Stoke boss Tony Pulis made six changes to his side for this evening’s Capital One Cup second-round clash with Swindon at the Britannia Stadium.

The Football Association today charged Bolton striker Kevin Davies, Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock and Sheffield United boss Kevin Blackwell with improper conduct.

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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.

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.

MARK HUGHES hailed Roque Santa Cruz as one of the best natural finishers he has ever seen after the Paraguay striker ensured Derby entered the record books as the worst team in Premier League history.

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IT is a measure of a footballer’s calibre that his age becomes an irrelevance. Gael Clichy may still look no older than his meagre 22 years, but in a tumultuous season for Arsenal, he has performed with the unruffled expertise of a veteran.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will hand a late fitness test to David Jones ahead of Monday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal.

AFTER narrowly avoiding relegation, most fans would celebrate a top-half finish with the sort of gusto usually reserved for Champions League winners.

Mile Sterjovski and Marc Edworthy could return to Derby’s squad for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to West Ham.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will select from an unchanged squad against West Ham.

HAVE Everton run out of steam as the race for the fourth and final Champions League spot enters the finishing straight?

Everton lost Tony Hibbert (hip) and Steven Pienaar (knee) for the Premier League meeting with relegated Derby, while Phil Jagielka was rested to the bench from the team that lost at Liverpool last weekend.

Derby manager Paul Jewell will be without defender Marc Edworthy for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League game against Everton at Goodison Park.

Derby are waiting on the fitness of defender Jay McEveley ahead of tomorrow’s home Barclays Premier League game against Fulham.

KENNY MILLER gave Scotland hope for the future with a fierce strike to spare new manager George Burley from a debut defeat against Croatia at Hampden.

SIX MONTHS and 25 games without a Premier League win, Derby County have lost most things this season, but not it seems their sense of humour.

Derby goalkeeper Roy Carroll is fit to face Middlesbrough in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash at the Riverside.

Derby defender Alan Stubbs is certain to miss tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash against Manchester United at Pride Park.

Derby manager Paul Jewell could hand a recall to skipper Robbie Savage for the Barclays Premier League trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.

ROY KEANE’S temptation to succumb to the roaring passion, which has so often been the catalyst for volcanic eruptions, must be stronger than ever.

Derby midfielder Giles Barnes will miss tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game with Sunderland at Pride Park.

Jay McEveley is poised to return to the Derby side for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan after a seven-week lay-off with a knee injury.

BOLTON got off to a winning start in 2008 in what could be Nicolas Anelka’s last match for the club.

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Derby boss Paul Jewell faces a striker dilemma ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League game at Bolton after selling Steve Howard to Leicester.

Derby manager Paul Jewell made three changes to his side as they went in search of their second league win of the season.

Derby face Blackburn in a Premier League clash at Pride Park on Sunday with boss Paul Jewell’s squad at breaking point.

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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.

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

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.

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 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.

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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.