The Derby County Herald
Market14 Sep 2026
Jacob Widell Zetterström hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Derby County can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Sep 2026
Derby County turn down Burnley for Max Johnston
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Bobby Clark at 21 — 8.17
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bobby Clark did not need any: 8.17, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Match12 Sep 2026
Derby County cannot stop winning
3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Derry Murkin runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Sep 2026
Bobby Clark the difference as Derby County beat Millwall
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bobby Clark. 1‑0 against Millwall, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
A masterclass from Sam Szmodics
Marked 8.07 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
Somebody else is better right now than Henrik Meister
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
The dugout14 Sep 2026
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Liam Allen, on a 1‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
In brief
- The dugout Henrik Meister knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Nothing got past Sondre Langås
- Looking ahead Callum Elder faces his old club