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I was 18 years old in 1970, football mad and went to every home game, and many away matches, which were great days out, usually on the train.
Six of us from Allestree FC went to Newquay in 1970, which was just brilliant - sun, sand, surfing and girls - what a time to be alive, but we all came back on the Friday evening to ensure we got to the Rams vs Man. Utd Watney Cup Final, at the BBG, which we won 4-0.
Memories which cannot be taken back - wonderful days

I was in the Toyota hospitality today, and the main match sponsors gave Jason Knight the man-of-the-match.
Roger Davies in his interview asked how good was it to play in and Knight said, "it was not bad but I felt great".

I'm in the Toyota hospitality suite - can I shout and make a noise from the 'posh seats'?

Would there be as many moans if we had lost to Fulham, where they battered us with shots, and got a draw vs QPR?
Of course not, and the points would have been the same : 4.

Would there be as many moans if we had lost to Fulham, where they battered us with shots, and got a draw vs QPR?
Of course not, and the points would have been the same : 4.

Me too. If you don't know much about them, watch this uplifting video.
 

Great to see the Punjabi Rams awarded with the Fans for Diversity Award tonight at the FSA. ????
 

Well I'm back after a torrid week - more on that in another thread.
It was a great game of football last night, but we ended up being beaten because of 4 key moments. Number 1: A wayward clearance was turned into an attack by a brilliant flick of the ball in the centre circle by Max Bird, with the ball then being crossed to Tom Lawrence in the box. And not for the first or last time he lost his footing. Put that chance away and its game over. Number 2: their first goal came because of very sloppy defending. Their counter attack was very quick and effective, but they had been playing like that in the first half without really threatening. Shinnie backing off was the issue. Number 3: Ebosele threatening down the right, tussling with two defenders was being pulled back for what seemed like 10 or 15 yards, and was a blatantly clear free kick, and a yellow - I can't remember if any QPR defenders could have got to him, but some were saying it could have been a red. That was a major point in the match. Number 4: This one hasn't been mentioned, as far as I know. We attacked down our left and Tom was running onto the ball right near the corner flag when the QPR defender simply bumped into him, and gave him a two handed shove which put him off balance. The defender ran off with the ball and its game over for us. We should have defended properly, but there shouldn't have been an attack to defend.
Surprising for me, (and to me!) the ref had a great game in the first half, despite him missing two or three clear handballs, and he lasted until about the 50th minute before he flipped into EFL purge mode. Knight was threatening down the right and was dispensing with the challenges of the defender when the player behind him simply took Jason's feet away. Definite free kick, definite yellow card, given the threat Jason was posing. The ref let it go. From then on he kept reminding us that no matter how good QPR may be, they are still a bunch of Southern Softies who dive and whinge at every opportunity, and they got most of the decisions from then onwards. 
Ultimately if we defend like we did for those two goals, then we aren't likely to win, and without a consistent striker the struggle continues. Tom had his chances, and took one, but could and should have done better with the other two. But Morrison excepted the lads busted a gut yet again, but it was a match too far. Its not so much the number of games played in a short space of time, more that it was 3 games against arguably the best in the division. If we had played QPR before the others we may well have fared better, but the other two matches took too much out of us, particularly mentally, which is why we saw so many sloppy passes. I can only assume that Ebosele didn't start because Wayne is looking after him - play him too much and he could burn out and throw his future away. The same probably applies to Watson and to a degree Sibley, although both of those could have shown Morrison what is required of him. 
Right.  Brush our hands together, dust ourselves down and go again. If we play like we have been doing, we should see start bringing some points in, then who knows? 
 

Just because an organisation stonewalls and gets defensive doesn't mean that those kind of questions should not be asked.  The questions are perfectly fair and the answers speak for themselves, and would lead many fans to conclude that the real answer to both questions is YES and NO respectively.  
What this amounts to is that the EFL took a personal dislike to MM and used all the regulatory tools at their disposal in order to duck him up.  They would have done this whichever club he happened to own.  Not that they will ever admit it of course.
In most workplaces this stuff goes on all the time.  If your boss wants rid of you all they have to do is set you up to fail, subject you to endless 'performance reviews', forensically trawl your expense claims etc etc in order to find something, anything, that can be used as an excuse to then invoke the disciplinary process, and eventually most people will see the writing on the wall and just leave.  This is just a variation on that theme.  It's all about power. 
 

I know mate.
The situation is absolutely dire and we may yet go out of business, but strangely, attending the games is brilliant atm. The 20,000 or so that are there, want to be there, I stand in the middle of the South Stand and look left and right at people out of their seats in the West and East stands joining in the singing. Its never been so loud and proud.
The looks on the faces of the players after the final whistle applauding the fans was incredible. One or two on here have mentioned they had a tear in their eye leaving the ground, its what football is all about imo. When your backs are to the wall, you fight back, give everything and don't give a duck what anyone else says.
Away matches will be sold out, many are booking Blackpool hotels for the last away game already.
We will probably go down, but we'll go down kicking and screaming.
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Hi
Bournemouth supporter here and congratulations on the win yesterday. Should have been a draw but that's not what I came on here for.
In 2008-09 we were on zero points after 19 games - having started on -17. We were also under a transfer embargo, were struggling to pay players and had a  team with several on-league and out-of-contract recruits. For us the rest is History as Eddie Howe stepped up from youth team coach on 1st  January, lost his first 2 games but we stayed up on 46 points. 
OK! OK! I know it was League 2, and you don't want a Bournemouth history lesson. My point simply is - it can be done. Your home support may just help -it was pretty impressive yesterday.
Hope you manage it.
Good luck.

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

The majority of matches on a Saturday afternoon with 3.00 pm kick-off's.
As someone has already mentioned, football is football, and if it's played by Derby County, and you support them, then you'll follow them in whatever division they will be playing in.
You might not think some of those clubs are "big clubs", but there's Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesaday & Ipswich, who were, not too long agao on par with us in the Championship and higher. And the "smaller clubs" will surprise us as they up their game and try to rough you up if you don't have some muscle and stand up to them.
At times it won't be pretty but if we've had an injection of money for new players, then we'll see some good games, and besides. we'll be going to grounds and see other teams that we've never played against before.
Their fans will give us some stick but we can take it and give it back - Come on you Rams!!

Although I watched every home game between 1967 and 1975, how the 'ell did he play in the mud of the BBG, with such skill and accuracy of crosses?
His strength of shooting was fantastic, and I believe they had a competition who had the hardest shot - was it won by Peter Lorimer?

Although I watched every home game between 1967 and 1975, how the 'ell did he play in the mud of the BBG, with such skill and accuracy of crosses?
His strength of shooting was fantastic, and I believe they had a competition who had the hardest shot - was it won by Peter Lorimer?

Went on opening night and I found this was a very good play, which could only be put on in Derby.
Plenty of nostalgia and at times very poignant, especially the parts when they were remembering the men & women who were killed in the war, and the returning soldiers who couldn't forget the horrors.
Lots of memories and songs, and sound-bites from people who have come to Derby over the last 75 years and the friendliness of the town/city. I know from personal experience, because my wife, who is from Suffolk and always tells her sisters, who live in Sussex, how she quickly settled here in Derbyshire.
As the play unfolded, it gave a sense of belonging, and no matter what has happened, Derby County Football Club holds something in everyone's hearts, even to those who don't go to the matches, as you can always have a conversation with anyone about their fortunes, team, managers and controversies.
The poem, "We are Derby', describing our town/city brings goose-bumps, because it is more than just a football club, it's who we are.
 

Went on opening night and I found this was a very good play, which could only be put on in Derby.
Plenty of nostalgia and at times very poignant, especially the parts when they were remembering the men & women who were killed in the war, and the returning soldiers who couldn't forget the horrors.
Lots of memories and songs, and sound-bites from people who have come to Derby over the last 75 years and the friendliness of the town/city. I know from personal experience, because my wife, who is from Suffolk and always tells her sisters, who live in Sussex, how she quickly settled here in Derbyshire.
As the play unfolded, it gave a sense of belonging, and no matter what has happened, Derby County Football Club holds something in everyone's hearts, even to those who don't go to the matches, as you can always have a conversation with anyone about their fortunes, team, managers and controversies.
The poem, "We are Derby', describing our town/city brings goose-bumps, because it is more than just a football club, it's who we are.
 

Went on opening night and I found this was a very good play, which could only be put on in Derby.
Plenty of nostalgia and at times very poignant, especially the parts when they were remembering the men & women who were killed in the war, and the returning soldiers who couldn't forget the horrors.
Lots of memories and songs, and sound-bites from people who have come to Derby over the last 75 years and the friendliness of the town/city. I know from personal experience, because my wife, who is from Suffolk and always tells her sisters, who live in Sussex, how she quickly settled here in Derbyshire.
As the play unfolded, it gave a sense of belonging, and no matter what has happened, Derby County Football Club holds something in everyone's hearts, even to those who don't go to the matches, as you can always have a conversation with anyone about their fortunes, team, managers and controversies.
The poem, "We are Derby', describing our town/city brings goose-bumps, because it is more than just a football club, it's who we are.
 

Went on opening night and I found this was a very good play, which could only be put on in Derby.
Plenty of nostalgia and at times very poignant, especially the parts when they were remembering the men & women who were killed in the war, and the returning soldiers who couldn't forget the horrors.
Lots of memories and songs, and sound-bites from people who have come to Derby over the last 75 years and the friendliness of the town/city. I know from personal experience, because my wife, who is from Suffolk and always tells her sisters, who live in Sussex, how she quickly settled here in Derbyshire.
As the play unfolded, it gave a sense of belonging, and no matter what has happened, Derby County Football Club holds something in everyone's hearts, even to those who don't go to the matches, as you can always have a conversation with anyone about their fortunes, team, managers and controversies.
The poem, "We are Derby', describing our town/city brings goose-bumps, because it is more than just a football club, it's who we are.
 

Went on opening night and I found this was a very good play, which could only be put on in Derby.
Plenty of nostalgia and at times very poignant, especially the parts when they were remembering the men & women who were killed in the war, and the returning soldiers who couldn't forget the horrors.
Lots of memories and songs, and sound-bites from people who have come to Derby over the last 75 years and the friendliness of the town/city. I know from personal experience, because my wife, who is from Suffolk and always tells her sisters, who live in Sussex, how she quickly settled here in Derbyshire.
As the play unfolded, it gave a sense of belonging, and no matter what has happened, Derby County Football Club holds something in everyone's hearts, even to those who don't go to the matches, as you can always have a conversation with anyone about their fortunes, team, managers and controversies.
The poem, "We are Derby', describing our town/city brings goose-bumps, because it is more than just a football club, it's who we are.