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Derby County F.C. Development Squad And Academy
Derby County Reserves and Academy are the youth teams of Derby County. The reserve team is made up of under-23 players, and is effectively Derby County's second-string side. The under-18 players among other younger age groups make up the academy team. They play in the Premier League 2, the highest tier of reserve team football in England. Derby's academy is Category 1, the highest classification in England under the Elite Player Performance Plan. Under-21 squad Under-18 squad Honours Reserves/U21 team * The Central League **Champions: 1935–36, 1971–72, 1985–86, 2024–25 * Premier Reserve League **Southern Champions: 1999–2000, 2000–01 *Premier League 2 **Division 2 Champions: 2015–16 *Derbyshire Senior Cup **Champions: 1891–92, 1951–52, 2010–11 Academy team *U18 Premier League The Professional Development League is a system of English youth football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, which is the home ground of English Football League club Derby County. With a capacity of 33,597, it is the 16th-largest football ground in England. Pride Park is a business park on the outskirts of Derby city centre, and the stadium was built as part of the commercial redevelopment of the area in the 1990s. Derby County have played at the ground since it opened in 1997 as a replacement for the Baseball Ground. Pride Park has hosted two full international matches, England v. Mexico in 2001 and Brazil v. Ukraine in 2010, several England under-21 matches, and the 2009 FA Women's Cup final. It also hosted the 2025 Women's League Cup Final. History Planning and development Before moving to the Pride Park Stadium, Derby County had played at the Baseball Ground since 1895. Although at its peak the ground had held over 40,000 (the record attendance being 41,826 for a match against Tottenham Hotspur in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clowes Developments
Clowes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838–1904), American painter * Cyril Clowes (1892–1968), Australian soldier * Daniel Clowes (born 1961), Alternative cartoonist and screenwriter * Hannah Clowes (born 1991), English gymnast * Henry Clowes (1863–1899), English cricketer * John Clowes (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer * John Clowes (priest) (1743–1831), English Anglican cleric and Swedenborgian * Nick Laird-Clowes (born 1957), English musician and composer * Ronald M. Clowes, Canadian geophysicist * Samuel Clowes (Conservative politician) (1821–1898), English Conservative politician, MP for North Leicestershire 1868–1880 * Samuel Clowes (Labour politician) (1864–1928), English Labour politician, MP for Hanley 1924–1928 * Sue Clowes, English designer * Thomas Clowes (1791–1866), New York politician * Waliyato Clowes, Papua New Guinean politician * William Clowes (Primitive Methodist) (1780–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Maye
Daniel Peter Christopher Maye (born 14 July 1982) is an English former professional footballer who now works as a football coach. Playing career Port Vale Maye started his career with Second Division Port Vale, making his debut as a 67th minute substitute in a 5–0 win over Cambridge United at Vale Park on 5 October 2001, replacing Ian Armstrong. Eleven days later, he played the second half of the Football League Trophy clash with Carlisle United, replacing fellow youngster Alex Gibson. Vale scored twice in six minutes to turn the game around 2–1. His final appearance was on 6 April 2002, replacing Marc Bridge-Wilkinson with eight minutes to go of a goalless home draw with Bournemouth. Southend United He joined Southend United on a free transfer for the start of the 2002–03 season. He made his debut for the Third Division club on 17 August 2002, replacing Phil Whelan late into a 3–2 defeat to Shrewsbury Town at Roots Hall. His next match was in the League Cup F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Johnson
Bradley Paul Johnson (born 28 April 1987) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a central midfielder. Johnson in a 20-year senior career played for Waltham Forest F.C., Waltham Forest, Cambridge United F.C., Cambridge United, Northampton Town F.C., Northampton Town, Gravesend and Northfleet F.C., Gravesend & Northfleet, Stevenage F.C., Stevenage Borough, Leeds United F.C., Leeds United, Norwich City F.C., Norwich City, Derby County F.C., Derby County, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers and Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton Keynes Dons. He ended his career as player-coach for Derby County F.C. Reserves and Academy, Derby County's under-21 team. Early life Born in London Borough of Hackney, Hackney, Greater London, Johnson was a keen motorcyclist as a child. Johnson's grandfather was originally from the United States. He started his career at his boyhood team Arsenal F.C., Arsenal but was released by the club when he was 15 years old. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Development League
The Professional Development League is a system of Football in England, English youth association football, football leagues that are managed, organised and controlled by the Premier League or by the Football League. It was introduced by the The Football Association, Football Association via the Elite Player Performance Plan in 2012. The system was introduced in early 2012 and was active for the first time during the 2012–13 season. It is a successor to the Premier Reserve League, Premier Academy League and Football Combination. The Football League Youth Alliance makes up League 2 of the under-18 system. The system covers the under-18 and under-21 groups. Previously, clubs participating in the Premier Reserve League (the highest level of reserve football in England) were removed from the competition if their first team in the Premier League were relegated and replaced with a promoted team. Under the Professional Development League system, Premier League reserves teams' league ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derby County F
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area on the River Derwent in Derbyshire, England. Derbyshire is named after Derby, which was its original county town. As a unitary authority, Derby is administratively independent from Derbyshire County Council. The population of Derby is (). The Romans established the town of Derventio, which was later captured by the Anglo-Saxons and then by the Vikings who made one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era and was home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory and it contains the southern part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. With the arrival of the railways in the 19th century, Derby became a centre of the British rail industry. Despite having a cathedral since 1927, Derby did not gain city status until 1977. Derby is a centre for advanced transport manufacturing. It is home to engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and Alstom (formerly Bombardier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elite Player Performance Plan
The Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) is a youth development scheme initiated by the Premier League. The intention of the EPPP is to improve the quality and quantity of home-grown players produced by top English clubs. Measures introduced by the EPPP to free up movement of younger players by establishing a hierarchy of association football academies in England and fixing the transfer fees between academies have proved controversial and some smaller clubs closed their academies in response to the changes. Support The EPPP was accepted by the 72 member clubs of the Football League on 20 October 2011. The clubs voted 46 in favour and 22 against, with three no-shows and one abstention. Principles and focus The Premier League published the following list of principles upon which the EPPP was designed after its ratification by the members of the Football League: * Increase the number and quality of home-grown players gaining professional contracts in the clubs and playing first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Robinson (footballer)
Darren Robert Russell Robinson (born 29 December 2004) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Derby County. Robinson spent his youth career in his native Northern Ireland at Portadown, before joining Dungannon Swifts in 2019, where he made his first team debut in 2021. In May 2021, Robinson moved to England and signed with Derby County, making his debut for the first team in April 2022. Robinson had a loan spell at Hartlepool United from August to October 2024. Club career Having joined the club from Portadown in 2019, Robinson signed his first professional contract with Dungannon Swifts in January 2021. During the 2020–21 season, he spent time training at English clubs Fleetwood Town, Stoke City and Derby County. He made his first-team debut for Dungannon Swifts on 29 May 2021 as a late substitute against Glenavon, and it was announced that Robinson had joined EFL Championship club Derby County on a three-year professional contract two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lennon Wheeldon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's Lennon–McCartney, songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. Born in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the Skiffle revival, skiffle craze as a teenager. In 1956, he formed the Quarrymen, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Lennon initially was the group's ''de facto'' leader, a role he gradually seemed to cede to McCartney, writing and co-writing songs with increasing innovation, including "Strawberry Fields Forever", which he later cited as his finest work with the band. Lennon soon expanded his work into other media by participating in numerous films, including ''How I Won the War'', and authoring ''In His Own Write'' and ''A Spaniard in the Works'', both collections of literary nonsense, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
