Their promotion back to the second division on Saturday, however, was less a coronation, and more about vindication.
Warne, 50, had previously won promotion from the third tier in each of the first three seasons he managed in the division.
All of them were at Rotherham, the club that gave him his first shot at management and where he spent a majority of his 16-year playing career.
Whereas with this one, I haven’t got the job because I had a brilliant Derby career and I scored 200 goals, I got it because of what my staff achieved at Rotherham and I’m always grateful for that.
But it [promotion] is a bit more of a vindication and says we are not bad at what we do, without sounding arrogant.
