League One

Deep-lying striker gives Rams edge

by
The LeaguePaper Team
8 December 2019

By Chris Dunlavy

VALUED: Chris Martin has led the line cleverly for the Rams and, Inset, player-coach Wayne Rooney
PICTURE: PA Images

PROFILE ON CHRIS MARTIN DERBY COUNTY STRIKER
CHRIS Martin is such a familiar sight in the colours of Derby County that it is easy to forget he began the season as Phillip Cocu’s third-choice striker.
Two-and-a-half seasons away from Pride Park and a lengthy battle with ulcerative colitis had condemned the 31-year-old to little more than a watching brief.
Nigel Pearson loaned him to Fulham. Gary Rowett to Reading.
Frank Lampard, who led the Rams to...

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