Editing Mark Pembridge (section)

===Derby County===
Having established as a [[left midfielder]], 21-year old Pembridge was signed for second-tier [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] by manager [[Arthur Cox (footballer)|Arthur Cox]] in the summer of 1992 for a fee of £1.25 million.<ref name="SnapShot">{{cite news |title=SNAPSHOT IN TIME: PEMBRIDGE IN MIDFIELD ACTION FOR DERBY|url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2020/04/snapshot-in-time-pembridge-in-midfield-action-for-derby|publisher=Derby County F.C.|date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He racked up 140 appearances and netted 37 goals over his time with Derby<ref name="SnapShot"/> and played at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] twice – once in a 3–1 defeat to [[U.S. Cremonese|Cremonese]] in 1993<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10270~1735078,00.html |title=Rams Celebrate Lionel Pickering |date=28 July 2009 |publisher=[[Derby County F.C.]] |access-date=29 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901084415/http://www.dcfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10270~1735078%2C00.html |archive-date=1 September 2009 }}</ref> and then in a 2–1 defeat to [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] in the [[1994 Football League First Division play-off final]]. Pembridge left to move up a division to [[Premier League]] [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] for a fee of £900,000 in the summer of 1995.