Derby’s Jamie Ward, left, challenges Scott Dann, right, of Blackburn

While Nigel Clough is now the Championship’s longest-serving manager, Gary Bowyer was the fifth used last season alone by Blackburn Rovers, upheaval which would doubtless provoke convulsions from Derby’s board.

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