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Famous Derby sporting institutions include Derby County Football Club, who from next season (2008-09) will be playing in the Championship. Derby County won the Old First Division title in 1972 and 1975. "The Rams", as Derby County are known, also won the FA Cup in 1946. They have played at Pride Park Stadium since 1997, after leaving the Baseball Ground.
Derbyshire County Cricket Club are based at the County Ground in Derby and play almost all home matches there, although matches at Chesterfield were re-introduced in 2006. One of the designated first class county sides, they have won the County Championship once, in 1936.
Derby also has clubs in both codes of rugby. In rugby union, Derby RFC play in Midlands Division Two East (the seventh level of English rugby) at their Haslams Lane ground. Rugby league team Derby City RLFC were formed in 1990. They play and train at the Asterdale Sports Centre, Spondon and compete in the Midlands Premier Division of the National Rugby League Conference.