Overnight, Sportsmail revealed the amazing details of the £6.8million legal battle between Derby County and their former chief executive Sam Rush.
10 years ago to the day, they were also hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The earliest relegation ever, the most consecutive matches without winning, the fewest goals scored, the most goals conceded and just 11 total points collected.
In 2008, Derby became the first Premier League team to suffer relegation in March as a 2-2 draw with Fulham condemned them to the Championship.
Here, Sportsmail learn the inside story of Derby's disastrous season and examine why, as goalkeeper Stephen Bywater puts it, they were 'down before they’d even started'.