Cardiff 0 Reading 3 (0-3 aggregate)

CARDIFF shrugged off the loss of captain Craig Bellamy to gain the upper hand in their npower Championship play-off semi-final with Reading after a tense goalless draw last night.

CRAWLEY winger Sergio Torres fired in a stoppage-time winner to dump npower Championship side Derby out of the FA Cup and hand the non-league side a maiden fourth-round tie at Torquay last night.

Leeds 1 Derby 2

Reading 4 Derby 1

Derby 1 Birmingham 2

Derby 1 Man Utd 4

KRIS COMMONS’ goal settled an enthralling FA Cup fourth-round replay between east midlands rivals Nottingham Forest and Derby to ensure a winning return to the City Ground for Nigel Clough.

Paul Connolly and Jordan Stewart return from suspension as Derby take a 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United tomorrow.

LIFE cannot get much sweeter for Kevin Doyle. The Wexford-born striker has just enjoyed the kind of week he must have wished would never end: a lucrative new contract, tying him to the Royals until 2011, two goals here which brought him his half-century for the Berkshire club three years after joining and the chance to enhance his international credentials in next week’s clash with Poland.

Derby manager Paul Jewell is boosted by the return of six players for Sunday’s final Barclays Premier League game of the season against Reading.

PHIL BROWN insisted Hull are play-off favourites after their automatic promotion hopes were dashed yesterday.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will take a head count ahead of his side’s Barclays Premier League clash with Liverpool at Pride Park on St Stephen's Day.

Newcastle 2 Derby 2

Derby midfielder Matt Oakley is a doubt for the Barclays Premier League trip to Newcastle.

PAUL JEWELL admits his hopes of revitalising Derby rest on whether chairman Adam Pearson can convince an American consortium to invest in the club.

Derby 0 Middlesbrough 1

Derby manager Paul Jewell is again without defenders Andy Todd and Marc Edworthy for his first home game in charge tomorrow.

Man Utd 4 Derby 1

Derby boss Paul Jewell is hoping a ’flu bug does not take hold ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford.

IT was a stark warning from one who knows, and Anthony Stokes would do well to take heed.

Sunderland 1 Derby 0

IF England’s chastened superstars still harboured any illusions as to the scale of the nation’s anger at their recent woes, this bile-soaked evening at Pride Park would have put them right.

Derby 0 Chelsea 2

Derby have been given a boost ahead of tomorrow’s home Premier League game against Chelsea after defenders Claude Davis and Dean Leacock were passed fit.

OPTIMISTS are in precious short supply in Derby, but Billy Davies found comfort from an unexpected source after his team’s latest capitulation.

Scotland striker Kenny Miller could return for Derby against West Ham at Pride Park.

SCOTT CARSON wants to make his loan move from Liverpool permanent after targeting a European challenge with Aston Villa.

Aston Villa 2 Derby 0

Derby striker Kenny Miller faces a race against time as he bids to be fit for the Rams’ trip to Aston Villa.

DAVID MOYES hailed €18million striker Ayegbeni Yakubu as his razor-sharp display sent Derby spinning to another defeat.

Derby manager Billy Davies is facing a defensive crisis ahead of Sunday’s Premier League clash with Everton.

LAWRIE SANCHEZ insists he can handle the pressure mounting on Fulham, despite seeing them jeered off by supporters for the second match running.

Fulham 0 Derby 0

Derby manager Billy Davies has hinted at changes for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to fellow strugglers Fulham.

STEVE COPPELL was a relieved man after Kevin Doyle’s first League goal of the season gave the Royals a much-needed victory against Derby.

Reading 1 Derby 0

Derby midfielder Giles Barnes is in contention for a return to action when the Rams travel to Reading on Sunday.

Derby 1 Bolton 1

Arsenal 5 Derby County 0

Derby County 1 Newcastle 0

Derby 1 Newcastle 0

Derby manager Billy Davies hopes to give Scotland striker Kenny Miller a debut against Newcastle at St James’ Park on Monday.

Liverpool 6 Derby 0