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Yes. @the Brunswick before Leeds. 

I spoke with Arthur too about him coming to PP for a match day visit and Arthur was quite reticent about the idea; I think he has a great natural reserve and a strong ethical code that deters him from, as you say remembering things anew. 

I spoke with Arthur too about him coming to PP for a match day visit and Arthur was quite reticent about the idea; I think he has a great natural reserve and a strong ethical code that deters him from, as you say remembering things anew. 

The journey has nearly come to an end visiting the legends of our great club, I was never happy with how it had finished with Willie Carlin, so today I went back to see him but this time I took him one of the Ramtique limited edition medals that we had comisioned with the permission of the club and the football league to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Derby County winning the second division championship and the journey getting well and truly underway.
we decided to give Willie number eight out of a hundred as he wore the number eight shirt in that season.
willie had had his original medal stolen a number of years ago by some scum bags who robbed his house.
willie and his wife are very private people who understandably do not like strangers knocking on their door asking for photos or signatures so I made sure that I was brief and to the point.
They were really pleased with the gesture of the medal and both took a lot of time to make me very welcome in their home and Willie signed a few things for me.
they even gave me a limited edition plate.
A very lovely couple of people and one of the few real Derby County legends of 69.
Like with Jim Walker it was nice to be able to give something back.
up the Rams !

Met up with Mr Todd tonight round at my dads, proper Derby County royalty ! he popped in for a cuppa and to check on Jordan’s fitness levels, absolute top man, always makes time and now does house calls, I wish he was more involved with the club ! They really could use his great personality!
100 bonafide Dcfc legend !
Toddy !

Nearly completed the journey now of meeting the legends, tonight was one of the great names in football, the man who stood in as captain and lead us to a second first Division Championship, the scorer of that goal for Scotland against Holland, the scorer of that free kick against Forest in the FA cup, one of Cloughs lieutenants who fell out with him so publicly over the European cup final, the man who would run tirelessly from box to box and never be in the headlines, working twice as hard as the ones who scored the goals.
was really pleasantly surprised at what a top friendly guy he was, he spent an hour with us, I took loweman1 and loweman3 with me and he sat there chatting away with all of us and bringing out his grandad skills to charm Jordan.
he had some great tales, we only scratched the surface but most of them were about him, Clough and Taylor, his fall outs and how Cloughie tried to make it right with him in the end.
Good old Archie ! Top Ram !

Had the chance to have a conversation with Tommy Smith(he of Liverpool fame) a few years back.
Mentioned I’m a Derby supporter and the first thing he said was how he loved playing us in the 70’s because our midfield offered him a real challenge. He singled out Steve Powell and said that kid was one of few people able to dump me on my arse ?
Just thought I’d mention from a pro regarded as hard as nails, he regarded Steve the same.

When Steve was 16, there was a bit of a tussle between school (Bemrose) and DCFC (ie Sir Brian).
Bemrose headmaster -  Dr WRC Chapman, one of the wartime code breakers at Bletchley Park, although we didn't know it the time - was keen for Steve to stay on into the Sixth form, as he had a bright future, but BC wanted him to play football.
After some dialogue in which the Doc obviously sensed that he was losing the battle, he ventured that if Steve stayed on he was good enough to go to Oxford (University), to which BC retorted " if Steve signs for me he will be able to BUY Oxford"! 
One of BC's lesser known quotes, and as they say, the rest is history.

Why dont we the fans organise an annual dinner and invite these legends along - to celebrate them and the special place they will always have in our hearts?
Im sure a suitably lavish location could be found and I for one would gladly pay for a ticket plus an extra supplement to ensure our legends are celebrated year in year out while they are still with us.

Trip down to see another one of the Derby County 71/72 legends today, also 74/75 and one of the clubs longest serving players who was there from Clough to cox good times very good times, bad times and very bad times ! Steve Powell !

That’s exactly what I said to him, I told him about the reactions and comments on here when I have written about other players feelings, I told him that the club is the fans and the fans still love them all and remember what they did !

Here's the guy with his flag if you want to know more, @RebelScum. 
 

Nothing to say except “Brilliant Player”. Some players achieve “synonym” status in my mind where the name of the Club can be replaced by the name of a player which defines the Club: so great were Derby County in the ‘70s that they have 2:
Roy McFarland is one; Hec-tor...{said in Hugh Johns’ voice is the other}. 
 

Nothing to say except “Brilliant Player”. Some players achieve “synonym” status in my mind where the name of the Club can be replaced by the name of a player which defines the Club: so great were Derby County in the ‘70s that they have 2:
Roy McFarland is one; Hec-tor...{said in Hugh Johns’ voice is the other}. 
 

@loweman2 when are you going to reveal your collection of Brian Clough toe nail clippings from his playing days, Peter Taylor’s Cuban cigar buts from his BBG dugout days, Steve Bloomer!s England jock-strap ensemble and Frank Wignall’s nasal hair? ?

@loweman2 when are you going to reveal your collection of Brian Clough toe nail clippings from his playing days, Peter Taylor’s Cuban cigar buts from his BBG dugout days, Steve Bloomer!s England jock-strap ensemble and Frank Wignall’s nasal hair? ?

Not yet !
its to soon ?

Just wow! 

Nothing to say except “Brilliant Player”. Some players achieve “synonym” status in my mind where the name of the Club can be replaced by the name of a player which defines the Club: so great were Derby County in the ‘70s that they have 2:
Roy McFarland is one; Hec-tor...{said in Hugh Johns’ voice is the other}. 
 

Get out of here @loweman2. 

Nothing to say except “Brilliant Player”. Some players achieve “synonym” status in my mind where the name of the Club can be replaced by the name of a player which defines the Club: so great were Derby County in the ‘70s that they have 2:
Roy McFarland is one; Hec-tor...{said in Hugh Johns’ voice is the other}. 
 

The journey is nearing its end now so it was time to catch up with the big one, the man who was brought to derby in September 1966 to score goals, to get Derby in the big time ! That was by the then manager Tim ward, He played for the Rams for a total of 12 years, during which time they won the Football League First Division championship twice, the Football League Second Division championship and promotion to the First Division in 1969, and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup, FA Cup and the League Cup.
He left Derby for Vancouver Whitecaps and scored 15 goals for the Canadian outfit as they won the 1979 NASL title.
After his time in North America he rejoined Derby in the early 1980s.
He made a record 589 appearances for Derby in his two spells, 486 of which came in league games.
he scored 201 goals, second only to Steve Bloomer and missed only four league matches in seven seasons between 67 & 74, not a coincidence that these were our most successful years.
he didn’t say much but when he did everybody listened !
it is of course the king 
Kevin Hector was quality, I spent an hour and a half with him and we discussed all things Derby County, another really pleasant guy, funny and razor sharp with his memory ! 
More great stories, he didn’t really see eye to eye with Mr Clough but he didn’t need to, Cloughie couldn’t play his mind games with his top scorer.
still looks fit and well and enjoys his football, he is often to be found in the south stand, but he says it’s nothing to what the BBG was but we all know that.
another one sadly disgruntled with the way that the club view them, that has been the common core running through this journey, none of them feel valued by the club, yesterday’s men who no longer generate money for the club so left out to graze.
as I have said many times before they could surely be put to use by the club !
what a legend !
a king of kings !
king Kev !

wow just had a phone call from Colin Todd to say well done on the Jim Medal, spent twenty five minutes chatting about stuff, some relevant to Derby and some not such as he had just made a cup of tea and was waiting for the man from British gas to come round to service the boiler !!
top man Toddy !