#thisisalibrary

Derby County chief operating officer John Vicars has described Portman Road as a ?library? on Twitter, adding that he was ?amused? that his side beat the Blues 1-0 on Saturday.

Chris Martin scored the only goal of an edgy game, the Beccles-born, former Norwich City striker pouncing in the 57th minute after Tommy Smith failed to deal with a wind-assisted punt over the top.

Neither side team played particularly well in the televised match between two Championship promotion rivals, the Rams leapfrogging Town into second spot as a result of their victory.

Vicars ? whose Twitter handle is @johnrvicars ? wrote afterwards: ?Proved today this team can play another way and actually quite amusing that we beat them at their own game #routeone.?

He added: ?From me and Sam (Rush, chief executive) thanks very much to the travelling 873 for making the trip and making some noise in the library, memorable and important win.?

There was a crowd of 20,861 for the match ? sizeable considering it was post Christmas holidays, full-price tickets and the game was on television. Wednesday night?s FA Cup replay with Southampton at Portman Road is already a 30,000+ sell-out.

Posted By: BSE Canary on January 12th 2015 at 10:19:09

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#thisisalibrary (Other Football) - BSE Canary, Jan 12, 10:19:09
- "30,000+ sell out" (Other Football) - s10 yellow, Jan 12, 10:48:19
  - Tickets set @ ?10 due to same agreement with southampton (n/m) (Other Football) - ihateipswich, Jan 12, 11:04:22
- "...beat them at their own game #routeone." (Other Football) - bird table, Jan 12, 10:42:10
  - To be honest, he does appear to be something of a bell (Other Football) - yarmyyarmy, Jan 12, 11:00:39
    - Correct (Other Football) - norway, Jan 12, 11:01:57
- "full price tickets" (Other Football) - norway, Jan 12, 10:25:18
  - Yet the glory hunters have bought all the Southampton cup tickets (Other Football) - duke of york, Jan 12, 10:33:14
    - Kids for a quid? (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jan 12, 10:41:22
    - It's really odd (Other Football) - norway, Jan 12, 10:35:59
      - You seem to forget that the population of Ipswich is still stuck in 1983. (n/m) (Other Football) - lurd, Jan 12, 10:43:23
      - Yet we've now twice sacked managers after FA Cup defeats, and were very close to sacking a (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jan 12, 10:41:37
        
        Coincidence really. (Other Football) - norway, Jan 12, 10:48:42
        
        Seemed to give them the final push though, and send many fans into apoplexy (Other Football) - thebigfeller, Jan 12, 10:54:56
        
        Apoplexy and goregasm appear to be your only settings now. (n/m) (Other Football) - norway, Jan 12, 10:57:32

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