• Date: Sat 29 September 2007
  • Venue: Pride Park Stadium
  • Ref: Styles, R
  • Attendance: 31,503
Derby County

Derby County

Miller (19)

1 - 1

Derby County vs Bolton Wanderers

Team Lineups

Derby County

Stephen Bywater
Dean Leacock
Tyrone Mears
Claude Davis
Jay McEveley
Matty Oakley
David Jones (Giles Barnes, 64)
Eddie Lewis (Gary Teale, 84)
Stephen Pearson
Kenny Miller
Steven Howard

Bolton Wanderers

Jussi Jaaskelainen
Abdoulaye Meite
Andy O'Brien
Ricardo Gardner
Gary Speed (Gavin McCann, 62)
Ramos Ivan Campo
Joey O'Brien (Daniel Braaten, 71)
Kevin Nolan
Kevin Davies, K (Christian Wilhelmsson, 59)
El Hadji Diouf
Nicolas Anelka


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

The game ends all square at Pride Park

90

The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time

88

Steve Howard climbed above his marker to head the ball dissapointingly over the bar

85

Ironic cheers from the Derby fans as Referee Styles awards Steve Howard a foul on half way after he was clattered by Andy O'Brien

83

Ivan Campo did amazingly to just about put Giles Barnes off as the youngster made an acute run into the penalty area and the spaniard just flicked the ball out for a corner

81

Bolton on the attack once again as they push for the winning goal, this time it was Diouf who drifted forward and curled a shot past the right hand upright

78

Derby escape from jail once again as they did briiliantly to withstand high pressure from Bolton, firstly with Anelka pinging the ball against the cross bar and then Nolan forcing a save from Bywater off the rebound

75
Yellow Card
 

Stephen Bywater stupidly booked for protesting about McEveley's yellow card

75
Yellow Card
 

Jay McEveley booked for a poor challenge on Braaten

73

In an instant Nicolas Anelka created a chance out of nothing as he scraped past one defender and struck the ball at goal, but Claude Davis did well to block his shot

72

The players have requested for the flood lights to be switched onto full with the darkness creeping in here at Pride Park

70
Substitution
 

Daniel Braaten replaces the injured Joey O'Brien

68

Christian Wilhelmsson had a great chance to put Bolton ahead but he went for the greedy option and struck the ball straight at Bywater instead of squaring the ball to Anelka

67

Matt Oakley made a terrific interception in the penalty area as he did well to just knick the ball off Anelka's foot and prevent a possible goal

64
Substitution
 

Giles Barnes makes his Premiership bow and replaces David Jones

62
Substitution
 

Gary Speed is replaced by Gavin McCann

61

Nicolas Anelka drifted into space twenty five yards out and passed the ball to Diouf down the left, who drilled the ball right accross the face of the goal but nobody could get on the end of it

59
Substitution
 

Kevin Davies is replaced by the on-loan Christian Wilhelmsson

57

Some ingenius trickery from Eddie Lewis down the left as he whipped in a beautiful cross which fell to Kenny Miller who absolutely skied the ball as the chance went begging

55

Derby won their seventh corner of the game as Kenny Miller made another attempt from long range which was deflected out by Meite

53

Stephen Pearson rode two challenges and did well to get a cross into the box which Faye headed out for a corner

52

There is a much higher tempo to the game in the second half as both teams look to go on and win the game

50

Wonderful save by Jaaskelainen as he dove to his left to tip Kenny Miller's sweet left footed strike around the post

47

Abdoulaye Meite must have forgot to change his boots at half time as he makes the first slip of the second half, with the surface not getting any less slippier over the break

Second half
 

Bolton get the game back underway

Half time
 

The teams go in all square at the break after an entertaining first half

45

The fourth official indicates one minute of added time

43

Kevin Davies makes a blatent push on Claude Davis in an aerial challenge and is uphended by the referee

40

It was almost calamity for Derby as Eddie Lewis made a horrible pass back to Stephen Bywater but luckily for them Kevin Nolan's shot hit the side netting

37

Rob Styles is jeered by the home crowd for finally awarding the home side a decision

35

The players are slipping all over the place at Pride Park with a drenched pitch, and it looks like the majority of players will be changing their boots at half time

32
Goal
 

Derby 1 - 1 Bolton (ANELKA): Nicolas Anelka equalises for Bolton with a long range strike which took a slight deflection off Dean Leacock

30
Yellow Card
 

Joey O'Brien booked for completely wiping out Eddie Lewis as the American ran down the left

27

Play stpped for a foul by Matt Oakley on Gary Speed, who infact makes a record breaking 529th league appearance today

25

A bit of a heated discussion between Referee Rob Styles and Derby boss Billy Davies as Davies complained about a free kick given against his side

22

Kenny Miller took a knock straight after his goal and is walking gingerly, but has signalled to the bench that he is ok

20
Goal
 

Derby 1 - 0 Bolton (K.MILLER): Kenny Miller with a sublime finish inside the penalty area after good work from Steve Howard and Tyrone Mears

17

Derby are finding their feet and won their third corner of the game after more good work from the energetic Stephen Pearson who has impressed so far during the game

15

Derby did well to win a corner after Abdoulaye Meite slipped and Stephen Pearson capitalised on the mistake but his shot was saved by Jaaskelainen

12

Bolton won a free kick in a good position to the left of the penalty area, but Gary Speed's shot was blocked by Leacock and went out for a corner

10

Bolton are in the acendency in the first opening ten minutes of the game and Sammy Lee will be happy so far

8
Yellow Card
 

David Jones is the first to be booked after a late, nasty challenge on Gary Speed

7

Matt Oakley with the first effort on goal for Derby with a smashing thirty yard shot that was well saved by Jussi Jaaskelainen

5

Derby living on the edge as Bolton broke at speed on the counter attack, but County were lucky, cleared the ball to safety and escaped the danger

4

Stephen Pearson made a bursting run from midfield for Derby as he escaped three challenges but his execution was poor and his shot deflected out for a corner

2

Claude Davis shows the first bit of uncertainty in the Derby defence as he sold a short pass to Tyrone Mears which was intercepted by Nicolas Anelka

1
Kickoff
 

Derby get the game underway here at Pride Park

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Referee: Rob Styles (Hampshire)

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Bolton recall Kevin Nolan, Nicolas Anelka, Jussi Jaaskelainen and El-Hadji Diouf after they were rested for the game in midweek. Ivan Campo is fit again and Sammy Lee brings him straight back into the starting line-up.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Billy Davies decides not bring Darren Moore back into the heart of defence and instead sticks with Claude Davis and Dean Leacock. The fit again Giles Barnes also has to settle for a place on the bench.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Bolton Wanderers Line-up: Jaaskelainen, Joey O'Brien, Andrew O'Brien, Meite, Gardner, Speed, Campo, Nolan, Davies, Anelka, Diouf

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Derby County Line-up: Bywater, Mears, Davis, Leacock, McEveley, Oakley, Pearson, Lewis, Jones, Howard, Miller