Derby cling to survival in football’s pyramid scheme | Jonathan Liew
08-May-2021 15:43:04 | The Guardian
Wayne Rooney basked in relief after his Derby team stayed up via a desperate 3-3 draw against a Sheffield Wednesday side laid low by boardroom chaos
Fittingly, nobody won. Even for Derby County, there would be no crowning glory, no moment of triumph and precious little dignity. Certainly Wayne Rooney had the decorum and sense of place not to go charging across the turf as if his side had finished any higher than 21st. Instead, vaguely abashed relief, and very probably an urge to go and lie down in a dark room for several hours.
On a day of high drama and occasionally high farce, it was Derby who staggered to safety, pipping Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham despite conceding three goals at home in a must-win game. No heartwarming triumph here, no satisfying redemption stories; just a parable of the bad and the worse, a snapshot of English football in 2021 that if anything tells you more about the state of our game than any “big six” hype-fest.
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