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A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

A bit like Rooney when he played for us!!

Parked on a double yellow apparently

Parked on a double yellow apparently

Bob forgot his anniversary. 
Bob's wife wasn't very happy.
After much waiving of arms and shouting she went to bed demanding something that goes from 0-200 in under 5 seconds on the drive outside the house in the morning when she gets up.
The next morning Bob gets up early and leaves for work. 
Bob's wife gets up a while later opens the curtains and sees a box on the drive. She gets dressed, goes downstairs and brings the package into the house.  Inside she finds a set of scales.
Bob hasn't been seen since last Friday...

The partnership with Swindlehurst really should have got us promoted.

He does have the bonus of course of getting a side to the Championship that were even smaller than Rotherham and actually keeping them up for two seasons.  He likes to get past the first rounds of proper cups as well, semi final being the favourite. 
He can find a bargain as well.  Think our net spend over 4 years must have been about 2million and he reduced the squad by half, cut the wage bill in half, brought through some youngsters we got 16 million quid for and brought the average age down by about 5 years.  
On top off that he mightily pissed of Forest fans by turning down the chance to manage them and stay here. Then they went all non league Nigel on him and started having have an annual day for the demi god that was Fawaz.
Bloke did a good job on the whole. His last few games where I suspect he knew what was coming clouds the water. 
 

Eventually after much grovelling and charm managed to convince her I was worth another chance.
Eventually we married and have three brilliant kids and five grandkids,although since we have both moved on !!!

January 1986, arrived in Sheffield a little worst for wear our designated driver parked in St marys church car park within a stones throw of the away end.
Managed to get into the ground just as the match kicked off, rare for those days some of our crew has seat tickets, others had standing tickets, i had aquired a seat ticket, the away end was in full song c8000 Derby fans chanting Arthur Cox's Black and White army the noise was near on deafening. The match progressed the Rams were playing better than their oppositon a full division above them.
The Blades breakaway with 10 minutes or so and the now Roy Hodgson sidekick, Ray Lewington places a scruffy shot past Mark Wallington into the goal. The 8000 are silenced briefly, the flag goes up for offside and it is disallowed, Cacophony in the away end is resumed with a greater volume than before the annulment. 
A furher 10-15 minutes go by, Derby are still in the ascendency, we get a corner, it is swung over by Jeff Chandler?, Captain Marvel rises a above the United defence and buries his header into the back of the net.
Derby fans are in raptures, the match sort of peters out with Derby holding the Blades quite comfortably, the final whistle blows and the super rams are in the Fifth Round.
Coming out of the ground the atmosphere is a little hostile with the natives unhappy that their own (obviously offside) goal was disallowed and the FA cup adventures curtailed for another year.
We embark in our vehicle to head back into the God's county and decide to have a few refreshment stops on the way home, much singing and dancing in Chesterfield, Clay Cross, Shirland, Ofton and Marehay.
i get dropped off at home c 8pm, it is cold evening and the frost is spreading it's silvery sparkly fingers over the lawn and driveway around the house.
i suddenly click that i  was supposed to be taking my new very attractive girlfriend out for the night, i had forgot completely with the euphoria of victory celebrations and the intense alcholic haze.
I smelt strongly of man sweat and stale bitter etc. so i had 30 minutes to run a bath and make myself presentable for the said young lady who was to arrive in our Taxi at 8.30pm and then onto Derby for a night of Dancing and more alcohol.
Got in the bath and the next thing i know i wake up with a cold shock, it is pitch black and the water of my once steaming bath is tepid.
With pounding head i get gingerly out and start to dry myself and get myself warm.
i look at the clock it is 3am, suddenly in blind panic i realise that i had a date 6 hours plus before.
i search the house vainly expecting the said young lady to be there instead i find the inevitable Dear John letter on the mantlepiece.
 
 
 
 

Derby 3 Wigan 1. FRGS Collins.

They wanted over 50 with 2 wickets left and we’ve not had any fielders near the batsmen they’ve not been in any trouble we seem to hope they’ll get themselves out 

I figured this deserves its own thread as Warne discusses a number of the points we have multiple threads dedicated to. He discusses the progress of transfer negotiations, Didzy leaving, the club being a draw for players, the calibre of players he’s working to sign…. Give it a watch;
For anyone not wanting to watch it in full there is a written summary of the key points here also;
https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2023/06/warne-interview-post-season-june-23

East Fife 4th Forfar 5th