{"id":102,"date":"2016-04-01T10:38:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T10:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/pride-park-ipro-stadium\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:08:58","slug":"pride-park-ipro-stadium","status":"publish","type":"grounds","link":"https:\/\/www.football-stadiums.co.uk\/grounds\/england\/pride-park-ipro-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

For most people, the association between Derby County and Pride Park was too strong to be able to easily accept calling it The iPro Stadium. It was called that for a time, however, given the 10-year sponsorship deal with the sporting drinks company iPro that was signed in 2013. That was dissolved in 2016 though, and the ground returned to being called Pride Park Stadium.<\/p>\n

The decision to move away from the club\u2019s former stadium, The Baseball Ground, was brought about because of two of football\u2019s biggest tragedies: The Bradford City Stadium fire and The Hillsborough disaster. The former meant that vast portions of The Baseball Ground\u2019s wooden components resulted in it being considered to be too big of a fire risk; whilst the latter meaning that all English football stadiums had to become all-seater. That limited Derby\u2019s attendance to just 17,500, though that has now been increased to 33,597.<\/p>\n

Stats<\/h2>\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Pride Park Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Opened<\/td>\r\n 1997<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Capacity<\/td>\r\n 33597<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Average Attendance<\/td>\r\n 27259<\/td> \r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Attendance<\/td>\r\n 33598 (England v Mexico (2001))<\/td>\r\n <\/tr> \r\n \r\n \r\n
Pitch Size<\/td>\r\n 105 x 68 (7140)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n Pride Park<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Former Name<\/td>\r\n Pride Park Stadium<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Owner<\/td>\r\n Clowes Developments<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Clubs Hosted<\/td>\r\n Derby County F.C.<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
First Fixture<\/td>\r\n Derby v Sampdoria (04\/08\/1997)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n
Derby County Stats<\/th>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n
Year Founded<\/td>\r\n 1884<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Nickname<\/td>\r\n The Rams<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Club Mascot<\/td>\r\n Rammie<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Rivals<\/td>\r\n Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Leeds United<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Previous Stadiums<\/td>\r\n Racecourse Ground, Baseball Ground<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Kit<\/td>\r\n White & Black (Home) \/ Dark & Light Blue Cheque (Away)\r\n \r\n \/ Dark Green & White (Third)\r\n \r\n <\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Training Ground<\/td>\r\n Moor Farm Training Ground<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Shirt Sponsor<\/td>\r\n Host Stay<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Team Owner<\/td>\r\n David Clowes<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Goalscorer<\/td>\r\n Steve Bloomer (332)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n \r\n
Record Appearances<\/td>\r\n Kevin Hector (589)<\/td>\r\n <\/tr>\r\n \r\n <\/table>\r\n\r\n\n

Pride Park Photos<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Brian\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Brian Clough & Peter Taylor statue\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Russ Hamer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> or GFDL<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Rammie\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Rammie Warming Up\r\n \r\n
\r\n Byline\/Wikipedia [CC BY-SA 2.5<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Derby\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Derby County Vs Manchester United\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Ravanellihasmymoney (Self-taken photograph) [Public domain]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Exterior\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Exterior View of Pride Park\r\n \r\n
\r\n Patrick A Griffin [CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Panoramic\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Panoramic taken from the south stand lower\r\n \r\n
\r\n By Coxy1976 at English Wikipedia [Public domain]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n \"Commemorative\r\n <\/div>\r\n
\r\n Commemorative work at the former Baseball Ground\r\n \r\n
\r\n By No machine-readable author provided. Rpriv2000 assumed (based on copyright claims). [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a> or GFDL<\/a>]<\/em>\r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\n\r\n

Pride Park Seating Plan and Where to Sit<\/h2>\r\n \r\n
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From Derby County FC<\/a><\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n

Pride Park Stadium is, as is the vogue for most modern grounds, built in something of a bowl style. It is perhaps a touch more rectangular than other stadiums that have taken on a bowl style, and it maintains the traditional English habit of having four differently named stands. This mix of conformity and non-conformity is compounded by the fact that the ground is all single-tiered with the exception of the largest stand which has two tiers.<\/p>\n