10 crowd photos from Derby County versus Chesterfield match

Hopes were high at the packed stadium that had 8,538 fans in attendance. 

Paul Warne’s side were looking for their first win of the 2024/25 campaign after they kicked off the Sky Bet Championship season with a 4-2 defeat to Blackburn Rovers last Friday.

Armando Dobra got Chesterfield in front in the first period before a fine finish from Liam Thompson brought Derby level.

Substitute Kayden Jackson’s second-half strike, shortly after coming off the bench, put Derby into the Round Two of the cup.

The two sides started off attempting to figure each other out, with the majority of Derby’s positive play coming down the left flank as Tom Barkhuizen, Thompson and Craig Forsyth combined to play around the Spireites’ defence. But they just couldn’t find the crucial final ball as they dominated possession.

Armando Dobra took the lead for Chesterfield in the 29th minute as the visitors forced a turnover and the striker ran beyond the defence to find the back of the net.

Thompson impressively equalised for the Rams in the 37th minute as he struck the ball sweetly on the bounce and found the top right corner from 20 yards out after some neat link-up play with Barkhuizen and Brown.

Paul Warne shuffled the pack in the 58th minute as he made four changes with Goudmijn, Wilson, Barkhuizen and Cashin making way for Ben Osborn, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing, Jackson and Curtis Nelson.

Substitute Jackson gave Derby the lead in the 68th minute as he benefitted from Osborn’s corner delivery as he contorted his body to put the ball into the back of the net in a packed penalty area for his first Rams goal.

We went to take photos at Pride Park Stadium on Tuesday night. 

Here is a selection of photos taken at the match, can you spot yourself?