Good afternoon one and all. Tis Derby day. One has to doff one's hat to the fair minded people of Derbyshire. While the unitary authority of Derby and the city have a not insignificant population of 257,000 souls it would not, to an outsider, be considered a place hosting a team that regularly attracts over 30,000 fans within its hallowed grounds. While the wider area has a population of around 1.5 million the entire county only has two le