2017 County Championship Plate Stadium. Due to changes to the County Championship format (more detail of this below) four new teams were added to the competition, with Hampshire (winners) and Staffordshire (runners up) coming up due to reaching the final of the 2016 County Championship Shield, while Warwickshire and Cumbria were also promoted by virtue of their performances in the competition during the past two seasons. The changes also meant that there were no teams relegated into the division. Leicestershire and Hampshire won their respective groups to qualify for the Twickenham final, with Leicestershire being the more impressive with three easy victories. The first
Derby County F.C. league record by opponent several minor trophies. The club was also a strong force in the interwar years of the football league and also won the 1945–46 FA Cup. Derby County are founder members of the Football League, which was created in 1888. Over the years Derby have played in the First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Third Division North, Premier League and the Championship. As of 2008 Derby compete in the second tier of English football, the Championship, after relegation from the Premier League. Derby's first opponent was Bolton Wanderers on 8 September 1888 a game which Derby won 6–3. Their most regular