11.05.2019… Derby v Leeds…

Derby County 0 Leeds United 1

Pride Park… Saturday May 11th… 5.15pm…

Attendance: 31,723

Ticket: £26 – Programme: £3

The second of two games in one day to finish another season of football…

A couple of short train trips to Derby followed the final whistle at Villa Park, for the first leg of the other Championship Play-Off…

Not a great game to finish, Leeds taking a lead back to Elland Road following a second half goal from Kemar Roofe…

Not much for the home fans to cheer, in fact Derby didn’t even manage a shot on target. Hopes were raised when the referee awarded them a penalty late on, but the decision was overturned after a consultation with his assistant…

The Teams Appear…

Second Half Action: Leeds Press…

Derby County; Roos, Bogle, Keogh (YC), Tomori, Malone, Mount, Johnson. Wilson, Holmes (YC)(Bennett 60), Lawrence (YC)(Huddlestone 86), Nugent (Marriott 64)

Not Used; Carson, Jozefzoon, Evans, MacDonald

Goals; None

Leeds United; Casilla, Ayling, Berardi (YC), Cooper (YC), Dallas, Phillips, Hernandez, Forshaw (Shackleton 24), Klich (YC), Harrison, Roofe (Clarke 81)

Not Used; Peacock-Farrell, Brown, Struijk, Gotts, Bogusz

Goals; Roofe (55)

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…

05.05.2019… Derby v WBA…

Derby County 3 West Bromwich Albion 1

Pride Park… Sunday May 5th… 12.30pm…

Attendance: 32,055

Ticket: £31 – Programme: £3

It was touch an go for a while, but a game that ended in a victory that secured a play off place for the Rams…

Pre-Match: Derby Requiring Three Points…

Second Half: 3-1 Up, Mission Accomplished…

Derby County; Roos, Bogle, Keogh, Tomori, Malone, Holmes (Bennett 65 (YC)), Johnson, Mount, Wilson (Evans 90+1), Waghorn (Nugent 41), Lawrence

Not Used;  Carson, Marriott, Macdonald, Huddlestone

Goals; Waghorn (19), Bennett (70), Wilson (73 pen)

West Bromwich Albion; Johnstone (YC), Dawson, Bartley (YC)(Robson-Kanu 78 (RC)), Hegazi (YC), Holgate, Harper, Johansen (YC)(Field 75), Gibbs, Murphy (Phillips 60), Gayle, Rodriguez (YC)

Not Used; Morrison, Mears, Townsend, Bond

Goals; Johansen (47)

As usual, More pictures to follow on flickr…

02.03.2019… Villa v Derby…

Aston Villa 4 Derby County 0

Villa Park… Saturday March 2nd.. 3pm

Attendance: 37,273

Ticket: £25 – Programme: £3.50

Conor Hourihane scored twice while Jack Grealish added a screamer on his return to first team action, in a game that was over by half time…

Derby’s play-off hopes appear to be fading, Villa’s may just have been resuscitated…

Pre-Match: Kick Off Approaches…

Second Half: Villa Defend a Free Kick…

Aston Villa; Steer, El Mohamady, Elphick (Taylor 67), Mings, Hause (YC), Hourihane (YC), Whelan, Grealish (Carroll 71), Aroma, Abraham, El Ghazi (Green 80)

Not Used; Jedinak, Bjarnason, Kdjia, Kalinic

Goals; Hourihane (9, 44), Abraham (37), Grealish (45+2)

Derby County; Carson, Wisdom, Keogh, Tomori, Cole (Malone 45), Bird, Evans (YC)(Wilson 45), Jozefzoon, Holmes (YC), Bennett (Bogle 55), Marriott

Not Used; Waghorn, Johnson, Roos, Mitchell-Lawson

As usual, more pictures to follow on flickr…

09.02.2019… Derby v Hull…

Derby County 2 Hull City 0

Pride Park… Saturday February 9th… 3pm…

Attendance: 28,211

Ticket: £24 – Programme: £3

A comfortable win for Derby, Martyn Waghorn scoring both goals…

Derby Debuts for Leicester loanee Andy King and Ashley Cole, and ex-Portland Timber Liam Ridgewell for Hull…

Approaching Pride Park…

Inside Pride Park: The View from the South Stand…

Derby County; Roos, Bogle, Keogh, Tomori, Malone, Bryson, Huddlestone, Holmes (King 81), Wilson (YC), Waghorn (Cole 90+1), Jozefzoon (Bennett 59)

Not Used; Wisdom, Johnson, Nugent, Ravas

Goals; Waghorn (41, 71)

Hull City; Marshall, Kane, McKenzie, Lichaj, Kingsley (Ridgewell 75 (YC)), Bowen (Pugh 75), Henriksen, Stewart (Evandro 72), Grosicki, Irvine, Campbell

Not Used; Dicko, Milinkovic, Long, Batty

Goals; None

As usual, More pictures to follow on flickr…