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SAMMIE ADDS TO EUSTACE SWEATS

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The LeaguePaper Team
16 August 2026

WORRY: John Eustace

JOHN EUSTACE expressed his bitter disappointment after seeing his Derby side end a difficult week with defeat.
The Rams’ start to the new season has hardly been the smoothest after Turki Al-Sheikh’s takeover fell through, before tasting their second loss – on the back of their Carabao Cup exit to Lincoln City.
Sammie Szmodics – who had also netted in that defeat – had roared his side into a first-half lead at Charlton, but fate would again twist its cruel hands on County. The Ipswich loanee was forced off in the second-half with a thi...

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