[78] and took 15 points for the final nine games to guide them to a 9th-placed finish. Of the players at the club when Cox arrive, the key man was Peter Taylor signing Bobby Davison, who became the first Derby player to hit 20 league goals in a single campaign since Kevin Hector in 196768 when he hit 24 goals in 46 matches to finish as the club's leading scorer for the third consecutive season. Clough had built a balanced team at Derby, one in which every player knew his job. Although the improved end to the season had given fresh hope that the impetus of the late 1990s could be revived, such plans were dashed when the club took 14 matches to record its first league win of the 200001 season beating Bradford City 10. Jewell was replaced by Nigel Clough, manager of local non-league club Burton Albion and son of the club's greatest ever manager Brian. After Steve Howard (the club's Player of the Season) netted his 18th and 19th goals of the season in a 21 win at St. Mary's in the first leg, a dramatic 120th-minute strike by former Ram Grzegorz Rasiak took the game to penalties after the match finished 32 to Southampton after extra time in the second leg at Pride Park. (Section 172.023, Texas Election Code). The second leg was won 41 for a 161 aggregate victory, but the club exited Europe at the second stage for the second consecutive season, crashing out 52 on aggregate to Greek side AEK Athens, with a 32 home defeat the club's first ever home defeat in European competition. Smith's cosmopolitan side, built as he felt there was "very little market for British players" in the increasingly import soaked Premiership,[13] recorded two consecutive top ten finishes in the 199798 (9th) and 199899 (8th) Premier League seasons, the first time the club had achieved this since Dave MacKay in the mid-1970s and flirted with qualification for Europe on both occasions. Murphy managed just 7 victories in his 35 games in charge of Derby, whilst adding 300,000 Derek Hales and 175,000 Gerry Daly to the team and oversaw a finish of just 15th, the club's lowest since they had returned to the top flight. Between December 1990 and April 1991 the club went a club record 20 games without a win and equalled the worst ever home league defeat when they crashed 71 at home to Liverpool. The application shall be filed with the county chair or the . During this period the Rams did secure their biggest ever victory, with a 120 home demolition of Finn Harps on 15 September 1976, with Kevin Hector grabbing 5 and Leighton James, a club record 310,000 capture from Burnley, and Charlie George each grabbing hat-tricks (Rioch scored the other). The Start 1900 to 1940 1946 FA Cup Winners 1946 to 1970 1970 to 1980 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2010 2010 to 2020 2020 to Present Day CLUB CONTACTS Club Telephone Number: 0871 472 1884 * Ticket Office: 0871 472 1884 * (opt 1) DCFC Megastore: 0333 011 0452 [58] Derby County CEO Tom Glick, said that the plans would help the club deal with the new Financial Fair Play regulations, due to be introduced in the Football League from 2012, as revenue from the Plaza was intended to be reinvested back into the club. Todd's tenure was a disaster as he recorded the shortest ever reign of a Derby manager, lasting just 98 days before he was sacked. [39] and although Jewell frantically tried to restructure the playing staff in the January 2008 transfer window, selling several players and bringing eight new players in, including Everton defender Alan Stubbs,[40] ex-England international defender Danny Mills on loan from Manchester City and Blackburn midfielder Robbie Savage[41] results did not improve and Derby's relegation was confirmed on 29 March 2008, the first time a club had been relegated from the division before April[42] and sealing the club's first immediate relegation following promotion in its history. Nothing specific was ever offered and the next board had to pay Gregory a seven figure settlement. Docherty was constantly engaged in the transfer market whilst at Derby, but the only truly successful capture was Steve Buckley, a 163,000 signing from Luton Town who was Derbys first choice leftback for the next 8 years. They were bottom of the league going into the August international break, after a 20 defeat away to Barnsley left the club with a single point from the first four games of the season. [3] Derby's European adventure came at the expense of their league campaign, with a run of just 3 wins in 11 towards the end of the season contributing to a disappointing seventh-placed finish in the club's first ever title defence, as they finished the 197273 First Division, 14 points behind eventual winners Liverpool. All this was temporarily overshadowed by controversy surrounding the signing of Fuertes who, after scoring twice, including the winner against Everton, was refused entry back into Britain after a club training break in Portugal when immigration officials discovered that his Italian passport was forged; Derby were able to recoup his fee by transferring him to French side Lens for 2.8m. However, despite a promising middle part of the season, the club fell away badly in the final third and recorded just 4 wins from its last 15 fixtures to finish the season in 6th, 22 points behind Champions West Ham United. Burley's first full season in charge brought little joy, as they recorded a 20th-placed finish in the 200304 Division One, just 1 point clear of relegation with safety not confirmed until the penultimate game of the season with a 20 win over Millwall. Other late signings, such as John Barton and John McAlle were also vital, and an ageing Kevin Hector was still contributing to the cause; he grabbed his 200th Derby goal in a 23 League Cup 2nd Round defeat by West Ham and made his final appearance for the club, his 589th (a club record), in a 32 victory over Watford on the final day of the season at the Baseball Ground and notched his 201st and final goal for the club with the opener, only Steve Bloomer having more goals for the club,. The club settled into mid-table mediocrity until Brian Clough and Peter Taylor arrived in 1967 and transformed the club. Skip to main content. A 62 aggregate victory over Switzerland's Servette FC was followed by a 44 aggregate draw with Spain's Atltico Madrid in the Second Round, both ties finishing 22. Whilst several players, such as Malcolm Christie, bought from Nuneaton Borough for 50,000 and eventually registering 30 goals in 129 appearances for the club over 5 years, Richard Jackson and Paul Boertien (both of whom spent nearly a decade at the club), were successfully captured from lower league sides, Smith's previous golden touch in the transfer market had appeared to desert him, as players such as Bjorn Otto Bragstad, Con Blatsis, and Daniele Daino where bought and barely registered on the field, with safety only guaranteed on the penultimate day of the 200001 FA Premier League season; Malcolm Christie's goal the difference in a 10 win away to Manchester United. Derby's first ever European match came with a home tie against Yugoslavia's eljezniar Sarajevo, which they won 20 with goals from Roy McFarland and Archie Gemmil. It was also the first time a Derby County reserves side had won its respective division since the club successfully captured the Premier Reserve League in 2000/01. In May 2021, the club, now managed by Wayne Rooney, narrowly avoided relegation to League One. Smith's eye for capturing players such as Rowett and Flynn in part exchange deals, as well as the fact that most of Cox's big money buys had held a large percentage of their value, meant that his transfer dealings did not hit the red until the signing of Ashley Ward for 1m from Norwich City in March 1996..mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{background-color:#F9F9F9;text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}, "My brief was to reduce the wage bill and get some money in. [88], On 17 September 2021, the club's board of directors announced that the club was to go into administration. [52] Derby picked up form in December and January, losing only twice in 9 games, picking up 17 points as Derby ended the month 12th peaking at 8th in mid-January. [19] He was replaced by Academy Coach Terry Westley who made key captures in Alan Wright, Kevin Lisbie and Michael McIndoe as well as introduced youngsters such as Lewin Nyatanga and Giles Barnes into regular first team action. The plans were scaled down from the planned 20 million pound development proposed in 2007. Squad / Appearances; Transfers; Manager history; Players from A-Z; . [84] On 8 July 2021, the EFL imposed a transfer embargo on the club,[85] leaving Rooney with a squad of just nine contracted senior professionals;[86] however, the EFL later relaxed the embargo but said any deals will have strict wage limits. Derby had budgeted for a fourth bottom finish (i.e. [68] Results started to falter after a 22 draw with Leeds United and, following a 11 draw with Reading, Chairman Mel Morris entered the changing room to criticise the players' performance and cancel a training camp in Saudi Arabia, telling the players "You're not training in the sun, you're training in the mud." Whilst the media optimistically predicted a push for a playoff place[44][45] Derby once again struggled against relegation for much of the season, before a run of just two defeats in the final 10 fixtures saw the club finish in 14th, their third highest finish in their respective division in the previous ten years. George made his competitive debut in the 1975 FA Charity Shield at Wembley Stadium as Derby overcame FA Cup winners West Ham United 20 under the Twin Towers to claim the shield for the only time in their history. Phillip Whitehead. Derby County were a club on the up; Pride Park's capacity was expanded (32,913 fans attended the 32 victory over Liverpool) and Derby's players were getting noticed five had represented their countries at the 1998 World Cup, and Christian Dailly was sold to Blackburn Rovers for 5.35m, comfortably the highest fee Derby had ever received. A rise back to the top followed towards the end of the 1980s and start of the 1990s before a spell of flitting between top flight and second-tier football followed over the next 20 years. However, a Steve Howard header in a 10 win at Wolves on 12 September 2006 proved a catalyst as the club lost only 4 of its next 27 fixtures (a run which included winning all 6 league fixtures in November 2006 and an 8 match winning streak, 6 league, 2 FA Cup, from 30 December 2006 up until 10 February 2007). And it arguably contains their most consistent sequence of results in the FA Cup since formation, albeit without going all the way to the final - but they went so, so close. Although the club rallied under McFarland, securing 4 wins and a draw from these final nine fixtures, they were relegated to the now-national Third Division in 1984, their centenary year, in 20th place, 5 points from safety. In this sequence the club won 13 of its fixtures, scoring three or more goals on 8 occasions and recorded a 41 win at Birmingham City, their first win at St. Andrews since 1948, and catapulted themselves from the bottom five to the top of the table in the space of four months, at one point finding themselves 7 points clear at the top of the table. Dino Zoff in goal for Juventus. . Mistakes, individually and collectively, carelessness and a lack of concentration have all proved costly. John Kirkland, who ran Derbyshire construction giant Bowmer and Kirkland and was Derby County's longest-serving director, has passed away. In reality though, the campaign was disastrous as years of financial mismanagement caught up with Derby and both the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise issued winding up petitions on the club. The club's reserve side had a less successful year than in the two previous seasons, with the club missing out on the Central League title by one point from Sheffield United, as well as being beaten in the Derbyshire Senior Cup final by Buxton. With the club low on registered professionals, home grown youngsters were given a chance at first team level, with Lee Holmes (who became the youngest player in the club's history when he took the field against Grimsby aged 15 years and 268 days), Lee Grant, Pablo Mills, Izale McLeod and Lee Camp all handed debuts throughout the course of the season. Republican Party. Newman managed just 5 wins during the remainder of the campaign as Derby finished a lowly 16th and where only saved from relegation by the return of the mercurial Charlie George on non-contract terms from Bournemouth. League Fixtures (1970-1979) Season summary [ edit] [15] Christie, Riggott, Higginbotham and Poom were eventually sold in the January 2002 Transfer window, netting considerably less than they would have if sold the previous summer, and joined players like Horacio Carbonari, Darryl Powell and Deon Burton in exiting the club (Burton leaving as the club's most capped ever player, with 42 appearances for Jamaica). During his spell, the backbone of Derby's glory era departed, as Colin Boulton, Colin Todd, Archie Gemmill, Kevin Hector Charlie George and Leighton James either retired or were sold and on and not adequately replaced, with Docherty's "three Van Goghs" midfield trio of Bruce Rioch, Gerry Daly and Don Masson flopped in particular. Clough's team entered the 196970 Division One campaign more than ready for the challenge of top-flight football and went 11 unbeaten from the opening day, briefly topping the table. George grabbed another goal in the return leg at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium but Derby conceded 5 and crashed out 56 on aggregate. Mon 28 Jan 2008 08.20 EST. Derby County won the English First Division title twice in the 1970s On a deserted suburban Derby street on the night of Monday, 8 May 1972, two men were jumping in jubilation next to a. Maxwell, however, was drawing away from the club; critical of attendances (The Baseball Ground as this point could hold only 25,000 spectators and only broke 20,000 on three occasions) and at war with the football league as they blocked his attempts to add Watford to his portfolio of clubs and lent money to Tottenham Hotspur.[6]. A lack of consistency was one reason; not only in results (the club never recording more than two consecutive victories) but also in the club's inability to field a consistent team selection. The EFL confirmed Derby would face a 12-point deduction. In mid-October, Nigel Clough and his backroom staff signed new .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}3+12-year contracts. From the start of April to mid march, Derby picked up 14 points out a possible 21 which lifted Derby to 11th in the table, 5 points off the play-offs with 4 games remaining, Derby manager Nigel Clough however ruled out a play-off place, wishing there was more the 4 games left as the club were showing great form. On the pitch however, things fell to a new low. 1970/71 Football League Arsenal v Derby County 31st October 1970. Pre-season spending saw Derby twice break their club-record transfer fee, with the 4,750,000 signing of Hull City's Tom Ince[66] followed by the capture of Norwich City's Bradley Johnson for 6,000,000[67] as part of an unprecedented 24,000,000 outlay. For the first time, Derby could cope with 40,000 crowds and, for a time, had one of the few grounds with seating and standing accommodation on all four sides. Paul Simpson also came in from big money (800k from Oxford United) as did Marco Gabbiadini (1.3m from Sunderland) and even Bobby Davison (who had left for Leeds United three years earlier), returned for a spell on loan and reached a century of goals for Derby, only the 7th player and most recent to do so, when he netted in a 22 draw with Newcastle United. [58] Derby City Council's Planning Control Committee gave planning permission for The Plaza @ Pride Pride Park development in January 2012,[59] with chief executive Tom Glick stating the club had started looking for a development company to build the plaza.[59]. October and November were disappointing with Derby picking up only 1 win and 5 points out of a possible 30 as Derby fell to 15th place in the league, with a 40 defeat at rivals Leicester City at the start of the month, starting the slump in form. Shop by category. However, neither the club nor Clough would back down and, after being turned down by Ipswich Town boss Bobby Robson, the club approached former player Dave Mackay, then Nottingham Forest manager, who took over at the end of October 1973. It was also higher than the average gate of seven Premier League clubs. The club recorded an average attendance of 26,023, a figure more than 3,000 down on the previous campaign but still the second highest in the Championship behind Leeds United's 27,299 and the 15th best in the country. Derby maintained their top 2 position in September, with the main highlight being a 21 win at local rivals Nottingham Forest, despite the fact that goalkeeper Frank Fielding gave away a penalty and was sent off after 67 seconds, Jeff Hendrick's winner in the game was his first goal in senior football. Tom Naylor also earned praise from Nigel Clough for his development and impressed when standing in for John Brayford at right-back. The duo's first season in charge of Derby saw the club finish one place lower, 18th, than the previous campaign but it saw the recruitment of numerous players, such Roy McFarland, John O'Hare and Alan Hinton, who between them made 1,154 appearances for the club and would go on to form the spine of the club's most successful ever side. Behind the scenes circumstances were deteriorating, and Burley left his position, citing interference from football agent turned Director of Football Murdo Mackay, and the sale of Huddlestone, to Tottenham Hotspur, against his wishes. Burley achieved safety against a background of boardroom uncertainty Chairman Lionel Pickering, after putting temporary faith in former Coventry City chairman Bryan Richardson and a notional 30m bond, was removed from the chair after the club temporarily entered receivership by The Co-operative Bank, who instantly installed a new board composed of John Sleightholme, Jeremy Keith and Steve Harding, for the cost of 1 each. For all his faults, however, Docherty had kept an increasingly ailing Derby County side in the top flight and this proved impossible for Colin Addison the following season. Despite the addition of Craig Short for 2.5m from Notts County a record for a team outside of the top flight and for a defender at any level the club could only an 8th-placed finish in the 199293 Division One table, largely as a result of taking three points from their opening 7 fixtures, missing out on the playoffs altogether. After overcoming Millwall 51 on aggregate in the semifinal legs, and surviving a pitch invasion in the 31 win at the New Den, Derby came up against local rivals Leicester City at Wembley. The recruitment of Terry Hennessey, Derby's first 100,000 player, from Nottingham Forest in February restored some impetus in the side and the club rallied, finishing the season 11 unbeaten, including a sequence of 6 consecutive wins, and earning a fourth placed finish, which would have claimed the club its first ever European campaign as entrants in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup but a joint FA and League disciplinary panel found the club guilty of 'gross negligence' after an unexplained gap of 3,000 in season-ticket income and payment of fees to Dave Mackay outside of the terms of his contract. Wayne Rooney's valiant attempt to keep Derby County in the Championship despite a 21-point deduction came to an end on Monday as a 1-0 defeat at QPR saw the Rams relegated [10] An extended FA Cup saw The Baseball Ground hold its final three FA Cup fixtures ending with a 02 defeat by Middlesbrough in the quarter finals before The Baseball Ground held its final ever match, against Arsenal, on 11 May 1996. Derby finished the season 12th in the league, 11 points off the play-off players, with Nigel Clough being satisfied with the performances of the team, stating a lack of firepower as the reason why they fell short and a target to improve in 201213. Although domestic cup progress was limited (only reaching the third round of the League Cup and the fifth round of the FA Cup), Derby's UEFA Cup debut proved relatively fruitful. A club record 41,826 packed into The Baseball Ground to see a 50 victory over Tottenham Hotspur, before an indifferent run of form between September and January saw the club fall of the title pace. Kevin Hector, who grabbed a brace in the match, became only the 7th Derby player to score 100 league goals when he hit the second in a 20 win over Coventry City in April 1973 and Derby broke the British Transfer Record for the first time in 24 years with the 250,000 capture of Leicester City's David Nish in August 1972. The 29-year-old signed for the Rams on a free transfer from Wycombe Wanderers last August on a one-year contract. Mackay's record of a League title and two top five finishes, as well as an FA Cup semi-final, in just two-and-a-half years should have made him fireproof but an alarming start to the 197677 season, which saw the club fail to win a league match until the 9th fixture, when they thumped Tottenham Hotspur 82 with Bruce Rioch grabbing four in his emergency centre forward role, had Mackay's position coming under threat. Whereas Clough built his Championship winning team on discipline and a solid defence, Mackay's 19741975 side relied on its attacking power to overwhelm its opponents. Derby's summer signings had mixed fortunes with Craig Bryson, Jason Shackell & Frank Fielding all being in contention for the Player of the Year award. GEORGE Clooney has told fellow fans of struggling Derby County he would love to help out manager Wayne Rooney - by buying the cluband sparing them of . [61][62] Derby finished seven points off the play-offs, with poor away form being another factor in missing out on the top, however they again showed decent home form, but the cup results were a disappointment, losing in the First Round of the League Cup and Fourth Round of the FA Cup. survival) in the Premier League and when this was not achieved the club was once again plunged into financial crisis. In the event Derby could only record a 9th-place finish and McFarland, in the knowledge his contract was not going to be renewed, said his goodbye's in the penultimate match of the season, a 21 home defeat at Southend United, ending a 28-year association with the club, broken only by a two-year spell as player-manager at Bradford City. Davies praised the players "great courage", emphasising the importance of scoring the first goal and making note of how organised and well-prepared his side had been, adding promotion was "a dream come true. Some of their responsibilities include overseeing the Primary, Candidate Filing, and other elections; chairing County Executive Committee Meetings; organizing and leading the local party; as well as overseeing and/or assisting with precinct and . Application Process. A second tilt at European football was made in the 199899 season, the Rams peaking in 2nd place after 6 games with a 20 home win over Leicester City, eventually finishing one place better off in 8th. [43] and equalled Loughborough's 108-year Football League record of going through an entire season with only one win. A host of names were linked with the Baseball Ground managerial spot including Martin O'Neill, Steve Coppell, Ossie Ardiles and Neil Warnock. After defeating Czechoslovakia's Spartak Trnava 21 over two legs, the Rams met Italian giants Juventus: at the end of the 31 defeat in Turin, Clough accused the rivals to have bribed the match officials and called the Italians "cheating bastards" ,[2] despite the Bianconeri will prove later unrelated to any attempt to combine. Burley was replaced by Phil Brown, who had successfully been Assistant Manager at Bolton Wanderers. When Derby County ascended to the top of English soccer in the early 1970s the game was a lot more meritocratic than it is today. After a 10 defeat at home to Leicester City on 10 September 1995, Derby had been unbeaten in the league at home, winning 13 including 8 consecutively and drawing 6, and Dean Sturridge, who finished the season as the club's top scorer with 20 goals, and Robin Van Der Laan ensured the club won 21 to secure 2nd place and a return to the top flight, and a first season in the Premier League, after a five-year absence. When the European Cup was launched in 1955, Derby had been in the Third Division and now stood as English football's sole representatives in Europe's premiere club competition. With promise that any money raised in player sales would be given to him for purchases, Smith began restructuring his squad with the signing of Robin Van Der Laan (475,000 and Lee Mills) from Port Vale, Sean Flynn (a 250,000 makeweight in the Paul Williams deal), Gary Rowett (another makeweight, this time in exchange for Craig Short), Darryl Powell for 750,000 from Portsmouth and Ron Willems for 280,000 from Swiss champions Grasshopper Zrich. The club endured three unsuccessful play-off campaigns, failing in the semi-finals twice and losing in the 2019 final to Aston Villa. [89] Having invested "in excess of 200m" in the club, owner Mel Morris apologised to fans and staff about the administration. A family stands in front of the grocery store they proudly own. [34][35] The poor start saw fans accuse Gadsby and the board of failing to invest properly in players for the club and, on 29 October 2007, Gadsby stepped down as chairman to be replaced by former Hull City owner Adam Pearson. Despite such attacking prowess, and the setting of a new club record for 12 away wins in a season, Derby could only finish 3rd in the 199192 Second Division and missed out on automatic promotion by 2 points. Although the season ended with a 62 victory over Ipswich Town at Portman Road, with Francis Lee grabbing 2 goals in the final game of his career, unbeknown to Derby County and its fans, the club's peak was passing. A run of three consecutive defeats in mid April meant that survival wasn't guaranteed until the penultimate game of the season when Player of the Year Rob Hulse scored the winner in a 10 win over Charlton Athletic at Pride Park. He left office in 2016. In a desperate attempt to stave off relegation, the club signed Craig Burley, Branko Strupar and Lee Morris for a combined 8m in November 1999 (Georgi Kinkladze was also signed on loan from AFC Ajax before signing for 3m in the close season) and rallied to only lose 6 of their final 18 games, although they won only 5, to avoid relegation by 5 points, recording a 16th-placed finish. The funds to purchase the club will come from Alonso's personal wealth as well as several investors in a consortium. When this was not granted, Mackay's position became essentially untenable and he was sacked on 25 November 1976. His remit was simple: avoid relegation. The Derby-born businessman took a 22% stake in the Rams in . A club record 40 players represented the club, with only 6 players making 30 or more league starts. Employing his new signings alongside incumbent players such as Dean Sturridge and Russell Hoult, as well as McFarland's last major signing, Notts County defender Dean Yates (who was Player of the Season), Smith started the 199596 season poorly, with just 4 wins from their opening 14 games, but the influential signing of Igor Stimac for 1.57m from Hajduk Split proved the key.