Smyth_18

This makes me so angry.
I work behind the Showcase cinema myself and would love to know the name of this company.
I'm the least confrontational person you could find but i would happily go in there and tear into them right now.

He's a cute dog, but his sad eyes give away how much he misses the politics thread.

You know that room next to the Joseph Wright collection at Derby museum? Or better still, the extension to the East Stand? Your collection needs to be seen!

Wow. This is what football Is all about. Words can't describe how amazed I am by this story @loweman2

Wow. This is what football Is all about. Words can't describe how amazed I am by this story @loweman2

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 !!
 

Tonights episode was probably the funniest one I've seen, brilliant show, love it..

The guy who stole my journal has died.
My thoughts are with his family.

 

I saw a movie last night about beavers making homes in their natural habitat. 
It was the best dam movie I've ever seen.

Two dogs sat in the pub
1st Dog: "do you want to hear a joke?"
2nd Dog: "yeah go on then"
1st Dog: "OK....Knock, Knock"
2nd Dog: <goes beserk>
 

The tit in the office (and no, I don't mean myself!) who just spent 3 minutes on the phone asking a company if he could speak to "Seen".  "I'm just calling to 'touch base' with Seen? We definitely have a contact called Seen" "I'm spelling that S-E-A-N, Seen? Do you know if he'll be in later"
I can only imagine how much the people on the other end of the phone were pissing themselves. It's a wonder this bloke's managed to stay alive for 24 years.

This has got to be one of the cleverest
E-mails I've received in a while. 
Someone out there 
must be "deadly" at Scrabble.
(Wait till you see the last one)!   

  

PRESBYTERIAN: 
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER 

  

ASTRONOMER: 
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER 

  

DESPERATION:   
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT 

  

THE EYES:  
When you rearrange the letters: 
THEY SEE 

  

GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters: 
HE BUGS GORE 

  

THE MORSE CODE:
When you rearrange the letters: 
HERE COME DOTS 

  
DORMITORY: 
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM 

SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters: 
CASH LOST IN ME 

  

ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY 

  

ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters: 
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT 

  

SNOOZE ALARMS: 
When you rearrange the letters: 
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S 

  

A DECIMAL POINT: 
When you rearrange the letters:
I'M A DOT IN PLACE 

  

THE EARTHQUAKES: 
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE 

  

ELEVEN PLUS TWO: 
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE 

  


AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE: 


MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters: 
WOMAN HITLER 

 
 
 
 
 
 

A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking, the monkey jumps all around the place.
The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them. Then he grabs some sliced limes and eats them. He then jumps onto the pool table and grabs one of the billiard balls.
To everyone's amazement, he sticks it inhis mouth, and somehow swallows it whole.
The bartender screams at the guy, "Did you see what your monkey just did?"
"No, what?"
"He just ate the cue ball off my pool table... whole!"
"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replied the guy, "he eats everything in sight. Sorry! I'll pay for the cue ball and stuff."
The guy finishes his drink, pays his bill, pays for the stuff the monkey ate and leaves.
Two weeks later the guy is in the bar again, and has his monkey with him. He orders a drink and the monkey starts running around the bar again.
While the man is finishing his drink, the   monkey finds a maraschino cherry on the bar. He grabs it, sticks it
up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it.
Then the monkey finds a peanut, and again sticks it up his butt, pulls it out, and eats it.
The bartender is disgusted. "Did you see what your monkey did  just now?"
"No, what?" replied the man.
"Well, he stuck both a maraschino cherry and a peanut up his butt, pulled them out, and ate them!" said the bartender.
"Yeah, that doesn't surprise me," replied the guy. "He still eats everything in sight, but ever since he had to **** that cue ball out, he measures everything first."

A woman is sitting at her deceased husband’s funeral.
A man leans in to her and asks, “Do you mind if I say a word?”.
“No, go right ahead”, the woman replies.
The man stands, clears his throat, says “Plethora”, and sits back down.
"Thanks”, the woman says, “that means a lot”

People with smart arse answers.. ??
People with posh names ?

People who assume people think they're perfect just because fat people annoy them.

People who assume people think they're perfect just because fat people annoy them.

Fat people.

No you're not. You're better than that. 

One bin between you?  Wow your council are tight...

Going through quite similar to this at the moment! and i'm sure many more are but are too afraid to admit it.
Life is one hell of a journey, but we'll get through it. Do whatever you can to release your problems. Support on this forum is fantastic!

Going through quite similar to this at the moment! and i'm sure many more are but are too afraid to admit it.
Life is one hell of a journey, but we'll get through it. Do whatever you can to release your problems. Support on this forum is fantastic!

It's not, had one like yours till it got smashed during an argument with the wife.

My wife ... She has been listening to me talking about the Renaissance of Darren Bent with a look that varies between glaze eyed disinterest (with a tolerant smile) and outright boredom. She has been icing a Christmas cake today and told me with great enthusiasm an hour ago that Darren Southcake was the New England manager 

@Smyth_18 you perhaps don't have the level of anonymity here that some enjoy what with your charity stuff and running (great stuff btw). But I would always advise writing down whatever comes into your mind. There are plenty in here that have done so and it has been the trigger to some level of understanding and maybe even recovery. 
If you don't want to put it out there to the masses, feel free to pick anyone in this thread and PM them, every one has a similar feeling from what I can tell. I personally have reduced myself to tears both reading and writing PMs based on this thread and it's helped me massively.