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Carlisle away record this season:

W4  D3  L15 

Won: Bolton, Burton, Peterborough, Cheltenham.

Drew: Stevenage, Lincoln, Fleetwood.

Lost: Oxford, Port Vale, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Cambridge, Reading, Blackpool, Wigan, Exeter, Barnsley, Orient, Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Shrewsbury, Northampton.

Moving from my lifelong home in Suffolk to Derbyshire to be nearer our team is on the agenda for next year.

I might have to learn to speak to strangers though, not natural behavior in these parts!

4 minutes ago, ketteringram said:

Good luck and well done. Do you have any kind of plan? It's always said that you should retire into something, rather than just retiring from something. Obviously the something could be anything. Travel, holidays, voluntary work, hobbies etc. You have , hopefully, a very long retirement ahead of you!

I'm terrible for this. Will turn 65 this year, and thinking of stopping at Christmas, as it seems a natural break . Or possibly carry on til the end of the tax year, and finish March 2025. 

 I won't be stopping though, because there's loads of things I want to do. More a case of I've just had enough of work. Like you, been full time since aged 16. 

I have no interest in doing the vast majority of what a lot of retired people seem to want to do. But I'm going to have to find something, and some kind of structure to stick to. 

Thanks. This year is travel, travel, travel but that's what we do anyway (16 trips abroad taken or planned this year). Might look for some a couple of days a week next year because I'll go stir crazy otherwise. Not good at staying in or lazing around! Oh and I'll get a better bike! 

Good luck with your plans too. One of my colleagues died suddenly at his desk at the age of 22 last year and it made me think, right, that's me done with work. Life's too short.

3 more days for me and then I'm done; giving it all up at 58 so a fair few years early.

Any tips and advice from those that have done it? I've worked full time since I was 16 so I know it's going to be life changing but unsure what to expect!

70.

Place of birth: Fairfield

Signed for Derby: 2008

First club: QPR

Last club: Perth Glory

Position: MF

Full caps: 3

Fun fact: Made his international debut at right back

69.

Place of birth: Edinburgh

Signed for Derby: 2007

First club: Hibernian

Last club: Partick Thistle

Position: Striker

Full caps: 69

Fun fact: One of only five post-war players to have played for both Rangers and Celtic

68.

Place of birth: Reading

Signed for Derby: 1997

First club: Portsmouth 

Last club: Worcester City

Position: Striker

Full caps: 62

Fun fact: Played in the 1998 World Cup

Madrid yesterday and managed to negotiate a late departure with the wife for my surprise birthday weekend away. Means I can watch Carlisle at home. 

1 hour ago, Ramrob said:

Junior? 

Nope. Defender 

67.

Place of birth: Porto Alegre

Signed for Derby: 2005

First club: Academica

Last club: Vissel Kobe 

Position: DF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Now Everton's chief scout in Portugal

66.

Place of birth: Dublin

Signed for Derby: 1998

First club: Crystal Palace

Last club: Sheffield United 

Position: MF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Only the one Rams appearance

65.

Place of birth: Glasgow

Signed for Derby: 1984

First club: Birmingham City

Last club: Ilkeston Town

Position: DF / F

Full caps: 20

Fun fact: Fat man

64.

Place of birth: Wollongong

Signed for Derby: 2008

First club: Wollongong Wolves

Last club: Central Coast Mariners

Position: Winger

Full caps: 43

Fun fact: League Cup semi-finalist with the Rams

63.

Place of birth: Wrexham

Signed for Derby: 2017

First club: Manchester United

Last club: Rangers

Position: Forward

Full caps: 23

Fun fact: Played just once for Manchester United.

13 hours ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said:

I have no idea what you are talking about here, absolute nonsense.

I was at the game,the atmosphere was amazing....where are you sitting????

SW but previous years I’ve been in the south so perhaps that’s why. 

I’m old enough to remember 75, 86, 87, 96 and 07 though and just don’t feel this season has the same intensity somehow. Just my opinion, doesn’t mean I’m not loving it though. 😊

Anyone else feel like this is a weird promotion season? It’s like if we do go up, it’s because there are 22 teams worse than us, not because we are in the best two if that makes sense. 

I sit here at the game and the atmosphere just feels a little ‘off’ somehow. It doesn’t compare with our previous seasons of success for me. 

23 hours ago, Jourdan said:

Derby 2-1 Leyton Orient

CBT

He owes us one!

62.

Place of birth: Warrington

Signed for Derby: 2015

First club: Manchester United

Last club: FC Seoul

Position: MF

Full caps: 32

Fun fact: His clothing company recorded losses of over £200,000 in its first year of trading.

61.

Place of birth: Derby

Signed for Derby: 1997

First club: Derby County

Last club: Cheltenham Town

Position: DF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Made 3 England U21 appearances when with the Rams

50 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

I don’t think Wycombe or their fans will be 100% tonight. Their season is over. And I don’t think they remain as focused as we do on the Morris/Couhig history. The only question is whether our fans will goad them from their torpidity… 

Googles "torpidity" ....

47 minutes ago, richinspain said:

I'm going for Ronnie Webster?

Nope ...

60.

Place of birth: Ripley

Signed for Derby: 1965

First club: Derby County

Last club: Burton Albion

Position: DF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Won the 1979 Soccer Bowl

59.

Place of birth: Rowley Regis

Signed for Derby: 2018

First club: Wolverhampton Wanderers

Last club: Gillingham

Position: DF

Full caps: 0

Fun fact: Scored his first ever pro goal whilst on loan in Hungary

3 hours ago, ilkleyram said:

That if you stepped on the cracks in the pavement (especially where the pavements were flags) bears would get you. To this day I still find myself subconsciously walking in the centre of pavement flags.

In Suffolk, if you stepped on a crack, you'd marry a rat. No bears round these parts.

23 minutes ago, Anon said:

Lee Mills

Correct. My daughter made a 'willie's shrinkle' of him when she was about 8 years old. Anyone remember them? Basically you drew a picture on a piece of plastic, stuck it in the oven and it shrank so you could turn it into a fridge magnet or keyring.