Manager: Jim Smith
Ground: Pride Park
Last season: 17th
Players Out: Rory Delap £4m (Southampton), Stefano Eranio Free (Derby) Gerard Doherty (released)
Key Men: Like so many other sides, Derby find it easier to keep out the goals than score them and if it wasn't for the coming of age of Malcolm Christie, Derby may have found themselves in Division One. In goal, Mart Poom is proving to be one of the best shot-stoppers in the league and he needs to stay for Derby to make any lasting impressions this time around.
Ticket Prices: £20-£25
Programme Price: £2
How to get there: From the the M1, exit at Junction 25 and take the the A52 towards Derby. The ground is signposted off the A52 after about seven miles.
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