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The guy in the beige trousers is @Davidso @Boycietold me. 👀

This is indeed erudite stuff. Are you sure you've logged onto the right site? You're taking this Board to a too high a level and @David will start to worry. 🤓

Yes; Also had connections with Burton-on-Trent...Peel House, Peel Croft (former home of Burton Rugby Club) and Steve Bloomer is known to have played football there on at least 3 occasions.

…you mean aside from our future players all having a slight Brummay accent and saying “tarrarabit” at the end of training 👀

Got my 2 tickets; and on a/l on the Thursday so some drink might be consumed. 🤪

No. You’re right. I’m sure not.

The eagle-eyed amongst you will compare the 2 pictures and see that Peter Seddon's original photograph shows the Team in front of the magnificent pavilion. @angieramwill be delighted to hear that there was a separate "cordoned off" area for the ladies on the top of the pavilion.

Probably the best book ever written about Derby County.

No; it's my understanding that the ground was owned by Derby Recreation Company who ran the racecourse and it was friction caused by football having to be cancelled due to clashes with horse-racing that led eventually to the exodus to the BBG.

He's very good at riding the tackles...

New Song for Saturday's trip to Salford:

...yes indeed. It's next door to Stephen Pearce's office and is marked "Do Not Enter".

As long as there's somebody else worse off than us, you can only laugh...😆 https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/jul/20/david-squires-on-the-sorry-state-of-swindon-town ps wonder if Wazza knows that Willie Carson could be available on a free 🤣

I asked Nico to explain the situation and he said “ Derby County is a football club that was formed in 1884 as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club when the latter needed funds to build a new cricket pavilion. William Morley, a railway clerk from Nottingham proposed the formation …”