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Derby County
0 Everton 2
Sunday
28 October 2007 Pride Park
Match Reporter: Tom Carr
Sunday
morning up bright and early with a first
stop to the beer fridge ‘what to take’, four
cans of Strongbow staring at me, nice and
cold, that’ll do nicely. Don’t forget the
pasty, always need some solids on match day,
hopefully a winning combination.
Just
had time to get a cuppa char from me
‘Tommy’s a Toffee Head’ cup while waiting
for Steve Robbo to collect me from the
homestead …. All was going well. Stepped out
of the door to the miserable grey rainy
morning to be met by Robbo (looking a bit
rough from the previous nights RED wine) in
a RED car, must of obtained it over the
weekend whilst working in temporary
employment clamping cars outside British Gas
head office in St Mary’s Road with Fred.
Arrived at Parkway on time to be met by
Skinny (The Estonian) plus Grey Dave (who
was also ribbed for having cans of apples)
and the some of the local boys. Five minutes
later ‘Happy Eddies’ tour bus arrives ready
to take us north to Derby. The motley crew
is now onboard and off we go Steve at the
wheel, well except for Skinny who decides it
may be time to practice his winch-man
technique in an attempt to leave the bus.
Fortunately managed to grab his ‘Armani’
jacket and save the day (well that’s what us
firefighters do!!)
The
talk on Happy Eddies is all about last weeks
derby and the European tour to Nurnberg,
Eddie decides to give out the tickets except
their at home on his kitchen table ‘come on
Eddie get a grip’. Bit of money laundering
for Steve (don’t believe in cheques) Robbo
and where all paid up. After a quick call
tickets in the post apparently So now the
talk is about our intrepid invasion of
Germany, by car, train, plane and any other
means with a four-pronged attack to
Nuremberg. Skinny found out earlier that he
is travelling on a Fokker!!
After
a couple of stops (well the ale was kicking
in and we are getting to that age) we arrive
by Tom Tom Tom at the Navigator pub on the
London Road and the first result of the day
..free parking. In we go, some drinking the
amber nectar, some the black stuff and now
the talk is about ESSCA’s Great White Hope
‘Paulsgrove Pete’ and his up and coming
fight with Ricky Hatton at the Hilsea Lido.
Pete apparently got through to the
championship after his convincing win
against some red shite’s in his local
recently … come Pete were right behind you
!!
Off to
the ground to cheer on the blues, got to get
us back in the top half of the table and put
the rams back on the bottom. Despite walking
over the muddy terrain Andy Lewis manages to
make it to the ground with his trainers
still immaculate. The good news is Cahill
starts in what would appear to be a free
role behind the Yak. Ossie returns to his
former temporary home after which he broke
into the first team to become a regular.
Jagielka comes in for the banned Hibbert to
form what I regard as our best back four
with Baines, Yobo and Lescott. In the middle
are Ossie, Carsley, Arteta and Pienaar.
The
game was fair with an easy victory with no
nerve-jangling bit at the end this time! For
the first goal Howard released Jagielka who
is gaining in confidence, the former Blade
advanced into the Derby half before playing
a low ball into the Nigerian striker who I
thought initially had cocked it up but fair
play he played a smart dummy that split the
home side's defence wide open. Mikel
advanced into the gap and fired home a low
shot, that’ll do nicely.
Baines
couldn't come out after the break thanks to
a poor challenge by Derby’s comedy
centre-half Darren Moore. Shame as the six
million pound full back has been doing well
recently, hopefully he will only to be out
for a short term. The second and killer goal
came with a move started by the Yak holding
the ball up in the centre circle, like a
proper striker, before feeding Osman and
heading for the box. By the time he arrived,
Steven Pienaar's angled ball and Timmy’s
dummy run had opened up the defence, leaving
Yak to take a touch and tuck the ball
beneath the stranded Bywater.
The
boys on the terraces were having a bit of
fun with ‘Oh Tommy, Tommy…. Tommy Tommy
Tommy Graveson’ as he warmed up and Grav was
milking every minute of it. So the game was
done and we had climbed the table above
Villa 9th, we headed back to the ‘Happy
Eddie’s’ bus for the journey home. Bit of a
kip and some music and the ‘red shite talk
sport show’
Steve
had got us safely back to the Crown & Horns
in East Isley where we disembarked for a
further few beers and some food, but not
enough according to Eddie and his lad. Back
home in Southampton for 9.30 and just time
to get back in Robbo’s Red limo and to the
Hop Inn for a final couple of Guinness
before heading up the hill to home sweet
home and bed … Sweet Dreams
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