Derby County's administrators given deadline extension to provide proof of funding to English Football League

Derby County’s administrators have been given an extra month to save the club from liquidation, with the hope that positive talks with potential buyers can save them from going out of business. The club had previously faced expulsion from the English Football League at the start of February if they couldn’t provide proof of how the club would be funded for the remainder of the season.

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Middlesbrough’s issue relates to the outcome of the 2018-19 Championship season, where Derby finished one place and one point ahead of them to take a play-off place. 'I won't walk away' Rooney plans Derby stay despite administration Derby enter administration and handed 12-point deduction Derby were later docked nine points for a breach of the EFL’s profitability and sustainability rules during that season.

Meanwhile, on the same grounds, Wycombe believe a points penalty should have been imposed on Derby last season instead, which would have seen them survive relegation. /> Off the field, things remain messy at Pride Park, but on it, Wayne Rooney’s team have been fighting through the adversity, and taken themselves off the bottom of