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28 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

Absolutely love these paintings and especially this one; the graffiti on the wall is just a brilliant detail. . .

Steve’s dad dropped them off today and the colours on them are great !

2 hours ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

How do us non tweeters bid Phil ? 

I have sent you a pm mate, if anybody wishes to bud on them and not on Twitter then ping me an email mail@phillowe.co.uk

Local artist Steven McLoughlin has given us three of his brilliant prints that he did of the Baseball Ground two of them are the well trodden routes to the ground and one is a view from the pop side, to make them truly unique he is also getting each one signed by Kevin Hector, a great gesture. You can bid on them here 

1 hour ago, OohMartWright said:

Just popped in £20 to take it to £6,000. Looking good to make the target of £8,000.

yes plus we have got the bids on graig brysons shirt currently at £1,200, two other shirts belonging to members at around £400 sibbos boots at £600 and curtis's shirt at £650 so far, its come together nicely with all of the fantastic donations and pledges from the great british public, really shows what can be done with a common cause, even Tim Hinchey III has been in contact and is sending over his club blazer made by Hugo Boss, hopefully lots more stuff to come.

We are getting there now !

Follow @ramsheritage on Twitter, I wish we had seen this much activity a few weeks ago when we started, more contributions coming through now, Curtis Davies signed play off shirt soon 

Another great addition to the support for the rams heritage trust in raising funds for Reg Harrison’s memorial to his grass roots football achievements and of course the F A cup, this time from the legend that is Craig Bryson, been chatting with him this afternoon and he is right behind this, great support from him and once again shows his love of Derby !

on £750 already after 30 minutes

51 minutes ago, David said:

Just went to look, someone’s on the wind up ??

Not sure where we stand if we accept political donations !

What a fantastic gesture from @masonmount_10 to contribute to our fund to for Reg Harrison, a class act from a class player, a remembering the importance of grass roots football where everybody’s dream starts, not many make it but mason certainly has ! Thank you Mason, once a Ram
 

3 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Does seem odd the Club/players couldn't manage a donation between them, has it been seen/acknowledged?

Long way to go yet so hopefully that will change between now and then but I’m sure the great people of Derby will see it through even if the club doesn’t. ???

5 minutes ago, David said:

Not taking credit for Franks donation! Just the ones after ?

Oh yes mate, that was deffo you thanks, can’t stop them now  ??
joking aside though, thanks for your support @Davidand the special rate you have given the Rams Heritage trust for keeping the link pinned at the top of the page ! Top man ??

10 minutes ago, David said:

I’m taking credit for tweeting it out. My invoice is in the post @loweman2

I’m still waiting for your cheque to arrive davey lad ?

4 minutes ago, David said:

I’m taking credit for tweeting it out. My invoice is in the post @loweman2

Ok mate, or could be the information that I sent to him via mason mount though last week ? Whatever it was he is a top fella ! ?‍♂️??

40 minutes ago, GlastoEls said:

Frank really kicked it all off today didn’t he! Brilliant to see!

Yes really great wasn’t it. Nothing from or current team though despite the enormous coverage of the fact that it is in response to and to recognise Reg’s contributions to grass roots football, hopefully we will see some interest when the ones who started at grass roots make the connection.

50% there now ! https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/remembering-reg-harrison-bust-campaign/backers#start

come on Derby we can do this, we have been hearing how it wasn’t just football clubs that Reg set up at grass roots level in Derby but also youth clubs, he gave kids somewhere safe to hang out, some away from an abusive home life, he gave them safety and security!
That’s the Reg that we are paying tribute to !

He was doing this in the 70s and 80s when nobody had any money, he gave his time, hours and hours per week, long before the idea of giving a tiny part of your huge salary to get somebody to make meals for kids got you an MBE, yes money is tight for us all at the moment but any small amount will help us build something for future to remember the past, for younger generations to learn what some people did free of charge with no money ! Just a love for kids and football !

16 minutes ago, David said:

Frankie Lampard ???

 

16 minutes ago, David said:

Frankie Lampard ???

 

Great gesture from Frank responding to our cause, he spent a lot of time with Reg on the day he received his freedom of the city and struck up a relationship with him

1 hour ago, Kinder said:

My Dad’s company sponsored Ted’s kit one season, so we may have paid for this shirt! I remember we were all invited to a game once to say thanks and we met Ted. My brother and I were so star struck but couldn’t understand his thick Scottish accent!

If you have any of Ted’s shirts then please let me know ??

1977 ! The silver jubilee ! The sex pistols ! The Yorkshire ripper, The riots and then there was this beauty! What a time to be alive ! God save the queen ! the facist regime !

11 hours ago, GlastoEls said:

Hey Loweman, I say this just as a thought I had above: I wonder it's because the bust won't be housed at Pride Park where DCFC fans can see it but at Field Lane (which obviously far fewer people have a connection with). 

I'm not saying that's the case, nor that I think that, nor any comment on what's obviously a great project, but I did wonder.

1 hour ago, angieram said:

Ok, will probably get shot down for this but you asked.  £8,000 for a bust seems like a heck of a lot of money to me.

There are a lot of asks out there at the moment, I am putting money into food banks and things that make a practical difference in people's lives.

Maybe if the money was being spent on some more coaching for kids rather than something that is just nice to look at then more people would be inclined to give. A plaque instead to remember Reg could still be installed and at a fraction of the cost.

Nice one guys, nobody ever gets shot down for a bit of honest feedback and constructive criticism! There is obviously a reason that this isn’t working despite our best efforts, all of the above points have been considered, a stumbling block would appear to be location, it was our intention to honour regs work in the community and what he did for junior grass roots football at a local level, none more so than Field Lane FC that is a stones throw from his home where he was a central part of the community until his sad passing, yes he was the oldest surviving FA cup winner and yes he had a great career at Derby County, we wanted to try to do something slightly away from the club, Reg never played a Pride Park, if we were at the BBG then maybe that would have been better, also the Racecourse had been a consideration but there were so many hoops to jump through to even get the idea off the ground, we wanted to do something now not in three years time once permission was granted.

the other consideration is of course the cost, we approached the guy that did the Steve bloomer bust as we know of his work, he gave a much reduced price for what he would normally charge for a private commission and when we could get a personalised bust in regs memory and image it seemed a no brainier when compared to a plaque, it is approaching Christmas, people are on support schemes or have lost jobs, money is tight and there are probably more important choices to be made than donating to a crowd funder, especially one that is not a matter of life or death.

we shall see where we go, maybe if some local businesses wish to take part but this was for the people of Derby to fund initially and a way to thank Reg for his input into helping out so many youngsters.

as always thanks for the feedback and lets  hope that we can do it.

51 minutes ago, Boycie said:

Come on everyone, this is lagging a bit, so I’ve bumped it.

Nice one boycie, not sure what the issue is, we can as a fan base raise £6,000 for a flag for wisdom to put in an empty stadium but can’t raise more than a measly £1k for a 97 year old man who gave his all for the club, went to every game still, won the FA cup and more importantly than all of that introduced grass roots junior football to Derby and set up a number of clubs that are still going strong to this day having helped tens of thousands of kids, many of whom had nothing else in their lives apart from playing football ! Come on surely we can do better !

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/remembering-reg-harrison-bust-campaign/backers#start

Turn of the century DCFC away shirt, match worn Georgie “kinky” Kinkladze, the diminutive Georgian never did quite live up to his reputation in a rams shirt but on the few occasions that he did he was world class !

Cool, charismatic and class ! He had it all, the most talented and naturally gifted player to pull on a rams shirt at Pride Park, part of that great Jim Smith team.

A special player who hit the premier league like a earthquake! He really shook it up especially on his debut at old Trafford ! At times he looked like even he didn’t know what his legs were doing ! Halcyon days under Jim Smith and our new ground ! What a team that was !

Roy McFarlands No5 Le Coq Sportif away shirt from 1979, stunning in its colour and simplicity and visionary in its material composition!

Excellent! Thank you ! Need it to gather a bit of pace

1 hour ago, hales300k said:

Nice tribute to an FA Cup winner for the club we all love , chucked £30 in , look forward to seeing the bust in Alvaston , COYRs