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The football noise this weekend from the EPL was very very limited, You have to ask yourself WHY!, I've a friend who's a Spurs fan and a season ticket holder...lives in Ambergate, ST costs £6k he was a bit of a lad back in the day, Now he sits in the middle tier has a meal and a pint and watches the game in comfort...crazy aint it, When he can't make the game he sells the ticket for...wait for it £300...mental.
Times are changing and have been for a good few years, Songs have had their guts ripped out and changed for the TV customer as those don't like to hear those "nasty words" 😉, It's a tough call fella but if people are paying good money then it's money that calls the shots...as is always.

I agree Tombo. Didn't help when McGoldrick was joining in though at Exeter away last season........ He must know.

Hi guys
Hope all is well ... Just wanted to pop this on here to make everyone aware.
Sure some of you have seen Adam Sanders status about the drum not being allowed into the South Stand (up in Block D next to the away fans) for the foreseeable future following the first home game against Wigan.
Unfortunately the club have received quite a few complaints from fans in this area who were unhappy at the noise levels. To the extreme where 1 fan felt the need to nip to the Wyvern after the game to visit Boots to get some pills.
Now I get the drum is not everyone's cup of tea and of course everyone is entitled to their opinion. However, alot of blood, sweat and hard graft went in to getting the South Stand back for home fans versus leaving it empty or giving silly allocations to away fans.
This was a project that took many years to get and the last thing I want to see is it fall on its arse because certain fans find it too noisy. The drum is used to keep the tempo going and to get more involved. Its not there to start the atmosphere, a simple thing to add to the atmosphere, simple as that.
When we first had the South Stand the drum was located in the TV Gantry and worked well over the years with zero complaints. Adam had to move because the platform would often bounce and Sky Sports took issue with this. LOL! That's why Adam had to move down to the front and we all know it just hasn't worked.
We finally managed to agree with the club (very much on board) for the drum to be positioned in Block D which is nearest to the away fans and fair to say the most vocal block in the South Stand.
Obviously as mentioned this was met with a fair few complaints from our own fans who complained about the noise levels of the drum which has forced the club (who i again stress back it) to remove Adam from this area.
My take has always been this. If you are in the South Stand you should be there for and to create the atmosphere. If you are not, then this isn't the stand for you. We have 3 other stands where you can also sit and stand should you wish and not be in the presence of like minded fans who want to be part of something on a matchday which involves 'noise'.
What fascinates me most is that we had some of our best away days with the drum at Peterborough, Oldham etc and not 1 complaint over all the other games we took it to away from home. I guess we do live in a cancel culture kind of world these days.....
Adam will be continuing in the South Stand concourse pre game for the Saturday games for like minded fans to get together with the hope of continuing it up in the stands 15 minutes prior to kick off. This worked well at home to Wigan.
If you would like to email the club and back one of your own in Adam then please drop Emma (Supporter Liaison Office) at slo@dcfc.co.uk

This bit totally passed me by, what the hell are you talking about??
It's a drum ffs, get over yourselves.
You do realise if you and none of your pals attended the game, there would still be an atmosphere don't you? It doesn't start and end with you

Met him the Yard and then took him to the back of the South and then of course into the concourse for a pre match warm up..
Never known so many fans want a photo with him haha!
Really nice chap and was lovely to spend some time with him talking about Seoul and Derby..
By god he can drink as well! Think he enjoyed it though and it was lovely to see him hopefully get a good impression of our fanbase and the culture.

Met him the Yard and then took him to the back of the South and then of course into the concourse for a pre match warm up..
Never known so many fans want a photo with him haha!
Really nice chap and was lovely to spend some time with him talking about Seoul and Derby..
By god he can drink as well! Think he enjoyed it though and it was lovely to see him hopefully get a good impression of our fanbase and the culture.

Met him the Yard and then took him to the back of the South and then of course into the concourse for a pre match warm up..
Never known so many fans want a photo with him haha!
Really nice chap and was lovely to spend some time with him talking about Seoul and Derby..
By god he can drink as well! Think he enjoyed it though and it was lovely to see him hopefully get a good impression of our fanbase and the culture.

I certainly didn't love him and fair to say a few others didn't either.
But when I go back to my post from when I made everyone aware of the potential issues we faced, i do agree with you. The support for him was something else. A lesson learned I hope.

And I think we all know why that was ...... #controlfreak

I thought he'd gone a while ago, no, soon after Wassell.

That would be me on the radio 🙂
No my opinion is that I wont go to the games if the South Stand is not open. Just my personal preference. However, I totally understand the costs involved and can see why they do it, from a South Stand point of view though, if you want atmosphere this stand needs to be open for any competitive fixture.
For low level fixture such as friendlies, Papa etc it's just not cost effective to have the catering facilities, stewards etc in stands that wont even top 200 odd..
For me the East Stand and South is a perfect fit. Want to sit and watch the game you go East and if you want some atmosphere you go South. 

Andy is seperate to us we set up to try a different approach, he is the Derby County Collection but at the end of the day we are all aiming for the same goal, fingers crossed its gathering momentum, MM didnt help of course.

Keep up the good work. I know Andy has been very keen over the years to set a permanent home up which I hope will be sorted in the next few years.

Derby all too often end up paying the premium for a player’s second or third transfer. About time we unearthed them originally, isn’t it?

Of course! 😉

Is now the right time to mention I run my own travel business....... 😜

Is now the right time to mention I run my own travel business....... 😜

Is now the right time to mention I run my own travel business....... 😜

Renewing both home season tickets and away memberships.

And me! 🙂 

Same here mate  COYR

Renewing both home season tickets and away memberships.

Renewing both home season tickets and away memberships.

Renewing both home season tickets and away memberships.

Renewing both home season tickets and away memberships.