SamUltraRam

Back in the day before mobile phones my wife was in hospital giving birth to our second son. It was August 1991 and the first game of the season ( we drew at Sunderland 1-1). I was armed with money to ring all the family from the public phone box once he had been born.
He duly arrived at 3.40 in the afternoon just before half time. I went down to ring everyone to give them the news but decided to ring the club call line first. ( still remember the number 0898 121187). By the time I had finished I had used all my money before even ringing any of the family.
I pretended that all the public phones near the hospital had been vandalised when the family questioned why it was late in the evening when I rang everyone.
When my first son was born, October 1989, we were playing Cambridge in the League Cup ( we won 5-0). My wife was due at any time and against advice I went to the game and left her the phone number of the Baseball Ground so they could put out an announcement if there were  any developments.
We live in Sheffield and he arrived the next morning. I still get grief even now for going to the game. They still know nothing about the Sunderland game.

In 1985/86, games 29,30 & 31 were all at home.
3 - 1 win against Walsall, 1 - 1 draw with Darlington & a 2 - 0 win against Bristol City
This put us on 63 points, 6 ahead of our current total but we were about to hit a bit of a wall over the next 4 games as our fixture backlog began to catch up with us
 
In 1984/85 , game 29 was a 1 - 1 home draw with Rotherham, then game 30 was a 2 - 0 home win against Walsall followed by game 31 which was a 3 - 2 away defeat at Hull City  who were to gain automatic promotion.
That put us 43 points, 14 behind our current total
 
 

In 1985/86, games 29,30 & 31 were all at home.
3 - 1 win against Walsall, 1 - 1 draw with Darlington & a 2 - 0 win against Bristol City
This put us on 63 points, 6 ahead of our current total but we were about to hit a bit of a wall over the next 4 games as our fixture backlog began to catch up with us
 
In 1984/85 , game 29 was a 1 - 1 home draw with Rotherham, then game 30 was a 2 - 0 home win against Walsall followed by game 31 which was a 3 - 2 away defeat at Hull City  who were to gain automatic promotion.
That put us 43 points, 14 behind our current total
 
 

Here's the web link to the story - just click on 'translate this page' to the right of the address bar
https://www.elprogreso.es/articulo/lugo/supporters-lucenses-derby-county/202302081938181638595.html
I have to say, that picture is fantastic capturing all of the stadium

Here's the web link to the story - just click on 'translate this page' to the right of the address bar
https://www.elprogreso.es/articulo/lugo/supporters-lucenses-derby-county/202302081938181638595.html
I have to say, that picture is fantastic capturing all of the stadium

Galician Rams in the Spanish press…

From the 1985/86 season when a prolific young Phil Gee was coming through
 

A mate of mine has just been down to the ticket office and bought 3 tickets - although it's busy down there apparently

In 1985/86 game 28 was a 3 - 0 away win at Notts County and according to the match report more than 9,000 of the 13,086 crowd were Derby fans
The win took us to 56 points, still 3 ahead of our current total. Also, we were in 4th position but had up to 6 games in hand on the teams above us
In 1984/85 game 28 was a midweek 3 - 0 away defeat at Bristol City keeping us on 40 points, 13 behind our current total

Fantastic game and fantastic atmosphere. I remember a group of about 8 Forest fans to the left of us giving it the big'un until we scored. Behind the goal and nearly all of the two seated stands erupted, and the Forest fans visibly shrunk at the sight. I can easily believe that there were 9000 or more of us there that day.

Good work @SamUltraRam ????

In 1985/86 game 28 was a 3 - 0 away win at Notts County and according to the match report more than 9,000 of the 13,086 crowd were Derby fans
The win took us to 56 points, still 3 ahead of our current total. Also, we were in 4th position but had up to 6 games in hand on the teams above us
In 1984/85 game 28 was a midweek 3 - 0 away defeat at Bristol City keeping us on 40 points, 13 behind our current total

Hi guys!! I just want to thank you for your welcoming in representation of all Galician Rams. We had such a nice and funny time.
Pride Park is even more impressive than we thought watching from TV, and  the team was a 10 the other day. Also, every person that we met before, during and after the game was extremely nice, and we loved not only the team, but the city as well.
I'm sure that we'll be back as soon as we can.  We had already been Derby fans for a few years, but after this experience we are Rams for life.
You people are world class. GO RAMS!!

Another memorable away day, getting off the train I remember thinking how good the acoustics were at Nottingham station as hundreds of Derby fans gathered in the concourse. Stood on the open terrace behind the goal, there was a feeling of promotion in the early spring air with many fans waving flags. It was great to witness all three goals going in at our end and I cannot remember an away game where we made up such a large proportion of the crowd, about 70%.

In 1985/86 game 28 was a 3 - 0 away win at Notts County and according to the match report more than 9,000 of the 13,086 crowd were Derby fans
The win took us to 56 points, still 3 ahead of our current total. Also, we were in 4th position but had up to 6 games in hand on the teams above us
In 1984/85 game 28 was a midweek 3 - 0 away defeat at Bristol City keeping us on 40 points, 13 behind our current total

Wasnt sure where to post this and this was closest thread! happy days
 
 

Oh yes, I forgot Springett

Rules are;
 55.4.1  A maximum of 5 Players registered on a Temporary Loan Transfer can be named in the Players listed on a Team Sheet for any individual match played under the auspices of The League. This maximum shall reduce to 4 Players where a Club names a Player on the Team Sheet who is registered on an Emergency Goalkeeper Loan;
Taken from https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/efl-rules--regulations/efl-regulations/section-6---players/
So we can loan as many players as we want but only 5 can be named in a matchday squad, as you say 1 of them will be McGee. 3 more spots taken up by Dobbin, Roberts and Springett. So we can accommodate 1 more loanee if they’re all going to be guaranteed involvement in every squad OR we sign a few more and tell them and their clubs there’s no guarantee of playing. I think we only need another forward option anyway, so not the end of the world. Plus we could sign a free transfer on a permanent contract in the window and beyond up until a certain cut off date later in the season.