'Travis demanded high standards for Derby'

Lewis Travis has reunited with former Blackburn boss John Eustace at Derby

That old Blackburn connection eh? It worked a charm at the weekend. A lot was made of John Eustace going back to what he knows best and lifting three players from Ewood Park in the summer.

It paid dividends as Derby County ruined West Brom's Hawthorns hurrah on the stadium's 125th birthday.

Captain Lewis Travis was so busy in midfield, constantly coaxing and corralling his team-mates into position and demanding the standards that delivered a first Championship clean sheet of the season.

While much of the credit must go to goalkeeper Jacob Widell Zetterstrom, the headlines were snatched by Andi Weiman for his cool, classy winner.

Eustace worked with Weiman at Blackburn and knew just what the wily Austrian would add in his first full season with Derby.

He'll now hope his experienced ally has kick-started the Rams' so far stuttering season.