#SaveDerbyCounty
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#SaveDerbyCounty
by DavidLaneLRPS
AnextraordinaryeventtookplaceinDerbyonSunday30th January2022.
Over10,000fansmarchedfromthecitycentretoPrideParkStadium,insupportoftheclubduringits latestcrisis.Theclubhasanincrediblypassionatesupporterbaseandisanimportantpartofthelife ofthecityandthesurroundingareas.
IdecidedtodocumentthemarchasitassembledintheMarketPlaceandsetoffonthemileorso routetothePrideParkStadium,wheretheRamswereduetoplayBirminghamCitythata�ernoon. Thoughgood-natured,thefeelingofdetermina�onandlovefortheRamsamongthesupporters,was palpable.
UndertheinspiredleadershipofmanagerWayneRooney,thediminishingpoolofplayersisfigh�ng hardtosurviveintheChampionship,graduallyclawingtheirwayupthetableandhopingtoescape fromtherelega�onzone.
DerbyCountywasoneofthe12foundermemberclubsoftheFootballLeaguein1888.It’soneofonly 10clubstohaveplayedeveryseasonintheleagueandhasonlybeenoutofthetop2�ersfor4 seasons.
Theclub’scompe��vepeakcameinthe1970swhenittwicewontheFirstDivision(nowthePremier League)andcompetedinmajorEuropeancompe��onsonfouroccasions,reachingtheEuropeanCup semi-finalsaswellaswinningseveralminortrophies.
Theclubisnostrangertofinancialcrises,havingsurvivedseveralsincethelate1980s.Asuccessionof ownersandmanagershasseentheclubyo-yobetweenthePremiershipandtheChampionship.The absolutelowpointwasinSeptember2021,whentheclubwasputintoadministra�on.Then,the EnglishFootballLeaguedockedtheclub21points,andimposedatransferban.
Fromthisseeminglyimpossibleposi�on,wehaveseenanextraordinaryba�leforsurvival.
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