IslandExile

Beautiful photograph. My Franny 

27/4/1946, Derby 4 Charlton 1, FA Cup winners.

Another game against Carlisle...

Another game against Carlisle...

Another game against Carlisle...

Another game against Carlisle...

I'm fine. No nerves at all. 

My grandson is doing it, so proud.

Love this; underpass is part of my route to Pride Park. Hope it doesn’t get vandalised. We need more of this sort of street art. 

Oof. Why do messages to someone I’ve never met, from people I don’t know, and thanks from a sibling who is a stranger to me - make me sob like a child?! 
 
When the Rams are up this afternoon - this should be recorded as Daniel’s day forever more.
#bemoreB4 ❤️

Congratulations on your team’s promotion. Thank you so much for your sporting support for B4 and the team that meant so much to. Fingers, toes and @Mucker1884’s ballions crossed for the perfect end to the season 🎈

One of the first things I posted on the forum said ‘I’m keeping Daniel’s seat warm for him’. I can’t remember who replied but their response was ‘No need. He never sat on it’. I once heard and felt a sonic boom, pretty sure that’s what the B4 bounce is going to be like later 🐏🐏🐏 🔊🔊🔊

Good luck for this afternoon, I hope you get it over the line for a number of reasons, and the odds are in your favour.
I hope you don't mind an outsider saying this, and I'm sure you all know this, but regardless of any euphoria or disappointment tomorrow, you'll all still be proud supporters - as b4 was, and is. As someone who read on here for a while before I registered/posted and saw lots of his comments when you were in a bad place;  I stand by the fact that whoever we support, we could all do well by being a bit more like him, when it comes to our clubs.

It's a bungy rope...you know, you go down then straight back up again, then immediately down again, then up again. 
A bit like Rovrum under Warne.
Maybe the players took it too literally. 

I was at Belper Cinema tonight and the lady working there mentioned she used to work at Derbion Cinema.
I said you must know Daniel then. She smiled for half a second, remembered he had passed, then shed a tear. Within seconds she was smiling again but still with moist eyes.
She told us how positive, optimistic and lovely he was and how great he was at his job. He was her favourite workmate.
At this point I may have had some grit in my eye.
I think Daniel has made us all tearful as we smile at his memory and I dare say many of us will look to the sky at 2.30 tomorrow, with that same bit of grit in our eye.
I've never been so confident before a match in my life, as the very briefest thought of us not doing this for B4, hasn't once crossed my mind.
 
 

On depression and contemplating suicide...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cll438d2d40o 
Good to talk.

Not really sure how I feel about ex players blatantly hamming up stories when he wasn’t well either

B4 April 2023, If ever we needed a rallying call, different game but the sentiment remains exactly the same!
 
Well calling all derby fans to get really really really behind the lads we need get behind the lads lets have wall of noise and have sea of black and white let's have scafs flags and balloons let's cheer lads on into the play offs. The louder we are the better lads play. Let  burton players shake with fear and let them think what on earth have we got our selfs into here.
 
…………..no further comment required! 

He would be adamant (not the Prince Charming version) that the Rams are going up. He wouldn’t hear anything to the contrary. He would also look like the a DCFC Michelin man with numerous layers of scraves and flanges. I will be taking one of his scraves with me tomorrow. 
Typing this has made me a bit sad. I would often buy Dan DCFC hats, scraves, hoodies etc for Christmas so he would be warm at matches. His favourite hat I gave him had a leather DCFC badge on the front. My dad told me he couldn’t find it before a match one day and was so upset he thought he had lost. It turned up at home a couple of days later. These memories tug at the heart strings. 
 

For all those considering placing a bet on the oppo, just to make yourself feel better should tomorrow turn out to be a complete shitzfest, there are alternative methods to get that smug grin back on your face faster than you can suck those balls into the back of the net...
 
https://danielbeavis.muchloved.com/
#still open for business
#bets still being taken
#etc
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
#leave it mods... it's for a good cause  👀 🙏
 

On depression and contemplating suicide...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cll438d2d40o 
Good to talk.

Very rousing but who's on the keyboards in the background?.

Any of these! I had the top one.

 

£30m or get lost
 
#bemoreB4