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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 !!

Exactly, and if he is still delaying things yet further by insisting on money for the stadium to pay off the MSD loan then even more reasons to abhor the fecker as we see more and more of the youngsters follow Festy's example

A flock of bramblings in the garden today. They were feeding up on sunflower seeds ready for their long journey back to Scandinavia. I thought they were chaffinches until I located the binoculars. It's the first time I've ever seen a brambling and it brings my 'species of birds seen  in 2022' total to 42. What a pretty bird.

Poor Red Bull

So basically he’s doing research for league one.

Players out and I'm here CYRS

LATEST UPDATE , 2nd March, 2022. 
 
The story continued, up to and including the Cardiff City  match..
 
Premiership
LeedsCityRam    45
Premier ram    45
rammieib    45
TheHospitalier    45
Wolfie    45
BodminRam    44
Kenavo    44
Cisse    42
jimtastic56    41
r4derby    40
rynny    40
ilsonram12    38
AndyB    37
JMC    37
Parsnip    37
timlondinium    37
Asanovic70    36
BOB BIGGS    35
mozza    35
ramant62    35
 
Championship

REDCAR    35
Fla Ram    34
harwich ram    34
SKHunter    34
ColonelBlimp    33
Jimbo Ram    33
Ramifications    33
California Ram.    31
DCFC1388    31
Jase116    31
samwcave    31
TexasRam    31
dcfc the 1 4me    30
leroyoftherovers    30
dabber    29
DCFC Kicks    29
hydraulic ram    29
WharfedaleRam    29
BramcoteRam84    28
Lurky    28
BucksRam    27
europia    27
Rich84    27
Turk Thrust    27
 
Div1

CBRammette    26
DesertRam    26
gccrowdpleaser    26
JarodyDCFC    26
Mckram    25
Miggins    25
taffyram    25
TimRam    25
Woodley Ram    25
Brammie Steve    24
Mick Brolly    24
MidWalesRam    24
OohMartWright    24
Chris_Martin    23
Jourdan    23
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta    23
RadioactiveWaste    23
Elgin_Ram    22
Rampant    22
Amberram    21
Dethorn    21
lukedcfc    21
swansea ram    21
86 Hair Islands    20
 
Div2

Ted McMinn Football Genius    20
Yani P    20
Dean (hick) Saunders    19
Malty    19
Topram    19
Van der MoodHoover    19
BathRam72    18
ramit    18
Addingham Ram    17
angieram    17
cstand    17
StevenageRam    16
StrawHillRam    16
True Ram    16
Wolfie20    16
BarrowRam    15
BriggRam    15
hintonsboots    15
chewbacca    14
Eargasm    14
Foreveram    14
Kernow    14
1967Ram    14
Ramsamwidge    14
 
Div3

Dordogne-Ram    13
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa    13
Simmo's left foot    13
devonram1980    12
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong    12
Kinder    12
Marriott Ram99    12
Wistaston Ram    12
Leeds Ram    11
PendineRam    11
Rampage    11
Steve Buckley's Dog    11
Angry Ram    10
CumbriaRam    10
erathirea    10
Johnnyoj    10
StarterForTen    10
Blondest Goat    8
BrudeRAM    8
Maharan    8
niram    8
Carnero    6
HonitonRam    6
Makedoh    6
 
Div4

Saul    6
WhiteHorseRam    6
Dinnitdough    5
LazloW    5
Mucker1884    5
oohmarkwright    5
Ram_in_Cumbria    5
Steve How Hard?    5
Theres's Only Wan Chope    5
atherstoneram    4
Crewton    4
Eddie    4
glyn1957    4
Magicman    4
Ramrob    4
Remy the hare    4
bucktwo    3
Charliegeorge1962    3
davenportram    3
DerbyRam!    3
EraniosSocks    3
minesahartington    3
Penelope Pendrex    3
Reverend    3
 
Div5

RodleyRam    3
scout's dad    3
ScubaRam    3
twinkletoes    3
Alan Ramage 4 EVA    2
Ambitious    2
B4ev6is    2
BuckoBeast    2
Charlotte Ram    2
Finch    2
FindernRam    2
G-Ram    2
ivo_knoflicek    2
Jayram    2
Joe     2
Jortat    2
MickD    2
Rab a dab doo    2
Seths-cap    2
Sheff Ram    2
Sweetness34    2
The Scarlet Pimpernel    2
Tyler Durden    2
uttoxram75    2
 
Div6

Abu Derby    1
Anag Ram    1
Animal is a Ram    1
Bubbles    1
Chester40    1
Coconut's Beard    1
DavesaRam    1
De22Ram    1
Donegal Ram    1
Foxy Ram    1
Fraser_23    1
Gordamn    1
handyill    1
Hathersage Ram    1
Ilkestonian    1
irobinson    1
Keepyuppy    1
kevinhectoring    1
MackworthRamIsGod    1
NottmRAM    1
Old Sawley Popside    1
Ovine_Interferer    1
PistoldPete    1
plymouthram    1
 
Div7

1977 Ram Raider    1
RamDotFi    1
RamontheMoor    1
Ratpackram    1
richinspain    1
Robert Earnshaws Workrate    1
Scott129    1
Sean    1
Seaside Ram    1
secretsquirrel    1
sheeponacid    1
Simon Bradley    1
Sparkle    1
superzak    1
TomTom92    1
tomsdubs    1
twelveincher    1
ziggyram59    1
 
T.B.C.
 
 

Cardiff 1 - 0 Rams
No FRGS

It used to be fine for me (watching on my Samsung Smart TV browser), but last couple of weeks the web page will not load completely so I can't click on watch the game live. Thus have to go the HDMI route as still works fine on laptop
So @Owen87ITK do you know if something has changed that would be causing this?

No I'm not. 
We've got people defending him for getting himself banned for 3 and a half games that are all winnable when the squad is stretched to the maximum as it is. 
Defending him because he plays best when on the edge. We didn't need him on the edge. We were playing ten men. Stay on the ducking pitch. 
Anyway, let him go on holiday. Or perhaps he will stay and support the team he is captain of. 

Idiot, as he ran towards the Boro guy I said no Tom don't, but he just can't help himself, might be the season gone right there

Think he got a knock in that challenge right at the end and was limping from that, hope he is OK

I think Wayne wrote hit the duckin net

Poor her.

I see what you did there!

The bid has been Putin

So what does he want beyond the massive points deductions, administration and players sales that we're going through?
It's alright slamming his fist against his desk saying you would have been promoted if we hadn't cheated. We thought about doing the same after our losses to QPR and Villa but then reminded ourselves we aren't petty, vindictive dick swinging ********. 
So, what does he want?

Morris is the reason we are in administration. Gibson is the reason we can't get out of it. 
Expediting his claims and getting them heard may be the pragmatic solution, but let's be clear: I (and most Derby fans) think these claims are spurious, completely unprecedented (no club has ever "sued" another over P+S breaches), motivated by personal malice, and being exploited by Gibson to mete out his own personal "punishment" to a club facing liquidation.  

Ego?

Not me. Thick as thieves. Neither could take responsibility. Don't see Stearman or Davies, Jagielka or any of the current senior players blaming the younger players for their own mistakes. I would have those guys in the trenches with me, not Keogh.

Bielik in training tomorrow 

What a turn out, so proud of you all COYR ????

Crewe