TEAM:Derby County
GROUND:Pride Park
FIRST VISIT:8th December 2007
FIRST MATCH:Brazil 2-0 Ukraine – International Friendly
I have been to Pride Park twice. First time was on 8th December 2008 when I visited for a brief look round during one of our ground trips. The ground was all locked up and with no one around we couldn’t get in.
Then on 11th October 2010 I went to my first ever international match to watch Brazil face Ukraine at the home of Derby County. As soon as I heard that Brazil were playing at Pride Park, I was desperate to go, as it isn’t every day Brazil are playing just an hour away, and the day lived up to the excitement. It was a memorable day where I saw Brazil live in action and I even got a picture with Ukraine’s Andriy Shevchenko!
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Photos
Outside the ground on my first visit
In the club shop
Pride Park at night
I hold up the programme of my first international game
‘We Are Derby’
The statue of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor
I hold up my scarf in front of the statue
My Dad bought me a scarf as a souvenir from my first international match
My Dad and Me with some Brazil fans
and with some Ukraine fans
A small statue of Steve Bloomer is next to the dugouts
The Ukraine and Brazil players
with Andriy Shevchenko at Pride Park
Match action
The attendance was 13,088
The Brazilian players celebrate
Inside Pride Park after hosting only it’s second full international
‘The Rams’
Brazil and Derby
with Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Gomes at Pride Park
One last photo inside Pride Park
Fantastic Website, like all your reports.
From a Derby Fan