Derby go out with young guns blazing

John Gregory took much more than a consolation farewell point from the Stadium of Light as his relegated Derby signed off with dignity from the Premiership.

Manager Gregory threw some of his bright young men into battle once he knew that Ipswich's fate was sealed at Anfield, and they were not found wanting.

Certainly not striker Marv Robinson, 22, whose reward for his fightback from a badly-broken leg was his first senior goal, Derby's 67th-minute equaliser from a low cross by Gary Twigg, 18.

Kevin Phillips' 17thminute opener, gifted by the luckless Warren Barton, might well have been a farewell to the fans - the striker refused interviews later with Tottenham set to complete a £10million summer deal.