- Green (24), Hulse (71)
- Henderson (26)
- Date:2008-09-13
- Kick-off:17:20
- Venue:Pride Park Stadium
- Attendance:28473
- Referee:Foy, C
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
90mins
The referee has booked James Beattie.
88mins
Kris Commons is being taken off, Stephen Pearson has come on in his place.
85mins
Derby are replacing Rob Hulse with Nathan Ellington.
83mins
Nick Montgomery is being taken off, Danny Webber has come on in his place.
74mins
Greg Halford is being taken off, David Cotterill has come on in his place.
72mins
Billy Sharp is replaced by James Beattie.
71mins
Goal!! Rob Hulse scores for Derby.
49mins
Dean Leacock is booked for unsporting behaviour.
47mins
Chris Morgan goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 1 v 1.
46mins
Derby are replacing Przemysław Kazmierczak with Nacer Barazite.
45mins
The ref has blown his whistle for half time.
26mins
Goal!! Darius Henderson scores for Sheff Utd.
24mins
Goal!! Derby have scored with Paul Green putting it in the back of the net.
19mins
Nick Montgomery is booked for unsporting behaviour.
0mins
The ref has blown his whistle and the match has started.
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Match Report
Derby County celebrated like they had just won the cup after notching up their first league win in 37 games.
Rob Hulse grabbed the vital goal against his former club to send Pride Park wild.
Derby held on for a nail-baiting last quarter to secure a morale-boosting win which lifted them off the foot of the Championship table.
The Rams produced their best performance of the season so far to ease the pressure on under-fire boss Paul Jewell and thoroughly deserved the points.
They took the lead on 24 minutes when Paul Green headed home a Kris Commons left-wing cross.
Within two minutes, the Blades were back on terms as Darius Henderson rose unmarked at the far post to head home Greg Halford's right-wing cross.
Derby thought that they should have had a penalty on 55 minutes when Hulse was brought down in front of referee Chris Foy.
The official seemed to give the spot-kick only to change his mind after consulting his assistant.
The disappointment for Derby was forgotten when Hulse rifled home his 70th minute winner by converting Nacer Barazite's right-wing cross.
Sheffield United Team
Derby County | Sheffield United |
Corners
| 9 | 4 |
Fouls
| 10 | 21 |
Goal attempts
| 18 | 10 |
Shots off target
| 11 | 4 |
Offsides
| 4 | 4 |
