jono Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 These things are so so important.Football is ( on the surface ) a business and with homogenised stadiums, plastic beer TV money, and "match day experience" being the the things that "franchise owners" so seem to loveWe need to remind all of them who we are, what made us. These are the things that sustain A club in the hearts of a community. That it is done well only adds to this. The Clough and Taylor statue is a land mark for Derby fans as is Dixie Dean at Everton or that wonderful wizard of the dribble statue at Stoke. When the next generations are shown these memorials it lifts them above the commercial BS .. Which is just necessary business It transports them to being FANS who have love and passion. This sustains a club way beyond a successful "business model" romantic rant over .. God for Harry, England and St George etc etc .. Now let's just stuff PNE ps .. On holiday, full of ouzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Are you sure that's Dave? They don't do them like Michelangelo any more do they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverurie Ram Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Just watched the unveiling of the statue, quite moving, what a nice lady Isobel MacKay seems, hope she has a lovely evening and hears some great tributes to her late husband from his team.Exactly.I just watched it on East Midlands News, and the tears started, lovely lady who had a lovely man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Lovely tribute from DCFC. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Are you sure that's Dave?They don't do them like Michelangelo any more do they. I think so. If you warm him up he'll be ready to go again once he's overcome the temporary loss of vision. Bradley who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon the ram 2009 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Are you sure that's Dave?They don't do them like Michelangelo any more do they. is that not Jabba the huts capture of Han solo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnieronalde Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Nice touch for a proper legend and lovely to see his wife's reaction.Well done DCFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 For you JW 11 minutes in is first part and then Roy and Charlie a bit later http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0681qh8/east-midlands-today-02092015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Can someone put a iplayer link up when it becomes available please.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0681qh8/east-midlands-today-0209201511 minutes in fo first part and then Roy and Charlie a bit later approx 24 mins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsmini Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 A part of the greatest period in Derby County's history. The word legend does not do him justice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 We should have done it whilst he could of seen it but he is assured to be forever one of the few DCFC legends, well done Dave and thank you sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 That is smart, well done Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Classic Dave.i like the fact that he is remembered as a player, a captain, and a leader.leading the team out. big hands though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stive Pesley Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 My first thoughts on the statue were immediately Han Solo trapped in carbonite - so good call Stringerbell! Then you watch footage of him (I was too young to have seen him play) and you think that if he was playing today he'd look a right fat git compared to all the others Well - maybe with the exception of Andy Reid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Went to see it this morning.Excellent tribute to the great man, well done DCFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodypecker Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Mackay was seriously well-built - not that tall, but hefty....first time I've seen him referred to as a 'fat git', no doubt unintentionally disrespectful in my view He was well into his 30s of course when joining Derby - dietary science and so on was rather more primitive! The power and force of his physique and personality were, though, truly formidable - he stood out like a concrete beacon when breaking up attacks and pushing the team forwards. Bang! People knew when Mackay had tackled them! Having the silky skills of McFarland next to him, and buzzing energy of Carlin, then Gemmill, plus Hector and t'others produced a superbly balanced team, matches were thrilling in them days. In times past, and others too can hark back to this memory, an iconic moment in the propulsion of the Clough & Taylor team toward great things was that 3-1 League Cup crushing of Chelsea in 1968. What an atmosphere, what a performance. An incredible second-half unfolded, with Mackay slamming in an Exocet free-kick as Derby roared back to dump the aristocrats out of the competition. Dave underlined that success with victory over Everton (Ball, Harvey, Kendall et al) in the next round @ BBG, after taking a 0-0 from Goodison Park. (Yes...then his own goal eliminated us in the next round at giant-killing Swindon!) A football immortal, in any company - and one of ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Mackay was seriously well-built - not that tall, but hefty....first time I've seen him referred to as a 'fat git', no doubt unintentionally disrespectful in my view I wasn't being disrespectful - I didn't say that HE was a "fat git"... I said that anyone in the modern game with that physique would be called one whereas back then it wasn't out of the ordinary. It wasn't meant as anything other than an observation on the modern game (and a joke at Andy Reid's expense) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodypecker Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 No problem, Stive, I take your point I blame the Scottish diet. Perhaps the chip shops in Edinburgh sold those Mars bars in batter Perhaps they still have those chip shops in Nottingham...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I know last night was about DM but I am always struck by how much Charlie George seems to maintain and reinforce his link with us.He is first and foremost an Arsenal fan - stepped off the North Bank to play, so legend has it - and still does match day hospitality there apparently, but he does seem to enjoy coming back to Derby and obviously makes a real effort to do so when it's probably easier for him not to. I like that.Still the best all round footballer I have ever seen play for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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