East Midlands neighbours Derby County and Nottingham Forest fought out a lively 1-1 draw in an all-Championship (second division) fourth round FA Cup tie at Pride Park on Friday.
It was a special occasion for new Derby boss Nigel Clough, a former Forest player, whose father Brian was in charge of both clubs during their glory years in the 1970s.
There was another old boy connection as Forest are now managed by former Derby boss Billy Davies. Both managers took over their respective clubs earlier in January.
The two clubs, divided by the 14 miles (22 kms) of the Brian Clough Way, are only a point apart in the lower regions of the Championship.
Derby, showing no ill-effects from their Old Trafford exertions of three days ago when they lost to Manchester United [Images] in the second leg of their League Cup semi-final, were on top from the start.
They took a deserved lead after 36 minutes with a goal started and finished by Rob Hulse. The lively forward was on hand to sweep in a Paul Connolly cross after a Paul Green dummy wrong-footed the visiting defence.
Forest came back strongly after the break and levelled in the 64th minute with a similar goal to Derby's. This time it was Nathan Tyson supplying the dummy and former Derby striker Rob Earnshaw turning neatly to finish from 10 metres.
The chief talking point from the latter stages was the horrible-looking arm injury suffered by Forest's Paul Anderson as he fell awkwardly.
The fourth round fixtures continue over the weekend with Manchester United playing Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday and Liverpool facing neighbours Everton in the pick of Sunday's games.
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