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An absolute Spanker of a shirt, seldom seen round these parts !
The 1985-86 away shirt from the Arthur Cox third division promotion season, worn predominantly by loyal servant to Derby County Paul Blades in what would be his break through season.

The shirt was worn in a number of away games that season.
Osca took inspiration from the 1977 Umbro away shirt of the same colours, a blend of the lighter blue of the early days and the darker blue of what was current.
The player shirt as seen here was of a lighter blue than the replica shirt.
A lovely piece of our history and a major turning point that season turned out to be.

Osca made the shirts that we wore on our journey back to the top.

#dcfcfans #dcfc

14 minutes ago, David said:

Disappointed. Saw the topic title and thought it was about me, was about to thank you all, yet no 🙄

that would have a quite different title heading young David !

2 hours ago, Raich Carter said:

Yep, I met him in the early 2000's and he really didn't feel much affinity with the club which was a real surprise to me. He felt Halifax and Leeds were more his clubs. He was a teeny bit cocky at the time (or perhaps I was just smarting that he didn't love Derby!) so perhaps he rubbed folk up the wrong way?

He was an agent of some sort then and was heavily involved in the Baino deal iirc so I suspect he was doing ok for income at that point. It's a shame to learn he's doing this type of job at his age.

29 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

From the interview he did with Rams TV he really seemed to have little interest in talking about his time here, reckoning he could remember nothing in particular re key moments  , other than that he was stiffed on a two year contract by Arthur Cox and the board when he came back and did very well on loan.  Reckons the deal he was promised went to Gabbiadini despite guarantees.  He seems to not quantify that 'supporters' of a club are not ' management' of a club and just looks at it the same.  I can see why he might have been aggrieved if it played out as he suggests but he does seem rather bristly and selective.

is it not about what he did on the pitch ? if you went on a regular basis you could help being in awe of him, we where at the bottom of our decline and just hit the bounce on his arrival, one AC arrived he moved him from number 8 to 9 when KW left? he then stayed loyal to the club when big moves came along, Arsenal wanted him at one stage but he stayed with us to see the journey through, there is an interview from the time somewhere where he says as much, yes he probably felt bitter towards how he was treated at the end.

To Derby County fans of a certain age this man was God, he was our generations Kevin Hector, his name would reverberate around the Baseball Ground for many years, even long after he had left us, it was his goals that dragged us kicking and screaming up the football league, Peter Taylor’s last moment of genius to add to those many legends he had spotted years before with his mate Brian.

Bobby is a super proud man, he still doesn’t understand the cult hero status that he holds in Derby with the fans, I think that it is a sad reflection on football that he is now working as a baggage handler at Leeds airport.

He should be walking around in diamond encrusted shoes, driving his Aston Martin, he has tried numerous years to let back into the club as a coach with the youth team but that became impenetrable under a certain individual and also MM.

He worked at St George’s for the FA for a number of years.

In my eyes he is an absolute legend of Derby County, an absolute idol as a kid, when everybody else had the keegans, dalglshes and Linekers we had Bobby, we might have been in the third division but it didn’t matter !

he never missed those one on ones with the keeper, he got his head in where it hurt and he had that great 80s moustache.

so heres to you Bobby Davison, Derby loves you more than you will know !

To Derby County fans of a certain age this man was God, he was our generations Kevin Hector, his name would reverberate around the Baseball Ground for many years, even long after he had left us, it was his goals that dragged us kicking and screaming up the football league, Peter Taylor’s last moment of genius to add to those many legends he had spotted years before with his mate Brian.

Bobby is a super proud man, he still doesn’t understand the cult hero status that he holds in Derby with the fans, I think that it is a sad reflection on football that he is now working as a baggage handler at Leeds airport.

He should be walking around in diamond encrusted shoes, driving his Aston Martin, he has tried numerous years to let back into the club as a coach with the youth team but that became impenetrable under a certain individual and also MM.

He worked at St George’s for the FA for a number of years.

In my eyes he is an absolute legend of Derby County, an absolute idol as a kid, when everybody else had the keegans, dalglshes and Linekers we had Bobby, we might have been in the third division but it didn’t matter !

he never missed those one on ones with the keeper, he got his head in where it hurt and he had that great 80s moustache.

so heres to you Bobby Davison, Derby loves you more than you will know !

This was the memento awarded to Derby County players of their European Campaign that ended at the semi final stage, a rare item and entrusted to my safe keeping by Alan Hinton, it has a Ram sitting on the letters EUFA and all of the teams that we played engraved on the base with Alan’s name on the top.

Something of interest and rarely seen, the night in Yugoslavia v Velez Mostar was hostile to say the least, so much so we appealed the result and went to UEFA headquarters to put our case forward, below is the basis for our appeal.

Jason Knight ..Knight…knight, love this lad, never stops running, never gets the full plaudits he deserves, 155 games and still only 22, great shirt to add to the collection !

How good has this lad been this season, a proper safe pair of hands! 

William Osula away shirt with Poppy arm band worn v Mk Dons to mark Remembrance Sunday also the first league game with the new NSPCC sponsorship gift, a great gesture from our club.

James Collins no 9 shirt from the Carabao cup tie at Anfield, also the black poppy armband worn by the players to show their respects for the glorious dead.

this was the first game that the shirts had the NSPCC charity logo in place of a sponsorship logo.

A great statement from the club away from the gambling and fast food logos of the previous regime.

this shows that we are a club at the centre of our community!

This Remembrance Day Derby County FC elected to show their respects to the fallen by wearing a black armband with a red poppy.

On 19/01/2023 at 00:23, Carl Sagan said:

Saw this on Twitter, Trevor East sporting a Rams shirt on Tiswas (alongside Sally James and Chris Tarrant):

That is the same shirt as worn by Trevor on Tiswas many times, it was given to him by his best mate Bruce Rioch ! He passed it into the collection a few years ago ! Nice red no4 on the back !

On 14/01/2023 at 00:10, uttoxram75 said:

We've been through some tough times, when you put all the horrendous Covid stuff alongside the financial firestorm of the Morris era together we are lucky to have a club left to support.

But we have a fantastic club to support, we still have our wonderful, stressful, beautiful club to support.

We are averaging 26,000 in the third division. We are selling out most away games, we are Derby.

I love this football club, I love everything about DCFC. I love the history, I love people like @loweman2 doing all the stuff about shirts, @Inverurie Ram with his Rams flag thread, 

Whatever happens this season, whether we make the play offs or even sneak into the autos, it doesn't really matter. 

Being part of the DCFC family is what matters.  We are Derby. Enjoy every game you go to and get behind the team.

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love you to mate x

we have got a great club and we have a few years whilst we are on this earth to keep it going, look to the future but always remember where we came from, we can all unite behind DCFC and let it distract us from the way this world is changing.

On 14/01/2023 at 15:37, Bob The Badger said:

I wanted to use the laughing and crying emoji at the same time!

Brilliant pic!

I shared this before so apologies if you read it then and I'm sounding more self indulgent than usual. But Roy gave my dad the shirt that he wore in the Charity Shield by way of thanks for him helping with his testimonial (I think)  his work  and I ducking lost it when we moved to the US. Still gutted about that because I wanted to give it to @loweman2

The woman on the right looks frighteningly like Princess Margaret. Was she a Ram?

And yes, I now I think about it the old man was initially friends with Jack and then later John.

A lot of staff thought the old man was a director because he was friendly with so many and then one day they asked him to become one.

I can still remember him telling us in the Sportsman Lounge after he'd been down in the players lounge. He was beyond excited.....until he found out how much cash they expected him to put into the club!

I have no clue what the amount was, or even if I ever knew, but I suspect it'd barely cover a days pay of a top league player nowadays. 

One person on here when I posted the photo originally asked what Roy Orbison was doing there not knowing it was my dad. Funny though!

please please find it xx

56 minutes ago, i-Ram said:

Yeah ok mate, I spose you’re right. Can’t wait for it to open out about the heads were cracked that day, and the scenes at the Railway station, and ……. well, you know.

What this kind of thing ??

10 hours ago, i-Ram said:

I was at this match. Good day. Makes us a bit tinpot though having a thread about beating Forest 40 years ago though. Aren’t we supposed to mock them for their nostalgic memories?

Mate you are tinpot !

this Sunday the 8th January it will be forty years to the day since we did this in the FA cup !!

The Baseball Ground was shaken to its very foundations !!

Curt has not been able to put it down ! A real page turner ! ??

Gaffer is loving it !

On 31/12/2022 at 14:24, Inverurie Ram said:

Thank you @loweman2

Perfect Christmas when Santa treats you to a Derby County Shirt and a brilliant The Colours of The Rams book.

Excellent and thanks for that @Inverurie Ramalways nice to see a positive report !

amazon have messed us around big time but I am pleased to report that the hardcover is finally available for the new updated 2023 edition via this link !

up the Rams !

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09KNGJ3N5

25 minutes ago, IslandExile said:

Apologies @loweman2, I've now watched the video and seen that your stuff is right there - which is fitting because the memorabilia that you - and others - collect is a visual backdrop to all our memories.

I hope @Brailsford Ram also contributes many of his stories. Oh for a memory recall such as he has!

Yes helping out where required but it’s time to let others come forward and contribute not the same old faces, it will be something very special if it can be pulled together, they are looking at letting it morph and develop at its own pace, sort of evolve as it goes along, not just written word in story format but videos, songs, poetry, paintings, thete is no agenda. I think it’s just about raising awareness and the creators to have the time to do it.

Could be something really positive if people get involved, it’s even laid on a plate for those who can’t leave the safety of their keyboards to contribute directly via the internet !

I got Toffs to make a one off for this shirt, links in the 1884-1895 Racecourse years shirts to the move to the BBG, this was the away shirt that was worn from 1895 to 1924 when the first badge was then applied, Steve Bloomer would have made many appearances and scored many goals in these colours and can be seen in the images below, they were also second division champions.

12 minutes ago, Inverurie Ram said:

Is the second version still available?

I will buy the third version also.

Have you any spares of this shirt?

I was going to buy a Bocini Kids Sublimated Striped Football / Soccer Jersey T-Shirt with Mesh Panels from Australia as it’s the nearest shirt I can find that looks like it with the the two stripes on the front.

And thanks for your help regarding the1923-26 Derby White Home Laced Shirt, it’s brilliant like the books and all the shirts within it.  

hey up inverurie i have sent you an email mate ! as always thanks for the support !! top man !