Sunday, 10 February 2019

Unofficial Champions of England: Aston Villa 4-1 Derby County, 30/09/2000


Paul Merson celebrates scoring Villa's second

Derby County's time as English Champions was all too brief.

Their first defence of the title was away at Villa Park. Aston Villa hadn't exactly been flying at that point but they were far too strong for a poor Derby side.

The damage was done by two goals from Julian Joachim, one for Paul Merson and one from Alan Wright for John Gregory's men. Chris Riggott did get one back for Derby but it made no difference.

This was the first time Aston Villa had won the Unofficial English Championship.


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