old tray boy Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Derby gave a chance to a young black player , I think it was the mid 60's and the D.E.T reported at the time this player hade never played in a pair of football boots . I cannot remember the outcome of this players loan , can anyone tell me the outcome of his loan spell ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 the D.E.T reported at the time this player hade never played in a pair of football boots Was it Connor Sammon? Only ever played in clown shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Derby gave a chance to a young black player , I think it was the mid 60's and the D.E.T reported at the time this player hade never played in a pair of football boots . I cannot remember the outcome of this players loan , can anyone tell me the outcome of his loan spell ?. I do remember a black player in the 1960s. We hoped he was the new Pele. He wasnt. There were stories of him playing in his pully and not liking the cold weather. It all seemed very exotic having a black player at the club. Afraid I cant remember his name but I dont think he played for the first team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I do remember a black player in the 1960s. We hoped he was the new Pele. He wasnt. There were stories of him playing in his pully and not liking the cold weather. It all seemed very exotic having a black player at the club. Afraid I cant remember his name but I dont think he played for the first team. @1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Remember him well-quite a bit of skill,but didn't like the cold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biri_Biri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheltenhamRam Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Didn't like the cold so moved to Denmark :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Theo Robinson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistoldPete2 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Remember him well-quite a bit of skill,but didn't like the cold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biri_Biri Yes Biri was the name (dont remember him being named Biri- Biri). Gambias best ever player? Couldnt make the Rams team but then it was our glory years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I read about this a couple of weeks ago. Either in here or in the DET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Remember him well-quite a bit of skill,but didn't like the cold. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biri_Biri I recall he was a bit lightweight, and kept pulling out of 50 50's. He was a Chicken Biri Biri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forgot my username again Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The only time he actually appeared at the BBG was at half time when Cloughy sent him out with a fork. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admira Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The other black player for Derby in the early 70's was the late Tony Parry.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Parry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 If you type Biri Biri into google there are loads of pictures of sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I read about this a couple of weeks ago. Either in here or in the DET I remember mentioning it a few months ago in response to a Duracell thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 The only time he actually appeared at the BBG was at half time when Cloughy sent him out with a fork. That'll get i-Ram excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 If you type Biri Biri into google there are loads of pictures of sheep He did look sh@gged after a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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