Dordogne-Ram

I think he played well last season from mammary.

Then bring back Kevin Hector and we can have a front 3 of Nat, King, Cole ☺️

Right loan club, wrong player 

112.
Place of birth:   Cheltenham
Signed for Derby: 1964
First club: Derby County 
Last club: Lincoln City 
Position: Not saying, as the fun fact should be your best clue  
Full caps: 0
Fun fact:  the only Derby County player to take part in all 84-league games during the team's two Championship winning seasons

King Kevin
Gladys
RoyMac
there have been 30 or so other true favourites over the years but I can’t really look beyond a team(s) that won Championship of England twice in four seasons when I was just starting out as a fanatical follower 🐏 ✨ 

FA Cup under the lights, early 90s. Hanging off the Popside advertising boards as I was too short to see even when stood on a milk crate. A seeming arms length away, the ball goes out wide to Ted McMinn who has space to run at the defenders. The mighty roar goes up along with the hairs on the back of your neck. He beats one man... then two, the wall of noise rising to a deafening crescendo as he whips in the cross...
One can only begin to imagine what the atmosphere was like during the glory days of the BBG when almost twice as many were packed in. I feel incredibly privileged to have been taken there by my Dad and to have experienced some of the last hurrahs of that magical place.

I expect Vicars to be surplice to requirements.

Leon Osman (if loans count!)
Craig Bryson
Johnny Russell

Three is hard. Although I saw the 72-76 sides, I was very young and didn't really get how brilliant they were. McFarland, Todd and Hector should be there, as should Archie, but my memory is spoiled by those years he spent in that red rag. 
Recently Craig Forsyth, Chris Martin, George Thorne and Johnny Russell have each enhanced my enjoyment of the Rams. 
Steve Powell, Steve Buckley, Mart Poom and latterly Curtis Davies seem to encapsulate the best of Derby County.
But my three favorites are Paulo Wanchope, Igor Stimac and Kevin Wilson.
 

Keep posting your opinions Caerphilly , you don’t have to justify yourself to other posters 👍🏼

I have no doubt if Thommo was a starter in our midfield next season that he would  not let us down , very underrated by some on here , his game is a lot more than just running around

People had the same view of a certain John Mcgovern , the rest is history

Hummm, he has never been in that position and, other than a younger Fozzy / NML none of our current side have . In the Rooney season he played something like 8 or 9 games on the trot in championship football and gave a good account of himself against all comers, despite being young and inexperienced. His form did dip but he has a good touch and learns with every game. I take your point about being in  a promotion chasing side, that remains to be seen, but Tommo will contribute positively to next seasons side I have no doubts at all. 

He was only 5' 4" tall but no player that has ever pulled on the Rams' shirt has ever had a bigger heart than Wee Willie Carlin; although his captain, Dave Mackay, matched him in that department. Clough and Taylor had tried to sign him from Carlisle in 1967, shortly after they arrived at Derby but Carlisle, managed by our previous manager, Tim Ward, refused to sell and reported Derby for making an illegal approach to their player. Clough appeared at an EFL tribunal and the case was chucked out after just 10 minutes. By then, Willie had been sold to Sheffield United.Asked about that after he retired years later Clough said "Of course we tapped him up, that's how we worked and we tapped him up again when we signed him from Sheffield United. That's how we got in and signed players before other clubs knew they were available."

The week before he joined the Rams, Willie had run the show at Bramall Lane when the Blades beat us 2-0, Willie scored the second after putting Colin Addison in for the first. With the Rams sitting winless in the relegation zone, Taylor implored Clough to go in again for Willie. Arthur Rowley had joined the Blades from Shrewsbury as manager in the close season. Taylor knew that Rowley and Carlin had 'previous history';A couple of seasons before, when playing for Halifax at Shrewsbury, the two had clashed near the dugouts and Willie had kicked a bucket of water over Rowley. Taylor knew that Rowley would never forgive that and would let Carlin go if the offer was right and so it proved. When the transfer was complete, Taylor advised the Derby fans that Willie was the final piece of the jigsaw and they should back Derby to win the Second Division that season; he was spot on with that bit too.

On the run in to the season we secured promotion on Easter Saturday by beating Bolton 5-1 at home with Willie on the score sheet. We took revenge against Sheffield United with a 1-0 home win two days later. The next Saturday we went to Millwall and little Willie  headed us to a 1-0 win beating the giant Barry Kitchener to a cross; it clinched the championship for the Rams with two games still to go.
Having helped the Rams to fourth place in Division One in the first season back up Willie's sudden departure broke his heart and at the time many of us felt the same way. But in just two years he had become a Rams Legend forever; a key player on the rapid path to the club becoming Champions in 1972.
RIP Willie - reunited with his Captain tonight.
 

As @Animal is a Ram and @oldtimeram have said he was the player that turned a good side into a very good side that got promoted in 68/69. As much as his playing ability it was his attitude, his toughness that changed that side. Archie was of similar stock but a better footballer. Ignore Willie’s goal and appearance stats because his contribution to our successes was far, far greater than they would suggest. It is not too fanciful to say that without him we wouldn’t have gone so far so quickly he was that important a player. 

Roy Mac
Hector
Mark Wright
Subs: Geraint Williams, Ron Webster, Gemmill, O’Hare, Asanovic

He was being man marked all over the pitch in one game, so went and stood alongside their left back, taking his original marker with him. 
The press said he had a “poor game”, “was never in it” etc, but everyone else had an absolute field day with the space he had created!!
Thanks for the memories “ you belligerent little scouser” (as BC once described him. 
 
RIP and “sleep well young man.”

The player who completed Clough's promotion team and made us ultra competitive in Division 1.
RIP Willie.

Roy Mac
Hector
Mark Wright
Subs: Geraint Williams, Ron Webster, Gemmill, O’Hare, Asanovic

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-13542211

My missus has wanted a weekend in Shrewsbury for ages, bit of history, boat trip on the river etc. 
Not my fault if we end up on a pish up with a thousand or two Derby fans is it....?

One bit of transfer news - not raising a thread for an academy player...
AJ Doyle, Irish defender
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5289548/2024/06/11/scotland-england-young-players-brexit/
 

I was 26. Still get goosebumps thinking about it now. What an away end that was...