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 2006–07 season, in which Derby earned promotion back to the Premier League after five years, the club released details of a proposed £20 million development of the area surrounding the stadium, to include the building of a 165-bed hotel, bars, restaurants and office space, to create a local service centre for employers located on the Pride Park business park. Three squares would also be introduced which would be named after legendary figures associated with the club – all-time leading goalscorer Steve Bloomer, the club's greatest manager Brian Clough and former chairman Lionel Pickering, who had died in 2006. The club