Blackpool 3-2 Derby County: result and report

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008

Result

Blackpool 3-2 Derby County

Championship · Tuesday 21 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Blackpool 3-2 Derby County: match report

Blackpool defeated Derby County 3-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 21 October 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.

Alan Gow opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Blackpool's goals came from Alan Gow (35'), Gary Taylor-Fletcher (43') and Benjamin Burgess (62'). Derby County scored through Kris Commons (58') and M. Sterjovski (77').

Discipline: Blackpool received no yellow cards; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 17th on 14 points from 11 and Derby County 10th on 16 points from 11. Blackpool went on to finish that season 16th with 56 points, and Derby County 18th with 54.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read D-D-D-D-W and Derby County's W-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Rob HulseDerby County
  • 35'Goal · Alan GowBlackpool · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Gary Taylor-FletcherBlackpool · 2-0
  • 58'Goal · Kris CommonsDerby County · 2-1
  • 62'Goal · Benjamin BurgessBlackpool · 3-1
  • 77'Goal · M. SterjovskiDerby County · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow card · M. SterjovskiDerby County

Team news

Derby County expected line-up (4-4-2)

Roy Carroll, Tyrone Mears, Edward Lewis, Darren Moore, Andy Todd, Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly, Mile Sterjovski, Kenny Miller, Emanuel Villa, Alan Stubbs