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Derby County F.C. Reserves 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 Division 2, the second tier of reserve team football in England, after relegation from Division 1 in 2022. Derby's academy is Category 1, the highest classification in England under the 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 th .... Under-21 squad Under-18 squad References External links Derby County Under-23sat dcfc.co.uk Derby County Under-18sat dcfc.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Derby County F.C. Reserves and Academy Reserves Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Park Stadium
Pride Park Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Derby, England, that 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 and the 20th-largest stadium in the United Kingdom. Located on Pride Park, a business park on the outskirts of Derby city centre, 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 their former home, the Baseball Ground. Due to sponsorship, the venue was officially known as the iPro Stadium between 2013 and 2016. Pride Park has hosted two full international matches, England v. Mexico in 2001 and Brazil v. Ukraine in 2010, and several England under-21 matches. It was also the venue of the 2009 Women's FA Cup Final. History Planning and development Before moving to the Pride Park Stadium, Derby County had played at the Baseball Ground since 1895 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Wassall
Darren Paul James Wassall (born 27 June 1968) is an English football coach and former player who played as a defender. He has been academy director of Derby County since 2009; he was also the club's head coach on a temporary basis during 2016. He played for Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Birmingham City and Burton Albion, and also had loan spells with Hereford United, Bury and Manchester City, making a total of 177 Football League appearances. Footballer Wassall began his career in 1984 at Nottingham Forest, where he was a product of the youth system. He failed to win a regular first-team place, although he was a reliable stand-in to the likes of Des Walker, and was loaned out to Hereford United and Bury. Despite his limited opportunities, Wassall featured in two finals for Forest, winning a medal in the 1992 Full Members Cup 3–2 victory over Southampton (having scored his one and only Forest goal in the semi-final second leg against Leicester City at the City Ground) and pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Walker (footballer)
Justin Matthew Walker (born 6 September 1975) is an English football coach and former player, who is the joint assistant head coach at EFL Championship club Hull City. As a player he was a midfielder who made more than 300 Football League appearances for six different clubs from 1997 to 2006. He notably played for Scunthorpe United and Lincoln City having come through the Nottingham Forest academy. He later played professionally for Exeter City, Cambridge United, York City and Chester City before finishing his career in Non-league football with Ilkeston Town and FC Halifax Town. He has previously had a spell as interim manager of Derby before the appointment of Wayne Rooney. Playing career As a youngster, Walker represented England at youth and schoolboy level and signed professional forms with Nottingham Forest in September 1992. But he failed to break into the first-team with Forest and joined Scunthorpe United in March 1997. Walker was a regular with United until he moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Development League
The Professional Development League is a system of 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, under-21 and under-23 age 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 status is not di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
