After winning Saturday’s FA Cup 3rd round clash against fellow Championship team Burnley, the Rams were one of a few teams who got a secure entry in the draw for the 4th round this lunch time. Many Premiership teams struggled to even get a draw against some of their lower-league rivals but Derby actually got a well-deserved win in this year’s FA Cup tournament.

Thankfully, the draw has worked in our favour. We will be playing Colchester FC on the weekend of the 28/29th January 2006.

While the “U’s” haven’t lost at home since October, the history books show that the only time we have played them was back in the 1976/77 FA Cup when we drew 1-1 away in the first game then won 1-0 in the return leg. Maybe the teams have changed shape considerably in the last 30 years but our chances of a similar result don’t seem too unlikely and there is a good chance we may be making a 5th Round appearance this year.

Filed by Si at 3:40 pm under DCFC