Derby County Memories

Programme of the Week number 45 – Newcastle United v Derby County 1933/1934 - Derby County Memories The Rams travelled to St James’s Park to face Newcastle United on Saturday, 9 September 1933, still searching for their first victory of the season. Derby were the only Division One side yet to record...

Programme of the Week number 45 – Newcastle United v Derby County 1933/1934
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Programme of the Week number 44 - Bolton Wanderers v Derby County 1951/1952 - Derby County Memories Season 1951/52 had seen the Rams start off with three wins and three defeats in their opening six games and this inconsistency continued as the season progressed. By the turn of the year, the club’s ten victories had been mirrored by ten defeats and, though the club had won more than half their matches at the Baseball Ground, a poor away record, as well as a run of four straight defeats since Boxing Day (coupled with an early exit from... Read More Read More

Programme of the Week number 44 – Bolton Wanderers v Derby County 1951/1952
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Programme of the Week number 43 – Derby County v Leicester City Jubilee Fund August 1939 - Derby County Memories To mark the founding of the world’s first professional football league by William McGregor in 1888, which began with 12 clubs including Derby County, the Football League celebrated its Golden Jubilee ...

Programme of the Week number 43 – Derby County v Leicester City Jubilee Fund August 1939
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Programme of the Week number 42 – 1937/38 Brentford v Derby County - Derby County Memories Having joined the Football League in 1920 as founder members of the newly-created third tier of the professional game, Brentford spent most of that decade in the lower reaches of the Third Division (S...

Programme of the Week number 42 – 1937/38 Brentford v Derby County
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The Derby Football Memorabilia and Programme Fair returns to Nunsfield Social Club in Alvaston on Sunday 7 September.

Programme of the Week number 41 – Bilbao Tournament, August 1976
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Programme of the Week number 40 - Derby County v Millwall 1968/69 - Derby County Memories The promotion season of 1968/69 has gone down in history as laying the foundation for the club’s run of success in the early/mid 1970s, however it’s often forgotten that the season had actually starte...

Programme of the Week number 40 - Derby County v Millwall 1968/69
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Programme of the Week number 39 - Derby County v Stoke City 1937/38 - Derby County Memories The second half of the 1930s saw some of the most celebrated names in the club’s long history wear the shirt but without ever managing to get their hands on either of the two major trophies on offer. ...

Programme of the Week number 39 - Derby County v Stoke City 1937/38
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Programme of the Week number 38 – Leipzig v Derby County May 1967 (friendly) - Derby County Memories After the conclusion of the 1966/1967 season, a disappointing campaign where the Rams finished 17th in Division Two, the Rams embarked on a post-season tour of Germany to play a series of friendly fix...

Programme of the Week number 38 – Leipzig v Derby County May 1967 (friendly)
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Programme of the Week number 37 - Everton v Derby County 1953/1954 - Derby County Memories The end of the current season saw League football bid farewell to one of its most iconic stadiums when Everton, who had called it home since 1892, played their final match there before moving across t...

Programme of the Week number 37 – Everton v Derby County 1953/1954
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Programme of the Week number 36 – Granada & Malaga v Derby County August 1974 (Costa del Sol tournament) - Derby County Memories After a 0-0 draw against VfL Bochum in Germany, manager Dave Mackay and assistant Des Anderson took their Derby County side to Spain to compete in the Costa del Sol tournament as part of their prepara...

Programme of the Week number 36 – Granada & Malaga v Derby County August 1974 (Costa del Sol tournament)
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Programme of the Week number 35 - Southampton v Derby County 1963/64 - Derby County Memories When we read about yet another manager or top player criticising the number of fixtures scheduled, one of the most common ripostes is that players and managers “have it easy compared to how football u...

Programme of the Week number 35 - Southampton v Derby County 1963/64
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Programme of the Week number 34 - Jubilee Supper Menu 1 October 1934 - Derby County Memories Although not a matchday programme, this piece of memorabilia commemorates a significant moment in the history of Derby County. To mark the club’s golden jubilee, a celebratory supper was held on Monda...

Programme of the Week number 34 - Jubilee Supper Menu 1 October 1934
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Programme of the Week number 33 – 1974/75 Orient v Derby County [FA Cup] - Derby County Memories Season 1974/75 will always, of course, be remembered for Derby’s second League title in four seasons but what of their FA Cup campaign? The Third Round draw (which was now being shown live on Match of...

Programme of the Week number 33 – 1974/75 Orient v Derby County [FA Cup]
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Programme of the Week number 32 – Leeds United v Derby County 1934/1935 - Derby County Memories Without a win in four matches, Derby County travelled to Elland Road on Saturday 1 December 1934 to face Leeds United. All eyes were on Hughie Gallacher, the prolific Scottish forward recently signed ...

Programme of the Week number 32 – Leeds United v Derby County 1934/1935
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Programme of the Week number 31 – Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County 1936/37 - Derby County Memories Having finished runners-up to title winners Sunderland the previous season, Derby had entered the new season as one of half a dozen clubs expected to challenge for honours and had started off in great...

Programme of the Week number 31 – Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County 1936/1937
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Programme of the Week number 30 – Derby County v Manchester United 1938/1939 - Derby County Memories After 11 games of the 1938/1939 season, George Jobey’s Derby County side were flying high in Division One, sitting second with 16 points. They were level on points with leaders Everton, though the Tof...

Programme of the Week number 30 – Derby County v Manchester United 1938/1939
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Programme of the Week number 29 - 1929/30 Derby County v Bradford (Park Avenue) FA Cup - Derby County Memories The 1930s had begun with an air of optimism around the club with George Jobey’s team lying in third place in the table, five points behind leaders Sheffield Wednesday, and on a run of 7 wins from thei...

Programme of the Week number 29 - 1929/30 Derby County v Bradford (Park Avenue) FA Cup
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RamsTrust Meets Roger Davies - RamsTrust “What a fantastic experience it was, parading the trophy around the pitch” says former Rams striker Roger Davies as he fondly recalls the moments leading up to the final game of the 1974/1975 season a...

As we approach the 50th anniversary of our last Division One title, we are speaking to members of the historic 1974/1975 team for a series of special features. The first of these interviews is with former Rams striker Roger Davies. ramstrust.org.uk/wp/ramstrust...

Programme of the Week number 28 – Newport County v Derby County 1945/1946 Football League South - Derby County Memories In late October of the 1945/1946 season, Ted Magner’s Derby County team made the journey to Somerton Park in South Wales to face Newport County in the Football League South. Just a week earlier, the R...

Programme of the Week number 28 – Newport County v Derby County 1945/1946 Football League South
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Programme of the Week number 27 – Sunderland v Derby County 1946/47 - Derby County Memories Just under seven years (2,555 days, to be precise) since the outbreak of war put an abortive end to the 1939/40 Football League season, August 31, 1946, saw the resumption of the competition. There wa...

Programme of the Week number 27 – Sunderland v Derby County 1946/47
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Programme of the Week number 26 – Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County 1912/1913 - Derby County Memories Derby County concluded the 1911/12 season as Division Two champions with 54 points, edging out Chelsea on goal average after both teams finished level on points. After spending four years at Middlesbr...

Programme of the Week number 26 – Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County 1912/1913
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Programme of the Week number 25 - Derby v Newcastle United, 18 September 1926 - Derby County Memories George Jobey’s Rams suffered three consecutive away defeats at the start of the 1926/1927 season against Arsenal, Leeds, and Sheffield United. Their only victory came in the second game of the new cam...

Programme of the Week number 25 - Derby County v Newcastle United, 18 September 1926
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Programme of the Week Number 24 – Derby County v Chesterfield 1956/57 - Derby County Memories The mid-50s saw Derby drop to the third tier of the game for the first time in their history. Despite scoring 110 goals and recording 18 home wins, the fact that only one promotion place was available...

Programme of the Week Number 24 – Derby County v Chesterfield 1956/57
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Programme of the Week Number 23 – Derby v Arsenal 5 February 1947 (postponed) - Derby County Memories The winter of 1947 was one of the coldest on record in British history, with February the coldest month since 1895. Snowfall led to widespread disruption across the UK including the postponement of De...

Programme of the Week Number 23 – Derby v Arsenal 5 February 1947 (postponed)
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Programme of the Week Number 22 - Crystal Palace v Derby County 1966/67 - Derby County Memories Take any club in the country and ask a representative section of its adult supporters to list that club’s “Ten Top Players of All Time” and you would probably end up with a many players who would rece...

Programme of the Week Number 22 - Crystal Palace v Derby County 1966/67
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Programme of the Week Number 21 - Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County 12 March 1953 - Derby County Memories Derby were due to play at Spurs in a Division One fixture on Saturday 28 February 1953 but the game was postponed because of Tottenham’s involvement in the FA Cup quarter final at Birmingham that day....

Programme of the Week Number 21 – Tottenham Hotspur v Derby County 12 March 1953
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Programme of the Week number 20 - York City v Derby County 1934/1935 (FA Cup) - Derby County Memories Though not lifting the trophy until 1946, Derby’s FA Cup record in the 1930s was generally very good but it also threw up more than its fair share of tough away ties at lower-division clubs and when t...

Programme of the Week number 20 – York City v Derby County 1934/1935 (FA Cup)
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