 Martin's downturn coincided with a poor run in form for "The Rams", who after rising to the top of The Championship at the end of February, won only two of their last thirteen league matches, to finish the season eighth and outside the playoffs by a single point.Martin was again the club's leading goal-scorer, as well as the joint-seventh highest-scorer in the league, and manager Steve McClaren was sacked.Former Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid assistant manager Paul Clement was named the new Derby manager on 1 June 2015 and Martin again began the new season slowly.