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1 hour ago, Alan Ramage 4 EVA said:

I had one similar but mine had an umbro badge on .It is now in Phils collection humour me with a photo Phil ?

There we go mate, one of my great supporters of the shirt collection project / obsession! It’s people like you @Alan Ramage 4 EVAthat have made this work ! Top fella !

25 years ago to the day this shirt was worn by Ashley Ward in the very first game to be played at Pride Park v Sampdoria ! 
25 years ago !! 
How can that be ? 

Next in the superb Alan Hinton collection is his official club jacket, worn with pride when they collected that 1st Division Championship trophy for the first time and then worn on all of those visits around Europe, another iconic piece of Rams history now preserved for the future generations of Rams fans. #dcfcfans @dcfcofficial 

The next item from Alan’s collection is his Watney Cup Final winners tankard awarded at the end of the match to the players along with the trophy.

it was a packed Baseball Ground and the young exciting Rams tore United apart who had Best, Charlton and Law in their side.

another piece of our fine history.

Watney Cup Final

Derby County 4 Manchester United 1

August 8, 1970

Manchester United, with Bobby Charlton, George Best and Denis Law in their team, were no match for Derby County.

The Rams ran out 4-1 winners in front of more than 30,000 at the Baseball Ground.

One 20-minute spell in the second-half brought back memories of the home annihilations of Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool the previous season, with four and five-man moves, all involving simple first-time passes to men running perfectly into spaces, carving the United defence to pieces.

Alan Durban was outstanding; Willie Carlin covered every blade of grass, and John McGovern never stopped running and finding space.

The front three of Kevin Hector, John O'Hare and Alan Hinton were in exciting, thrustful mood, while Dave Mackay sauntered imperiously through the game.

Roy McFarland was the man of the match - ruthless in the tackle and dominant in the air, without ever losing the elegance that is his trade-mark, the Derby Evening Telegraph reported.

The Rams goals came from McFarland, Hinton, Durban and Mackay.

The cup was presented by FIFA president Sir Stanley Rous.

Derby County: Green; Webster, Robson; Durban, McFarland, Mackay; McGovern, Carlin, O'Hare, Hector, Hinton.

Manchester United: Stepney; Edwards, Dunne; Crerand, Ure, Sadler; Morgan (Stiles, 57), Law (Fitzpatrick, 25), Charlton, Kidd, Best.

Referee: Mr K Walker (Maidstone)

Attendance: 32,049

#dcfcfans

1 hour ago, David said:

Yes, we are aware of the image issue and awaiting a fix from the server support team. It’s beyond our control.

As for the PM issue, the person you are sending one to may have disabled their inbox or it’s full and they need to clear some space to receive more.

thats funny dave as it was you ???? but saying that i tried to send one to myself also to test it and it said i wasnt able to receive messages aswell

Dave i cant upload anything to the forum mate, i have checked my storage space and thats ok, tried it on PC and Ipad, three different browsers emptied cache, so problem is at your end are you aware of it ? cant post a screen shot but it says "Sorry, an unknown server error occurred when uploading this file.

(Error code: -200)"

also cant send PMs as it says unable to recieve messages ?

im sure you are aware from posts above ! cheers

2 hours ago, Ewetube said:

Just a quick note @loweman2 to say a big thank you on behalf of all of us fans with a keen interest in the history of our club.

It must take a great deal of commitment and I would imagine you feel a great sense of responsibility gathering, curating and exhibiting such a collection. 

I guess it speaks volumes that so many former players are willing to contribute to the collection through the relationships you've built.

All the best and keep up the good work.

i really appreciate that thank you @Ewetube, it does take a lot of personal time not to mention money, thats why it is so fantastic when the ex players are willing to entrust me with their personal items to continue for the following generations rather than sell them at auctions, speaks volumes as many of them have very little when compared with modern day players, i love doing it and one day the fans will hopefully get a recognised official area where we can all share in them !

2 hours ago, IslandExile said:

Being exiled from Derby, my son has grown up as a Southampton fan (despite my best efforts). I don't mind him supporting the local team, especially now that we no longer live in Wakefield ?

Anyhow, my point is that we recently went on a stadium tour at St. Mary's and every corridor, every big money restaurant/viewing area (they're moving away from exec boxes) is adorned with history, memorabilia, shirts, player caps, photographs, trophies, documents, exchanged pennants and the like.

A Derby County museum within the ground would be great but, if a dedicated room/area isn't possible, then just have displays throughout.

Any chance of getting some photos or a link ? I’m looking for different ideas of displaying items ! Thanks for taking the time to reply ?

So the first thing to share from Alan Hintons personal collection is this superb European trophy, it spells UEFA, it was presented to the players in recognition of reaching the European Cup semi final, it is inscribed with Alan’s name and each of the clubs that they played in the competition Sarajevo, Benfica, Spartak Trnava and Juventus, a very rare and treasured piece of Derby County FC history. #dcfcfans #dcfc.

Roy and Brian Hinton.

So following on from Sir Alan Hinton sending me over his treasured signed and worn White Hummel boots to restore and share things then moved on a step further, Alans two younger brothers Roy and Brian came over to visit me, they brought some more of his books over from the publisher who is based near to where they live, as you can see from the photo there is no mistaking them for any other than Hintons, they were great company and full of stories of their older brother who was obviously their hero growing up before he was famous.

I have known Alan a long time maybe twenty years since he first came over to my mum and dads house with John O'hare for a cup of tea and we have always stayed in contact and i have always been over to see him whenever he comes to the UK which is most years so he knows what i am about and my ethics and what i try to do in putting together the history of teh club mainly through the shirts but also many other items of intrest that i rarely post.

I am not some sad old anorak i am a normal fella with a beautiful wife and a great son 12 year old son and a dad who i treasure and include him with what i do as it was him who started me on Derby County from birth so he can now endure the obsession as its his fault, i have built up an acquaintance and in some cases a friendship with many of the ex Derby County players especially those form the 70s and 80s for the obvious reasons that the team from 1968 to 1976 was legendary and the team from 1982 to 1990 was the one that i grew up with in my teen years and went on that fantastic journey with them, i am a genuine person and my collection is built upon trust that i wont use it for financial gain.

So back to Alan, himself and the family want me to put many of Alans Derby County related items into my collection, these will be shared with the DCFC family through events with the Rams Heritage Trust that many of you know i am one of the founding trustees with Jamie, Paul & Joe, we all have the clubs intrest at heart and our aim is to work closely with the new owner and to try and find a way of a display area being set up within Pride Park and maybe attach it to the ground tour, very much in the way that Arsenal have done it so well, made it all about the history of the club not just trophies. i will of course share items online as always, mainly through my twitter feed @phillowe1 as that way people can follow it who want to see it and it doesn't bore those who don't wish to see it.

I have built up a a good reputation online with many other football historians and collectors and work closely with Andy Ellis & Jason Shardlow on the book that we did and is updated each year with new content based on the shirt collection and the colours of the rams from 1884, i also speak with and spent time with Peter Seddon who endorsed the Racecourse Shirt collection of the first five shirts worn by Derby County, he actually is one of the 12 members of the collection.

There are some great items so i will post them over the next few days and hopefully this will become one of those posts that you can come back to each time you see it appear on the time line as new content will have been added.

Finally how great it is that we have our club back, for one moment a few weeks back i thought that we had reached the end game !

massive respect to David Clowes who really is just one of us ! 

Up the rams !!

25 minutes ago, Bob The Badger said:

Yeah, but yours weren't quite the same mate.

would have been nice to see those curling one in the top corner

9 hours ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

I have always worn white boots, at least partly inspired by stories my Grandfather would tell me about Hinton in his white boots.

On my debut for a local team one Saturday a 'senior' opposition player loudly asked just before kick off "What's the point in having flash boots like that if you're no good?", laughs go up on his side. Fifteen minutes in to the match I absolutely rifled one in to the top corner from the edge of the box, an absolute peach never to be repeated, so I ran past the fella who made the comment and gave him a pat on the head. 

Next time I got the ball he absolutely clattered me, got himself booked and then his manager subbed him at half time. My one and only example of making someone look an absolute mug on a football pitch.

Not sure what this anecdote contributes to this thread, but I enjoyed remembering it all the same!

Good man, all of my posts are intended to stir the grey matter and bring those memories to the surface ! Wherever they may come from !

3 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

 

However, being top scorer in the "1961-72 season" must have taken it's toll!  I bet he's still out of puff even now!  ?

What are you on about ??

10 minutes ago, Nishfan said:

Thank you so much for the invaluable work you’re doing. I really appreciate it.

it would be amazing if the club could have a museum at some stage. 
 

Don’t know about anyone else, but the possibility of DCFC ceasing to exist has made me appreciate these items even more. 

Thanks for the supporting words, there are a few of us and we could easily do a museum if the club facilitated it, once everything is in place on the pitch and the club begins to function again will have a sit down with Mr Clowes and hopefully make some progress ?

2 minutes ago, mozza said:

What a fantastic gesture from 'Gladys', treasure them forever, although it would have been interesting to know what they may have achieved at auction, had he gone down that route. Very valuable addition to your collection, look after 'em..

 

I took advice from the guy who does the leather and shoe repairs on the BBC program the work shop, I had to restore the soles and asked the best way to retain their authenticity but to also ensure they would be around in 100 years, I also invested in the UV protective display, Alan is really pleased with what I have done, many of the items that I have within the collection have a high individual value but I would never sell any of it, I have paid thousands of pounds to put it together over a very long time and got to know many of the ex players along the way over the years and have earned their respect so it’s nice when they see the bigger picture of what I am trying to do in preserving the history of the club, John Gregory recently let me take ownership of his collection of Derby shirts, it is my intention to sit down with David Clowes and to take things forward in such a way that we can all benefit and share in the history of the club, had you seen the project has been completed on the Racecourse years shirts ? The collection of five ?

The working man’s Theatre of Dreams, it’s a pleasure to work from here every day surrounded by this beautiful stuff ! 

Alan Hinton has always been interested in and appreciative of the work I put in to preserve the history and rich heritage of the club going back a long time so it was a great surprise to hear from him that he wanted to send over his iconic match worn, signed white Hummel boots from the early 1970s.

He was one of the first to go against the grain and you had to have confidence in your ability to stand out to that extent, he did of course have ability in abundance and could ping in a cross from any angle with either foot, he was also top scorer in the Championship Winning season in 1971-72.

A real piece of our history.

Was invited to take part in a great charity event last week, the annual Derby County all stars v Spondon CC for the Colin Bloomfield trophy with the DC Community trust.

it was great to see all of the faces showing such an interest and a thirst for the history of the club, it was the first outing for the Racecourse years collection Quintet, 

It’s always good to be able to meet people face to face and tell them about our heritage and do some stuff for a charitable cause.

We did is a the Rams Heritage trust, got some good backing from Owen Bradley and Charles Hanson.

it was a perfect day.

The massive flag that flew proudly above the centre of the main stand at the Baseball Ground in the days if Blue & White, the image from you tube is from the promotion match in 1987 v Leeds !

2 hours ago, Ramrob said:

I take it you’ll be adding today’s kit to the collection @loweman2? 

A beautiful example of Umbro 80s quality, John Gregory was our captain and also joint top scorer in the first year back in the top tier of English football, John has given me his whole collection from his Derby days, from third to first division what a journey and what a great era for those of us who experienced it truly great days following the Rams !

1 hour ago, BriggRam said:

Did he borrow this shirt off of 1 of the ladies team

 

What do you think ?

1986-87 second division champions, easily my greatest season following the Rams, the team with a few tweaks kicked on and went from strength to strength, this is John Gregory’s shirt, scored in it in that last game of the season v Plymouth, in fact scored all his goals in it that season ! Great player !