Mucker1884

Happy Birthday Daniel. Will be having a drink for you tonight. Fingers crossed for a birthday win tomorrow 🎉🐏💖🎂

@Mucker1884  I was at that Bournemouth game. I vividly remember a very nice looking WPC who was treated to a chorus of "GYTOFTL". She laughed. Today, a similar serenading would see half a dozen arrested. Another memory was, on the way back to the car, we came across a Bournemouth fan, spark out, checked he was alive, got someone in a house across the road to phone an ambulance. Lad was OK, fortunately.

Happy birthday @B4ev6is  
Raising a pie and a pint heavenwards, buddy. 
🥧 🍺
xxx
 

Happy birthday @B4ev6is  
Raising a pie and a pint heavenwards, buddy. 
🥧 🍺
xxx
 

https://www.11v11.com/matches/afc-bournemouth-v-derby-county-25-august-1984-139672/

Happy birthday @B4ev6is  
Raising a pie and a pint heavenwards, buddy. 
🥧 🍺
xxx
 

Happy birthday @B4ev6is  
Raising a pie and a pint heavenwards, buddy. 
🥧 🍺
xxx
 

My biggest take from that is that EFL costs to come to this decision is in excess of £300k.  I take it all the tea and biscuits came from a very decent farm shop, and not off the shelf at Morrisons!  😲
 

Happy birthday @B4ev6is  
Raising a pie and a pint heavenwards, buddy. 
🥧 🍺
xxx
 

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order...
The Sweeney (Deffo No 1)
Cheers
Magic Roundabout
M.A.S.H.
Golden Girls
Mastermind
Open All Hours
Cuckoo Waltz
Likely Lads
Van Der Valk
Thunderbirds
Z cars
 
Oh... erm... any 5 o' them! 👀  



 

Pride Park Stadium – KO: 15.00
After a chastening visit to Wycombe Wanderers, next up, the Rams play host to Leyton Orient. I know the whole, ‘must win game’ is horribly overused cliche in sport, but sadly, it actually applies on this occasion, as it will do for all of our remaining games. On the basis of ability and potential, you’d fancy our chances strongly, but as has been the case through a good deal of the season, the team remains somewhat Jekyll and Hyde and it’s anyone’s guess which Derby will turn up on Saturday. Having been concerned about the Wycombe game being a potential banana skin, I’m less so for this match, but it’d taker a braver man than I to be dogmatic about the outcome.
Leyton Orient:
Founded in 1881 as the Glyn Cricket Club, they began playing football as Orient in 1888 and joined the London League in 1896 after success in the Clapton & District League. The club adopted the name Clapton Orient two years later and were elected into the Football League in 1905. Most recently and under current manager Richie Wellens, the club was crowned champions of League Two in the 2022–23 campaign and sit mid-table in this current season.
Form Guide:
In the corresponding away fixture, we rode our luck a little early on, but having scored 1st, the game turned on a somewhat controversial sending off, with Brandon Cooper dismissed for a foul on Max Bird. Derby ultimately ran out comfortable 3-0 winners and this with Collo spurning a brace of golden opportunities, but even then, I felt the scoreline flattered us a little - Please see the match highlights link below. FWIW, my view is that Orient are a tidy enough side for the grade and should not be taken lightly. Much like Wycombe, they will be able to relax a little more than our lads and we need to be controlled and alert throughout the 90 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zPSKzMlFGE&ab_channel=DerbyCountyFootballClub
 
Most recently, Orient’s form has been decent enough, with a 1-0 victory away to Stevenage followed by two losses by the odd goal only to Lincoln and Peterborough. Their last two matches, both at home, yielded a 3-1 victory against Cheltenham, followed by a 2-2 draw against Exeter.
The most obvious dangerman would seem to be the ever-present Ruel Sotiriou with 11 goals and 5 assists across 42 games played. Shaquai Forde is next best with 9 goals and 5 assists, with Oliver O'Neil chipping in with 5 goals and 4 assists. Their preferred formation is seemingly a 4-2-3-1, but perhaps someone who has actually watched them regularly can confirm, as my research yielded conflicting data.
Head 2 Head:
Historically, Derby have the edge and perhaps more significantly, we have not lost at home to Leyton since 1981, with 5 home losses in total since the clubs first met way back in 1907 in what was then the 2nd division.
Games won: 23
Games drawn: 8
Games lost: 18
Team News:
Warne again has some worries to address. Our own @Caerphilly Ram has battled manfully to keep us all informed against an ever-changing background and his latest summary suggests the something akin to the following scenario for Saturday:
Joe Ward – was said to be out for 2 weeks at time of injury – 50:50 for this match is perhaps mildly optimistic
Max Bird – was mooted as a possible for the Wycombe game – may well figure from the bench
Dwight Gayle – not expected to play this weekend, but may be available for the last 2 games
Craig Forsyth - not expected to play this weekend, but may be available before season end
Callum Elder – groin injury, status unknown
Ryan Nyambe – out for the season
Tyreece John-Jules – most likely out for the season
Jake Rooney -  most likely out for the season, but has been ‘back on the grass’ we’re told. No jokes please!
I do have some sympathy for Warne as it seems every time he has the lads playing well, injuries to key players undermine any momentum, but that said, we’re not alone in that regard and we’ll need to make do as best we can.
Line-Up:
I think PW will start with a very similar line up to the last game. I’m going to suggest a slightly controversial tweak (assuming Ward is s recovered) and a change from the MF 2 we seem to favour, to variant of an undeniably old fashioned 4-4-2 – yeah, I know, straws...clutching...much… If Ward is indeed fit, he comes in for Nate, who looks like a man in need of freshening up – perhaps he and Max might be best deployed as ‘finishers’ off the bench when legs tire and the game is more stretched, assuming we’re not winning comfortably. Likewise Barks, who could also play on the right if Ward remains out. That said, if Max is healthy enough to start, I'd be sorely tempted to switch to a 4-3-3 with he and Corey either side of Ebou and Washington dropping to the bench. Irrespective, we must control the game better than we did in the 2nd half at Wycombe, where we repeatedly left a yawning chasm in front of our back 4, for their midfielders to play into.
The front two and CM remain unchanged for me; despite both Wash and Collo looking understandably short of match sharpness, IMO, they remain our best current options. Once again, the back 4 pick themselves, as do Corey and Ebou in at CM. Joe keeps his slot, having done well enough since his return to the fold.


The Match:
Honestly, I’ve no idea which Derby will turn up. After Wycombe, some will want wholesale changes, but my take on what was an admittedly hugely disappointing result, is that Wycombe should have been dead and buried inside 40 minutes. I’m not sure that the subsequent slaughtering of Warne for what was to my eye, the profligacy of his forward line, is entirely fair, but each to their own. He remains the incumbent, for better or worse and whatever might happen next year, it seems a long way off right now. As such, the focus for yours truly remains the next 3 games and nothing else.
A last word, as I’ve avoided reading all bar the last couple of pages of the last thread, would be that despite the stuttering effort against Wycombe, the travelling Rams faithful were magnificent in their support for the team. It’d be grand if we could mirror that at home and all try to channel our inner B4 and help carry the lads over the line. At least remember that Warne and his players are trying their best and are just people, like all of us and hurtful appraisals will only serve to undermine their confidence further.
Enjoy the game one and all.
COYR
BE MORE B4
  

Perfect thank you, that shows where the pitch was very nicely. 
See you all tomorrow at 3PM. 

On the topic of the Sweeney, I always preferred the closing credits version of the theme.

I agree the current (Pompey) players will be keen to get the job done... and I think they will.  I also agree they will be nowhere near a beach this weekend.
But I wouldn't relate any of that to the previous 12 years that you mention.  They may be aware, of course.  Quite possibly due to comments by fans on that subject... who will indeed have the previous 12 years in their minds... but how many of today's pro footballers concern themselves with the club's history?  The back catalogue of their current employer?
How many players will be thinking... privately of course (going public won't look good!)... "Nowt to do wi' me!" or "Don't blame me, I've only been here 18 months"!
Gone are the days... generally speaking... of local boy/lifelong fan becoming an on-pitch hero. It would matter to him, but not the majority.
Any frustrations regarding "The past 12 years" will lay heavily but solely with Pompey fans, not players... imo.
 

https://www.11v11.com/matches/afc-bournemouth-v-derby-county-25-august-1984-139672/

My biggest take from that is that EFL costs to come to this decision is in excess of £300k.  I take it all the tea and biscuits came from a very decent farm shop, and not off the shelf at Morrisons!  😲
 

Off the top of my head, and in no particular order...
The Sweeney (Deffo No 1)
Cheers
Magic Roundabout
M.A.S.H.
Golden Girls
Mastermind
Open All Hours
Cuckoo Waltz
Likely Lads
Van Der Valk
Thunderbirds
Z cars
 
Oh... erm... any 5 o' them! 👀  



 

Hardly a big achievement then.  It's only a 30 minute bus ride from Nottingham, innit?  👀

I agree the current (Pompey) players will be keen to get the job done... and I think they will.  I also agree they will be nowhere near a beach this weekend.
But I wouldn't relate any of that to the previous 12 years that you mention.  They may be aware, of course.  Quite possibly due to comments by fans on that subject... who will indeed have the previous 12 years in their minds... but how many of today's pro footballers concern themselves with the club's history?  The back catalogue of their current employer?
How many players will be thinking... privately of course (going public won't look good!)... "Nowt to do wi' me!" or "Don't blame me, I've only been here 18 months"!
Gone are the days... generally speaking... of local boy/lifelong fan becoming an on-pitch hero. It would matter to him, but not the majority.
Any frustrations regarding "The past 12 years" will lay heavily but solely with Pompey fans, not players... imo.
 

Slept on it… now I feel even worse 😂🤣😂🤣 terrible 

Thanks, so the current memorial is roughly where the floodlight was at the end of Cambridge Street. 
Looking at aerial photos and maps, the Keeper's Green grassy area is a bit of the pitch towards the Normanton End and the grassy area to the right of the memorial (facing from Cambridge Street) is roughly where the Osmaston End goal/penalty area was. 
I wonder if the kids who play football on that grass now are aware of the history under their feet. 

That's a no football City to be fair! 
I would never, back then, have imagined that Derby County would be playing in the same division as Burton though. My non-league town might well have played fixture with them in those days. 

Hardly a big achievement then.  It's only a 30 minute bus ride from Nottingham, innit?  👀

RSPCA?  as in the Royal Society for the Procurement of Cake Association?
Go on then, seeing as it's you!  😉🤍
 
Done.  ✔️
Happy birthday for tomorrow, Dan.
xxx

Hello folks, 
A few weeks back, some of you kind people helped me get my bearings in Derby as I have started visiting regularly now my daughter has her first proper job there, after years of training in various places. She has moved to Derby and made it part of my life again. 
I say again because I have cousins in Derby and I used to be a regular visitor, often spending weeks of school holidays here, so I've been on some nostalgia trips remembering where I used to be as a child - which is where some of you helped, thank you. 
Anyway, I'm back tomorrow for another visit this weekend. This will include a trip to Pride Park for the Leyton Orient game. This is coincidental because on my school holiday visits, the end of the time would overlap with the first match of the football season. If it was a home match then we would go along. On 29th August 1981 we went along to the opening Div 2 fixture against Orient. 
Going to see Derby was a big deal then, as within recent memory they had won their second Div 1 league title under Dave Mackay. Now under Colin Addison, those big names like Franny Lee, Bruce Rioch, Colin Todd, Roy MacFarland and Archie Gemmill were all gone. Kevin Hector (who scored on that day) was back for his second spell. I lived in a no-football town so most of my league football was MotD and The Big Match ITV. 
Being the first day of the season, the Baseball Ground pitch hadn't become the famous mud pit, about 12500 were in attendance and we were in the cheapest standing up enclosure Pop Side and as one of the goal ends had lately been converted to seating we were quite packed in. I still have the match day program which was in a newspaper format rather than a magazine. 
I've been for a walkabout on the old BB ground site, which is hard to place among the houses now but at least there is a monument. I look forward to Saturday and hearing all your voices - especially as we are at the business end of the season now and there is much at stake for Rams.