Two second half goals gave Derby the win in a game missing a lot of our big names, including new
boy Charles N'Zogbia, but provided a useful, if uninspiring, run out for a lot of young squad
players.
This post is more a stake in the ground to record the result, I managed to pick up very little
during what was very much a low key, perhaps even dull, affair.
Had a great time at the Division One Play-off final with our Peterborough United fan friends. Great
way to round off the season especially given that Posh emerged victorious despite being under the
cosh for the majority of the 2nd half.
The Huddersfield Town fans had travelled in large numbers and dominted Old Trafford with their
colour co-ordinated t-shirts.
Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni has announced a provisional 33 man selection from which a squad
will be chosen to face Nigel Worthington's IFA team on May 24 and Scotland on May 29 in the Carling
Nations Cup followed by the Euro 2012 qualifier against Macedonia on June 4.
Ireland squad
Given (Man City), Westwood (Coventry), Forde (Millwall); Dunne (Aston Villa), O'Shea (Man Utd),
Foley (Wolves), Delaney (Ipswich), Clark (Aston Villa), Coleman (Everton), Kilbane (Huddersfield),
Kelly (Fulham), McShane (Hull); McCarthy (Wigan), Whelan (Stoke), Wilson (Stoke), Gibson (Man Utd),
McGeady (Spartak Moscow), Fahey (Birmingham), Lawrence (Portsmouth), Treacy (Preston), Hunt
(Wolves), Ward (Wolves); Keogh (Wolves), Stokes (Celtic) Folan (Colorado Rapids), Walters (Stoke),
Keane (West Ham), Long (Reading).
Sorry for the delay Lineups are in:
Arsenal: Starters: Almunia, Gibbs, Squillaci, Koscielny, Eboue, Diaby,
Denilson, Arshavin, Nasri, Bendtner, Chamakh Bench: Wojo, Rosicky, Cesc, Song, Theo, van
Persie, Wilshere
Huddersfield: Starters: Bennett, McCombe, P.
