2tups

More than three lines ? Never happen. But I shall treasure the day that you lead the East Stand in a rousing chorus of  :
every woman, every man
join the Derby fans
stand up, stand up…………….
every woman, every man
and even forest fans
stand up, stand up
 
aha aha aha
 
 
 

Greetings from "Across the pond" in Detroit. It took me while to gather my thoughts on this topic and commit to posting them.  
My Derby fandom arrived much later in life, at 45 years of age.   I grew up in Detroit and have always supported Detroit sports teams, as well as Michigan State and Notre Dame University.  I grew up playing soccer, as did my father, who emigrated from Croatia, as well as two of my three boys.  My middle son and I started following the club in the 2013-14 season. We were interested in finding an English team to follow and knowing Andy Appleby as a fellow metro-Detroiter we started to follow Derby, originally only through the team's twitter feed and the occasional broadcast on BEIN network.  We watched them through the playoff victory against Brighton, then the calamity against QPR.  
An additional Detroit-Derby link is through Roger Faulkner, a Derby supporter who was one of the co-owners of Detroit's 1970s NASL team, the Express.  
As we are acclimated to unfortunate twists of fate with our Detroit-area teams,(ie the Detroit Lions NFL team)  the playoff final defeat cemented our support of Derby County.  In the years since, we are charter subscribers of RamsTV  and are now able to follow a number of games on ESPN Plus.  I also follow this forum on a daily basis and do admire the folks who frequent this Board, such as B4 and David.  Your deep, heartfelt support of the club, usually with a healthy dose of humor, is a joy to peruse through these cyber-pages.   
Other random observations from the Motor City:
 - Whether my son and I ever get to Pride Park remains to be seen, it is definitely on our bucket list.  If any forum goers are in the neighborhood, I would be delighted to treat you a Detroit City FC soccer game.  They are our local team and have a game atmosphere that supporters such as yourselves can appreciate. 
- While Mel Morris has his detractors these days, in my view he was spot-on with regard to EFL television rights. They are tremendously undervalued.  The Championship is the most entertaining overseas league to watch, in my view.  The Premier League top clubs are usually the in the same group of 4-6.  The Bundesliga, La Liga, League 1 and Serie A are all dominated by super clubs, with the remaining teams just trying to stay up. What fun is that? The Championship season is a rock-fight every year. Evenly matched teams with historic rivalries.  A crabs-in-the-bucket attempted escape through either the untold fortunes of promotion or the richest game in football.  Conversely,  the trap door of relegation immerses a club in financial quicksand, without parachute payments to assist out of the morass.  
-  In a way, the reduced expectations of this year may make for a more enjoyable season than chasing promotion.  If the club average one point a game, they will be in a position to stay up at the end, which is the goal of this year.  In any other recent season a home draw to Huddersfield would be met with concern from Derby supporters. This year, it feels like a win. 
- Thank you for your contributions to the forum, which I have enjoyed reading through the years. I hope to meet up with some of your some day either at Pride Park or the next time Derby launch a summer tour of the US. 
- COYR
 
 

Born in Edinburgh but my mums side of the family from Derby. Lived in Duffield for a few years before moving back up to Edinburgh. Now managed to get a few of my mates to be part time Derby fans and they come along with me to matches whenever we get the chance.

I was born in Hull in 1970 and lived in Cottingham, just outside Hull and cried on my 13th birthday when the family moved to Aberdeen because of my dad's new job in 1983.
I was brought up watching Hull City at Boothferry Park and watching Hull Kingston Rovers at Craven Park. My dad still cheers on for the Tigers and the Robins and the rest of the family all have a soft spot for both teams. Watching Hull City as a very young boy actually prepared me for being a Derby County fan, because incredibly they were worse than us in the late 70's, and 80's etc when supporting Derby made us stronger for the current times.
I picked Derby County out of the paper with my eyes closed, when my older brother persuaded me not to support Liverpool who I'd just got into, I remember my Grandad Chick had given me a black and white photo of the Liverpool team, and I enjoyed watching them play, when I stayed up late on a Saturday night watching Match of The Day and awaiting my parents to come home from The National pub in Hull, usually with food from the Chinese Take Away for everyone's supper, so yeah I was encouraged by my big brother to avoid supporting the so called big teams being supported by others, at school at the time, mainly Man Utd, Liverpool and a lot of Leeds Utd, around Hull at the time, so around 1976, I blindfolded picked out Derby County, and I've followed probably more downs than ups ever since, unfortunately with the blind fold off!
My older brother is a Chelsea fan and my younger brother is a Wolves fan and we all love our football.
A few Aberdeenshire Rams, well mainly 1 in @2tupspost on here, I think @Ramadonna9 reads now and again, as does @Rampianand @campavanram and @Elgin_Ram is in the Clan, and @CWC1983probably remembers me from the Westhill Inn, when I grew up in Westhill, Abedeenshire. Their are Rams fans up here in Stonehaven, nearby in Montrose, in Fraserborogh, in Elgin etc and we have many others up here in Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh etc.
I now stay out in Inverurie and I take my two boys to watch Derby County when I can, well the eldest one has been inside Pride Park, the youngest one only outside Pride Park, but both who at the moment have opted to support Liverpool, and the eldest went to Wembley with me to the Aston Villa game, well I still have plenty of time on my hands, hopefully, for my two boys to see sence!
I hate to read on here when Derby fans are falling out with one another and calling one another names, and I hate to read on here when Derby fans are calling their own players, managers, coaches, staff etc all sorts of names also. Get behind them, not against them.
Hope Not Hate.
D.C.F.C. Love, Life & Unity.
The Day I Die.......I'm still D.C.F.C......forever and beyond.
 
 

Only when I'm in Matlock bath.
 
I really hope that the light at the end of the tunnel isn't the light of an oncoming train,

D.C.F.C. Love, Life & Unity.
Love the lovers. Hate the haters.

Aberdeenshire Rams. Aberdeen Rams. Stonehaven Rams. Fraserborogh Rams. Elgin Rams. Montrose Rams etc.
Hope you are all well.
@2tups @Rampian @Elgin_Ram @campavanram @Ramadonna @Ramadonna9 @CWC1983
If anyone fancies joining me in Derby for a pint prior to the Swansea game at Pride Park on Sat 2nd Oct 2021.
I will also be seeing The Wedding Present at The Devils Arse Cave, Peak Cavern, Castleton, S33 8WS on Fri 1st Oct 2021.
Fancy meeting up for pre / post match drinks @therams69  @uttoxram75? if you are up for it, I will PM you both nearer the time and swap numbers etc. And I'm sure neither of you boys would stand me up like that @PrivateDerbyfella, did previously, after travelling all the way from Aberdeen in another episode of Trains, Planes & Automobiles to be left hanging around in The Flowerpot with a no show!
And you all know what you can do with your crackerjack pencils!
 
 
 

You are Bernard Sumner and I claim my £5 ?

Messi and Rooney get us out of this tangle-scrape, it’ll be Hollywood box office for sure. Working title : Sheepshank Redemption.

3 simple rules regarding The Sun.
1. Never Buy The Sun.
2.Never Read The Sun.
3.Never Believe The Sun.
3 simple rules regarding the negative folk on here.
1. Never let them see the Sun......light.
2. Never let them get wet, even though they regularly wet themselves.
3. Never feed them with positivity especially after midnight.
3 simple rules to be a Derby County supporter.
1. Never give up on D.C.F.C. in The Sun, and all other weather.
2.Never hang out D.C.F.C. to dry, when it's not wet.
3.Never believe that The Sun will always shine, and you will support D.C.F.C over land and sea, and Leicester and when sky's are grey, that nobody will take your Derby away, and you really are Derby till the day you die.
Support Derby County Football Club.
Simplicity is Genius.

It’s remarkable that in one transfer window under this ownership and leadership, we spent more than Borussia Dortmund.
We’ve broken our transfer record. Twice.
While the legality of what we have done is up for debate, the fact it was a high stakes gamble is not. We had half a decade to get promoted before the losses caught up with us, and we didn’t get promoted.
 
The main reason we are in this mess is that vast sums of money has been spent on players, management and compensation, none of which has made the footballing side of the club any better than it was in 2014. It’s kept us competitive for most of that time, granted, but it’s a hopelessly inefficient way of doing it fraught with risk.
Just because the EFL have behaved abhorrently does not mean that we can’t look inward and acknowledge the reckless mismanagement that has squandered tens of millions of pounds for zero gain.

Ah yes, Scotland, the Gable Endiers and the Red Lichties........and here's few. The Blue Brazil. Mother of God.
http://www.midfielddynamo.com/clubs/clubs_nicknames.htm
 

Compared to their jump jockey kit, thought their nickname was pretty straight forward. ? 
Clyde being the Bully Wee, now that’s quirky.

Yeah, yeah, yeah but what about Red Dogs?

Is this the world's hardest spot the difference competition?

A great example of the Umbro 76/77 away shirt, not used enough, a real classic with that double diamond arm tape !

Peterhead’s finest making an appearance ? got a dozen Mango Unchaineds and a dozen of the new Peach one on the way for Christmas, strange days at the Bloo Toon bus station. 

Broadcast 35 years ago today, doesn't time fly.
 

You are Bernard Sumner and I claim my £5 ?

Have you noticed how many F1 drivers have names linked to Scottish cities and towns?
Stirling Moss
Lewis Hamilton 
Eddie Irvine
Ayr Town Centre....

For @2tups

Pulp, not Orange Juice, in Richard’s bottle ?