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DIRE RAMS RUN OUT OF BREATH

By John Wragg

TWO GOOD: Luke Murphy celebrates with team mates after scoring Burton’s second
PICTURES: Action Images

WHAT should have been a Burton funeral turned into a requiem for Derby’s promotion hopes.
Burton are on the verge of dropping out of the Championship, but they are going with a fight.
On a weekend when relegation might have been sealed, battling Burton instead got their first home win since September – 17 games ago – to knock Derby out of the top six.
Rams fans turned on their team and manager Gary Rowett. Angry at what they were seeing, they ...

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