Mick Harford

Goal, Goal, Goal, Pick that one out the net Mark Crossley

Goal, Goal, Goal, Pick that one out the net Mark Crossley

Goal, Goal, Goal, Pick that one out the net Mark Crossley

Goal, Goal, Goal, Pick that one out the net Mark Crossley

Goal, Goal, Goal, Pick that one out the net Mark Crossley

F#CK THE EFL, DERBY & BLACKPOOL FANS CHANT TOGETHER TO SHOW WHAT FOOTBALL MEANS TO FANS  PLEASE SHARE
Hi everyone,
Blackpool fan here in peace and respect many of you will probably already have seen my video already but if you haven't I hope you do watch it.
You guys were absolutely unbelievable on Saturday and it was emotional to see you the true fans who partied and sang no matter what after all you have been through this season it was heartbreaking and uplifting in equal measure.
Even though we wanted to win to stay above Preston not one Blackpool fan would deny you the WIN. Absolutely amazing support it was a very special day
I think this is the most important video that I have ever made. Blackpool fans suffered for years at the hands of disgraceful owners and the EFL stood by and did absolutely nothing! Derby County fans came to Blackpool and stood side by side with Blackpool fans durung their prematch demonstration against the disgraced Oyston Family who were found guilty of misappropriating the clubs funds and forced to pay around £34M to minority shareholder Valeri Belokon.
Blackpool fans have never forgotten what Derby fans did and yesterday was our chance to show our support for the way Derby County fans have been treated this season. Derby came to Blackpool to party and we joined in. 
This was a game that was bigger than football it was a statement to say Football without it's fans is nothing, the EFL fit and proper person test is a disgrace they approve these rogue owners and when they go rogue they punish the fans with points deductions the whole thing is wrong!
My hope is that this video gets shared to as many football fans as possible, doesn't matter which club, doesn't matter where in the world, just show it and let's make the people that run football realise that FOOTBALL WITHOUT FANS IS NOTHING
#ONEFOOTBALLFAMILY
Please feel free to share this and help me get this message out and let people see what Derby County means to you the fans your football world has been torn apart this season and did any of you do anything wrong? No you support your club just like every other true fan and you get punished because of the EFL approving an owner that has ruined everything for you! It's WRONG!!
Who knows which set of fans will suffer next?
Link to watch:
https://youtu.be/--G6PX6aEXA

The club situation has really decimated the 23s and 18s this year...hopefully will get back on track once the owner situation is sorted..

i liked the response from Festy after penalty was saved, he hugged Roos ... he is playing scared though for some reason and reluctant to run his man

I agree with that, not being harsh but if you deffo aint here next season then you aint playing.

I agree with that, not being harsh but if you deffo aint here next season then you aint playing.

I would have preferred McDonald got a game at RB instead of Ebosele

Arthur Cox worked miracles getting us to 5th in 1989. A couple of years later things fell apart:
Paul Goddard left, he was brilliant with Saunders. Harford came in but wasn’t as good.
Injuries : We had loads of ACL injuries. McMinn being a big one. Mark Wright never had a regular partner. 
 
The squad was tiny, Jason Kavanagh, Mark Patterson etc covering whereas before it was players like Hindmarch or Blades.
This coupled with the unrest off the pitch, players like Hebberd were past it by then too. 
What could have been, if we’d built on the team that finished 5th. Cox wanted players like Dennis Wise, Andy Townsend to boost the team but wasn’t allowed. 

Hopefully the EFL are sat rubbing their hands with glee at how much they have been able to destabilise the whole club.

I always thought that Paul Reece for Oxford was amazing, but I also seem to remember Kevin Pressman being brilliant in a ZDS? cup match once, any of you guys remember a stunning performance against us.
This was Reecey, spoke to him a year or so ago and he explained that he had to buy his own gloves (Sondico Spink Pro) for this game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCtR6YyLIA&t=309s

Darren bent is a ram

There are going to be a lot of clubs in trouble next season, the same fans that are jumping for joy at our predicament will be the same ones throwing a hissy fit toward  other fans laughing at their club when it happens to them. 
Birmingham is a prime example, Bristol are in big trouble, as are Boro 
chickens are coming home to roost ladies and gents, I hope you had a good laugh at our expense because it’s coming for you to
 
 

You’re going to be gutted this morning, and rightly so.
But it ain’t all bad.
When we dropped out of the old 2nd division into the 3rd in 1984 things were in many ways, worse.
We didn’t (quite) have the financial issues, but we had a horrible team and the entire season was utterly depressing and devoid of hope in a way this season hasn’t been.
My personal highlight of an utterly depressing season was meeting Dave Watson in a Little Chef on the A1 after we spanked Cambridge away 3-0 in the FA Cup. That was pretty much it for ducks sake.
AND we had not just relegation, but the ignominy of losing to Plymouth in the FA Cup quarter-final to contend with after we had dragged them back to the BBG.
We all thought that we’d bounce right back when we did get relegated and the arrival of Arthur Cox just emboldened that belief.
An opening day away loss to Bournemouth, when Bournemouth then were more like the equivalent of Exeter now, didn’t dissuade us.
Of course, we didn’t bounce back and ended up outside the top 6.
But we had some BRILLIANT away days that season, Hull, Lincoln, and the last game of the season at Newport spring to mind.
It was a whole lot more fun than the previous season because we were, for the most part, competing and you could see what Arthur was trying to do.
There’s something fun about going to smaller clubs and taking the place over. Those of you who travel to away games know that the camaraderie is special.
In fact, the adversity that we have faced this season has developed that camaraderie, only it’s done it at home.
I work online and use social media a lot and the admiration for Derby’s support, especially those of you who travel away is a delight to read. I’ve even read genuine Forest and Leeds fans say they’re impressed.
And what’s not to be impressed about?
Forget the trolls who are loving this, the REAL football supporters appreciate and understand what Rooney has dragged the club through and the guy is universally respected, exponentially more so than when he was merely an excellent player.
He’s now an excellent ex-player and an excellent human being. Time will tell if he can become an excellent manager, but the signs are promising.
The second year under Arthur we did come up and that season was even better for road trips..
I’ve seen Derby beat Benfica, Real Madrid, every top English club multiple times and Forest many times. But if I were to list the best 5 games I’ve ever attended, Derby at home to Rotherham in the old 3rd Division on a Friday night would be up there.
That game with that penalty that took us back up to what would now be the Championship was a raucous, intense and then delirious atmosphere ending in an effing celebration comparable with any I have witnessed - although to be fair, my memory is a tad blurry because we did hit the pub hard.
I doubt there was a Liverpool fan that got anything like the joy from beating Man City in the cup semi or will get more if they win the thing, than we Derby fans got from squeaking past Rotherham that night.
The fact is, winning is just fun, no matter what division you are in. And beating adversity is fun too. So much more satisfying and enjoyable than just delivering on what’s expected.
Somebody posted that they hope we're not that team that thinks they will bounce back up.
I don't really care if fans think that. It's totally irrelevant.
What is relevant is what WR thinks and what he allows his staff and players to think.
And I have no doubt whatsoever that he'll not allow that entitled type of mindset to creep in.
The good news is we have renewed hope for a stable club, a very promising manager in place, an Academy that is flourishing even if it is being pillaged and some wins to look forward to.
We are where we are, so we may as well embrace it and have fun. And you will have some fun, I promise.

Thank you, DFR. I mistakenly read the delusional comments on the BBC match report this morning, but you have cheered me right back up again! 
I will be there again, home and away next season, cheering on our band of brothers, and enjoying being a Ram.
We've had some great times over the last 50 years, and there are better times ahead I'm sure. Believe.

Hear hear hear
Dark fruits
God it hurt knowing been sent down because of efl and mel and gibson.

Just arrived home after an absolutely fantastic day out. I’m sat on the sofa with a glass of whisky, so forgive me for being overly sentimental.
This season has been an absolute ducking blast. From Jack Stretton belting it in the top corner for our first away goal with fans in the ground for nearly two years, to the lads clapping us off after going down this afternoon, it’s been an absolute joy following the club this season. Every single man wearing that badge has given absolutely everything every time they’ve stepped on that pitch.
Wayne Rooney is an absolute bloody hero. Every week he’s been asked about how good the fans’ support has been. Every week he could have given a crap clichéd answer, but instead he’s managed to say something that’s shows he genuinely loves the club every single week. No manager has made me as proud to be a Ram as Wayne Rooney has.
The fans have been absolutely sensational too. Home and away, we’ve been the best in the league by an absolute country mile. The love the players show us is a testament to how good we’ve been.
On a personal note, it’s been brilliant to get to know the likes of @angieram, @B4ev6is, @Curtains and more a lot better at various games this season. Fans like those are the absolute lifeblood of the football club.
We go on to the last three games, knowing that we can enjoy them no matter what now. And let’s give the class of ‘72 a huge, huge reception on the final day. Their spirit lives on in this fantastic bunch of lads.
We are Derby, in the past, today and forever ducking more.
Up the bloody rams x

Probably worried he'd jump out at Watford on the way down. 

I know they are not relegation rivals , but Middlesbrough are 2 down at home and look like missing out on the play offs . What goes around , comes around Gibson.

9 academy players tonight, against £180m Fulham.
Magnificent.