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IT’S JOHNNY COME LATELY FOR RAMS

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The LeaguePaper Team
3 December 2017

By Colin Henrys

STAR MAN
STEPHEN BYWATER Burton

RUSSELL GROUP: Derby players congratulate Johnny Russell after he scores the winner, inset
PICTURES: PSI/John Potts

ARY Rowett hailed his substitutes and squad players after Johnny Russell stepped off the bench to gift Derby victory at home to Burton Albion.
Russell pounced on Matty Palmer’s mistake late on to ensure the Rams bounced back from their midweek defeat to Ipswich by claiming all three points.
It meant a first ever Derby win in this fixture – and first goal – but Rowett admitted it could have been more ...

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