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"With a heavy heart, I've let my two go,"
So sorry to hear that Rev. Hope everything is ok with you and yours mate.

Some crackers on Saturday...pics courtesy of @Inverurie Ram

Stoke 0 Derby 1 League Cup Quarter-Final December 2008 against Tony Pulis' giants in the freezing unfinished Britannia Stadium. 5,000 Derby fans roared on a tremendous defensive display rewarded with a last minute penalty in front of us. Pure, unadulterated joy.

1988 Derby 4-2 Wimbledon: Deano’s debut. Nuff said
1996 Derby - Man Utd 1:  Laursen’s stunning free kick.  And Igor putting on a clinic, man-marking the reigning FWA player of the season Eric Cantona out of the game.  Kung Fu Eric didn’t get a sniff.
2010 Derby 3-0 Preston: The height of that purple patch with Kuqi upfront and Alberto Bueano running riot.  Really thought Nigel had finally unlocked the potential that day
2022 Derby 1-0 Oxford:  Not a great game, but I’m sure that I wasn’t the only one in the crowd that shed a tear or two from the relief & joy at the fact we still had a football club to support

With a heavy heart, I've let my two go, even though I honestly believe them to be the best pair of seats in the stadium, excluding the South Stand. 
Top row of the SW corner, the last two seats before the SS.
Fantastic view of the overall game, you can really see how both teams have set up and the options available throughout the match, they should probably film games from up there to help with coaching.
Really good atmosphere up there too, and you can sit or stand as you please without bothering anyone else. There's even a barrier to rest against when standing, or bang your hand against to make some noise. 
SWU-E, Row Y, Seats 775-776.
Whoever gets them, enjoy!

I've let mine go.
Health reasons meant that I only got to just about half of the games this season, so I will pick and choose my games from now on. By and large, I've liked this season as much as any since the poison dwarf promotion - probably more so. Sexy football is fine, but give me a couple of centre-backs with a 'do or die' attitude any day. It's a Jake Buxton thing.

My dad loves this pic 🤩

Too far? 😂 🐏 

Impact on the pubs...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-68924126

Took the grandkids there last year for 4 nights and it was ok tbh.
We had a private caravan on the site which was modern, clean and comfortable in a decent area near the lake. The pool was great with excellent slides for the kids and the weather was kind so we used the beach most days as well.
The downside was a nauseating and annoying middle aged Stephen Mulhearn!

My favourite bit was waking up every morning with a bed full of earwigs.  No idea where they all came from. 😃

Smug looking bloke also seen bringing his neighbour parsnips. It's a dead giveaway.

Tomorrow:
Chapter 2:  Fantasy Island Market - A whole world of wonderment.
👀

Missed a trick not putting 4 bananas on your head for the final photo.

The red coats will cheer him up. Their relentlessly irritating positive attitude is infectious. 
How can you ever get bored of gangnam style?

This is why I love rtv , match commo by people who are invested in the club rather than sky with a commo team that struggle to even get the simplest of facts about the club, players , form ect right ,
you do a great job Owen , thank you 🐏👍

The victory over Stoke in the first game after we were put into administration was stupendous. The roar that greeted the final whistle was a deafening explosion of pure defiance.

How splendid 
Never saw those highlights before

Is that how you describe it to Mrs VdMH?

Away at Notts about 1988. They go 1-0 up with just a few mins left and then Hebberd scored a superb volley equaliser a couple of minutes after in front of the packed away terrace. Just a draw but felt like a win. And then the fuzz kept us in the CG for 30mins after full time. 

I was there and remember the speakers swinging around in the wind before finally smashing into the Ley Stand seats. At the time, it seemed like a totally normal thing. Why wouldn’t the PA system just detach itself and almost kill a few fans?! Looking back it’s unreal! 
Maybe folk should be more appreciative of TD…

Does anyone remember a game at the BBG in the early 80s - midweek, probably a Wednesday- not too many there, about 10,000, possibly against Shrewsbury but maybe not…however there was a big storm with wind howling around the Ley Stand.  The big metal loudspeakers which used to hang down from the top of the stand were blowing all over the place. It was mad because they were huge big chunks of metal. People underneath them were moved then one came loose from its cable, falling and destroying multiple seats-smashing them to pieces. If anyone had been sitting underneath they would have been killed instantly. Always stayed with me that one. If we hadn’t been completely crap for years and had a full house people would have died. Tommy Docherty inadvertently helped save the lives of a few people that day. 

Manchester United 1 Derby County 2 1990
My only ever visit to Old Trafford. Handsome Steve Bruce sent off, Nick Pickering scored, we won and we sang' 'Have you ever won the league?'
Long time ago.