Old Spalding Ram

I know Warne likes a flag.🏁🏁🏁

I know, I know……………….tie a stick to one end and technically it’s a flag! 👍😁

30 minutes ago, robglosta said:

Hopefully not third… Be interesting to know how often the team placing 3rd end up going up via the play offs (and countering the anguish of missing out on autos). 
Positions of teams promoted in play-offs

Curse of the play offs.
Pinched from Sky Sports. May be old figures but 3rd seems strongest.

Promoted through Playoffs 

Position      Championship.   League One.   LeagueTwo  Total    Percentage

3rd (4th in L2)        10                     9                    13            32           50%

4th (5th in L2).         5.                    7                      5             17           21%

5th (6th in L2).         7                     5                      4            16             19.8%

6th (7th in L2).         5                     6                      5             16            19.8

Temperament, aggression, dependable ………….Costacurtis Nelson for me!

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2024/04/pick-your-202324-derby-county-player-of-the-season

Radio Derby announcement.

…………………Graham Richards is back to commentate on the run in! 👍🐏😁

5 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

The truth hurts I guess. Letting a jokey post on a Derby forum interrupt their big day out build up in the Paint/Pizza/Car Cup!

At least Wembley will be 1/3 full. What an occasion.

Pinched from the local Peterborough Telegraph

The entire lower section of the Posh end is sold out, a very small number of tickets remain in the blocks of Level 2 and the club has sold enough tickets to open the top three blocks of the stadium’s top tier.

Wycombe, meanwhile, have sold considerably less and only saw the first block of Level 2 opened for their fans on Tuesday in the west side of the stadium.

The top tier will therefore, will be largely empty, but for around 500 Posh fans.

The opening of Level 2 means that Wycombe have sold just over 15,000 tickets, bringing the estimated attendance close to 38,000.

…………………..no further comment required!

Love Puma stuff, best boots I ever wore.

Bought my first proper Puma Eusebio boots from ex Derby player Ken Oliver who worked downstairs in the boot bit in Field Sports on the corner of Albert Street and the Morledge.

………………….I bloody loved em! 👍😁

14 minutes ago, Foreveram said:

Morning, I know you like a match day breakie photo, I’ve been working on my presentation 😂

……………….…someone’s pinched the black pudding!👍

Attendance 30,089

Another massive turnout………..well done to one and all. 👍🐏

2 minutes ago, S8TY said:

 

BBC has the same, Wilson at centre back alongside Cashin & Nelson

…………………defund the Beeb! 👍😂

7 minutes ago, HorsforthRam said:

Listening to PW on Radio Derby post match… he thought they didn’t look right in the warm up so no idea what you were watching 🤣🤣

Yep, passing to each other, balls into feet, good possession,  I agree with Warne, they didn’t look right,

Thought we had a good twenty minutes. pass and move, balls into feet, give & go, looked sharp, one twos, plenty of movement, anyway ………then they all went in, pulled up their socks, came out again, the ref blew his whistle to kick off and that was that! 👍😁

1 hour ago, Tamworthram said:

Isn't the last game always a 12:30 (or thereabouts) kick off? So no surprise really.

My tickets arrived this morning for Carlisle, 3.00pm kick off, then changed to 12.30 by the EFL.

…………….surprised I was!👍😁

What the!
 

Derby County will round off their regular league programme with a home fixture against Carlisle United at Pride Park Stadium on Saturday 27th April 2024.

All League One fixtures that day will kick off at 12:30pm.

For those out and about on Saturday.

Talksport 2 from 2.30pm

EFL GameDay Live: Northampton Town v Derby County

Exclusive live Commentary of the League One match between Northampton Town and Derby County

View of the away end at Sixfields………..….view from a local hill. 👍😁😁

Taken from a young Bolton fans vlog………………from 9min 30secs.

11 minutes ago, angieram said:

Are you in charge? 😂

I'm going to this after all. My hubby thought it would be a nice surprise for our wedding anniversary! 

…………….…..and they said romance was dead! 👍😁

It’s tonight.

The doors will open at 6pm ahead of a 7pm start and a 9pm finish and the Fans Forum will be hosted by RamsTV presenter Owen Bradley.

The event will begin with Academy Manager Matt Hale and Lead Under-21 Coach Jake Buxton answering supporters’ questions, followed by Chief Executive Officer Stephen Pearce and Men’s First Team Head Coach Paul Warne. 

Spaces for the event have SOLD OUT and fans that have not obtained a ticket will be unable to gain entry on the night.

All supporters will be able to view the Fans Forum on dcfc.co.uk the day after the event.

Smart casual please………….dont want it looking like it’s full of the local riff-raff! 👍😁

3-4-3…….the back three pick themselves for the rest of the season after yesterday!
 

Ward, Wilson, Sibley & Elder………Wilson & Sibley for me at wing back.

Adams and one other ………..I’d go with Smith, seems in decent form.

Mendez has got to play wide, Barks if fit or Blackett-Taylor 

Up front……………….whoever’s off the treatment table first.

We’ve got seven matches left, three against the current worst performing teams in this league.

Blackpool, might be tricky, Orient at home they’ve got nothing to play for, just a day out for their fans.  Pompey and Wycombe away, no problem.

Im predicting the promotion party at Cambridge, champions celebration against Carlisle.

Remember you read it here first………….yesterday was massive. 👍😁

Attendance: 32,538…………second highest English league crowd of the day.

Well done to one and all. 👍😁

and……………………..……..relax!
 

It’s scafs, flanges and ballions day today……

Pinched from a reliable source.

The purchase is expected to be funded in part or whole by Mikheil Lomtadze, a former private equity investor from Georgia who generated revenues of $2.9 billion in 2022 and was confirmed by chairman Rob Couhig last month to be entering into a new partnership with the club.

Bloombergs Billionaire Index #492  $5.82B

The majority of Lomtadze's fortune is derived from his stake in publicly traded Kaspi.kz. He owns 23% of the company, according to a January 2024 SEC filing. Kaspi is the biggest online payments, sales and fintech group in Kazakhstan, according to the website.

Lomtadze has collected more than $500 million in dividends and from selling shares, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Cash holdings are based on these proceeds as well as an analysis of insider transactions, taxes and market performance.

David Ferguson, Kaspi.kz head of investor relations, declined to comment on Lomtadze's net worth.

“partnership”………….yeh right.