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Sorry to drone on about this and bore people to death but both of your statements above are factually completely incorrect, from my own personal knowledge of working today with all sorts of businesses and organisations, from the very large to very small.
As you say, though, GE, interesting to try to read between the lines but lets hope the actual facts come out soon.

Unlikely I’m afraid GS
Even the EFL wouldn't be bothered by a sum as small as that and, anyway, the cause of those potential penalties ( non submission of accounts) is already on the EFL hit list.
We don't know when the club first started withholding Paye, NI or VAT but, even in normal times, moving from non payment to court can be (and can be made to be) a very long process, for all sorts of reasons. And in these times of covid and lockdown, it would be even longer, if at all. HMRC have been told to back off from aggressive debt chasing throughout this period of lockdown. So court action to date would have been very unlikely.
I’m afraid there is every likelihood that its paye, nic and vat not being paid over by the club
 

Isn’t the “disgusting lack of communication from the football club” another assumption that they are at liberty to actually tell us everything we want to know?

I thought it was always Keogh's fault ?

Hmm, Tuesday-Sunday=48hours. 

£34 on the train. £18 for the game. An hour bunked off work. Two pints of Carling. A hug from B4. A sweaty dash back to make the last train. Won’t be in bed until half 1 in the morning.
Worth it? 
Obviously.

Finally got them by emailing the ticket office. 
I don't think she found my email funny though. 
I said it would be easier getting a Cypriot passport from Chris Samuelson. 

Let me try this again, I was forwarded your post and just online replying to say thanks, and I appreciate the concern. Posted and the topic was merged and my post lost as I submitted it. Cheers mods.
I have an apology and what exactly has happened post which will follow the report from the meeting, I don't not can't want to go into detail now. 
What I would say is, this is not the clubs fault, anyone using it as a stick to beat the club with are doing so without the full facts, which is unfair and not helping myself personally as I try to fix the situation and get the information out to you.
I, David, has handled the situation poorly, been naive and been busy working my hardest to get back to you all with what you want.I would like to think that over the years we have built up some mutual respect, if you don't want to believe me that's fine, but please just stop until you have read what I put out.
You must also all understand that the club staff are ridiculously busy right now working long hours on other important issues, whilst I feel somewhat in limbo, I'm more happy that we have an extra 2 defenders in the squad than missing out as they need to read through my emails.
As for tomorrow, I am excited more than you will ever know, football is back, Derby are back, fans in the stadium, perfect.
I'm just gutted I can't be there, but I'm doing the next best thing, taking a flight out of here so I can watch on RamsTV with a. few beers that are chilling in the fridge.
Those that are going, regardless of your thoughts on the ownership, club, put all that to one side and get behind the team, we have a young team that doesn't deserve to play under a negative atmosphere. 
Drop any protests, Mel chants, anti EFL or anti and sarcastic Rooney chants, focus on positive support for the team, this is when they need us the most, the atmosphere is all on us nobody else, if we crush those lads with booing and all that baalocks, we will have to shoulder some of the responsibility.
I'm sorry for the lack of communication, I just didn't have anything to add and felt it would be best to stay offline. But please, regardless of what you think of me, the club, just read the above and take it from a fan that loves this club and wouldn't be saying any of this if I didn't mean it.
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I really wish I could share your optimism but it seems to me that there is a hell of a lot to do just to get back where we were at the end of the season and that was barely enough. The squad is woefully inadequate as it stands. We're desperately short of numbers, cover and quality and I just don't see this team being suddenly a lot better than it was just because it is a new season.
If this squad as it stands finishes mid-table then they probably deserve a bus top parade of the city. We desperately need quality bringing into this side and cover (and first choices) for positions where we are beyond threadbare. How on earth we will be able to do that with everything hanging over us is another matter though.

Any new news on the take over guys god we really need this to happen now.

I think I have missed something? We do not have a blank canvass or clean sheet IMO as some have said.
Until the Club is sold nothing has or will change.
Have May wages been paid ? Mel was intimating enough was enough following the April payment.
EFL charge unlikely to be resolved for months. We will appeal. Will we get points deduction?
Are we under a transfer embargo? (we will be if the wages are not paid)
Rooney said after the last game of the season the sale of the Club needed sorting asap (if not sooner)
Nothing has happened. I would not be at all surprised if Rooney 'walked' if not sorted soon. You cannot blame him either.
We are in a complete mess with it is said £60m owing at high interest rates. Currently we have no squad for next season either.
Yes it will be great to get back to Pride Park and I live miles away from Derby now days so may have missed updates but really it all depends on the sale of the Club !!
Until then I see little cause for optimism.
 
 
 
 

Championship to Champions League in a couple of seasons.
He also comes across as a decent lad, went from Lampard’s pet receiving all kinds of abuse, never gave anything back, just got his head down and played.
Chelsea player of the season and Champions League winner. So happy for him. 

Anyone remember when Mel said he'd only sell if he was certain the people coming in would do right by Derby County?
Yeah, me too .... 
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Is it just me who has never been impressed by Max Lowe as a player? I was really surprised Sheffield United took him. I always found he was one of those players that always flattered to deceive. He has the physical attributes to be good and is nice on the ball but defensively he's always looked extremely suspect and isn't good enough to be a winger. 

My all time favourite Derby kit, the introduction of the iconic Umbro diamonds on the sleeves was the magic ! My first shirt as a seven year old kid, this shirt was owned by Trevor East of tiswas fame and given to him by his good friend Bruce Rioch during his time on the board, they used to drive in together from Birmingham, this was the last shirt that I was after so might take it easy for a bit now, it was also worn by Gerry daly with the famous repainting of the penalty spot against Man City the 1976/78 umbro home shirt and full kit 

The one and only 'King Kev'.  I was fortunate enough to have witnessed his home debut in Sept
1966 against Huddersfield. A 4-3 win. The best debut I have ever seen. I still get a shiver down my back
recalling that match. He absolutely glided over the BBG pitch never had I seen such a player.
He soon had 3 or 4 Huddersfield players trying to mark him which allowed Alan Durban to score a hat-trick
with Hector getting the fourth.  
Sadly did not Hector fall out with the Club after he was transferred. For many years he had nothing to do with
DCFC and it has only been in recent years that we have seen the great man return in public on the odd occasion.
Wished we could see more of him.

The one and only 'King Kev'.  I was fortunate enough to have witnessed his home debut in Sept
1966 against Huddersfield. A 4-3 win. The best debut I have ever seen. I still get a shiver down my back
recalling that match. He absolutely glided over the BBG pitch never had I seen such a player.
He soon had 3 or 4 Huddersfield players trying to mark him which allowed Alan Durban to score a hat-trick
with Hector getting the fourth.  
Sadly did not Hector fall out with the Club after he was transferred. For many years he had nothing to do with
DCFC and it has only been in recent years that we have seen the great man return in public on the odd occasion.
Wished we could see more of him.

The one and only 'King Kev'.  I was fortunate enough to have witnessed his home debut in Sept
1966 against Huddersfield. A 4-3 win. The best debut I have ever seen. I still get a shiver down my back
recalling that match. He absolutely glided over the BBG pitch never had I seen such a player.
He soon had 3 or 4 Huddersfield players trying to mark him which allowed Alan Durban to score a hat-trick
with Hector getting the fourth.  
Sadly did not Hector fall out with the Club after he was transferred. For many years he had nothing to do with
DCFC and it has only been in recent years that we have seen the great man return in public on the odd occasion.
Wished we could see more of him.

The one and only 'King Kev'.  I was fortunate enough to have witnessed his home debut in Sept
1966 against Huddersfield. A 4-3 win. The best debut I have ever seen. I still get a shiver down my back
recalling that match. He absolutely glided over the BBG pitch never had I seen such a player.
He soon had 3 or 4 Huddersfield players trying to mark him which allowed Alan Durban to score a hat-trick
with Hector getting the fourth.  
Sadly did not Hector fall out with the Club after he was transferred. For many years he had nothing to do with
DCFC and it has only been in recent years that we have seen the great man return in public on the odd occasion.
Wished we could see more of him.

The journey is nearing its end now so it was time to catch up with the big one, the man who was brought to derby in September 1966 to score goals, to get Derby in the big time ! That was by the then manager Tim ward, He played for the Rams for a total of 12 years, during which time they won the Football League First Division championship twice, the Football League Second Division championship and promotion to the First Division in 1969, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup, FA Cup and the League Cup.
He left Derby for Vancouver Whitecaps and scored 15 goals for the Canadian outfit as they won the 1979 NASL title.
After his time in North America he rejoined Derby in the early 1980s.
He made a record 589 appearances for Derby in his two spells, 486 of which came in league games.
he scored 201 goals, second only to Steve Bloomer and missed only four league matches in seven seasons between 67 & 74, not a coincidence that these were our most successful years.
he didn’t say much but when he did everybody listened !
it is of course the king 
Kevin Hector was quality, I spent an hour and a half with him and we discussed all things Derby County, another really pleasant guy, funny and razor sharp with his memory ! 
More great stories, he didn’t really see eye to eye with Mr Clough but he didn’t need to, Cloughie couldn’t play his mind games with his top scorer.
still looks fit and well and enjoys his football, he is often to be found in the south stand, but he says it’s nothing to what the BBG was but we all know that.
another one sadly disgruntled with the way that the club view them, that has been the common core running through this journey, none of them feel valued by the club, yesterday’s men who no longer generate money for the club so left out to graze.
as I have said many times before they could surely be put to use by the club !
what a legend !
a king of kings !
king Kev !

Jim Walker the forgotten man
As many of you know I have been for the last 18 months meeting up with the old brigade, the proper DCFC legends, the ones that put us on the map in footballing terms, the ones that made us the best team in England and got us to the European Cup semi finals, the teams of 71/72 and 74/75.
It started off as way to spend time with my Dad who was a bit lost after the loss of my mum, he is a season ticket holder now and was back in the day so I started off out on a journey that has lead us to meet most of them, one of them remains elusive and one didn’t wish to participate.
All of them have been fantastic, eager to tell stories of the great Brian Clough and the amazing fortunes of Derby County who in those bleak years of three day weeks, power blackouts, strikes and Rolls Royce nearly going under taking thousands of local jobs with it gave the people of Derby something to be proud of.
Upon meeting one of those legends, Jim Walker I was particularly struck by how at peace he was with the world, very relaxed, very friendly and by far the best story teller of them all.
Jim had not long ago lost his wife to illness so immediately him and my dad had something in common other than the love of football, he made us very welcome and gave us an open invite to go round when ever to continue with the tales.
Now most people may remember Jim as the guy who was signed by Clough & Taylor from non league football to play for Derby County and was a major part of the team that won promotion from division two in 1968/69.
He lost his place in the team to John Mcgovern but captained the reserves and stepped in when required to cover injuries of suspensions, this meant that he played only a few games in the 1971/72 season but it was his goal in a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace in late march that gave Derby both points and if you remember we won the league and finished first above dirty Leeds who were just one point behind and had a greater goal difference, so in effect Jim scored the goal that won us the First Division Championship.
Aswell as a footballer Jim is probably better known as the Aston Villa physio, he was there for around twenty years and served under many managers including Graham Taylor, Ron Atkinson, Brian Little and John Gregory, he was also the man charged with looking after Paul McGrath for many years both on and off the pitch and is spoken of in very high regard in Pauls autobiography.
He had a private practice at the Belfry for the golfers and was also the go to man at the NEC when any pop stars suffered an injury or needed attention from a physio, he worked with George Michael, Elton John, Neil Diamond, Michael Hutchence and Kylie to name a few hence him having so many fantastic stories.
Jim has also had illnesses this however does not dampen his spirit or take a smile from his face.
One thing that I was amazed to hear that Jim did not receive a medal for winning the league title despite being only one of sixteen players in that 71/72 season to have donned the shirt and scoring such a valuable goal.
When ever you see the pictures of the team celebrating and holding up their medals jim does not have one.
I approached Andy Ellis the club historian and the writer of many Derby County books and the fount of all knowledge and he confirmed it.
So we the approached the club and asked if they would support an application to Gordon Taylor of the PFA to ask if he would inturn support an application to the football league to present Jim with the medal that he should have received 46 years ago.
The club agreed and they sent the letter to Gordon Taylor who gave it his blessing and the approach was then made to the football league, this was back in February this year after the ball was started rolling in June of 2017 so it took a while.
I am delighted to say that the agreement was given and Derby County approached the very same jewellers who had made the original ones to make one for Jim, to the exact specifications of the original medals and in the same box and made from 9ct gold with all of the hall marks.
For some reason the club at this time can not be seen to publicly present Jim with the medal which is a great sadness as I thought that he was going to be able to step out on the pitch at Pride Park on the opening home game against Leeds (quite fitting as he stopped them winning the league with his goal), it is a litigious matter so I will comment no further other than to say that they did everything that they could.
So to wrap up the story I had the great honour of going to Jims house today with my dad and my son and presenting him with his long overdue medal, he had no idea that it was coming and to say that he was over whelmed is an understatement.
It was great to see his face and to have the privilege to do something like that, I had the medal at my house for a while but obviously didn’t want to post any pictures until now as it was a secret.
Not very often that you get to present a league championship winning medal on behalf of Derby County and to one of the few from those great days and can be called the legends.
We are hoping that Jim will still be able to have amore public presentation at sometime in the season at Pride Park when what ever issues are resolved.
Up the Rams !!
 

Just noticed this article on the BBC Football site.  Interesting.  Remember him well !!
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41966203