ITFC 2 Derby 1
A GREAT win for Town last night! WELL PLAYED TOWN!
Pre match interview with Antony Wordsworth
Match analysis
The game started badly for Town with Derby scoring after 35 seconds! At that moment I feared the worst (knowing that Derby were very good last Saturday when they imposed themselves on Forest early in the game and I did not want them to do the same against Town).
Thankfully Town were not overwhelmed and more or less matched Derby for the rest of a competitive first half. Unfortunately Town did not make the Derby keeper work and had no real goal chances.
In the second half Jonny Williams proved a handful and scored with a great shot with twenty minutes left, much to the relief of the Town fans! Frank Nouble and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake came on for Hunt and Anderson and Town posed more of a threat (Ebanks-Blake hit the post). Then just before full time Christoph Berra scored with a header and Town held on for 5 minutes of injury time! GREAT JOY for Town players and fans! Luke Chambers took a nasty head knock and will need checking over.
So a good team/squad performance with lots of determination and the quality from Jonny Williams. Also the other Championship results were kind to Town with Reading, Wigan and Nottingham Forest all losing.
Post match interview with Town manager Mick McCarthy
Next game..ITFC vs Nottingham Forest
On Saturday Town play at home against Forest with another chance for the team and fans to do well and push for the sixth promotion play-off place.