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Rams Start Strongly Against the Posh

By dennisdcfc | Published: Monday 17 August, 2009
Derby County 2 – Peterborough United 1 Derby’s season opener witnessed what the media labelled the battle of the ‘greats’, Clough Jnr vs. Ferguson Jnr.  Both promising young managers, burdened with the baggage of their fathers managerial success; the opening game of the season was the ideal opportunity to improve their standing.  Clough was notably [...]
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Not so sunny in Scunny as Derby leave empty handed

By Jon Nicholls | Published: Saturday 15 August, 2009
Scunthorpe United 3 Derby County 2 With the League Cup cast firmly out of the picture the Rams today refocused their attention on the league; hoping to build upon their excellent start against new boys Peterborough. Next up was a trip to (not so) sunny Scunthorpe. Derby were forced to field a seriously weakened side [...]
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Derby beat Addicks to Assure Survival

By Jon Nicholls | Published: Saturday 25 April, 2009
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 [...]
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Rams Royally Rumbled

By Jon Nicholls | Published: Tuesday 21 April, 2009
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 [...]
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Rams Throw Away Lead Against Wolves

By Jon Nicholls | Published: Monday 13 April, 2009
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 [...]
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Ram’s brought back down to earth by Doncaster

By Jon Nicholls | Published: Saturday 28 February, 2009
Doncaster Rovers 2 Derby County 1  Having finally found a winning formula in recent weeks, the Rams were brought back down to earth with a bump in this Friday evening kickoff.   Derby were weakened with the both the influential Kris Commons and Nacer Barazite ruled out through injury and were forced to play a more [...]
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