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00:00took on Derby County in October 1999
00:03with both clubs already looking over their shoulder
00:06anticipating a battle for survival
00:09Southampton hadn't beaten Derby in six matches
00:12the Rams were struggling though
00:14and were languishing in 16th place in the league table
00:17with just one away win all season
00:21Troubled times for Southampton manager Dave Jones
00:24both on and off the field
00:26but he had the full backing of his players
00:28and he recalled Mathieu Letizia to the starting line-up
00:31after his two goals as a substitute
00:33in the recent draw with Manchester United
00:36Klaus Lundeck-Vaughn was unfit
00:37so Jason Dodd moved to centre-back
00:39and Scott Highley came in at right-back
00:46Argentine striker Esteban Fuertes
00:48started just his sixth game for Derby
00:50following his arrival in the summer
00:53Boss Jim Smith made two changes to the team
00:55that had lost 1-0 at home to Bradford
00:57skipper Daryl Powell and defender Jakub Lawson
01:00were back after injury
01:02Francesco Baiano and Steve Elliott made way
01:04and Derby operated a 3-5-2 formation
01:09Your match commentator for this one is Ian Dark
01:15There's a little bit of a nip in the air
01:17at the DEL tonight
01:19a bit colder than of late
01:20and happily a bit drier too
01:23Here's Khashlul, the Moroccan
01:25who's done so well
01:26since moving to Southampton
01:30Ben Ali
01:31back to Khashlul again
01:35It was Southampton's form on this ground
01:37at the back end of last season
01:39that kept them in the top flight
01:41no doubt about that at all
01:43they got 31 points at home
01:45and only 10 away
01:47Here's Ripley
01:48trying to make some early inroads
01:51Goal kick
01:55Stuart Ripley, a member
01:58of Blackburn's championship winning side
02:00four years ago
02:19Mark Hughes
02:22Ball charged down
02:24by Ruri Dillap
02:27and Southampton getting the free kick
02:29Southampton coming off that great 3-0 draw
02:32at Old Trafford
02:36They did get a helping hand
02:37from Massibu Taibi
02:39and Sylvester as well
02:40This is Ripley
02:42bounced a bit awkwardly
02:47Stuart Ripley
02:48I think it's fair to say
02:49not a noted goalscorer
02:54Now can either side
02:56develop any rhythm here early on
03:06The one advantage
03:07for Southampton about staying at the Dell
03:10is it's so small
03:11that it feels like a cup tie every time
03:13it's always packed to the rafters
03:15They are going to move to a new stadium
03:17in 18 months time
03:19which will hold 32,000
03:21Here is Dillap
03:24Good run
03:26and a decent challenge from Oakley
03:30Here's Hughes
03:32Ripley
03:33providing the pace on the outside
03:34and look at Dillap
03:35he's got all the way back
03:36He's a really versatile
03:38and underrated player
03:39this Ruri Dillap
03:40He can play as a striker as well
03:42and scored in that role
03:44in Derby's only away win so far
03:46at Sheffield Wednesday
03:48Player they picked up from Carlisle
03:50Dillap
03:55Highley
03:59Ripley
04:01in towards the danger zone
04:04Kasluul as ever
04:06was in there looking to pick up the pieces
04:08a man with a real eye for goal
04:10even though he's
04:11been consigned to a wide left role
04:14for much of the season
04:17Here's Dillap
04:19Sturridge
04:22goes to ground
04:23hopefully
04:24looking for a free kick
04:25or you could say
04:26trying to con the referee
04:27if you were being unkind
04:30and I'm feeling a bit unkind
04:31at the moment
04:32so I think he was
04:36Here's Hughes
04:49Letizia
04:51A rare chance in the starting line up for him
04:53he's been injured for much of the season
04:56Matt Letizia
05:21Russell
05:24Russell Holt
05:25the Derby goalkeeper
05:27Fuertes managed to get on the end of it
05:29now it's Sturridge
05:31he's beginning to show up quite usefully
05:33for Derby
05:34Dorigo plays it in there
05:36it was Dillap
05:37oh and Dillap's gonna be in here
05:39and he's scored
05:40Rory Dillap it was
05:43and Derby are ahead
05:44it was a terrible mix up that
05:46in the Southampton defence
05:48and on 20 minutes
05:50Rory Dillap
05:52scores his third goal of the season
05:54one that makes him Derby's
05:56top scorer for the campaign
05:58he won it initially
06:00and then a terrible mix up
06:02and really it was as well
06:04for Paul Jones the goalkeeper
06:06that he didn't actually manage to foul
06:08Dillap here
06:09and bring him down
06:10because he'd have been sent off for this
06:12he tried to stop him
06:14but Dillap scores anyway
06:19number three of the season
06:21and what a gift that is
06:22for Derby County
06:26oh and there's the equaliser
06:29Pahars
06:31instant riposte
06:35wow
06:37suddenly this game
06:39explodes into life
06:44well how about this
06:46straight from the kick off
06:531-1
06:56and Pahars
06:58who got everybody out of their season
07:00Old Trafford last week
07:03did it like that
07:05you cannot keep them out
07:161-0
07:26Schnoor gets up well
07:28and was pushed by Ripley
07:30which is why Derby have a free kick
07:35Derby have done much better
07:37on the road
07:39this season drawing at Leeds
07:41on the opening day
07:42that was a decent result
07:430-0
07:44they lost at Coventry
07:45won at Sheffield Wednesday, and got a 2-2 draw at Wimbledon.
07:50So not bad at all that, but it's at home where they've had their problems,
07:53losing to Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Bradford.
07:59It's pretty nightmarish. Now then, Sturridge.
08:03Can he find room for the shot? Yes, he can!
08:06It was cleverly done by Sturridge.
08:15He does well here, just buys that little half-yard.
08:18Richards did allow him it.
08:23Now, Johnson again.
08:29Larsen, in towards Sturridge, who's worked pretty hard for the cause up there for Derby.
08:36Hughes.
08:39Not a problem for Spencer Pryor.
08:46Derby have done really well since they came back into the Premiership.
08:52Finishing 12th, 9th and last season a best ever 8th.
08:57Great stuff really from Jim Smith's side, though they have not started nearly as well this time.
09:08Oakley with a run. His shot just took a little deflection on the way through.
09:15Such a promising young player, Oakley.
09:37Benali.
09:40Away by Pryor. This looks promising for Southampton.
09:45It's Oakley and it's 2-1!
09:50Matthew Oakley gives the Saints the lead.
09:54Ten minutes before the break.
09:57And Derby fell apart.
10:05Cashew plays it inside.
10:07And Oakley skipping past the challenge of Carbonari rather too easily from Derby's point of view.
10:15There's no challenge and he finished it really well, didn't he?
10:40Now Powell.
10:42And Fuentes, again, losing possession. He's not having an impressive match at the moment.
10:52Letiziai.
10:56Cashlew.
11:02Hughes.
11:04Back in again by Benali and...
11:08Volley just past the post by Baha'z who's capable of all kinds of adventure and spectacular efforts on goal.
11:20Benali's ball in and what a goal that would have been.
11:24Good, isn't he?
11:38Carbonari was who scored the winner in this fixture last season.
11:45Last week he got an own goal to give Bradford victory.
11:49It will have to be quicker here.
11:52Dodd not looking quite as comfortable in centre defence as in his usual role as a right back.
12:01Just missing Lundekvam a little.
12:04He's injured and that concludes the entertainment as they say for the first half.
12:10Half-time score here then is Southampton 2, Derby 1.
12:23Here is Di Rigo.
12:28He's away by Benali. Schnur picks it up.
12:34Harmless really from Larsen.
12:44Jim Smith I think is contemplating change.
12:48So what can he do? He's got Kevin Harper who often comes off the bench for Derby.
12:53Seems to be there every game.
12:56Maybe he'll come on to add a bit of width to things or there's Vasilis Bourbakis, the signing from Sheffield United.
13:04Maybe Mikael Beck who will come on to add a bit of width to things.
13:10Maybe Mikael Beck who will come on to add a bit of width to things or there's Vasilis Bourbakis, the signing from Sheffield United.
13:16Maybe Mikael Beck who we learned tonight wants to leave the club.
13:22They are options and the young midfield player Adam Murray also on the bench tonight for Derby.
13:29Free kick.
13:34Pryor flattened.
13:37Letizia having plenty to say to him. It doesn't look overly sympathetic, does it?
13:46Look at this arms up.
13:50They were having a go at each other.
13:56I'll tell you what, he's a very good-natured fellow, Matthew Letizia.
13:59Some say a bit too good-natured over the years.
14:02People think he should have gone on his bike and gone off to one of the big clubs and maybe he would have really been a big England star.
14:09Who knows? Fact is he's happy down here at the Dell.
14:13Loves just popping home to Guernsey on the plane.
14:16Nothing wrong with that.
14:19Keeps him happy and he's kept the Saints fans happy for donkey's years.
14:23Now Mikael Beck has cut off a few of those locks since the last time I saw him.
14:30He's coming on to replace the unhappy Esteban Fuertes.
14:35Not an encouraging performance that by the Argentine two million pound signing.
14:41So can Beck make a point here?
14:46Danish international didn't really make a big success of his life at Middlesbrough.
14:54Maybe he can make some difference.
14:56Derby needs something, don't they?
14:58Sturridge.
15:02Dilap.
15:04Oh and too long for Beck but not for Daryl Powell.
15:07And he's off the line.
15:15It was either Haile or Dodd who got it off the line for Southampton.
15:19But that was a major chance for Derby and Daryl Powell.
15:25They badly needed that to go in.
15:32Ripley.
15:34No way through.
15:38Powell again but Derby maybe just lifted by the very fact that they carved a chance out.
15:50In all honesty it's not been a vintage performance has it this from either side.
15:56Ripley.
16:03Now here it is. It was Dilap's cross. It was too long for Beck and then Powell.
16:09And off the line it was Haile in fact who got that header in.
16:15Powell did have to stretch but he will be kicking himself.
16:26It was a good move and maybe deserved a goal but Scott Haile made sure that nothing came of it in the end.
16:34Up goes Beck, wins it in the air.
16:36That will be something for Derby County because Fuertes was non-existent in that area tonight.
16:45Now here's Cachalot.
16:49Oakley's made another little run again.
17:00And a good save there by Russell Holt.
17:04It was in fact Pahars who made the run through.
17:07He and Oakley do look a bit similar so you will excuse me for that.
17:10Richards didn't quite get that half and tried to get on the air at Scott Haile.
17:16He cleared off the line earlier on with a clearance. Now it's Dorigo for Derby.
17:22Good work by Cachalot.
17:29Pryor.
17:41Cachalot.
17:45Here's Oakley.
17:48Standing it up to the back post. Ripley's got room if he can get it down and volley and he can!
17:53A rare goal for Stuart Ripley.
17:56Put Southampton in the comfort zone.
18:0266th minute.
18:04Good cross by Oakley. Bags of room for Ripley.
18:08And his left-footed volley does the rest.
18:123-1 to Southampton. First goal of the season this for Stuart Ripley.
18:21And he's got it.
18:24He's got it.
18:26He's got it.
18:28He's got it.
18:30He's got it.
18:31He's got it.
18:41Oakley. Low and hard.
18:47His confidence sky-high at the moment.
18:50This cue by Dean Richards but he got away with it.
18:54Because he was the first to react to his own error.
19:01Look at those seats.
19:03Every one of them filled.
19:05That was a very neat piece of work, wasn't it, by Russell Holt.
19:09Franz Beckenbauer couldn't have bettered that.
19:11Free kick for Derby.
19:14And they need to make something of it, you feel.
19:17They need to get something to bite at.
19:20In the last quarter of an hour, it's just a clumsy challenge.
19:24But they've got it.
19:26They've got it.
19:28They've got it.
19:30They've got it.
19:32They've got it.
19:34They've got it.
19:36They've got it.
19:38They've got it.
19:39In the last quarter of an hour, it's just a clumsy challenge by Cachalot.
19:42But it does give Derby an opportunity.
19:46If they can cook up something here.
19:48They've got Daryl Powell in there.
19:54Lady with pace and he's in too.
19:56Off the post and the goalkeeper.
19:58And into the back of the net.
20:00From Larson.
20:01Straight from the free kick.
20:03And I think he caught Paul Jones napping there.
20:06He was waiting for the cross.
20:09And Jakob Larson.
20:11Who hasn't scored for two years.
20:14Does so here.
20:16Yeah.
20:17Jones was waiting for the cross and look at what he did.
20:21That was.
20:24Very good piece of thinking by the Dane.
20:34Here's Mark Hughes.
20:35Waiting for some support.
20:36All this drops very, very neatly indeed.
20:38For Beattie.
20:40But he took his time.
20:41But Pahars is in there anyway.
20:43Great save.
20:46By Holt.
20:49Southampton had opportunities there.
20:51To wrap it all up.
20:53False for Beattie here.
20:55And he was.
20:57All arms and legs really.
20:58But Pahars wasn't.
21:00Sharp as a needle.
21:01Good save Holt.
21:02Sharp as a needle.
21:03Good save Holt.
21:05There's the bald eagle with his physio.
21:08Neil Sillet.
21:09Who's the son of John Sillet.
21:10The old Coventry manager.
21:11Great bloke he is as well.
21:24Graham Paul.
21:26Just trying to restore order here.
21:33Sometimes players are raising their arms.
21:36To get.
21:37Elevation for a header.
21:39And that should not be confused with an elbowing offence.
21:41But hey.
21:43Look at Mark Hughes.
21:45In the last home game here.
21:46He was the one who got sent off.
21:48For an elbow against Edge Hill.
21:53He's the last one who'll complain about it.
21:54Mind you.
22:02Looks as if he's done a few rounds doesn't he.
22:04In a world title fight.
22:13Towards the far post.
22:14And Cashler.
22:15Denied by a great save.
22:17By Holt.
22:20It was Beattie who'd headed it down.
22:21And Cashler was nearly in again.
22:24What a big save that.
22:25Might turn out to be.
22:27By Russell Holt.
22:28If Derby can somehow.
22:29Contrive a late equaliser.
22:33Asking a lot.
22:36Because.
22:38We only have about 10 seconds left.
22:40Plus.
22:41Whatever the referee is going to add on.
22:42We don't know what that is at the moment.
22:44But here's.
22:45Seth Johnson.
22:46Good looking cross.
22:47Dean Sturridge on the back post.
22:49And.
22:50It was neither.
22:51For goal.
22:53Nor really to any of his supporting colleagues.
22:57This is a big opportunity for Derby.
23:03Derigo.
23:04A bit odd.
23:06Then Pryor.
23:09Now Powell.
23:10Derby needed to get it.
23:11Forward quickly.
23:15Harper.
23:18Towards Sturridge.
23:19And he couldn't.
23:20Get in a volley.
23:23There'll be a little extra time.
23:24For Derby.
23:25But.
23:26It's not.
23:27It's not.
23:28It's not.
23:29It's not.
23:30It's not.
23:31There'll be a little added on.
23:32For the substitution.
23:35And maybe the booking too.
23:37We've now played.
23:38Four and a half minutes.
23:39Of added time.
23:41This must be Derby's.
23:42Last attack.
23:43You'd think so.
23:44For Bocchus.
23:45And it's deflected.
23:47And it's an equaliser.
23:48By Mikel Beck.
23:49The fairy tale.
23:50We were talking about.
23:52Happens.
23:53The man.
23:54Who wants to leave.
23:55Derby.
23:56And announced it tonight.
23:57Has saved a point tonight.
24:01And the goal.
24:02Comes.
24:03Four and a half minutes.
24:05Into added time.
24:08Derby.
24:09Come back.
24:10From the dead.
24:12Maybe you'll want to stay now.
24:16I told you.
24:17Sometimes football fact.
24:18Was stranger than fiction.
24:20And there's your example.
24:24Mikel Beck.
24:26Plants home the goal.
24:27His first of the season.
24:30And Derby County.
24:31Improbably.
24:33Have saved a point.
24:34And Southampton.
24:36It was almost the last touch.
24:38Southampton.
24:39Are involved in another 3-3.
24:41They were celebrating the one at Old Trafford.
24:44But they'll be crestfallen about this.
24:47The Derby fans are celebrating.
24:49It's Southampton 3.
24:51Derby County 3.
24:54Well Derby were near the bottom of the league for most of the season.
24:56But important wins over Middlesbrough.
24:58And Watford saw the move out of the drop zone in the new year.
25:01They eventually finished in 16th place on 38 points.
25:05Southampton brought in Glenn Huddle to manage the club in January.
25:09With Dave Jones' situation overshadowing events.
25:12But more important was the signing of Dean Richards.
25:15Whose presence stabilised a previously shaky defence.
25:19The Saints finished in the relative safety of 15th place on 44 points.