ImARam2

Football is a Saturday afternoon with your brother or mates.
Football is about arguing about the team, the tactics, the players, the manager and the oppostion.
Football is the banter, the sounds, the smells(!!), the andrenaline of walking to the ground - it's an emotion of highs and lows within just 90 minutes, and the next week, whatever the previous result may be, you go again.
Once you have committed to a club, it's yours for life, whatever division the team plays in.
I'm 69 years of age, and next Easter Monday 2022, will be the 60th anniversary of the first time I watched Derby County, when my dear father and uncle took me and my brother to the Baseball Ground.
I've stood on terraces, in all weathers, sat on hard seats, been treated to the hospitality suite, and even played on Pride Park in a charity game and football have given me despair at time, but also much enjoyment over the years.
I even bought a season ticket when I was working overseas and only saw 4 home games a season for 3 years, but I still supported Derby County from afar.
Whatever division The Rams find themselves in next season, I will shout at them, criticise them, moan until I'm blue in the face, but I'll support them because they are my club from my home town.
 

Football is a Saturday afternoon with your brother or mates.
Football is about arguing about the team, the tactics, the players, the manager and the oppostion.
Football is the banter, the sounds, the smells(!!), the andrenaline of walking to the ground - it's an emotion of highs and lows within just 90 minutes, and the next week, whatever the previous result may be, you go again.
Once you have committed to a club, it's yours for life, whatever division the team plays in.
I'm 69 years of age, and next Easter Monday 2022, will be the 60th anniversary of the first time I watched Derby County, when my dear father and uncle took me and my brother to the Baseball Ground.
I've stood on terraces, in all weathers, sat on hard seats, been treated to the hospitality suite, and even played on Pride Park in a charity game and football have given me despair at time, but also much enjoyment over the years.
I even bought a season ticket when I was working overseas and only saw 4 home games a season for 3 years, but I still supported Derby County from afar.
Whatever division The Rams find themselves in next season, I will shout at them, criticise them, moan until I'm blue in the face, but I'll support them because they are my club from my home town.
 

An interesting debate.  There are times in the past when I’ve thought about not renewing but I have, not necessarily because of the football but, as others have said, the day itself.  Meeting your mates, few beers and a bit of a laugh.  I’ve renewed for this year and will get excited once August comes round.
That said, the last year has made me take stock a bit.  I guess I’m becoming a bit disillusioned with professional football at the top levels - champ and prem.  It can be difficult to get to some games, particularly midweek and Sky mess about with so many moving games to Friday night and Saturday lunchtime, which is also a bit tricky.  And when you see the money in the Premier League and the struggles lower down it a bit disheartening.  We all know the situation we’re in and chasing the dream and spending big back in 2015/16 hasn’t helped that.  And situations like Macclesfield, Wigan, Bury and there are probably many more too show that it’s quickly becoming unsustainable, if it isn’t already.  And the gap is widening.  There’s been lots of debate about the relegated clubs and the level of parachute payments making it easy for them to go straight back up and it’s a valid point.  Before too long it’ll be a virtual closed shop - the three coming down will keep going back up.
I am seriously thinking I might enjoy watching my local non-league team instead.  The quality and atmosphere won’t be as good but it won’t be about the money, it’ll be closer to a level playing field, 3:00 kick off on a Saturday afternoon and I might feel like I’m helping out where it counts. Will that mean I’ll care any less about The Rams? Absolutely not!!  Will it mean I won’t go to some games I want to and know I’ll be able to attend?  Of course it won’t.  It’ll just be a personal choice based on my frustrations with how the game is run.  Sorry for the long post!!

It’s a nice thought, but as put quite succinctly by @Tyler Durden I think you are wide of the mark. Even the EFL probably know it was a poor TV deal, particularly Rick Parry. Only that total arsepiece Shaun Harvey and Sky thought it was a good deal at the time.
We are where we are for 3 reasons:
1) The Rams came up with an amortisation policy that was apparently without proper system or record. The evidence given by the club throughout suggests that it’s approach to valuing players was a bit ‘wet finger in the wind’ giving the impression that they might be gaming the figures for P&S advantage. We are yet to know whether that is or was the case, but I could have told you two years into their contracts that Butterfield, Blackman, Anya and Johnson were worth close to duck all.
2) Steve Gibson thought he could nail us on the stadium valuation, and his threat to sue the EFL because Boro failed to get into the 2018/19 playoffs, led the EFL to throwing as much poo as they could at the Rams to make sure something stuck. As it happens only a small bit did, and that was for a charge they tacked on late at the start of the hearing process.
3) The EFL administration are incompetent, and I don’t think they foresaw that the Rams would be as successful as they have been to date at keeping this matter to as low as a possible £100,000 fine. But by their subsequent actions and comments they have found themselves in a face saving position where they are desperately trying to hold on to their last strands of integrity, whilst also being bullied by a number of member club vested interests which means this process has effectively spun out of their control. I tell you, they must want this to end as much as we do.
Its a shambolic mess for all concerned unless you are 1) the Sky Finance Director or 2) the Sky Sports ‘rolling news’ Editor.

I read that one of the reasons it had hit us hard was our obesity levels. Sometimes health is about personal responsibility and maybe this might help people change their approach to their own lifestyle.

Whenever I had to go overseas to work and live (over 24 years), I carried a NHS Vaccination Certificate, and later an Innoculation Record, which was issued by a private medical company called IHG, and I've still got them.
The NHS Certificate shows that I had the TAB (typhoid and paratyphoid A&B), followed by the Cholera jabs, in March and May 1983, respectively.
The IHG records shows that I had the Menengitis A&C jabs in June 1988; TAB 1&2 in Sept. 1988 and Cholera in November 1988.
Later on whilst I was with an international oil company, it was mandatory that I had the booster jabs for Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Cholera, which were all administered in March; May & September 2003, respectively.
In 2019, when I went out to India, and I had a further jabs for Yellow Fever and Typhoid.
And, I can assure you, if you ever wish to work and live in the Middle East or Asian countries, you will not be able to do so without all or most of the above vaccines.
Now, by carrying these certificates and records, where does it have any impact on my civil liberties? The conspiracy theories that the younger generation have in their heads just astound me and they have certainly had sheltered lives.

Let's see how well Jozwiak does, if chosen, against England, on Wednesday evening. If he gives assists or scores against the England defence, who are all Premier league players, then we should be able to judge him better.

Let's see how well Jozwiak does, if chosen, against England, on Wednesday evening. If he gives assists or scores against the England defence, who are all Premier league players, then we should be able to judge him better.

Let's see how well Jozwiak does, if chosen, against England, on Wednesday evening. If he gives assists or scores against the England defence, who are all Premier league players, then we should be able to judge him better.

There was a very good corner in the first half which went right under the bar, in a crowded 6-yard box, which he caught under a lot of pressure, not only by their players but also getting trapped by the Derby defenders.
There was also a good punch out in the second half which cleared the penalty box, as well as a good low down save at his near post as the ball dipped from a cross.
Roos looked very comfortable in everything he did last night and he looked confident. May it continue then we have two decent Championship goalkeepers.

There was a very good corner in the first half which went right under the bar, in a crowded 6-yard box, which he caught under a lot of pressure, not only by their players but also getting trapped by the Derby defenders.
There was also a good punch out in the second half which cleared the penalty box, as well as a good low down save at his near post as the ball dipped from a cross.
Roos looked very comfortable in everything he did last night and he looked confident. May it continue then we have two decent Championship goalkeepers.

There was a very good corner in the first half which went right under the bar, in a crowded 6-yard box, which he caught under a lot of pressure, not only by their players but also getting trapped by the Derby defenders.
There was also a good punch out in the second half which cleared the penalty box, as well as a good low down save at his near post as the ball dipped from a cross.
Roos looked very comfortable in everything he did last night and he looked confident. May it continue then we have two decent Championship goalkeepers.

I have the Toyota Rav 4 Hybrid - Petrol tank with a self-charging battery.
No need for any plugs or chargers as the battery recharges as you drive or brake. Although it's a fairly big engine - 2487 cc, I've been getting an average of 50 mpg, on a combined urban and motorway driving, with the best being 62 mpg.
And any driving under 25 mph, is all electric, so no emissions around the town.

I have the Toyota Rav 4 Hybrid - Petrol tank with a self-charging battery.
No need for any plugs or chargers as the battery recharges as you drive or brake. Although it's a fairly big engine - 2487 cc, I've been getting an average of 50 mpg, on a combined urban and motorway driving, with the best being 62 mpg.
And any driving under 25 mph, is all electric, so no emissions around the town.

Whenever I had to go overseas to work and live (over 24 years), I carried a NHS Vaccination Certificate, and later an Innoculation Record, which was issued by a private medical company called IHG, and I've still got them.
The NHS Certificate shows that I had the TAB (typhoid and paratyphoid A&B), followed by the Cholera jabs, in March and May 1983, respectively.
The IHG records shows that I had the Menengitis A&C jabs in June 1988; TAB 1&2 in Sept. 1988 and Cholera in November 1988.
Later on whilst I was with an international oil company, it was mandatory that I had the booster jabs for Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Cholera, which were all administered in March; May & September 2003, respectively.
In 2019, when I went out to India, and I had a further jabs for Yellow Fever and Typhoid.
And, I can assure you, if you ever wish to work and live in the Middle East or Asian countries, you will not be able to do so without all or most of the above vaccines.
Now, by carrying these certificates and records, where does it have any impact on my civil liberties? The conspiracy theories that the younger generation have in their heads just astound me and they have certainly had sheltered lives.

Whenever I had to go overseas to work and live (over 24 years), I carried a NHS Vaccination Certificate, and later an Innoculation Record, which was issued by a private medical company called IHG, and I've still got them.
The NHS Certificate shows that I had the TAB (typhoid and paratyphoid A&B), followed by the Cholera jabs, in March and May 1983, respectively.
The IHG records shows that I had the Menengitis A&C jabs in June 1988; TAB 1&2 in Sept. 1988 and Cholera in November 1988.
Later on whilst I was with an international oil company, it was mandatory that I had the booster jabs for Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Cholera, which were all administered in March; May & September 2003, respectively.
In 2019, when I went out to India, and I had a further jabs for Yellow Fever and Typhoid.
And, I can assure you, if you ever wish to work and live in the Middle East or Asian countries, you will not be able to do so without all or most of the above vaccines.
Now, by carrying these certificates and records, where does it have any impact on my civil liberties? The conspiracy theories that the younger generation have in their heads just astound me and they have certainly had sheltered lives.

Whenever I had to go overseas to work and live (over 24 years), I carried a NHS Vaccination Certificate, and later an Innoculation Record, which was issued by a private medical company called IHG, and I've still got them.
The NHS Certificate shows that I had the TAB (typhoid and paratyphoid A&B), followed by the Cholera jabs, in March and May 1983, respectively.
The IHG records shows that I had the Menengitis A&C jabs in June 1988; TAB 1&2 in Sept. 1988 and Cholera in November 1988.
Later on whilst I was with an international oil company, it was mandatory that I had the booster jabs for Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Cholera, which were all administered in March; May & September 2003, respectively.
In 2019, when I went out to India, and I had a further jabs for Yellow Fever and Typhoid.
And, I can assure you, if you ever wish to work and live in the Middle East or Asian countries, you will not be able to do so without all or most of the above vaccines.
Now, by carrying these certificates and records, where does it have any impact on my civil liberties? The conspiracy theories that the younger generation have in their heads just astound me and they have certainly had sheltered lives.

Whenever I had to go overseas to work and live (over 24 years), I carried a NHS Vaccination Certificate, and later an Innoculation Record, which was issued by a private medical company called IHG, and I've still got them.
The NHS Certificate shows that I had the TAB (typhoid and paratyphoid A&B), followed by the Cholera jabs, in March and May 1983, respectively.
The IHG records shows that I had the Menengitis A&C jabs in June 1988; TAB 1&2 in Sept. 1988 and Cholera in November 1988.
Later on whilst I was with an international oil company, it was mandatory that I had the booster jabs for Polio, Typhoid, Yellow Fever and Cholera, which were all administered in March; May & September 2003, respectively.
In 2019, when I went out to India, and I had a further jabs for Yellow Fever and Typhoid.
And, I can assure you, if you ever wish to work and live in the Middle East or Asian countries, you will not be able to do so without all or most of the above vaccines.
Now, by carrying these certificates and records, where does it have any impact on my civil liberties? The conspiracy theories that the younger generation have in their heads just astound me and they have certainly had sheltered lives.

You think the 1970's look shabby, then you should have seen how poor everything was in the 1950's!!!
Having being brought up in the Arboreteum / Normanton districts, playing in amongst the old air raid shelters, the back-to-back terraced houses, all with dark, dank cellars and outside lavatories, were not really the 'good old days' to hear about.
I'm not trying to parody the 'Yorkshire men' skit, but things were very poor, with little money to go around, especially for my father who had escaped from Poland during WWII.

As it's my birthday today, we are celebrating with a starter of an apertifif of champagne, olives & salmon bruschetta. 
Followed by Medallions of Fillet Steak, with potatoes & vegatables, accompanied with a beautiful bottle of South African Stellonbosch Merlot.
And for dessert it will be an Italian cheesecake.
Dinner begins at 6.30 pm, so I'm now off the freshen up!!

As it's my birthday today, we are celebrating with a starter of an apertifif of champagne, olives & salmon bruschetta. 
Followed by Medallions of Fillet Steak, with potatoes & vegatables, accompanied with a beautiful bottle of South African Stellonbosch Merlot.
And for dessert it will be an Italian cheesecake.
Dinner begins at 6.30 pm, so I'm now off the freshen up!!

As it's my birthday today, we are celebrating with a starter of an apertifif of champagne, olives & salmon bruschetta. 
Followed by Medallions of Fillet Steak, with potatoes & vegatables, accompanied with a beautiful bottle of South African Stellonbosch Merlot.
And for dessert it will be an Italian cheesecake.
Dinner begins at 6.30 pm, so I'm now off the freshen up!!

As it's my birthday today, we are celebrating with a starter of an apertifif of champagne, olives & salmon bruschetta. 
Followed by Medallions of Fillet Steak, with potatoes & vegatables, accompanied with a beautiful bottle of South African Stellonbosch Merlot.
And for dessert it will be an Italian cheesecake.
Dinner begins at 6.30 pm, so I'm now off the freshen up!!

The 'Dom Polski' club on Osmaston Road, Derby was set up by the Poles, mainly, but not exclusively, for ex-Polish pilots, and in the 1970's/80's it became a nightclub/disco.
The 'Dom Polski' has been shut down for over 15 years, however, the Polish Catholic Club on Kedleston Road, Derby, which opened in the 1950's, is still going strong and anyone can become a member.
To answer an earlier question, unfortunately my father is longer with us, however, he became a British citizen in 1952, the year I was born, after having to wait 5 years for naturalisation and because he longer had any family remaining after WWII, he fully ensconced into the English way of life, enjoying a pint, his home and watching Derby County.
A story about the Rams that he told me, was back in about 1948, as be was leaving the BBG, Derby were drawing but scored in the last minute to win. That goal cost him about £40 from the football pools, which was worth about a month's pay back then.