Sunday 3 May, 2009 | Campaign | Written by Jon Nicholls
Watford 3 Derby County 1
End of season games are often an excuse for a party; to celebrate success or more likely for Derby to forget the woes of the previous 9 months. So whilst the Rams faithful partied hard on the terraces of Vicarage Road, the team got in the mood and took to the [...]
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Saturday 25 April, 2009 | In Brief | Written by Jon Nicholls
Derby County 1 Charlton Athletic 0
Another season of Championship football was finally assured for the Rams after this determined victory against already relegated Charlton.
The first half of this affair highlighted all the reasons why these two teams have both languished in the lower half of the table for much of the season. The problem lay [...]
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Tuesday 21 April, 2009 | Campaign | Written by Jon Nicholls
Derby County 0 Reading 2
Derby once again failed to achieve mathematical safety, leaving it instead until the penultimate weekend of the season for another chance to seal the deal.
To say that Reading rattled Derby’s cage during the opening stages of the game would be the understatement of the season. The ball found its way to [...]
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Saturday 18 April, 2009 | Campaign | Written by Jon Nicholls
Crystal Palace 1 Derby County 0
Derby were left ruing missed chances as they left South London still two points short of assured mathematical safety.
However if this was playing on the minds of the Derby players then it certainly didn’t show. This tie had end-of-season-kick-around written all over it, and that is exactly how it was [...]
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Monday 13 April, 2009 | Campaign | Written by Jon Nicholls
Derby County 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3
In the second game of Derby’s Easter doubleheader the Rams squandered a 2-1 lead against the league leaders to ultimately lose the game 3-2.
The game did not get off to the best of starts for the Rams, who after only 6 minutes found themselves a goal behind. Andy Keogh struck [...]
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Saturday 11 April, 2009 | Fixtures, In Brief | Written by Jon Nicholls
Sheffield Wednesday 0 Derby County 1
This Easter visit to Hillsborough saw the Rams finally pass the magical 50 point barrier as they took one giant leap towards finally sewing up Championship football for next season.
The Derby side fielded today had a different feel about it, with the most noticeable absence being the rested Robbie [...]
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