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00:00March 2002, and at Pride Park, 19th place Derby took on 15th place Everton in a relegation battle.
00:08Two clubs who were sampling mini-turnarounds and benefiting from new manager syndrome.
00:13John Gregory, who'd taken over in January, just a week after quitting Aston Villa, won three of his first six games as Derby boss.
00:20He'd succeeded Colin Todd. Everton had also been going through a bad spell and sacked Walter Smith, with the team sliding towards the First Division.
00:28He was replaced by Preston's David Moyes, who'd won his first game in charge against Fulham.
00:34John Gregory made just one change. In the midst of a goalkeeping crisis, which saw Mart Poum and Andy Oakes sidelined, little-known Swiss keeper Patrick Folletti deputised.
00:47Duncan Ferguson, captain at Everton, had scored only his third league goal of the season against Fulham the week before.
00:53The Toffees had a few injury problems. Jesper Blomqvist replaced Alessandro Pistoni.
00:57Kevin Campbell, who'd missed the last two matches, was on the bench. There was still no sign of David Ginola.
01:03Your match commentator is John Champion.
01:07It's that nervy, awkward time of year for clubs in distress.
01:12Late March, seven games to go after this for both Derby and Everton. Neither of them safe.
01:20Derby on the face of it, in greater strife than Everton, who can climb as high as 12th if they win here today.
01:29David Moyes, only his second game in charge. 2-1 against Fulham, first time out.
01:36Jesper Blomqvist.
01:39Outside him is Unsworth.
01:43Blomqvist.
01:46Chipped, was he, by Robert Lee?
01:50The referee decides not.
01:58John Gregory has had nearly eight weeks in the job now. He's only out of work for a week after leaving Villa.
02:07Kim Clancy.
02:15Chris Riggatt.
02:18Now Zavagno.
02:21Paul Bertin.
02:24Ravinelli.
02:32That's good harassing by Scott Gemmell.
02:35Brian O'Neill. He's scragged.
02:39And that was fouled by...
02:52Derby defending inelegantly.
02:55And the follow-up shot was by the Dane, Graveson.
03:00Easy enough for Patrick Fulham.
03:03Easy enough for Patrick Folletti, for whom this is only a second outing.
03:08Came on as a substitute against Leicester recently.
03:14Kim Clancy.
03:18Couldn't wait the pass. He was under huge pressure. He was caught after he'd played the ball.
03:29Tony Hibbert.
03:32Studs showing. It was actually quite nasty.
03:37Nowhere near the ball.
03:44Peter Melville, the Derby physio.
03:47He's got him up on his feet again.
03:50David Moyes having words with his Swedish winger.
03:55Moyes reckons it'll take him quite a while to inflict his methods on the club that he's just taken over.
04:01He travelled Europe at his own expense over the past couple of close seasons.
04:06Learning different coaching methods, different approaches, varying tactics.
04:21Now Kim Clancy can come back on.
04:32Upped away by Higginbotham.
04:35Hibbert.
04:38Driven low by David Unsworth.
04:41Who scores for the second consecutive game.
04:46Derby in trouble at home again.
04:55May just have clipped the heel of Barton on the way in.
05:01Now Derby have the opportunity of a swift reply.
05:18Ravanelli taking interest in how the ball is teed up.
05:24Sizable Everton wall.
05:31Brian O'Neill engaged in conversation about the construction of that wall.
05:36And in particular the behaviour of one of its bricks.
05:39Ravanelli a second time.
05:47All the arguments before were over the conduct of Duncan Ferguson.
05:52From Gregory.
05:54Looking to apply the Midas touch.
05:56The touch of recovery for Derby County.
06:00It's going to be mighty tough.
06:08Hibbert.
06:11Hibbert.
06:14Hibbert.
06:16Hibbert.
06:18Hibbert.
06:19Hibbert.
06:23Higginbotham.
06:25Down with some style.
06:28Ravanelli.
06:33It's left to Alan Stubbs to put his boot through the ball.
06:41A lifelong Evertonian.
06:43Even though he's played much of his football for Bolton and Celtic.
06:49David Moyes was linked very strongly with the job of number two to Alec Ferguson at Manchester United.
06:56Decided to plough on at Preston in the hope of getting a high profile number one's job of his own.
07:01And that's exactly what's come to pass.
07:07The chest of Blomqvist.
07:11Bertin.
07:14Bertin.
07:15Bertin.
07:18And that's it.
07:22Took a nick on its way through.
07:23It's a corner for Derby.
07:27But at the moment they're feeding off scraps.
07:34Easy for the goalkeeper.
07:36He had to move off his line.
07:41Everton's number one.
07:43Everton have the halftime lead.
07:46Afforded them by David Unsworth.
07:48Sweet strike.
07:49Seven minutes shy of halftime.
07:51And they deserve it.
07:52They've been the better side so far.
07:54It is Derby nil.
07:55Everton one.
08:02So how will Derby respond to this halftime deficit in a game that is oh so important to them.
08:08One off the bottom of the English Premier League at start of play.
08:13Ravanelli mystified and maybe slightly dazed.
08:22John Gregory has delivered his halftime sermon.
08:26What effect will it have?
08:34Blomqvist.
08:36Higginbotham.
08:37Higginbotham.
08:43The block was by Blomqvist.
08:44Radzinski.
08:45Count it up.
08:56Everton have lost seven of their last ten games.
08:58That's why they're in trouble.
09:01It's what led to the departure of Walter Smith.
09:04But if they win today it will be back to back victories for the first time in a year.
09:17Riggatt.
09:20Out further forward by Lee.
09:24And this once more is Rob Lee.
09:33Good size crowd to see this battle of two teams in comparable distress.
09:5533,297 inside Pride Park.
09:58They're appealing for handball and they've got it.
10:01It's going to be a yellow card too.
10:07Puff of the cheeks.
10:09As Neil Barry goes to his pocket.
10:13And delivers a booking to Luciano Zavagno.
10:20Everton have several candidates to take this.
10:25Gravesen always fancies a go.
10:26So too does Ferguson.
10:28There's the power of Stubbs.
10:31And then of course there's David Unsworth too.
10:41Who's already scored today.
10:51Gravesen and Unsworth over the ball.
10:53A cloud of tension hanging over Pride Park at moments like this.
11:04No way is the wall ten yards back.
11:08It's Stubbs.
11:09It's a goal!
11:16And that was travelling like a tracer bullet.
11:24You won't see many fiercer free kicks than that all season long.
11:32Fairly more than a foot and a half off the ground at any stage in its trajectory.
11:37And it was passed for Letty before he'd even dived.
11:46Big trouble for Derby.
11:54Lemaris.
11:56Nothing like a hand by Alex Anderson.
11:59And that's been given.
12:10Forward comes Rigert.
12:13O'Neill's in there too.
12:19O'Neill on the end of it.
12:20And away on the half volley.
12:22A huge distance by Ferguson.
12:26Doesn't do things by halves, Duncan Ferguson.
12:37A line of disagreement.
12:42O'Neill in the foul by Unsworth.
12:48And Platzer.
12:51Open some space for the Shards.
12:58Derby haven't perhaps seen the best of his mercurial talent.
13:02But in flashes he's still brilliant.
13:21Bratinsky.
13:27Alex Anderson!
13:30It's two in three minutes for Everton.
13:33Three on the day.
13:37A win today would improve their position no end and that's why they're so delighted.
13:47Wall should never have got as far as Nicholas Alex Anderson.
13:52Bratinsky's low cross.
13:55Missed by two.
13:57But not by Alex Anderson.
13:59And Everton lead by three goals to nil at Pride Park.
14:04Who's going to put the Pride back in Derby?
14:12John Gregory who should be shaking his head.
14:18It's O'Neill.
14:22No, he's fouled.
14:30And John Gregory wants to make a change.
14:33Desperate times and all that.
14:38Off comes the left-back Savanio.
14:40Here's replacement.
14:42The Belgian striker Branko Struppa.
14:44Struppa.
14:49One goal in four games for the club.
14:55Struppa's head.
14:59That gives them a bit more of a target to aim for.
15:01He and Rabinelli up front.
15:08Seeking clarification from the bench of his precise role.
15:15It's not exactly a gamble by Gregory.
15:17Struppa is a proven goalscorer.
15:20And they need all the firepower they can muster, Derby.
15:29Bar.
15:32Stubbs.
15:45Bill Kenwright made the big decision to replace Walter Smith with David Moyes.
15:50Looks like a six-point return from the first two games.
15:54Rob Lee.
15:57Struppa!
15:59That's a sensational volley.
16:03He's not been on the pitch two minutes.
16:10Immediate repayment for John Gregory's bold decision to send him on.
16:15Couldn't have hit it better.
16:19Some technique involved there to strike a dropping ball.
16:25As clinically as that.
16:30Just a seed of worry for David Moyes.
16:35Wiggetts' header.
16:37Here's Lee.
16:45Gamble.
16:49Unsworth.
16:52Higginbotham.
16:57Lee.
16:59Struppa.
17:00Hurdled the challenge.
17:01Needs support.
17:02It comes from Lee Morris.
17:05Rabinelli!
17:11Amazing what a goal can do.
17:14To the shape and the bounce, the zest of a team.
17:22It's Derby now.
17:23Who look the more likely to score again?
17:29Limpest.
17:31Kevin Campbell.
17:37Gravesen.
17:40Alex Anderson.
17:41Bouncing off Bertie.
17:45Oh, and Alex Anderson's got clear of Bertie.
17:50Ferguson!
17:534-1.
17:57And Derby gifted the goal.
18:02So many opportunities to clear their lines.
18:04None of them taken.
18:08Ferguson gleefully on hand.
18:11And a brief hope has been extinguished for Derby.
18:18Loved faces all around.
18:28Stubbs took one in the face from Rabinelli.
18:31Here's Lee.
18:37Bertie.
18:41Derby!
18:46Morris has done enough to win a corner.
18:49It's difficult to see a way back into this game for Derby from here.
18:53Not with the clock so advanced.
18:56A quarter of an hour to play.
19:07Header down.
19:08And in!
19:10Lee Morris!
19:15No sooner have Everton extended their lead
19:18than Derby take them back again.
19:224-2.
19:27Lee Morris, the Johnny on the spot from Riggatt's knockdown
19:31to profit from three yards out.
19:40Lee!
19:44Barth.
19:47Lee.
19:49Strutha!
19:52They are still alive!
19:59And the calmest person in the whole stadium seems to be the Derby manager.
20:07Nine minutes remaining.
20:10Peach of a header from Branko Strupa.
20:14He's scored twice now. It's 4-3.
20:19Marking.
20:21Non-existent.
20:27Ferguson's knocked down.
20:29Valetti was caught there by Campbell.
20:33Not bothered about going down, he just wants to get the ball back in play.
20:36Lee.
20:38Here's Morris.
20:39Everton are rocking.
20:44He's escaped from Hibbert's.
20:55Did very well.
20:57To find a route clear.
21:00As a worried manager.
21:02Should be comfortable now. His side have scored four away from home.
21:09Blomqvist.
21:11Barton treading water.
21:14Kevin Campbell!
21:16Could and should have finished it there and then.
21:23But it may not matter because the whistle is poised on the referee's lips.
21:28And Everton have won.
21:30A critical win for them by the odd goal in seven.
21:34Richly entertaining. Derby fought back really well.
21:37But Everton showed guts and character to win in the end.
21:42And Derby's revival following the arrival of new manager John Gregory faded
21:46as they finished with seven defeats from their final eight fixtures
21:50condemning the Rams to relegation from the Premiership.
21:53This after six successive seasons of rollercoaster top division football.
21:58For David Moyes' men there were less worries as they finished in 15th position
22:02seven points clear of relegation.
22:04A brighter future looked to be dawning.