League Doubles
Due to the nature of the football league match schedule, when Derby and Nottingham Forest are in the same division they will play each other twice, once at Derby's stadium and once at Nottingham Forest's. Occasionally, one of either club will win both fixtures resulting in a "league double". This has happened on 15 occasions, nine times in Forest's favour and seven in Derby's. Derby did beat Forest twice in the 2008/09 season, but one of those wins came in the FA Cup and both were at the City Ground.
| Season | Division | Double Winner |
Result at Derby |
Result at Forest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1892/93 | Division One (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 2–3 | 1–0 |
| 1893/94 | Division One (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 3–4 | 4–2 |
| 1895/96 | Division One (Old) | Derby County | 4–0 | 2–5 |
| 1897/98 | Division One (Old) | Derby County | 5–0 | 3–4 |
| 1903/04 | Division One (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 2–6 | 5–1 |
| 1904/05 | Division One (Old) | Derby County | 3–2 | 0–1 |
| 1911/12 | Division Two (Old) | Derby County | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| 1921/22 | Division Two (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 1925/26 | Division Two (Old) | Derby County | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 1953/54 | Division Two (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 1–2 | 4–2 |
| 1954/55 | Division Two (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| 1971/72 | Division One (Old) | Derby County | 4–0 | 0–2 |
| 1987/88 | Division One (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| 1989/90 | Division One (Old) | Nott'm Forest | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| 2010/11 | Football League Championship | Nott'm Forest | 0–1 | 5–2 |
| 2011/12 | Football League Championship | Derby County | 1–0 | 1–2 |
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