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Derby County

2021–22 season
Owner	Mel Morris
Chairman	Mel Morris
Manager	Wayne Rooney
Stadium	Pride Park Stadium
Championship	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Tom Lawrence (11) All: Tom Lawrence (11)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021–22 season is Derby County's 138th season in existence, their 14th consecutive season in the Championship, and their 54th season overall in the second division of English football. Alongside the Championship, they also competed in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. Derby were relegated after finishing in 23rd place in the league following a points deduction. The season covers the period from July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

Administration

On 22 September 2021, the EFL released a statement stating Derby were given a 12-point deduction in accordance with regulations after entering administration. On 16 November, Derby were deducted a further nine points after admitting to breaching EFL accounting rules.

Pre-season friendlies

The Rams revealed they would have friendlies against Manchester United, Salford City, Real Betis and Notts County as part of their pre-season preparations.

18 July 2021 Friendly	Derby County	1–2	Manchester United	Derby
13:00 BST	Kazim-Richards 68'	Report	Chong 18' Pellistri 59'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

24 July 2021 Friendly	Salford City	2–1	Derby County	Salford
15:00 BST	Morris 20' (pen.) Elliott 52'	Report	Turnbull 76' (o.g.)	Stadium: Peninsula Stadium

28 July 2021 Friendly	Derby County	1–0	Real Betis	Derby
19:00 BST	Bird 87'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium

1 August 2021 Friendly	Notts County	0–2	Derby County	Nottingham
13:00 BST		Report	Cashin 41' Lawrence 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Meadow Lane

Competitions

Championship

League table

1. Reading were deducted 6 points for breach of profit and sustainability regulations.
2. Derby County were deducted 12 points for entering administration, and a further 9 points for financial irregularities.

Results summary

Last updated: 7 May 2022.
Source:

Results by matchday

1. Between matchday 8 and 9, Derby County were deducted 12 points. Combined with this defeat, they dropped to 24th.
2. Between matchday 17 and 18, Derby County were deducted a further 9 points.

Matches

Derby County's fixtures were revealed on 24 June 2021.

7 August 2021 1	Derby County	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Derby
15:00 BST	Byrne  25' Davies 39' Watson  50' Sibley  80'	Report	Turton  14' Sarr 45' Holmes  88'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 16,249 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

14 August 2021 2	Peterborough United	2–1	Derby County	Peterborough
12:30 BST	Beevers  25' Thompson  63' Butler  83' Burrows 90+1' Dembélé 90+10'	Report	Stretton 77' Sibley  90+1' Forsyth  90+4'	Stadium: West Homes Stadium Attendance: 10,477 Referee: David Webb
Note: Live on Sky Sports

18 August 2021 3	Hull City	0–1	Derby County	Kingston upon Hull
19:45 BST	Jones  71'	Report	Baldock 57' Morrison  79' Roos  90+2' Stretton  90+3'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 10,451 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

21 August 2021 4	Derby County	0–0	Middlesbrough	Derby
15:00 BST	Jagielka  65' Byrne  90+2'	Report	Peltier  30' Tavernier  43' Bola  54' Jones  85'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 16,123 Referee: Andy Davies

28 August 2021 5	Derby County	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Derby
12:30 GMT	Lawrence 12' Jóźwiak  39' Morrison  68' Byrne  80' Sibley  83'	Report	Garner  35' Johnson 82'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 22,991 Referee: Tim Robinson
Note: Live on Sky Sports

10 September 2021 6	Birmingham City	2–0	Derby County	Bordesley
20:00 GMT	Hogan 31' Šunjić  57' Bela 81'	Report	Shinnie  24' Morrison  76' Lawrence  86'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 14,912 Referee: Gavin Ward
Note: Live on Sky Sports

14 September 2021 7	West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Derby County	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Livermore  45+2'	Report	Buchanan  33'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Referee: Kevin Friend

18 September 2021 8	Derby County	2–1	Stoke City	Derby
15:00 BST	Shinnie  8' Bird 31' Davies 34' Sibley  38'	Report	Sawyers  33' Ince 58',  89' Østigård  77'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 20,545 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

25 September 2021 9	Sheffield United	1–0	Derby County	Sheffield
15:00 BST	Gibbs-White  24' Sharp 89' (pen.)	Report	Shinnie  24' Roos  57'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 27,905 Referee: David Webb

29 September 2021 10	Derby County	1–0	Reading	Derby
19:45 BST	Stearman  16' Forsyth 33' Byrne  59' Shinnie  74' Lawrence  90+2'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 18,769 Referee: John Busby

2 October 2021 11	Derby County	0–0	Swansea City	Derby
15:00 BST	Forsyth  45' Williams  81' Byrne  89'	Report		Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 21,640 Referee: Andrew Madley

16 October 2021 12	Preston North End	0–0	Derby County	Preston
15:00 BST	Johnson  5' Storey  62'	Report		Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 18,092 Referee: Josh Smith

19 October 2021 13	Derby County	2–2	Luton Town	Derby
19:45 BST	Lawrence 20',  90+2' Knight 60'	Report	Naismith  14' Onyedinma 48' Adebayo 83' Ruddock Mpanzu  90+2'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 20,258 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

23 October 2021 14	Coventry City	1–1	Derby County	Coventry
15:00 BST	Godden 20' (pen.) Maatsen  44'	Report	Davies  71' Shinnie 78' Morrison  88'	Stadium: Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 23,829 Referee: Dean Whitestone

30 October 2021 (2021-10-30) 15	Derby County	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Derby
15:00 BST	Shinnie  29' Lawrence  50' Davies 89'	Report	Brereton 8', 20' Lenihan  59' Buckley  86' Khadra  88' Poveda  89' Travis  90+2'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 22,098 Referee: Steve Martin

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02) 16	Barnsley	2–1	Derby County	Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Adeboyejo 39' Leya Iseka 50' Brittain  64' Andersen  81'	Report	Morrison  15' Baldock 24' Buchanan  50'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 13,786 Referee: Robert Jones

6 November 2021 17	Millwall	1–1	Derby County	Bermondsey
15:00 GMT	Malone 45+1' Mitchell  57' Cooper  90+1'	Report	Byrne  27'  63' Ebosele 44'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 14,372 Referee: Tim Robinson

21 November 2021 18	Derby County	3–2	Bournemouth	Derby
12:00 GMT	Knight 13' Lawrence 62', 69' (pen.)	Report	Anthony 19' Solanke 38' Billing  53'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 2,467 Referee: Gavin Ward

24 November 2021 19	Fulham	0–0	Derby County	Fulham, London
19:45 GMT	Carvalho  60'	Report	Ebosele  60' Shinnie  79'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Keith Stroud

29 November 2021 20	Derby County	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	Derby
19:45 GMT	Lawrence 10'	Report	Willock 50' Gray 90',  90+1'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 20,003 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

4 December 2021 21	Bristol City	1–0	Derby County	Ashton Gate
15:00 GMT	Scott 16' Bakinson  39' Kalas  45+1' Pring  80'	Report	Knight  39' Forsyth  40'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 18,732 Referee: Graham Scott

11 December 2021 22	Derby County	1–0	Blackpool	Derby
15:00 GMT	Plange 51' Jóźwiak  54' Lawrence  76'	Report	Carey  42' Anderson  54'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 21,663 Referee: Andy Woolmer

27 December 2021 23	Derby County	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Derby
15:00 GMT	Davies  18' Thompson  20' Stearman  50' Kazim-Richards 58' Cashin  90+5'	Report	Clarke  36'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 24,846 Referee: James Linington

30 December 2021 24	Stoke City	1–2	Derby County	Stoke-on-Trent
19:45 GMT	Wilmot  16' Vrančić  61' Tymon  71' Ince 78'	Report	Plange 16',  59' Kazim-Richards 85'	Stadium: Bet365 Stadium Referee: Matt Donohue

3 January 2022 25	Reading	2–2	Derby County	Reading
15:00 GMT	Hoilett 37', 56' Laurent  45'	Report	Davies  82', 90+1' Kazim-Richards 86' Byrne  90+6'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: John Busby

15 January 2022 26	Derby County	2–0	Sheffield United	Derby
15:00 GMT	Lawrence 69', 78',  78'	Report	Ndiaye  90+3'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 24,597 Referee: Graham Scott

22 January 2022 27	Nottingham Forest	2–1	Derby County	West Bridgford
12:30 GMT	Grabban  35', 48' Johnson 82' Samba  89'	Report	Thompson  31' Stearman  51' Buchanan  56' Lawrence 88' (pen.),  89' Morrison  90+7'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 29,256 Referee: Tim Robinson

30 January 2022 28	Derby County	2–2	Birmingham City	Derby
13:30 GMT	Plange 87' Bielik 90+6'	Report	Taylor 7' Hogan 56' Woods  62' Etheridge  63' Gardner  70' James  89'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 32,211 Referee: John Brooks

2 February 2022 29	Huddersfield Town	2–0	Derby County	Huddersfield
19:45 GMT	Holmes 76' Rhodes 79' O'Brien  90+3'	Report	Stearman  3' Ebosele  62' Davies  72' Byrne  90+4'	Stadium: John Smith's Stadium Attendance: 16,231 Referee: Matt Donohue

8 February 2022 30	Derby County	3–1	Hull City	Derby
19:45 GMT	Forsyth 19' Lawrence 37' Ebosele 47' Bielik  53' Bird  90+4'	Report	Docherty  17' Greaves  21' Forsyth 65' (o.g.) Honeyman  89'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 22,595 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

12 February 2022 31	Middlesbrough	4–1	Derby County	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Buchanan 15' (o.g.) Tavernier  27' Crooks  31', 45+2' Connolly 44' Howson  50' Watmore 89'	Report	Lawrence  27' Bird 39' Ebiowei  87'	Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 26,266 Referee: Mike Dean

19 February 2022 32	Derby County	1–0	Peterborough United	Derby
15:00 GMT	Lawrence  47' Byrne  76' Davies  80' Sibley 90+2',  90+3' Allsop  90+4' Morrison  90+7'	Report	Coulson  31'  35' Brown  59' Jones  70' Thompson  76' Knight  87'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 30,251 Referee: James Linington

23 February 2022 33	Derby County	1–2	Millwall	Derby
19:45 GMT	Cooper 88' (o.g.) Allsop  90'	Report	Wallace 2' Saville  29' Burey 30'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 23,943 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

26 February 2022 34	Luton Town	1–0	Derby County	Luton
15:00 GMT	Burke  52' Hylton 67' Jerome  72'	Report	Kazim-Richards  77' Ebiowei  90+3'	Stadium: Kenilworth Stadium Attendance: 10,070 Referee: Andy Woolmer

1 March 2022 35	Cardiff City	1–0	Derby County	Leckwith
19:45 GMT	Davies  26' Ikpeazu 85' Doughty  90+2'	Report	Buchanan  52' Davies  62' Bird  80' Ebosele  90+3'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 18,767 Referee: Andy Davies

5 March 2022 36	Derby County	2–0	Barnsley	Derby
15:00 GMT	Morrison 22', 47'	Report	Wolfe  7' Morris  90+4'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 25,891 Referee: Robert Jones

12 March 2022 37	Bournemouth	2–0	Derby County	Kings Park
15:00 GMT	Stacey  45+1' Solanke 45+5' Cantwell  63' Christie  89' Lowe 90'	Report	Morrison  69' Davies  71'	Stadium: Vitality Stadium Referee: Andy Madley

15 March 2022 38	Blackburn Rovers	3–1	Derby County	Blackburn
19:45 GMT	Wharton 53' Dolan 59' Travis  83' Gallagher 90+7'	Report	Morrison 28',  67'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,406 Referee: Tony Harrington

19 March 2022 39	Derby County	1–1	Coventry City	Derby
12:30 GMT	Byrne  57' Lawrence 66' (pen.)	Report	Bidwell  22' Godden 28' Dabo  54' Hamer  66'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 24,264 Referee: Darren Bond

2 April 2022 40	Derby County	1–0	Preston North End	Derby
15:00 BST	Bird  55' Davies  66' Morrison 80' Knight  84'	Report	Lindsay  32' Whiteman  61' Johnson  87'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,600 Referee: Geoff Eltringham

9 April 2022 41	Swansea City	2–1	Derby County	Landore
15:00 BST	Piroe 8', 16' Grimes  68' Wolf  84'	Report	Lawrence 22' (pen.) Morrison  81'	Stadium: Swansea.com Stadium Attendance: 18,374 Referee: Tim Robinson

15 April 2022 42	Derby County	2–1	Fulham	Derby
20:00 BST	Thompson  33' Plange 51' Lawrence  61' Adarabioyo 73' (o.g.) Allsop  89' Cashin  90'	Report	Carvalho 20' Bryan  90+6'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 23,773 Referee: Robert Jones

18 April 2022 43	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	Derby County	Shepherd's Bush
15:00 BST	Dozzell  59' Field  72' Amos 88'	Report	Lawrence  56'  90+8'	Stadium: Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium Attendance: 15,298 Referee: Josh Smith

23 April 2022 44	Derby County	1–3	Bristol City	Derby
15:00 BST	Byrne  54' Forsyth 61'	Report	Williams  9' Weimann 10' Benarous  16' Semenyo 38',  63' Klose 79'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 22,753 Referee: Thomas Bramall

30 April 2022 45	Blackpool	0–2	Derby County	Blackpool
15:00 BST	Connolly  81'	Report	Ebiowei 73' Cashin 82' Davies  84' Ebosele  88'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 15,298 Referee: Andy Davies

7 May 2022 46	Derby County	0–1	Cardiff City	Derby
12:30 BST	Thompson  73'	Report	Hugill 55' Ng  69' Harris  81'	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 29,402 Referee: Keith Stroud

FA Cup

Derby were drawn away to Coventry City in the third round.

8 January 2022 Third round	Coventry City	1–0	Derby County	Coventry
12:30 GMT	Hyam 42' Shipley  53'	Report	Jagielka  31' Ebosele  57'	Stadium: The Coventry Building Society Arena Attendance: 8,896 Referee: Andrew Madley

EFL Cup

Derby County were drawn at home to Salford City in the first round and away to Sheffield United in the second round.

10 August 2021 First round	Derby County	3–3 (5–3 p)	Salford City	Derby
19:45 BST	Ebosele  42' Hutchinson 43' Kazim-Richards 71' (pen.) Jóźwiak  77' Morrison 82'	Report	Turnbull 8',  18' Morris 14', 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Pride Park Stadium Attendance: 4,747 Referee: James Bell
	Penalties
	Shinnie Kazim-Richards Brown Forsyth Watson		Morris Burgess Touray Lund
Note: Live on Sky Sports

24 August 2021 Second round	Sheffield United	2–1	Derby County	Sheffield
19:45 BST	Osborn  43' Freeman 53',  83' Fleck  74' Sharp 76' Robinson  90+3'	Report	Sibley 44'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 7,973 Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
30 May 2021	CM		Darren Robinson	Dungannon Swifts	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	MF		Courtney Clarke	Whyteleafe	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	MF		Dubem Eze	Chelsea	Free transfer
1 July 2021	MF		Adebayo Fapetu	Arsenal	Free transfer
1 July 2021	FW		Reece Nicholas-Davies	Fulham	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CF		Luke Plange	Arsenal	Free transfer
6 August 2021	GK		Ryan Allsop	Wycombe Wanderers	Free transfer
6 August 2021	CB		Richard Stearman	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer
7 August 2021	AM		Ravel Morrison	Free agent	—
13 August 2021	GK		Harrison Foulkes	Hull City	Free transfer
13 August 2021	MF		Carlos Richards	West Ham United	Free transfer
17 August 2021	CF		Sam Baldock	Reading	Free transfer
17 August 2021	CB		Phil Jagielka	Sheffield United	Free transfer
11 September 2021	AM		Malcolm Ebiowei	Rangers	Free transfer

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
31 January 2022	CF		Luke Plange	Crystal Palace	End of season

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
19 November 2021	GK		Alfie Roberts	Matlock Town
31 January 2022	AM		Isaac Hutchinson	Crawley Town	End of season

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
30 June 2021	CB		Joe Bateman	Mickleover	Released
30 June 2021	LB		Archie Brown	Lausanne-Sport	Free transfer
30 June 2021	GK		Scott Carson	Manchester City	Released
30 June 2021	LW		Cameron Cresswell	Start	Released
30 June 2021	GK		Bradley Foster	Ilkeston Town	Released
30 June 2021	GK		Harry Halwax	Cabinteely	Released
30 June 2021	CF		Jahmal Hector-Ingram	St Johnstone	Released
30 June 2021	GK		Emmanuel Idem	Swindon Town	Released
30 June 2021	RW		Florian Jozefzoon	Quevilly-Rouen	Released
30 June 2021	LB		Scott Malone	Millwall	Free transfer
1 July 2021	CF		Jack Marriott	Peterborough United	Free transfer
30 June 2021	CB		Callum Minkley	Gainsborough Trinity	Released
30 June 2021	GK		Jonathan Mitchell	Hartlepool United	Released
30 June 2021	AM		Jayden Mitchell-Lawson	Swindon Town	Released
30 June 2021	LW		Josh Shonibare	Free agent	Released
30 June 2021	GK		George Sykes-Kenworthy	Boston United	Released
30 June 2021	CF		Martyn Waghorn	Coventry City	Free transfer
30 June 2021	CB		Ethan Wassall	Free agent	Released
30 June 2021	GK		Matthew Yates	Gainsborough Trinity	Released
1 July 2021	RW		Jordon Ibe	Adanaspor	Mutual consent
4 August 2021	AM		Jack Rogers	Ilkeston Town	Free transfer
11 January 2022	GK		David Marshall	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer
14 January 2022	DF		Phil Jagielka	Stoke City	End of contract
16 January 2022	MF		Graeme Shinnie	Wigan Athletic	Undisclosed
17 January 2022	CF		Sam Baldock	Oxford United	End of contract
24 January 2022	CB		Jordan Brown	Leyton Orient	Free transfer
24 January 2022	LB		Dylan Williams	Chelsea	Undisclosed
31 January 2022	CF		Luke Plange	Crystal Palace	Undisclosed
6 March 2022	AM		Omari Kellyman	Aston Villa	£600,000
11 March 2022	LW		Kamil Jóźwiak	Charlotte	Undisclosed

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
21	GK	NED	Kelle Roos	18	0	17+1	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	ENG	Ryan Allsop	33	0	29+1	0	1	0	2	0
50	GK	ENG	Alfie Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	ENG	Nathan Byrne	41	0	41	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Craig Forsyth	29	3	23+3	3	1	0	2	0
16	DF	ENG	Richard Stearman	15	0	10+4	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF	ENG	Max Bardell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Lee Buchanan	31	0	24+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
33	DF	ENG	Curtis Davies	47	4	46	4	1	0	0	0
36	DF	IRL	Festy Ebosele	37	2	18+17	2	1	0	1	0
37	DF	ENG	Kornell McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	DF	IRL	Eiran Cashin	18	1	14+4	1	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	POL	Krystian Bielik	15	1	12+3	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Max Bird	43	2	41+1	2	1	0	0	0
10	MF	WAL	Tom Lawrence	39	11	37+1	11	1	0	0	0
11	MF	JAM	Ravel Morrison	38	5	25+11	4	1	0	1	1
17	MF	ENG	Louie Sibley	28	1	11+15	1	0	0	2	0
32	MF	ENG	Malcolm Ebiowei	16	1	11+5	1	0	0	0	0
35	MF	IRL	Louie Watson	6	0	3+1	0	0	0	2	0
38	MF	IRL	Jason Knight	39	3	31+7	3	1	0	0	0
40	MF	ENG	Isaac Hutchinson	3	1	0+1	0	0	0	2	1
42	MF	ENG	Liam Thompson	24	0	19+4	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	GER	Osazee Aghatise	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
47	MF	NIR	Darren Robinson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
13	FW	TUR	Colin Kazim-Richards	25	4	5+18	3	1	0	0+1	1
34	FW	SCO	Jack Stretton	12	1	1+8	1	0+1	0	2	0
39	FW	ENG	Marko Borkovic	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
48	FW	ENG	Luke Plange	27	4	19+7	4	0+1	0	0	0
49	FW	POL	Bartosz Cybulski	4	0	1+3	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
1	GK	SCO	David Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	SCO	Graeme Shinnie	23	1	21	1	0+1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Phil Jagielka	21	0	20	0	1	0	0	0
7	MF	POL	Kamil Jóźwiak	20	0	13+4	0	0+1	0	2	0
9	FW	ENG	Sam Baldock	14	2	12+1	2	0+1	0	0	0
32	DF	ENG	Jordan Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
43	DF	ENG	Dylan Williams	8	0	2+4	0	0	0	2	0
46	FW	NIR	Omari Kellyman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Notes

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