The Derby County Herald
Match30 Nov 2027
Nowhere to hide for Derby County
1‑4 against Middlesbrough, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Isidro Pitta scores twice — 8.54
Two goals and a mark of 8.54 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
Dom Ballard: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Derby County have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market6 Dec 2027
Lewis Travis raises the bar for Derby County
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Derby County heard it as anything else.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Words exchanged at Derby County
Dayann Methalie and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout6 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Wataru Endo
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match4 Dec 2027
Isidro Pitta sends Derby County past Leyton Orient
It finished 2‑1, and it was Isidro Pitta’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Derby County.
Market6 Dec 2027
One of our own: Stephen Watson joins the Derby County first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Stephen Watson is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market6 Dec 2027
Derby County promote Daniel Atkinson from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniel Atkinson has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Michael Johnson steps up from the Derby County academy
- Boardroom Inquest at Derby County
- The dugout Jurriën Timber is still being punished for one mistake