Derby County finished the regular season on a high note, beating arch rivals Leeds United by 2 goals to nil. The game was well fought but the Rams always had the upper hand and seemed to play more fluent football now all the pressure of automatic promotion had disappeared.
A run out for Stephen Pearson seems to indicate that he will be fit and ready to go in the Play-off semi-final, that we now know will be played against Southampton.
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The game flowed well after the restart but it was not until the last minute of the ten minutes added on to the half for the referees injury that the Ram took the lead with a well taken goal by Darren Curry.
With six Police dogs keeping order at the end containing the 1500 travelling Leeds fans, the game was finally over when Tyrone Mears scored his first goal for the Rams to seal a 2-0 victory and send Leeds down to Division 1, although they were already down after having ten points deducted for going into receivership.
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No matter what happens in the play-offs Derby County have had a magnificent resurgence from this time 12 months ago. Promotion via the play-off's would be the icing on the cake, but not the end of the world if we have to re-group and gain promotion in the second year of the Three year plan, so often talked about by the Directors and Billy Davies.