With Boulding taken off injured and replaced by Peter Ndlovu, the Blades looked a lot less threatening.

BBC: Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd

Michael Boulding had the game's first chance just before the quarter-hour mark, but was denied in a one-on-one situation by goalkeeper Mart Poom.

BBC: Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd

The former Wolves and Hereford coach says that two players who will not now be heading to Gloucestershire are brothers Michael and Rory Boulding.

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Under no pressure in the 22nd minute, he slipped in his own half and the alert Michael Tonge picked up the loose ball and fed Boulding again.

BBC: Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd

The crowd then saw the best and worst of Warren Barton as the skipper first made a superb last-ditch tackle on Boulding on the edge of his own area, but then made a mistake which led to the visitors taking the lead.

BBC: Derby 2-1 Sheff Utd