Groundwork: The Inside Story Behind Jim Smith's Derby County

by Ryan Hills

When Jim Smith took charge of Derby County in the summer of 1995, he joined a club needing to balance the books after several seasons of failing to reach the Premier League. Little was expected of him. Yet alongside Steve McClaren, Smith oversaw a transformation that took Derby to a new home, a new division and to the brink of European competition for the first time since the days of Dave Mackay. Smith built a side capable of matching the very best...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1801500886
• ISBN13: 9781801500883
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Pitch Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages