Elwood P Dowd

1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said:

More "Club Legend" than "Another Old Boy"... although technically he had old boy knees when he was still playing, I suppose!  😉

Lovely to see that!  🐏🤍

What a player Paul McGrath  was, yes he had bad knees but he didn't need to run as his reading of the game and his anticipation were so good. 

I can now watch the playoffs with benign indifference👍

11 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

1/  Has the whistle gone yet?  Do we have to go back to finish it off?  🤷‍♂️
2/  The "Stand up for David Clowes" had me welling up... as did his double lift of the trophy.  ("Once more for the cameras please David"!)
3/  "Ok... erm... well... how about you agree to stay off the pitch until after the final whistle then?  Deal?".  That has to win the safety announcement of the year award!  🤣
4/  Visually, the scenes (on the pitch) afterwards looked stunning.  But the atmosphere was lacking.  Lots milling around wondering "What the heck do we do now"!  Very little in the joyous celebration department was evident from the stands.  Just a couple of ripples.  Nowt special.  I repeat... visually stunning. 
5/  Disappointed with the lack of a lap of honour (No surprise there!), but so glad I hung back to the end, and watched (on the big screen) Mr Clowes lift that trophy.  What. A. Hero.  🐏
6/  Yeah.  After 49 years, it's up there.  It's still means summat.  I still feel it... which is nice!

Now... where's that bottle of Emva Cream... Cheers, fellow Rams.  🍻

Forget the Emva cream, Phyllosan fortifies the over 40s

The championship worrying starts tomorrow 🐏

4 hours ago, Geriatram said:

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.     

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. 🐏🐏

9 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Say no more 🐏 

Looking back at the final league our promotion looks easier than it really was. 🐏🐏🐏

1 minute ago, CapeTownRams said:

Happy and glad Burton survived 👍👋

A bit disappointed for Lincoln the playoffs would have been a great end to an incredible season 

Just now, SKRam said:

SCENES SCENES SCENES 

 

Great scenes 👍

Just now, ariotofmyown said:

Season over. No Wembley trip this year.

Good 😂🐏🐏

A promotion for B4 😂

Just now, Ramarena said:

Bolton losing l!

3-2

Will Ian Evatt be preparing for the playoffs now, not that I care ether way 🐏

If the result remains as it is I’m not really worried about the performance 🐏🐏

We are not getting much from the Ref 

What took us so long 🐏🐏🐏😂

Up we go 🐏

48 minutes ago, Kinder said:

Damnit, now off the bloody train because I forgot the bloody season tickets!!! What an absolute plank. Now won’t get to Derby until 11:32…

You got too excited 😂 understandable 

Ready

And

Motivated

Since 1884 

carpe diem
 

Come on you Rams seize the day 🐏🐏🐏

17 minutes ago, Crewton said:

Would you prefer "this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."?

I think this sort thing is more in the spirit 🐏
 

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender

Or perhaps Henry V

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother.

And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

6 minutes ago, Inverurie Ram said:

 

teacht ar tú reithí 🐏🐏🐏🐏

1 hour ago, Phoenix said:

Of course, what few company pension schemes are left hold hardly any British shares, so that particular cash cow has gone to the knacker's yard.

I always thought that was a very short sighted move. 💵💵

9 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

"Prepare yourselves for the worst, and hopefully enjoy the best" 

 

"Prepare yourself for the worst and hopefully enjoy the best."

Hardly Churchillian

53 minutes ago, Phoenix said:

What I find infuriating is that the basic tax relief for us ancient crincklies hasn't changed in years, and isn't likely to for a while. The state pension is not taxed at source and is set against the basic tax allowance. It has now risen to the point that it now exceeds the tax allowance.

The effect of this is that I am now on a K tax code, i.e., negative tax relief on my company pension.

Happy days. Enjoy your retirement.

Personal tax allowance is frozen until 2028 😩

I was alway very careful to provide for my old age, it was the tax efficient thing to do, I never factored in that they would freeze the personal tax allowance.