FC Zurich vs Grasshoppers derby

02 Mar 2008. FC Zurich vs Grasshoppers derby. Stadium, Grasshopper Club Zurich, Switzerland. Hardturm, Hardturmstrasse 321, 8037 Zurich. Capacity - 17667. Zurich's Stadtderby is one of the oldest football derbies outside Great Britain. The first time it was played out was on 20 November 1897. Ever since there have been over 200 matches. Traditionally Grasshopper Club was known more as the noble and middle-class club, while FC Zurich was the club for the working men. But nowadays these social differences have nearly vanished. Those rivals played 200 Matches so far. In 101 Grasshoppers won, FC Zurich won 65 matches and 34 times was draw. Grasshoppers has a lot of supporter groups like Grassmokers, Blue-Side (1999), Wodka Fanatics (1999), Zone Romande. Zurich fans are Sudkurve. The support in the city for each club is about 50/50. Grasshoppers is mainly supported by the families who have been living in Zurich for many generations while FC Zurich attracts more people who have settled in Zurich but have their roots in other parts of Switzerland.

Derby County boss threatens summer clearout

Paul Jewell wants an immediate improvement on Saturday's defeat at former club Wigan Athletic


"Derby County is a great club and a lot of players, not all of them, don't deserve to be here," he told the club's official website.

"But we've got to try and get to the end of the season and try and shape them up or ship them out for next season, because that's what it's going to take.

"I never slag players off normally but the way they've played, I can't defend it.

"I will defend my players all the way if they are giving their best and things are just not happening.

"But I can't defend that performance. It was absolutely disgraceful."

Football players transfer speculations

- Arsenal will offer amount of 10 million pounds for Marseille winger Franck Ribery.

- Aston Villa midfielder, Lee Hendrie, said about moving to Derby County:

"There might be something there for me."

- Italian AC Milan are ready to re-sign Andrei Shevchenko from Chelsea. Milan Vice-president Adriano Galliani told the Daily Star:

"We are ready to buy him back."

- Atletico Madrid will fight Real Madrid for Manchester United’s Gabriel Heinze, with about 5 millions pounds.

- Newcastle United are being tipped to sign Bolton Wanderers’ Tal Ben Haim on a free transfer.

Lee Grand - Sheffield Wednesday or Derby County

Sheffield Wednesday are closing in on the signature of Derby County goalkeeper Lee Grant.

Owls boss Brian Laws has made the capture of a keeper a priority and looks to have found his man in Grant.

The former England U21 custodian has slipped down the Pride Park pecking order and has been tipped to leave for some time.

It's understood a deal is in place at Hillsborough with Grant set to put pen to paper on a three-year contract.