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Derby County Football Club is an English football club based in Derby, England. Notable for being one of the twelve members of the Football League in 1888, it is one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English football league and, in 2009, was ranked 137th in the top 200 European football teams of the 20th century by International Federation of Football History and Statistics. Derby County Football Club was founded in 1884, by William Morley, as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club; it has spent all but four seasons in the top two divisions of the English football league. The club's competitive peak came in the 1970s when it had two spells as English League Champions and competed in major European competitions on four separate occasions, reaching the European Cup semi-finals, as well as winning several minor trophies. The club adopted its now traditional black and white club colours in the 1890s and appropriated its club nickname The Rams, a tribute to its links with the First Regiment of Derby Militia, which took a ram as its mascot and the song "The Derby Ram" as its regimental song,] at the same time. Home games are played at Pride Park Stadium, located in Pride Park, Derby, where the club moved in 1997. The club plays in the EFL Sky Bet Championship.

Sunderland AFC is rightfully mentioned amongst world football’s oldest and successful names. Founded in 1879, the club has a proud history and heritage which underpins its role in the regional, national and international footballing community. The club have been crowned champions of England’s top division on six occasions and won two FA Cups, and the famous faces and events of the past are still held in the highest regard today. The club's superb home is the Stadium of Light, which opened in 1997 and had a capacity of 49,000.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. They compete in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The football club was formed in 1889 as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club, and are nicknamed The Blades due to Sheffield's history of steel production.[1] The club have played their home games at Bramall Lane since their formation in 1889.