'How we laughed' - West Brom fans hit back at Derby County with cutting message

Derby County news: Baggies fans can't hide their disappointment at play-off defeat 13 years ago and have taken the Leeds United fans' stance of pointing out what happened a year later

Derby County finally got to toast some good memories of a play-off final yesterday.

Thursday marked 13 years since the Rams obtained promotion to the Premier League following a 1-0 win over West Bromwich Albion at Wembley.

Stephen Pearson's second-half strike secured a return back to the top flight after five years away.

Pearson's goal, estimated to be worth £60 million, was to to be the last time Derby would celebrate anything meaningful at Wembley though.

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Subsequent defeats to Queens Park Rangers (2014) and Aston Villa last year have made the sight of Wembley a chilling experience for Rams fans.

Even when they did get promoted it ended in disaster, the Rams recording a horrific 11 points in the Premier League, a tally that hasn't been matched by any team.

West Brom fans were quick to point that out to Derby after they tweeted about Pearson's goal yesterday.

Their comments are in a similar vein to those made by Leeds fans when Derby celebrated the anniversary of last year's historic play-off semi-final win at Elland Road.

"How did the Premier league work out for you lads?" one said.

"And 12 months later how we laughed," said another.

"How did that go for you lads? Decent run in the Premier was it?" asked another.

"Was very sad at the time! Was laughing 12 months later though when they finished on record low points and one victory all season," said a fourth.

"Bless & how did the Prem season pan out for ya?" said another.

"That went well didn't it..." said a sixth fan.

Derby were relegated as early as March 29, the club to suffer the drop before April.