derby gained a high profile in sport following the appointment of brian clough as manager of derby county fc in 1967. promotion to the football league first division was achieved in 1969, and county were champions of the english league three years later. following clough's resignation in 1973, his successor dave mackay guided derby county to another league title in 1975, but this remains to date the club's last major trophy; relegation followed in 1980 and top flight status was not regained until 1987, since then derby have spent a total of 11 seasons (1987–1991, 1996–2002, 2007–2008) in the top flight. other former managers of the club include arthur cox, jim smith, john gregory and george burley. former players include colin todd, roy mcfarland (who both later had brief and unsuccessful stints as manager at the club), dave mackay, peter shilton, dean saunders, craig short, marco gabbiadini, horacio carbonari, fabrizio ravanelli, steve bloomer and tom huddlestone. the club's most recent spell as a top division (fa premier league) club ended in may 2008 after just one season, during which the club won just one out of 38 league games and finished with just 11 points, the lowest in the history of the premier league. the club moved from its century-old baseball ground in 1997 to the new pride park stadium.