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Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Everyone= 10.
Ok, that's probably generous.
Everyone 9.5.

Great effort let’s get more of this around the city and remember even cloughie said , “Derby has always been a footballing town, Nottingham never has…”
so let’s show it…

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/27/max-bird-james-collins-derby-carlisle-league-one-football

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/27/max-bird-james-collins-derby-carlisle-league-one-football

Blubbing just blubbing!

Thank you Derby County. Love to you all ❤ 🐑 

Enjoy the game…

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/27/max-bird-james-collins-derby-carlisle-league-one-football

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/apr/27/max-bird-james-collins-derby-carlisle-league-one-football

I gave up about 4 season ago, you may not be going to any more games but you’re still a Ram for life.
I’ve been sitting here watching the game with my black and white scarf on, the tea and pies are better at home but I do miss the ritual and atmosphere of the match. 🐏🐏

Sadly this will be my last match today. My first was in 1956 as a 13year old, My dad used to take me before that but he stopped going when we went down to the third division north. My mate and I would catch the 12 oclock bus from Melbourne and be the first in the ground. We stood in the Normanton end pigeon loft, I think it was 3 shilling. To this day I remember that team. We were champions in 1957 and I ran onto the pitch after the last match against Southport, Ray Straw scored 37 goals that season, The next ten years saw me start work, get married and have two children, I had moved to Derby, and after my family, the Rams were the most important thing in my life I never missed a home game in those ten years even though we were only an average second division side. And then in 1966 after England won the world cup my mate and I decided to have a season ticket, Little did we know what would happen that season, I was at work one day and a Rams supporting work mate told me we had signed a player from Bradford Park Avenue, his name was Kevin Hector I'd never heard of him but he was without doubt the most wonderful footballer to grace the Baseball Ground I had ever seen, and because of this we wanted to see more players like him which led to Tim Ward getting the sack and BC becoming Manager, what followed was ten years of unbelievable success and enjoyment. And then things started to go wrong off and on the pitch and I stopped being a season ticket holder during Peter Taylors time as manager, i still loved The Rams of course and when I turned 65 and retired my old mate from Melbourne and I bought season tickets again. But sadly covid left my best friend of 80 years with a dementia problem and he know no longer knows me. For the last two seasons I have been going alone to the match but its just not the same for me. Therefore I am calling it a day, as I write this I am welling up as I will do this afternoon. Thank you Derby County for every thing I will love you till I die.     

Welcome back to the championship.

Many congratulations from Pompey. Well deserved. 

Enjoy the game…

We thought we’d never get autos in 96 so booked wedding ‘to be back in time for the playoffs’
Received promotion new by fax.
Watched 3 playoff defeats in the flesh. Watched playoff victory in the pub.
Today is the day…..promotion in the flesh. It’s happening.
Awake at 6 like the most excited child on Christmas Day.
It’s happening…..I’m feeling super emotional…..could well be my first tears of joy since the birth of the junior bats.