Two goals at Barnsley leave Derby bottom of table
September 2, 2008 | Fixtures
Barnsley 2 - Derby 0
Derby travelled to South Yorkshire feeling confident after progressing to the third round of the Carling League Cup earlier in the week but an adamant Barnsley team stole all three points from a game that both teams were despereate to win.
The Rams put on a tough fight, showing power and devotion throughout, challenging the homeside with plenty of opportunities from Paul Green, Kris Commons, Przemyslaw Kazmierczak and Tito Villa.
It was in the last twenty minutes of the game when Iain Hume slammed in a top-notch 20-yard effort and Stephen Foster converted a corner in the 81st minute to take the home side into a comfortable and flattering 2-0 lead.
Derby have now gone 39 games without a win, a frankly embarrassing record in the football league, so its probably a blessing in disguise we now have a few weeks break during the international qualifiers for World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
No doubt a gutted Paul Jewell will be pushing our boys through an intensive training session for our next game against Sheffield United.