Pride Park Stadium a competitive Derby County match is 33,378 in a Premier League match against Liverpool on 18 March 2000. In a testimonial for Ted McMinn, on 1 May 2006, former players of both Derby County and Rangers contested a match at Derby County's Pride Park Stadium in which a record 33,475 spectators attended – around 10,000 of them being Rangers fans. As one of the largest football grounds in the Midlands, Pride Park has also hosted some notable matches not connected to Derby County. Pride Park has hosted one full England international; a 4–0 friendly victory over Mexico on 25 May
Pride Park Stadium Webb and John Kirkland each paid £2.5 million towards a package deal to pay for the stadium. The stadium itself was based upon Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium, which opened in 1995, though it had more than 30 amendments to the original plans. After toying with the idea of naming the new ground "The New Baseball Ground", it was settled that the club's new home would be called The Pride Park Stadium. Engaging the same architects as Middlesbrough (The Miller Partnership) Derby's plans predominantly followed those of the Riverside Stadium, with the first stage being a detached main stand facing a horseshoe