'Coburn awakens my two cats... and the Lions' season'

You can't beat a late, late away winning goal can you?

Especially if, like Millwall's Josh Coburn, you'd earlier made a hash of an 83rd minute penalty with a half-hearted effort so weak as to resemble a cup of tea made with a third-time around teabag.

When you're in the relegation mire like Derby County, the only luck that you get is the bad variety as the Rams hit the underside of the Millwall crossbar via Femi Azeez's head on 62 minutes.

Overall, this was a drab game of very little incident that would be settled five minutes into an added eight, thanks to a very effective run and cross by young Millwall striker Aidomo Emakhu.

His ball into the Rams' six-yard box found its way to Coburn, via a point-blank block by Derby keeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom, and he despatched it with the kind of glee that a condemned man might show if his gallows had jammed at the moment of decision.

Watching on TV, my two cats were propelled from their soporific half-sleep, straight out of the window in fright, as I let out a loud "YES!" roar of approval.

Truly the Gods of football have a deep sense of humour however, as this win leaves Millwall six points away from the play-off zone, just a few days after most of us had written the Lions' chances off following a loss and two successive draws.

Like I say, you can't beat a late, late winner...

Find more from Nick Hart at Achtung! Millwall.