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The Coca-Cola Championship strugglers stunned the home support as they effectively wrapped up a place in the fifth round by half-time, racing into a 3-0 lead courtesy of a Simon Whaley strike sandwiched by two goals from the impressive Karl Hawley.

"We felt as if we had a chance," Irvine said. "There's no way we felt that we were favourites coming into the game. We knew that if we could keep a solid shape and that if we could be clinical when we got chances then we would have a chance of winning the game. But there's no way I thought beforehand that I would be sitting here talking about a 4-1 win."

He added: "I felt right from the beginning of the game we controlled the possession. We passed the ball well.

"We started the game very much in Derby's half and it took quite a while before they caused us any problems at the back, so really right from the start I felt we set off very well.

"We kept possession well and we had a threat about us."

The home side's performance was one even the Rams' most loyal supporters will find difficult to stomach, with the ever-increasing prospect of a return to the Coca-Cola Championship all that remains for them to contemplate.

"I'm at a loss to explain it," said Jewell. "I see them Monday to Friday in training and they're totally different people.

"They come out on a Saturday on match day and they fall apart at the first sign of adversity."

There is at least hope on the horizon for the Rams after a takeover of the club was successfully negotiated with American investors which should provide Jewell with much-needed extra funds to rebuild his squad.