loweman2

The colours of the Rams 1884

So the colours of the Derbyshire CC became the colours of the Rams !

Derbyshire County became popular with the away teams for the great hospitality that was shown, most times in the back room at the old bell on Sadler Gate !

The first official game was played against Great Lever was actually on the 13th September not the 20th as I had put earlier.

30 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Cracking thread, how much better we’re things pre EFL ???

Thank you, nice to get a positive response ??

1 hour ago, loweman2 said:

The first official game was played against Great Lever from Bolton who had formed in 1877.

If you take the time to read this write up from the very first game played on September 20th 1884 you will see that they were initially known as Derbyshire County, this caused some upset in the weeks to follow with the local Derbyshire FA, it also interestinly tells us that the attire of the Derbyshire men was Brown on one side and Green on the other with a connecting trimming of gold from the neck to the waist ! The actual colours were Cambridge Blue (which is green) and Chocolate brown with a golden yellow amber strip where the buttons are, these were the official colours of the Derbyshire Cricket Club.

The Nottingham Road racecourse from around 1897 showing clearly the racecourse the cricket pitch and the two pavilions and the grandstand.

The old Duesbury grandstand built in 1853 and demolished in 1911, seen here in around 1905 with Steve Bloomer second from right !

The original lads ! 

The following fixtures where drawn up for the rest of that inaugural season.

The first official game was played against Great Lever from Bolton who had formed in 1877.

9 minutes ago, CornwallRam said:

Which ground did they aquire? My understanding was that the Club played originally at the cricket ground, which DCCC presumably owned. 

They played on the grounds of the cricket club the cricket pitch was in the middle of the race course ( which in those days was an actual racecourse) initially until the racecourse was widened, so they moved the cricket pitch in 1883 to the far side of the racecourse and built a new pavilion where they then played football and cricket, 

The ground was sorted and it games would be played at the race course near to the cricket pitch

25 minutes ago, CBRammette said:

Thanks for posting - a welcome distraction from our current position

Exactly! I’m so bored of keep reading the same old comments regurgitated day after day !

After the “leak”  the following day Thursday the 8th May, the Derbyshire County Cricket club let it be known that they did indeed intend to form an football team under association rules and this time it made the front page of the Derby Daily Telegraph, it was all very unassuming and not met with the greatest of excitement.

season tickets would be on sale at 5 shillings and a number of matches of a high order were to be arranged for the start of the new season in September!

So let’s start right at the very beginning…….It was Wednesday the 7th May 1884 when the very first mention was leaked in the Derby Mercury, it was hidden away on page five that the Derbyshire County Cricket club were to form a football club under Association rules and so it began.

I have been reading again Peter Seddon’s great book “ The Men Who Made The Rams”, the story of the birth of our great club, I have then tracked the original newspapers from 1884 to see for myself just what was happening 137 years ago, it’s an interesting read ! 
I intend to add stuff on a regular basis, knowing the history of your club is an essential part of supporting your club, all of this stuff is out there preserved for future generations but how many people know that or how to access it, not many, so  I’m going to share it.

2 hours ago, cosmic said:

Looks like a bus seat. 

He’s here he’s there he’s asked us not to swear John O’Hare John O’Hare!?

Peter Taylor’s Official FA blazer and tie from when he and Brian Clough took charge of the England Youth team! Would England have waited 55 years for football to come home if they had of been given the top job? Doubt it, Entrusted to safe keeping by his daughter Wendy Dickinson.

A very special piece of DCFC history from our most successful period, from the greatest management partnership in football ever, the man who spotted the players to make our team ! Peter Taylors club blazer & Tie from 1972/74 up to when he resigned, entrusted to us at the Rams Heritage Trust by his daughter @WendyDickinson5, 

57 minutes ago, GenBr said:

I don't think you can infer that purely from them taking that image down. It should have been removed as soon as they sacked Cocu. No point having a massive picture of his face up there if we've sacked him.

 

I think we are having one of these installed !