Derby 0-4 Reading
Reading beat Derby with some ease at Pride Park but were still relegated to the Championship after Fulham’s late victory away at Portsmouth. The Royals needed to better Fulham’s result to stay up, but Danny Murphy’s goal condemned them to the second tier. Reading went ahead when James Harper curled a fine shot into the [...]
Blackburn 3-1 Derby
Derby will finish the season with the lowest number of points in Premier League history after Blackburn came from behind to earn a comfortable win. Kenny Miller gave Derby the lead when he controlled Roy Carroll’s long pass to finish beyond Brad Friedel. But Roque Santa Cruz levelled after Carroll failed to deal with Morten [...]
Derby 2-6 Arsenal
Emannuel Adebayor struck a second-half hat-trick as Arsenal piled more misery on relegated Derby at Pride Park. A ludicrous Darren Moore mistake let Nicklas Bendtner fire in the first before Jay McEveley poked in to level. Robin van Persie chested a cross down and lashed home and then Adebayor tapped in at the back post. [...]
West Ham 2-1 Derby
Relegated Derby are still without a win under manager Paul Jewell as West Ham luckily found victory at Upton Park. A weak Dean Leacock challenge allowed Hammers striker Bobby Zamora to nod home on 25 minutes but Derby, showing rare creative intent, hit back. Tyrone Mears powered a fine equaliser over Robert Green on 65 [...]
Derby 0-6 Aston Villa
Aston Villa hammered Derby at Pride Park to plunge the relegated Rams’s season into an embarrassing new low. Derby keeper Roy Carroll had a torrid first-half, failing to clear Ashley Young’s free-kick for Villa’s first. John Carew drilled in seconds later before Stiliyan Petrov expertly lashed Carroll’s hideously skewed clearance into the top corner from [...]
Everton 1-0 Derby
Everton maintained their faint hopes of fourth place with a hard-fought victory over relegated Derby at Goodison Park. Yakubu stabbed over a gaping goal in the best chance of a poor first half which left the home fans frustrated. Derby continued to scrap and a stinging David Jones drive from 25 yards forced a fine [...]
Derby 2-2 Fulham
Derby’s relegation from the Premier League was confirmed as they could only draw at home to struggling Fulham. Tito Villa deflected in Dean Leacock’s shot to give Derby the lead after 10 minutes, but Diomansy Kamara’s header put Fulham level 14 minutes later. Fulham went back in front 12 minutes from time when Hameur Bouazza’s [...]
Middlesbrough 1-0 Derby
Tuncay also scored the winner against Derby at Pride Park Middlesbrough eased their relegation fears with victory over rock-bottom Derby thanks to Tuncay’s cool finish. Tuncay ran on to George Boateng’s flick to shoot low into the corner and pile further misery on a Rams side who have won just one league game this season. [...]
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