Former England captain Wayne Rooney was given a rousing reception before taking his place among Derby County's coaching staff for the first time at the start of his 18-month stint as player-coach at the Championship club.

Rooney watched from the dugout as Derby drew 1-1 with Queens Park Rangers at Pride Park on Saturday.

England's all-time leading scorer, who is not eligible to play until January, had his name chanted by Derby fans when he was introduced to supporters on the field before kickoff....

He may be just over a week late for Halloween, but Albert Adomah will look to haunt Derby County again on Saturday, when the Rams travel to face the Ghanaian's Nottingham Forest in the latest edition of the East Midlands derby.

Adomah helped the Reds pile on the pain in the previous meeting of the two teams, a League Cup clash in late August, which was won 3-0 by Forest. Adomah opened the scoring, before further goals from Joe Lolley and Joao Carvalho secured an emphatic triumph.

The mutual enmity...

English football club Derby have fired captain Richard Keogh for gross misconduct following an internal disciplinary hearing into a car accident.

The 33-year-old defender suffered a knee injury that has ruled him out for more than a year after he was involved in a car accident with teammates Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett in September.

Derby, who play in the second-tier Championship, previously fined Lawrence and Bennett six weeks' wages, the maximum allowed contractually.

The pair had initially...

EFL Championship side Derby County are sanctioning two of their players who were charged with drink driving following a car crash that left team captain Richard Keogh with a season-ending knee injury.

Derby said in a statement on Saturday that Mason Bennett and Tom Lawrence have been fined "the equivalent of six weeks' wages -- the maximum contractual limit" and will serve an additional 80 hours of community and rehabilitation, which will include a drink aware course.

Lawrence and Bennett are due...