Monthly Archives: January 2009

Derby defeat lacklustre Coventry in Clough’s first win

By Si | Published: Saturday 31 January, 2009
Derby County 2 Coventry City 1 After Derby’s defeat at Birmingham on Tuesday, Derby had dropped into the relegation zone and were desperate to get a win against Midlands rivals Coventry. Rob Hulse was on form from the off with two very close attempts on goal in the space of 10 minutes. It was in [...]
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Birmingham scrape a win over dominating Derby

By Si | Published: Tuesday 27 January, 2009
Birmingham City 1 Derby County 0 After a week of Cup matches against Manchester United and Nottingham Forest, Derby had to change focus back to the more important task of improving their league performance with a trip to St Andrews to face promotion-chasing Birmingham. Derby pretty much dominated the entire first half, seeing Kris Commons [...]
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Derby and Forest fight for an FA Cup replay

By Si | Published: Sunday 25 January, 2009
Derby County 1 Nottingham Forest 1 Derby had a difficult week ahead of them this week with two very important Cup fixtures lined up. After Man Utd knocked Derby out of the Carling Cup on Tuesday night, Derby had to concentrate on beating arch rivals Nottingham Forest to progress to the 5th round of the [...]
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Man Utd destroy Derby’s hopes for Carling Cup glory

By Si | Published: Sunday 25 January, 2009
Manchester United 4 Derby County 2 (4-3 agg) After Kris Commons gave Derby the edge over Manchester United in the first leg of the Carling Cup, expectations were high for a similar performance on their return journey to Old Trafford. Nigel Clough’s first game in charge against QPR wasn’t particularly successful so there was a [...]
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QPR beat Derby at Clough’s first game in charge

By Si | Published: Sunday 18 January, 2009
Derby County 0 Queens Park Rangers 2 Nigel Clough must have been ecstatic with Derby’s Carling Cup win over Manchester United last week, expecting to see a new lease of life in Derby’s performance. His expectations against QPR could only have been more of the same, if not more. Rob Hulse and Kris Commons both [...]
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Kris Commons’ howler stuns Man Utd in Carling Cup Semi

By Si | Published: Wednesday 7 January, 2009
Derby County 1 Manchester United 0 The game had huge coverage in the media today and rightly so – this was a massive game for Derby. Not only were they facing one of the biggest clubs in the World nor was it the furthest they’ve progressed in the League Cup for over 40 years but [...]
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