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ROONEY AND THE RAMS

DERBY COUNTY
JOHN WRAGG TAKES A LOOK AT THE CHALLENGE FACING THE!ENGLAND LEGEND AT PRIDE PARK

On the burst: Wayne Rooney in action for Derby against Middlesbrough and, left, with Rams boss Phillip Cocu

WAYNE Rooney has become Derby County.
Not since Brian Clough has there been so much interest in the club.

Clough won the league for Derby in 1972. But first things first, he won the Second Division, and with it promotion in 1969.
That’s where Derby are now, a second tier club looking to be bigger and pinning their hopes on one man: Rooney.
There is another parallel because the Clo...

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