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    A new daily game. Name the year & opponents of a famous Rams match

    in Ex Rams

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    8 hours ago, jameso said:

    Versus West Ham United.

    Question: why didn't Derby contest the 1972 Charity Shield? (It looks like it was Man City v Villa.)

    In those days, you could decline to play the game and both Derby and Leeds did so.

    I think it was due to the possibility of late international duty due to Euro 1972.

    Perhaps in the end it didn't matter as England only lasted another five  days after the season ended.(13th May).

    ABBA voyage

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Carl Sagan said:

    Soz for the slow reply. And I saw Buzzcocks at the Garage early in the year. They did well, but not the same...

    For ABBA, don't pay extra for the "Departure Lounge" hospitality. Absolutely not worth it, and the only poor element of the experience for anyone.

    On the whole, a bit like Pride Park, nearly everywhere is a good spot. Here's the seating plan:

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    The very cheapest official seats are high up at the back of the extreme sides of the arena in Block F and Block K. We tried them as an experiment as they were only £20 a pop, and they're fine if you know the show and go often, but don't be tempted as a one-off. They're the only places where the ABBAtars look a bit flat and 2-dimensional.

    When the band are there in person, or the producers or industry people, they're in the lower-level dance booths (A, B, E, F) and those are great spots where you're freer to jump around wthout annoying anyone behind (ABBA don't do this!). They put their families, centrally in the Block C seats, just above the seating area, and these are probably the best seats.

    The show's not long, from 7.45 to 9.30 in the evening. I like to stand. And, if doing so, the best spot for first timers is probably in the centre at the back of the standing area (in front of Block C), as long as you can see. I'd get into the arena about 7.25 (you can take your booze in and there are bars inside) and reserve a spot there. It's managed well so doesn't get too crowded.

    Sometimes we go and stand at the front, but if you do that you miss the Eurovision section of the show where a screen descends and Brigton 1974 is projected onto it for part of the time. I like being at the front for any gig, but this one is weird because the ABBAtars seem to "appear" the same size wherever you are. But the overall visuals are best experienced from further back, from where you can appreciate the "actual" band members on stage and the projections all around. Helga who Mrs Sagan knows and who runs the international fanclub, says the very best seats are right at the back in block H, so we've booked those for Christmas to try them.

    If sitting and going for Blocks K or F, try to get as close to the inside as possible (ie close to Blocks J or G) and it'll be great.

    It's an amazing moment when they first come on stage, but then the opening two songs aren't as well known. So the audience tends to go quiet until the third song which is SOS. If you want to be up for it from the off, the opening two songs are:

    The Visitors

    Hole in your Soul 

    After that it's all famous ones, together with a the two singles from the Voyage album thrown in (Don't Shut Me Down and I Still Have Faith In You).

    They keep the visuals varied throughout, to make the show interesting. The weirdest element of that is an animation in two parts, to Eagle and Voulez Vous. But, if you know what to look for, the animations are very clever.

    As a space lover, I can say the show has a lot for space lovers. A wonderful northern lights section for Fernando, a massive total solar eclipse for Chiquitita, and then the band dance their hearts out in front of Saturn during Summer Night City. As @ketteringramsays, the sound is awesome, as are the lights.

    Thanks for the info buddy.

    Will probably try for block H then as we want to experience the show in its entirety not just for the fan boy(girl) dancing! So that may be the second visit.

    Cheers 

    ABBA voyage

    in The Jim Smith Room

    Posted · Edited by I DONT MIND

    On 27/08/2023 at 18:09, Carl Sagan said:

    Mrs Sagan is a particularly enthusiastic fan, so tomorrow will be our tenth visit, including the premiere and the one-year anniversary shows when the real members of ABBA were also present. Over the years I have been forced into fandom too. The technology is extraordinary, by Industrial Light and Magic. This is not a show like the "hologram" music performances of old. And is incredibly creative. And one of many wonderful things about it is that everyone there is happy (apart from maybe a few grumpy ones on this thread).

    We normally stand, but like to try different areas of the arena to compare the experience. It's just half an hour away and there are often last-minute cheap tickets available. When people query the multiple visits, Mrs S says it's like going to the football. And every show is different, depending on audience and vantage point.

    Here's a clip:

    Even the microphones and Benny's piano are made of light. 

    Here's a video I took at the DLR station on the way home one evening (sadly ABBA banned the initial tweet of footage from inside the venue):

     

    Hi Carl S.

     

    Is the best place standing?

    Thinking of coming down in January for the experience (after saying i wouldn't if it was the last gig on earth!!!).

     

    Be interested in your  POV.

     

    Cheers IDM.

    PS Waiting for Buzzcocks to do it with Pete Shelley (not the same without the master.😜)

    Warne’s Movements

    in Derby County Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ariotofmyown said:

    I was only half joking. I did actually read the title and think it was going to be criticising how he moves in the technical area!

    I thought Poynton was PW's secret  stalker for a few seconds, or is that Big Trav.😊

    A new daily game. Name the year & opponents of a famous Rams match

    in Ex Rams

    Posted

    On 28/08/2023 at 11:47, jameso said:

    I am going for Tranmere at home in 1996.

    Simmo definitely scored a hat-trick against Tranmere one year, and for a few seasons we had a tradition that they were allowed to hammer us at Prenton Park as long as we could do the same back to them at PP.

    EDIT: I'm not sure it was Chris Powell who scored, but Darryl. I don't remember Chris scoring that season (?)

    Agreed , Chris only scored one league goal for us and that was against Everton in the Premier League (the second league game at PP)

    A new daily game. Name the year & opponents of a famous Rams match

    in Ex Rams

    Posted · Edited by I DONT MIND

    1 hour ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

    1978 an unexpected win V the red bin dippers. Thought we had found a new star in Andy Crawford. 

    That was some result against form look at the Liverpool side that day:

    Also David Fairclough came on as sub.

     

    Steve Ogrizovic

    Alan Hansen

    Phil Neal

    Tommy Smith

    Emlyn Hughes

    Jimmy Case

    Steve Heighway

    Terry McDermott

    Graeme Souness

    Ray Kennedy

    Kenny Dalglish

    A new daily game. Name the year & opponents of a famous Rams match

    in Ex Rams

    Posted

    2 hours ago, jameso said:

    I'll add a further recollection: one of Simmo's was from close range and he ended up (standing) in the net. (I actually thought he got a pen too but apparently not from the info above).

    WBA had made a comeback... possibly from 4-1 down to 4-3 before Simmo clinched it? I think it was actually 1-1 at one point too.

    I think one of Simmo's goals was a free kick which was bent round the wall into the bottom corner into the Normo end goal.

    i was in the Ossie end and directly in line from where he was taking it.

    it must have curled about 5 yards to miss the wall and end up where it did.

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