Derby County F.C.–Leicester City F.C. rivalry
| Other names | East Midlands derby |
|---|---|
| Locale |
Derby Leicester (England) |
| Teams |
Derby County Leicester City |
| First meeting | 10 February 1894 |
| Latest meeting |
Leicester City 3–1 Derby County FA Cup Fourth round replay (8 February 2017) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 108 |
| Most wins | 46 (Derby County) |
| Largest victory |
Leicester Fosse 6–0 Derby County Leicester Fosse 0–6 Derby County |
The fixture between Leicester City and Derby County is a football rivalry in the East Midlands. The fixture is often called an East Midlands derby. Although both clubs have a strong mutual dislike of each other, they both consider Nottingham Forest their main rivals.[1]
Overall record
- Derby County: 46 wins
- 28 draws
- Leicester City 34 wins
Historically, Derby have a better record against Leicester beating them 46 times in 108 meetings. Leicester have won 34 meetings with 28 ending in draws. However, in recent years Leicester have dominated the fixture, having won 8 of the last 9 meetings. In fact, a Derby player didn't score against Leicester from 2007 until Theo Robinson scored against them in the Championship game on 1 December 2012.
Crossing the divide
During both Derby and Leicester's history several players have played for both clubs and a manager has managed both.
Players
Derby then Leicester
- Johnny McMillan
- Jack Bowers
- Tommy Eggleston
- David McCulloch
- Johnny Morris
- Willie Carlin
- Gerry Daly
- Dave Langan
- Gary Mills, also played for Nottingham Forest and Notts County
- Bobby Davison
- Ian Ormondroyd
- Phil Gee
- Gary Rowett
- Dean Sturridge
- Jacob Laursen
- Lee Morris
- Steve Howard
- Matt Oakley[2]
- Chris Powell
- Marc Edworthy
- James Vaughan
Leicester then Derby
- Mick O'Brien
- John Summers
- David Nish
- David Webb
- Trevor Christie, also played for Nottingham Forest and Notts County.
- Mark Wallington
- Mark Grew
- Peter Shilton
- Ian Wilson
- Paul Kitson
- Gary Charles
- Russell Hoult
- Ashley Ward
- Spencer Prior
- Chris Makin
- Kevin Poole
- Ryan Smith
- Robbie Savage – played for Birmingham City and Blackburn Rovers in between.
- Paul Dickov – loaned to Derby County from Leicester in 2009.[3]
- Jordan Stewart
- Lee Hendrie
- DJ Campbell
- David Martin
- Zak Whitbread
- Michael Keane – loaned to Leicester City, and later Derby County, from Manchester United
- Jesse Lingard – loaned to Leicester City, and later Derby County, from Manchester United
- David Nugent
Managers and staff
- Nigel Pearson – managed Leicester in 2 separate spells, left Derby by mutual consent on the 8th of October 2016
- Kevin Phillips – Player and coach at Leicester, later first team coach at Derby
Results since 2006
- Derby County win Leicester City win Draw
Notable results
Hooliganism
Games between the two teams, like the majority of local derbies in English football, have resulted in a number of football hooliganism incidents.
After a Football League Cup game between the two sides in 1985 which saw Leicester eliminated at the hands of Derby, there was a widespread "riot".[20]
In October 2009, James Underwood, a Derby supporter aligned with the firm Derby Lunatic Fringe was involved in an incident with Leicester supporters. In May 2010, Underwood was then banned from attending football matches for three years for his role in that incident, among other separate clashes involving supporters of Everton, Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday.[21]
Trivia
- The Highest scoring game between the two sides ended 5–2 to Derby County in the 1928/29 English football season. The year Leicester achieved what was until their Premier League title win in 2015–16 their highest ever league finish, 2nd in Division One (now the Premier League)[22]
- Leicester have a 100% record on neutral ground beating Derby 2–1 in the 1993/94 Play-off finals for promotion to the Premier League.[22]
- The last time Derby beat Leicester away from home was 3–0 in 2002. The year both clubs were relegated from the Premier League. Leicester won the reverse fixture 3–2.[22]
- Leicester have never scored against Derby in the FA Cup losing 6–0 in 1910, 3–0 in 1894 and drawing 0–0 in the clubs first ever meeting the year before.[22]
- According to the Football fan census, Leicester and Derby are 'traditional' rivals.
- Leicester as well as Forest refer to Derby as 'the sheep', a reference to their nickname being the Rams.[22]
- Of the two clubs, Leicester have a better record against Nottingham Forest.[22]
- Leicester's 4–0 win over Derby in 1999 remains the shortest amount of time any club has scored four goals in a Premier League match.[23]
References
- ↑ http://www.thefootballnetwork.net/main/s237/st127055.htm
- ↑ "Oakley secures Leicester switch". BBC Sport. 11 January 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "Dickov secures Derby County move". BBC Sport. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "Leicester City 3–1 Derby County". BBC Sport. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Derby 2 – 2 Leicester". BBC Sport. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ "Leicester 4 – 1 Derby". BBC Sport. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Derby 0 – 1 Leicester". BBC Sport. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
- ↑ "Derby 2 – 1 Leicester". BBC Sport. 16 March 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ "Leicester 4 – 1 Derby". BBC Sport. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ Edwards, John (24 February 2012). "Derby 0 Leicester 1: Danns the main man as Foxes continue to climb". Daily Mail. London.
- ↑ "Leicester 4 -0 Derby". BBC Sport. 1 October 2011.
- ↑ "Derby 0 – 2 Leicester". BBC Sport. 12 February 2011.
- ↑ "Leicester 2 – 0 Derby". BBC Sport. 13 November 2010.
- ↑ "Derby 1 – 0 Leicester". BBC Sport. 27 March 2010.
- ↑ "Leicester 0–0 Derby", BBC News, 17 October 2009
- ↑ "Leicester 1–1 Derby". BBC Sport. 6 April 2007. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "DERBY 1–0 LEICESTER". Sunday People. 26 November 2006. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ Rae, Richard (15 February 2006). "Luck deserts Kelly as Leicester are held in relegation battle". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
- ↑ "Walsh's double does it for Leicester". New Straits Times. 1 June 1994. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ↑ "British 'hooligans' riot after soccer loss". The Herald. Rock Hill. Associated Press. 9 October 1985. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Football ban for hooligan as he is told to hand over his passport". Derby Telegraph. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 LTD, Digital Sports Group. "Derby County vs Leicester City Complete Head to Head Statistics - Footymad". www.footymad.net. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ "Sunday football". BBC Sport. 29 April 2012.