Match Day Thread Derby County vs QPR

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Derby County vs QPR
The Championship
Saturday 5th October 2024 - 15:00
Pride Park Stadium

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How to get there;
Drive : 2 hours 52 minutes (127 miles) via M1
Train : 2 hours 47 minutes via tube to St Pancras International, then mainline to Derby, then a 0.9 mile walk.
Bike : 13 hr 22 min (153 miles) via National Cycle Rte 6

Previous meetings;
Games won: 20
Games drawn: 20
Games lost: 23

Ones to remember;
07 Feb 1970 Queens Park Rangers v Derby County W 1-0 FA Cup
23 Aug 1975 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers W 1-5 League Division One
04 Sep 1982 Queens Park Rangers v Derby County W 4-1 League Division Two
24 Oct 2009 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers W 2-4 League Championship
24 May 2014 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers W 0-1 League Championship Play-Offs

Ones to forget;
06 Mar 1948 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers L 5-0 FA Cup
17 Feb 1968 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers L 4-0 League Division Two
09 Nov 1974 Derby County v Queens Park Rangers L 5-2 League Division One

Players who have played for both;
Don Masson;
1974–1977 Queens Park Rangers 116 (18)
1977–1978 Derby County 23 (1)

Leighton James;
1975–1977 Derby County 68 (15)
1977–1978 Queens Park Rangers 28 (4)

Paul Goddard;
1977–1980 Queens Park Rangers 70 (23)
1988–1989 Derby County 49 (15)

Gordon Hill;
1978–1979 Derby County 24 (5)
1979–1981 Queens Park Rangers 14 (1)

Dave Webb;
1974–1977 Queens Park Rangers 116 (7)
1978–1980 Derby County 26 (1)

Steve Wicks;
1978–1979 Derby County 24 (0)
1979–1981 Queens Park Rangers 73 (0)
1981–1986 Queens Park Rangers 116 (6)

Gary Micklewhite;
1979–1985 Queens Park Rangers 97 (11)
1985–1993 Derby County 240 (31)

John Gregory;
1981–1985 Queens Park Rangers 161 (36)
1985–1988 Derby County 103 (22)

Danny Dichio;
1993–1997 Queens Park Rangers 75 (20)
2003 → Derby County (loan) 6 (1)

Mikkel Beck;
1999–2000 Derby County 18 (2)
1999 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 5 (1)
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (4)

Dean Sturridge;
1991–2001 Derby County 190 (53)
2005–2006 Queens Park Rangers 11 (0)

Ian Evatt;
1999–2003 Derby County 34 (0)
2005–2007 Queens Park Rangers 27 (0)

Kevin Lisbie;
2000–2001 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2 (0)
2006 → Derby County (loan) 7 (1)

Warren Barton;
2002–2003 Derby County 54 (0)
2003–2004 Queens Park Rangers 3 (0)

Dexter Blackstock;
2005 → Derby County (loan) 9 (3)
2006–2009 Queens Park Rangers 109 (30)

Paul Peschisolido;
2000 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 5 (1)
2004–2007 Derby County[A] 91 (20)

Adam Bolder;
2000–2007 Derby County 166 (11)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 40 (2)

Lee Camp;
2002–2007 Derby County 89 (0)
2004 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 12 (0)
2007 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)
2007–2009 Queens Park Rangers 50 (0)

Tommy Smith;
2004–2006 Derby County 90 (20)
2010–2012 Queens Park Rangers 50 (8)

Bob Malcolm;
2006–2008 Derby County 10 (0)
2007–2008 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 11 (0)

Rob Hulse;
2008–2010 Derby County 82 (28)
2010–2013 Queens Park Rangers 23 (2)

Tamas Priskin;
2010 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 13 (1)
2011–2012 → Derby County (loan) 5 (1)

Ravel Morrison;
2014 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 15 (6
2021-2023 Derby County 36 (4)

Managed both;
Jim Smith;
1985–1988 Queens Park Rangers
1995–2001 Derby County

Steve Mclaren;
2013–2015 Derby County
2016–2017 Derby County
2018–2019 Queens Park Rangers

Conor Washington;
2016–2018 Queens Park Rangers 92 (13)
2023– Derby County 19 (3)

Match Preview;
This is our first meeting against Derby since April 2022 due to their relegation in 2022. They finished 7th in their first season in League One, and then won promotion last season with a 2nd place finish. Their top scorer last year was James Collins, with 19 goals in all competitions...but he is yet to score in four games so far this season. They have lost five and won three so far this season, so sit in 13th place, with 9 points. They have lost their last three, and haven't won since beating Cardiff 1-0 on September 14th.

As for us, last night looked so promising until they scored...which has been so typical of this season so far. As soon as they scored, it looked like the game was gone. With one win in eight games, we sit two places and two points outside the relegation zone. Not promising. As has been discussed on other threads, Celar just hasn't clicked yet, and in a full 45 minutes last night really didn't offer much at all. Others can, and I hope you will, say below if you agree or disagree with me, but I feel either Frey or Celar upfront with others in support doesn't work. Those who should be pushing forward end up being pinned back and spend too much time just in front of the back four, and we invite pressure. Playing two up front would surely put us on the front foot, and give us more options when the ball gets into the opposition's final third.

Team news and manager comments to go up when on the official, enjoy if you are making the trip, and as always...

...COME ON YOU SUPER HOOPSA!!!

 

Cheers Dave.


If you're in a rut
You gotta get out of it, out of it, out of it, out of it, out of it
You're in a rut
You gotta get out of it, out of it, out of it
Out of it

With apologies to The Ruts.

 

Despite the above stats, I feel that in recent years we do well against Derby. Here's hoping!

 

It is only that the sheer euphoria of 2014 still hasn't worn off. Quite sad really. I almost added a video of Bobby's winner, but stopped myself as it was over ten years ago. Sad we don't have much to cheer about since then.

 

Fookin ****ers

He's one of our own.... Richard Keogh

 

Another one to remember...... FA Cup tie in 1970 at HQ.... we were 2nd division and they 1st division.....played on a mud heap and Dave Mackay kicked Rodney black and blue..... still we had the last laugh as Mackay scored an own goal for our 1-0 win......

 

This got me staring at the ram boys

 

Nice one...added. According to my source, attendance that day was 27,685. Different times.

 

Ian Evatt. Fondly remembered.

 

Wasn't Rooney playing for Derby when he sent a cross field pass in our defensive half straight to Eze who ran through the whole park and laid it off for us to score the winner?

 

Tamas Priskin cruelly overlooked again.

 

Yes, I think that's correct.

 

My second favourite clip after the Bobby Dazzler.

 

Also there was a lovely 4-2 from 2-0 down in that weird period where Jim Magilton had us playing like Brazil. On BBC for some reason with Savage playing for them.

 

Once upon a time we did win Cup games.

 

Who was there at Pride Park for that moment of historical importance when Macauley Bonne scored a goal for us before his rapid descent through the Leagues.

 

That was some performance, a similar result is badly needed...

 

Tommy Smith left out of the mutual hall of fame. Shocked and appalled @daverangers

 

Kevin Lisbie I had to check played for us but will go down in history as a stalwart for both us and Derby.

Some notable players who in my head played for Derby and certainly feel Derby but turns out never did: Leon Clarke, Peter Ramage, Tony Thorpe, Steven Caulker, Jerome Thomas.

 

I'm hoping that this is a good omen for Saturday:
My son just bought a new car the number plate ends in OBZ.