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Man Utd destroy Derby’s hopes for Carling Cup glory

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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Kris Commons’ howler stuns Man Utd in Carling Cup Semi

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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Derby beat Stoke in League Cup Quarter Final

Stoke City 0 Derby County 1 While Derby’s league campaign has had mixed results, the League Cup was a completely different affair. Derby haven’t reached the quarter finals of the league cup in 20 odd years so they had already exceeded expectations. It was now time to step it up a gear against Premiership side, [...]
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Commons first home goal helps thrash Sheffield Wednesday

Derby County 3 Sheffield Wednesday 0 Still on a high from the fantastic result against Leeds in the Carling Cup earlier in the week, Derby were full of enthusiasm and motivation to concentrate on their Championship campaign with their clash against Sheffield Wednesday. Both teams are hovering around mid-table so were keen to outplay the [...]
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Nathan Ellington earn Derby a deserved away win at Norwich

Norwich City 1 Derby County 2 After the tense draw at Pride Park against Birmingham in the week, Derby were keen to improve on their five game unbeaten run with their journey across the Norfolk Broads to Delia Smith‘s beloved Norwich City. Rob Hulse opened the scoreline in the 26th minute with a beauty of [...]
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Steve Davies extends Derby’s unbeaten run to 5 games

Derby 1 Birmingham 1 Derby have been on a good run over the last four games, mostly drawing but at least with the teams who are heading up the Championship this season. So with BBC Radio Five Live Extra covering the game when there were numerous Champions League qualifiers simultaneously being played, the media obviously [...]
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