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ROO LUCKY BOY!

Derby survive, but Millers and Owls go down

DELIGHT: Derby manager Wayne Rooney celebrates with Colin Kazim-Richards

ROOKIE manager Wayne Rooney breathed a huge sigh of relief as Derby escaped relegation on a dramatic final day of the Championship season.
In a topsy-turvy encounter against Sheffield Wednesday, the Rams needed a 78th-minute penalty from Martyn Waghorn, his second goal of the game, to earn a 3-3 draw.
Derby would still have gone down if Rotherham had won at Cardiff, but Marlon Pack’s 88th-minute equaliser in a 1-1 draw sent the heartbroken Millers ...

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