‘I’m just relieved we haven’t got pressure of play-offs!’

Big Interview: Paul Warne
By Chris Dunlavy

Paul Warne describes joining Derby in the autumn of 2022 as like jumping out of an aeroplane at 3,000 feet.
“There’s an adrenaline rush,” laughs the 50-year-old. “But, quite honestly, you’re just terrified for your life.”
Nineteen months on, that terror has subsided, replaced by a combination of pride and relief after promotion to the Championship ended one of the darkest periods in the club’s 140-year history.
Last weekend’s 2-0 victory at home to Carlisle saw off the challenge of Bolton, sealed second place and vindicated the faith placed ...

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