Steve Bloomer's Washing

The Steve Bloomer’s Washing boys take a break from contemporary Derby County developments to pay tribute to the most successful manager of their lifetime – the late Jim Smith. The Bald Eagle took charge of the Rams in the summer of 1995, leading an entertaining Derby side to automatic promotion in his first season. He…… Continue reading SBW 71: Jim Smith remembered

The below interview is a transcript of our podcast with Dean Sturridge, recorded in June 2018. – Dean it’s a pleasure to see you again – and you’re still working in football? – That’s correct – in another capacity now. I’d love to be out there on the field with the quality of play -…… Continue reading ‘Jim Smith believed in me’: Dean Sturridge on becoming a Rams goalscoring machine

No Derby fan can deny the last decade for the Rams has been eventful. Four playoff campaigns, plenty of managers, heroes, villains and everything in between. But which 11 players made the biggest contribution to Derby County between 2010 and 2020? Chris, Richard, Tom and Anton sat down to name their combined Team of the…… Continue reading SBW 70: Team of the Decade

The Rams’ patchy season continues with a win, draw and, predictably, another 3-0 defeat in London in their last three games. Wayne Rooney’s unveiling against QPR failed to mask a lacklustre display, and Derby’s woeful away record continued at Fulham. Which injured first-teamer are we missing most? Are we a midtable side, or a good…… Continue reading SBW 69: Win, Roos or Draw

After 276 games, 42 goals and an historic hattrick… comes one podcast interview. Rams hero Craig Bryson joined us on SBW to look back on his eight years at Pride Park – from his early career and ‘owing everything to Nigel Clough’, to play-off heartache, Forest hattricks, a fall-out with Steve McClaren, and a new…… Continue reading SBW Meets: Craig Bryson

Yet more travel sickness sees Phillip Cocu lose his first league East Midlands derby, as the Rams are beaten at The City Ground. There were plenty of positives in Derby’s latest away defeat, as Chris, Richard, Tom and Anton discuss. There’s analysis too on the fourth consecutive home win over a poor Middlesbrough side, the…… Continue reading SBW 67: Bogle’s blunder & Boro

The Rams are not quite ‘mauled by the Tigers’, but certainly well beaten as two second half goals mean another defeat on the road. There was, however, that papering-over-the-cracks last minute win over Wigan to compensate for Derby’s latest loss – leaving Chris, Tom and Anton to wonder at what point we write off 2019/20…… Continue reading SBW 66: Highway to Hull