they changed code from rugby football to association...	2–1	B. Davies , Porter	??	1
29 March 2011	12	2.00pm	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	A	7-1	Halpin , Robinson , Ball , Cwyka	705	1
13 April 2011	13	7.00pm	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	H	3-0	Porter , Doyle	??	1
3 May 2011	14	7.00pm	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	A Bramall Lane -Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...	4-0	Porter , Croft	??	1

Totesport Cup

Date	Round	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers
20 October 2010	Group Stage	2.00pm	Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...	H	3–3	Doyle , Ball
10 November 2010	Group Stage	7.00pm	Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....	A Sincil Bank Sincil Bank is a football stadium in Lincoln, England and has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since the club's 1884 inception. Sincil Bank has an overall capacity of 10,120 and is colloquially known to fans as "The...	1–4	Dillon
9 February 2011	Group Stage	7.00pm	Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...	A	2–0	Pringle , Boulding

Derbyshire Senior Cup

Derby entered the 2011 Derbyshire Senior Cup

Derbyshire Senior Cup

The Derbyshire Senior Cup is a local county football cup for teams based in the county of Derbyshire. It's final is traditionally held at Derby County's Pride Park Stadium....

for the first time in 25 years and were given a bye to the 3rd round of the competition. A 14-1 thrashings of Shirebrook Town

Shirebrook Town F.C.

Shirebrook Town F.C. are a football club based in Shirebrook, England. They are currently in Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League and play at Langwith Road.-History:...

set the tone for Derby's role in the competition, as they scored 24 goals on there way to victory in the competition to earn the reserves second piece of silverware in two seasons.

Date	Round	K.O.	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers
5 January 2011	3rd Round	7.45pm	Shirebrook Town Shirebrook Town F.C. Shirebrook Town F.C. are a football club based in Shirebrook, England. They are currently in Division One of the Northern Counties East Football League and play at Langwith Road.-History:...	H	14–1	Pringle , Martin , Hendrick , Cywka , Addison , Davies , Davey (O.G.) , Ball , Witham
19 January 2011	Quarter Finals	7.45pm	Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...	H	3–3 (a.e.t.) 4–1 (Pens)	Cole , Hendrick , Cwyka
16 February 2011	Semi Finals	7.45pm	Glapwell Glapwell F.C. Glapwell F.C. are a football club based in Glapwell, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England.-History:The club were formed in 1985 and joined the Central Midlands Football League Division One in 1989. They reached the 2nd round of the FA Vase in the 1996–97 season...	A	2–0	Boulding , Ayala
20 April 2011	Final	7.45pm	Buxton Buxton F.C. Buxton Football Club are an English football club based in Buxton, Derbyshire. They were established in 1877 and joined the Combination League in 1891. They then joined the Manchester League in 1899 and won the championship in 1932. They reached the 3rd round of the FA Cup in the 1951-52 season....	N	5-0	Ball , Hendrick , Doyle , Cole

Player statistics

Pos.	Name	League		Tote Cup		DS Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MF	Republic of the Congo Abalimba	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	England Addison Miles Addison Miles Vivien Esifi Addison is an English footballer who currently plays for Barnsley from Derby County in the Npower Championship. Addison can play as both a central defender or a central midfielder....	4	0	0	0	2	1	6	1
DF	Scotland Anderson Russell Anderson Russell James Anderson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Championship side Derby County as a cente back...	6	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
GK	England Atkins Ross Atkins Ross Michael Atkins is an English football goalkeeper currently playing for Burton Albion on loan from Derby County.-Club career:...	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
DK	Spain Ayala	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
MF	England Bailey James Bailey (footballer) James Joseph Bailey is an English footballer currently playing for Derby County in The Championship...	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
FW	England Ball Callum Ball Callum Reece Ball is a professional footballer, currently playing for Football League Championship side Derby County. He plays as a striker.-Playing career:...	10/4	5	3	2	2/2	3	15/6	10
FW	England Bennett Mason Bennett Mason Kane Bennett is an English professional footballer, who plays as a forward for Derby County in the Football League Championship. He has also represented England Youth at U-16 and U-17 Level...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
FW	England Boulding Michael Boulding Michael Thomas Boulding is an English professional footballer. He can play as a forward or as a winger, and had previously been a promising young tennis player, ranking among the top 20 players in Britain...	4	0	1	1	1	1	6	2
FW	Spain Bueno Alberto Bueno Alberto Bueno Calvo is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid. He mainly operates as a second striker, but can also appear as a left winger.-Real Madrid:...	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
DF	England Buxton Jake Buxton Jake Buxton is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Derby County.-Mansfield Town:Buxton came up through the youth system at Mansfield, winning the Youth Team Player of the Year award in 2002, and made his first-team debut in October 2002 in a Football League Trophy match...	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
GK	England Bywater Stephen Bywater Stephen Michael Bywater, is an English professional football player who plays as a goalkeeper. He has made appearances for seven clubs, most notably his current club Derby County, where he won the 2007 Championship Playoff final and West Ham United, where he spent eight seasons and made over 60...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	England Cole	6/5	0	2/1	0	2/1	2	10/7	2
MF	Republic of Ireland Connolly Ryan Connolly Ryan Connolly is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing for Scottish First Division side Ayr United on loan from Football League Championship side Derby County...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
FW	England Cowan-Hall Paris Cowan-Hall Paris Dedan Joseph Cowan-Hall is an English professional footballer who plays for Woking. He has previously played for Portsmouth and Grimsby Town.-Portsmouth:...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	England Croft Lee Croft Lee Robert Croft is an English footballer who plays as a right winger in Championship side Derby County....	7	2	1	0	3	0	11	2
FW	Poland Cwyka Tomasz Cywka Tomasz Cywka , is a Polish footballer who plays for Derby County.-Club career:Cywka was part of the winning U-19 Gwarek Zabrze team which captured the 2006 Polish U-19 Championship.-Wigan:...	2	1	0	0	2	3	4	4
MF	England B. Davies Ben Davies (footballer) Benjamin James Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Derby County.-Early career:...	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2
FW	England S. Davies Steve Davies (footballer) Steven Gary "Steve" Davies is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Derby County.-Tranmere Rovers:...	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1
GK	Republic of Ireland Deeney Saul Deeney Saul Deeney is a footballer who plays for Derby County as a goalkeeper. He has previously represented the Republic of Ireland at Youth and under-21 level.-Club career:...	5	0	2	0	3	0	10	0
FW	Republic of Ireland Dillon	0/1	0	1	1	1	0	2/1	1
FW	United States Doyle Conor Doyle Conor Doyle is an Irish-American soccer player who plays for Derby County.-Youth career:...	9	6	2	1	3	1	14	8
GK	England Duke Matt Duke Matthew "Matt" Duke is an English footballer who plays for Bradford City as a goalkeeper.-Career:Duke began his career playing for a pub football side in Bradway, Sheffield. He joined Hull City on 23 July 2004 from Burton Albion for a fee of £20,000, which could rise to £60,000 depending on...	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Wales Evans	0/1	0	1	0	2	0	3/1	0
DF	Australia Galinski	4/4	0	2	0	0/1	0	6/5	0
DF	England Garton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	England Hanson	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
MF	England Halpin Saul Halpin Saul Halpin is an English midfield footballer who plays for Torquay United.-Torquay United:Halpin signed his second professional contract at Torquay United on 9 July 2010, months after signing his first professional contract, signing a three-year contract extension.Halpin came through United's...	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3

Pos.	Name	League		Tote Cup		DS Cup		Total
Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DF	Republic of Ireland Hegarty	0/3	0	0/1	0	0	0	0/4	0
MF	Republic of Ireland Hendrick Jeff Hendrick Jeffrey Hendrick is an Irish professional footballer, currently playing as a midfielder for English Football League Championship side Derby County...	11	3	3	0	4	6	18	9
DF	United States Holden Euan Holden Euan Holden is an American professional soccer player who currently plays for Stockport County in the Conference National...	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
DF	England Jones	4/4	0	1/1	0	0/1	0	5/6	0
DF	Republic of Ireland Keane	3/2	0	1	0	1	0	5/2	0
MF	Republic of Ireland Kelly Graham Kelly (footballer) Graham Kelly is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who currently plays for League of Ireland Premier Division side Bray Wanderers-Career:...	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
DF	England Leacock Dean Leacock Dean Leacock is an English footballer of Barbadian descent. He currently plays for Championship side Derby County, primarily as a centre back, but he can also play as a right back or a defensive midfielder....	6	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
MF	England Martin Dave Martin (footballer born 1985) David John "Dave" Martin is an English footballer, who plays for Derby County. He plays in midfield.-Early career:Martin was spotted at the age of 10 by Brighton & Hove Albion before moving to Kent based Slade Green and then Dartford...	7	0	1	0	1	1	9	1
FW	England McElroy	0	0	0/2	0	0	0	0/2	0
MF	Guinea-Bissau Mendy Arnaud Mendy Arnaud Mendy is a naturalized Bissau-Guinean footballer who plays as a midfielder who currently plays for Macclesfield Town.-Career:...	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
FW	England Mills Greg Mills (footballer) Gregory Adam Mills is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a midfielder.-Career:Mills progressed through the ranks at Derby and was a regular part of the Derby County Reserves pre-season for the 2009/10 season, scoring twice...	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
DF	England Moxey Dean Moxey Dean William Moxey is an English professional footballer who plays for Championship side Crystal Palace. He is a left-sided player, comfortable at either left back or on the left side of midfield. He has been capped by England at semi-professional level.-Exeter City:Moxey began his career as a...	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	England Noble Ryan Noble Ryan Noble is an English footballer who plays for Sunderland as a striker.-Sunderland:A product of the club's youth academy, Noble made his first professional appearance for Sunderland on 2 January 2010, coming on as a substitute for Darren Bent in a 3–0 FA Cup victory against Barrow at the...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	Republic of Ireland O'Brien Mark O'Brien (footballer born 1992) Mark O'Brien is a Republic of Ireland youth international footballer who plays as a central defender for Derby County. His older brother Jamie O'Brien is also a professional footballer...	5/1	0	2	0	0/1	0	7/2	0
DF	England Okai	0/1	0	0	0	0	0	0/1	0
FW	England Porter Chris Porter (footballer born 1983) Christopher John "Chris" Porter is an English footballer, who currently plays for Sheffield United. Born in Wigan, England he has also played for Bury, Oldham Athletic, Motherwell and Derby County.-Early career:...	5	7	1	0	1	0	7	7
FW	Scotland Pearson Stephen Pearson Stephen Paul Pearson is a Scottish footballer who plays for Bristol City, on loan from Derby County in the English Championship. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.-Early career:Pearson was born in Lanark...	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
MF	England Pringle Ben Pringle Ben Pringle is an English professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Rotherham United.-Career:Pringle started his career as a trainee with West Bromwich Albion, and later played for Newcastle Blue Star and Morpeth Town. He then joined Ilkeston Town, and helped them gain...	9	1	2	1	4	2	15	4
MF	England Richards	0/6	1	0/1	0	0	0	0/7	1
FW	England Robinson Theo Robinson Theo Laroyan R. S. Robinson is an English footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County.-Watford:...	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
DF	Wales Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
DF	Wales Rowe-Turner Lathaniel Rowe-Turner Lathaniel Alanzo Rowe-Turner , is an English footballer who plays for Torquay United.-Leicester City:...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
DF	England Sansara Netan Sansara Netan Nico Sansara is an English footballer who plays for PAEEK as a left back. He has played for Dundee in the Scottish First Division, and has also played for Walsall.-Early life:...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
GK	England Severn James Severn James Alexander R. M. Severn is an English footballer who plays for Derby County, as a goalkeeper. He is currently on loan at Eastwood Town until 31 December 2011.-Football career:...	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	Australia Sunasky	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	England Victor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
MF	England Witham	4/6	0	1/2	0	0/4	1	5/12	1

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