Summary

  • Derby score twice in last three minutes to come from 2-0 down and draw with Birmingham

  • Bielik grabs equaliser on return after a year out injured after Plange gave Rams hope

  • Goals from Taylor and Hogan had put Blues in charge

  • Thousands of Derby fans march through city before game in support of their troubled club

  • Sell-out crowd of more than 32,000 at Pride Park

  • Rams' administrators have been given a month's extension to provide proof of funds to see them through the season

  • Get involved at #bbcefl

Live Reporting

Matt Newsum

  1. Off we go

    FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Luke PlangeGetty Images

    That's your lot then from a rocking Pride Park this afternoon, where one end of the A52 in Derby is beaming having secured a point against Birmingham - who will rue their tail-off.

    Interest swings down the Brian Clough Way to Nottingham Forest's fortunes - who are down in south Wales to play Cardiff.

    You can follow that with our colleagues at BBC Wales right here.

    From us though, that's it. Enjoy your Sunday.

  2. Rams narrow gap to safety

    FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Bottom of the Championship.

    That point cuts the gap between Derby and safety to seven points.

    They are clearly not giving up without a fight, despite having been docked 21 points this season.

    That goal difference could prove priceless too.

    Birmingham move out of the bottom six and are now 13 points clear of danger.

  3. FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    While it will feel like a defeat for Blues boss Lee Bowyer given the position his side were in, there were some positives.

    Lyle Taylor and Onel Hernandez as part of the attack looked really sharp, particularly in a dominant first-half.

    Juninho Bacuna also impressed in midfield, before his substitution. He'll feel better watching the video tomorrow. Maybe.

    A point is a point though.

  4. "We were always going to keep on fighting"

    FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Derby goal hero Luke Plange told Sky Sports:

    "We were always going to keep on fighting, and once we scored we had the momentum.

    "Once we got one goal, we knew we could get another."

  5. FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    You'd need to be a Forest fan with a heart of stone to begrudge Krystian Bielik his moment of glory there, as tinged as it could be with disappointment given his injury afterwards.

    It was 12 months to the day that the Pole did his ACL for a second time and had to be helped off the field against Bristol City.

    He has had to be patience for his return, and he took it with both hands today.

  6. FT: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Ian Clarkson
    Ex-Birmingham captain on BBC Radio WM

    If you look at the game as a whole then there were a lot of positives for Birmingham.

    But they ended giving away of lots of free-kicks and it cost them.

    They've ended up with a point when they should have got three.

  7. FULL-TIME

    Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Derby celebrateGetty Images

    Where do you start?!

    Derby County were 2-0 down with three minutes of normal time to go, and finished up with a point.

    Lyle Taylor and Scott Hogan had put the Blues in front, but the points were shared after Luke Plange and the returning Krystian Bielik scored the goals to square things up.

    In front of a bumper crowd, Derby showed all the heart and character they'll need to come through their troubles. Blues will be crestfallen.

    What a game.

  8. Derby 2-2 Birmingham

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  9. goal

    GOAL: Derby 2-2 Birmingham

    Krystian Bielik

    Krystian Bielik scoresPA Media

    LEVEL!

    IT'S KRYSTIAN BIELIK. ON HIS RETURN!

    Derby County have come back in stoppage time, just weeks after they did the same against Reading, and it's the Pole on his return who lashes the ball in.

    It was he who won the free-kick after he was fouled by Onel Hernandez on the edge of the box.

    And as Tom Lawrence bent it into the area, Bielik took to the air with an overhead kick and thumped it past Neil Etheridge.

    The sour note is he's down injured. Arm.

  10. Derby 1-2 Birmingham

    Richard Wilford
    BBC WM

    Derby are throwing everything at this.

  11. Derby 1-2 Birmingham

    The tension is tangible around Pride Park. The volume has quietened somewhat with the anxiety and nerviness.

    Derby running out of time and Ryan Allsop has to show twinkletoes to get out of trouble at the back.

    Rams pump it forward, Maxime Colin skews his clearance and Blues just about get the ball clear.

  12. Derby 1-2 Birmingham

    Festy Ebosele channels Paulo Wanchope with a midfield-cutting drive at the heart of the Birmingham side, and the Rams win a corner.

    The set-piece though is straight down Neil Etheridge's throat and he takes it with welcome relief.

  13. FIVE MINUTES ADDED TIME

    Derby 1-2 Birmingham

  14. Derby 1-2 Birmingham

    Birmingham have been clinging on in some respects and that goal should just shock their system a bit.

    Jordan James got himself a booking too.

    It's been all Derby last 10 minutes.

  15. goal

    GOAL: Derby 1-2 Birmingham

    Luke Plange

    Luke Plange scoresRex Features

    Superb goal by Luke Plange to give Derby hope and fight.

    First he won his side a free-kick after Ivan Sunjic lunged in.

    As the set-piece sailed into him in the box, left-side, he dug it out of his feet and curled a ripper into the top corner beyond Neil Etheridge.

    The crowd is rocking now. They sense a comeback on the cards.

  16. Derby 0-2 Birmingham

    Festy Ebosele threatens to get away from Maxime Colin down the Derby left, but the Blues defender sticks like glue to win a goal-kick.

    Ebosele's frustrations are visible as he groans toward referee John Brooks.

  17. SUBSTITUTION

    Derby 0-2 Birmingham

    Jordan James is on, as Juninho Bacuna limps away.

  18. Derby 0-2 Birmingham

    Wayne RooneyPA Media

    Derby are desperate to keep up their unrelenting pressure, but the game is stopped with Juninho Bacuna on the deck, through injury.

    John Brooks will be adding all this time on at the end, so it's merely a temporarily reprieve as it stands for Blues.

    What a goal would do to open this game up. The fans have stuck with Derby throughout in fairness.

  19. Derby 0-2 Birmingham

    WHAT A BLOCK BY GEORGE FRIEND.

    Only just on, he dives right into a goal-bound shot by Krystian Bielik, after another Derby raid threatened a goal.

    How Pride Park would have celebrated a goal from the Pole.

  20. SUBSTITUTION

    Derby 0-2 Birmingham

    Lyle Taylor is jeered vocally off the pitch by the Derby contingent as a a Forest player.

    George Friend is on for Blues.