Porter Pounces to Give Rams a Friendly Tonic As Potters Can Only Fire Blanks at Pride Park

Derby Evening Telegraph › July 29, 2010

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DERBY COUNTY................. 1 STOKE CITY ......................... 0 CHRIS Porter's close-range finish saw Derby County continue their preparations for the new season with a 1- 0 victory over Premier League Stoke City at Pride Park Stadium.

The Rams' new system of 4-2-3-1 has seen them play some eye- catching football at times in the pre-season and there were more encouraging signs last night.

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Porter Pounces to Give Rams a Friendly Tonic As Potters Can Only Fire Blanks at Pride Park

They also needed to display plenty of resilience against powerful opponents in Stoke - and resilience will be needed in the next nine months.

Derby had conceded seven goals in their previous two friendlies and so a clean sheet was more than welcome.

It was a toug...

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