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Rams 2 -1 Owls
FRGS Collins

The telephone operator

It's the inconsistency that is frustrating.
Whilst only the slightest of tugs it clearly looked like the Iran player did have his shirt pulled so no complaints. But how come the far clearer bear hug on Maguire wasn't spotted?

League tables, upto and in including MK Dons match
 
Premiership
Mick Brolly    26
Wolfie20    25
AndyB    24
FlyBritishMidland    22
jimtastic56    22
leroyoftherovers    22
Carnero    21
dabber    20
HedgeEnder    20
sheeponacid    20
Jourdan    19
LeedsCityRam    19
rynny    19
Brammie Steve    18
BucksRam    18
ColonelBlimp    18
DCFC1388    18
ilsonram12    17
Ramifications    17
archram    16
 
Championship

Blondest Goat    16
gccrowdpleaser    16
hydraulic ram    16
Jase116    16
TF Ram    16
TimRam    16
True Ram    16
Wolfie    16
BOB BIGGS    15
BodminRam    15
Chris_Martin    15
jono    15
Kenavo    15
Mckram    15
r4derby    15
Sparkle    15
cstand    14
Dordogne-Ram    14
FindernRam    14
Fla Ram    14
Foreveram    14
Grimbeard    14
harwich ram    14
OohMartWright    14
 
Div1

rammieib    14
Yani P    14
BathRam72    13
DCFC4LIFE    13
DCFC Kicks    13
Dean (hick) Saunders    13
StrawHillRam    13
Amberram    12
BramcoteRam84    12
Elgin_Ram    12
hintonsboots    12
JMC    12
Miggins    12
PendineRam    12
Ramsamwidge    12
REDCAR    12
Steve How Hard?    12
StevenageRam    12
TexasRam    12
timlondinium    12
mozza    11
RodleyRam    11
Ted McMinn Football Genius    11
TheHospitalier    11
 
Div2

Van der MoodHoover    11
Addingham Ram    10
angieram    10
Asanovic70    10
dcfc the 1 4me    10
DesertRam    10
Kernow    10
Malty    10
Osbaldwick    10
Premier ram    10
RadioactiveWaste    10
WharfedaleRam    10
Woodley Ram    10
BriggRam    9
JarodyDCFC    9
papa_lazarou    9
1967Ram    9
SKHunter    9
Sussex Ram    9
Topram    9
BarrowRam    8
Electric Ram    8
ramant62    8
Rampant    8
 
Div3

richinspain    8
StarterForTen    8
BrudeRAM    7
Foxy Ram    7
86 Hair Islands    7
Jimbo Ram    7
NG2Ram    7
Ramslad1992    7
Simmo's left foot    7
taffyram    7
Alty_Ram    6
CBRammette    6
EssendonRam    6
HonitonRam    6
Johnnyoj    6
Lac291884    6
Manchester Ram    6
MidWalesRam    6
Mucker1884    6
Parsnip    6
Simon Bradley    6
Steve Buckley's Dog    6
Abu Derby    5
Animal is a Ram    5
 
Div4

Andrew1    5
B4ev6is    5
bimmerman    5
chewbacca    5
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta    5
LERam    5
Magicman    5
MickD    5
RamDotFi    5
ramit    5
Rich84    5
Curtains    4
Dethorn    4
Donegal Ram    4
Ellafella    4
europia    4
Kinder    4
Millenniumram    4
Scott129    4
Alan Ramage 4 EVA    3
Bris Vegas    3
DiggerB    3
Elwood P Dowd    3
erathirea    3
 
Div5

Igorwasking    3
InstaRam    3
irobinson    3
Jayram    3
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong    3
MACKWORTHRAM    3
PrideParkhead    3
S8TY    3
sage    3
samwcave    3
The Scarlet Pimpernel    3
TomG    3
TomTom92    3
alanmarklewis    2
Boycie    2
EraniosSocks    2
JustOneBiblicalKazim    2
minesahartington    2
plymouthram    2
1977 Ram Raider    2
Ram-a-lama fa fa fa    2
San Fran Van Rams    2
Turk Thrust    2
whaley bridge Ram    2
 
Div6

Wistaston Ram    2
Ambitious    1
AndyinLiverpool    1
Betty Swollocks    1
bucktwo    1
Caerphilly Ram    1
California Ram    1
CBX1985    1
Diego    1
Edtheram    1
EnigmaRam    1
EtoileSportiveDeDerby    1
gravyboat    1
ivo_knoflicek    1
kevinhectoring    1
lukedcfc    1
MadAmster    1
NorwichExile    1
NottmRAM    1
Ratpackram    1
Seth's left foot    1
Spacehorse    1
Toadbelly    1
alram    0
 
Div7

Bill Curry    0
CabalieCap    0
Charliegeorge1962    0
Chopper    0
Crewton    0
Dcfcsr92    0
devonram1980    0
drgoodspeak    0
Eatonram    0
Gee SCREAMER !!    0
Gritstone Ram    0
Hoppo    0
Justa    0
Keepyuppy    0
lagavulinram    0
Leeds Ram    0
LeedsRam1999    0
LoughboroughRam    0
Marriot Ram99    0
Mihangel    0
mr kia    0
Needlesh    0
Oldben    0
one_chop    0
 
Div8

PistoldPete    0
Ramarena    0
scout's dad    0
Skin em Ted    0
swansea ram    0
tomsdubs    0
Tyler Durden    0
zaragozaram    0
 
T.B.C.
 
 

That's Magic Man. 

He's been flagging for a while, to be fair.

So funny getting that agitated by a mainly scratched together team who I'm surprised could get 9 on the bench! The vitriol towards Wildsmith funniest of all! Our whole club and ground plus £20m change cost less than just Nunez. Just think of that. 
Anyway well done Derby - every single player on the pitch plus the staff. Had a sinking feeling all day as the glory hunting Liverpool fans came out of the drain at work. Not the night for the usual very personal criticism of some of the young lads.
Very proud tonight and yet again thanks David Clowes
 
 

Don't really get why we make two subs at the death for them then not to feature in the penos. 
Otherwise a sterling effort in the circumstances

Nice of them to put the predicted score right in the middle of the image.

Wildsmith 7.5
Smith 7
Cashin 8
Forsyth 8
Roberts 7.5
Mendez-Laing 7.5
Thompson 4
Sibley 7.5
Bird ? 7
Dobbin 8
McGoldrick 6.5
Osula 6.5
Collins 6.5

European Cup 2nd Round 1st leg – Wednesday 25th October 1972 & the visit of mighty Benfica to the Baseball Ground
Fair to say that short of Real Madrid & Ajax, Benfica were probably the most glamorous & storied European club Derby could have drawn in the 2nd round of the European Cup. In the 17 years the European Cup had been in existence, Benfica had won the title twice (the first winners of the tournament other than Real Madrid) & had been runners up on 3 other occasions.
On top of that pedigree, Benfica were in the middle of a 29 match consecutive winning run domestically which saw them clinch the 1972/73 Portuguese title without losing a single game (still a European record) & still had the great Eusebio in their ranks – he would win the European Golden Boot at the end of the season.
All that said, Benfica stepped onto the (soggy) Baseball Ground pitch 50 years ago today & were promptly torn apart on one of the greatest nights in Derby County’s history. Action from the game;
 

 

 
Pre match copy of the Ram;

 
Summary of results from elsewhere in Round 2 – Gerd Muller scored 5 as Bayern Munich crushed Cypriot minnows Omonia 9-0 whilst there was a surprise in Romania, as the mighty Real Madrid were beaten 2-1 by Arges Pitesti. Second legs to be played 2 weeks later on 8th November;

Wildsmith 7.5
Chester 5
Cashin 6.5
Forsyth 6.5
Mendez-Laing 6
Smith 5.5
Bird 6
Hourihane 4
Roberts 6
Sibley 6
Osula 6.5
McGoldrick 5
Dobbin 7.5

League game 12 from 1985/86 was a home victory over York City which took us to 22 points after 12 games - 2 points ahead of our current total.
This was our 4th league win in a row and moved us up to 4th position in the league
After an injury to Trevor Christie in the 1st half, 19 year old Andy Garner came on to score both Derby goals.
The match report mentions another rule which I'd forgotten about - teams were allowed to pass back to their goalkeepers and apparently York did it 40 times in the game !!
( Game 12 in 1984/85 was a 0 - 0 away draw at Walsall which took us to 18 points )


 
 

Wildsmith 8.5
Chester 6
Davies 6.5
Cashin 6
Mendez-Laing 7.5
Knight 6.5
Smith 6.5
Dobbin 7
Osula 9
McGoldrick 7
Roberts 6.5
Stearman 6.5
Bird 7.5
Sibley 8
Barkhuizen 7.5

My efforts with documenting and preserving the history of our club through its shirts have been acknowledged and rewarded by the kind gift from the club of the number 9 shirt as worn by James Collins through the pre season games when we were without our new seasons kit, depicting Derby as a United City and football club, it was nice to be rewarded but even better for the club to officially recognise the longer term purpose of the collection.

'Score FFS'

Wildsmith 8
Cashin 9
Davies 6
Chester 7
Hourihane 8
Knight 8
Mendez-Laing 7.5
Bird ? 8
Dobbin 6
Collins 8.5
Barkhuizen 7
Sibley 7
Osula 6
Forsyth 7

There's gold at the end of the ?,  and it's not Cambridge gold! 
 

European Cup 1st Round 2nd leg – Wednesday 27th September 1972 & Zeljeznicar v Derby in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
The Rams had won the first leg at the Baseball Ground 2-0 but had to defend that lead in front of 50,000 in the Kosevo Stadium in Sarajevo. Despite being welcomed onto the pitch with rockets from the crowd, Derby silenced the home support with 2 early goals from Hinton & O’Hare to put the tie beyond Zeljeznicar’s reach & book their place in the next round. Match report below;

 
 

Programme for the match from the Kosevo Stadium – for those of you who wondered what Derby County was in Bosnian, its ‘Derbi Kaunti’. You’re welcome ?

 
Full round up of results from the rest of the 1st round matches – all the big guns got through including Juventus, who beat Marseille comfortably despite trailing from the first leg. There was also something of a furore in Greece where the referee called a penalty shoot out victory for CSKA Sofia one penalty too early, necessitating a replayed match which Panathinaikos lost anyway;

 
The draw for the Second Round saw the introduction of reigning back to back European Champions Ajax to the competition. Even more exciting was Derby being drawn against Benfica – the 1961 & 1962 European Champions (runners up in 1963, 1965 & 1968), with the legendary Eusebio still in their ranks. First leg was to be played at the Baseball Ground on 25th October;

 

Wildsmith 8
Chester 7
Knight 7
Roberts 7
Cashin 7
Davies 5.5
McGoldrick 7
Sibley 7
Hourihane 8
Mendez-Laing 7
Bird ? 6
Collins 6
Barkhuizen 7
Forsyth 7

Wonderful player and shirt. He created one of my favourite memories that season grabbing the winner at Sheffield United in the FAC.

A shirt that is a privilege to add to the collection, our brave captains shirt from the amazing promotion season of 1985-86 from division three, the start of the DCFC rebuild under Arthur Cox, a brave player who lead by example on the pitch RIP Rob Hindmarch.#dcfcfans

Wildsmith 7
Knight 5
Roberts 5
Cashin 6
Davies 4
Dobbin 5
McGoldrick 6
Sibley 6
Hourihane 3
Mendez-Laing 5
Bird ? 4
Collins 4
Barkhuizen 5
Osula 5

Wildsmith      4 (woeful kicking)   
Knight           4
Roberts         4
Cashin           5
Davies           4
Dobbin          4
McGoldrick     5
Sibley           4
Hourihane        5
Mendez-Laing     4
Bird ?           4
Collins            4
Barkhuizen      5
Osula             5