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20/3/2004, Derby 4 Nottingham Forest 2.

20/3/2004, Derby 4 Nottingham Forest 2.

20/3/2004, Derby 4 Nottingham Forest 2.

My 23rd Birthday what a great present ?

AFC Richmond scans well.

10/3/1999, Derby 2 Aston Villa 1.

The Chelsea freehold would never be for sale anyway..that was secured years ago to ensure the site would not be sold to property developers.

Chelsea £3bn asking price, excludes stadium freehold and club name, ground needs re-developing. Debts w/o. Unlikely to get asking price.
Derby range £30m - £50m, includes freehold fairly modern stadium that could be expanded. End price maybe £40m/£50m.
Derby likely to be a good investment for someone...

If Ashley's still in (and I've seen nothing to suggest that he's pulled out) then we have a bidder still there who's got the financial clout. He'll just be wanting to get the best deal... you don't get rich in the first place by spending more money than you need to.
COYR ?

Looks like Ashley taking a pragmatic approach to the various Derby t/o issues to see how much the total cost amounts to solving them all, then taking a view as to whether he'll run with it. Sounds like a sensible way forward.

Looks like Ashley taking a pragmatic approach to the various Derby t/o issues to see how much the total cost amounts to solving them all, then taking a view as to whether he'll run with it. Sounds like a sensible way forward.

Looks like Ashley taking a pragmatic approach to the various Derby t/o issues to see how much the total cost amounts to solving them all, then taking a view as to whether he'll run with it. Sounds like a sensible way forward.

Looks like Ashley taking a pragmatic approach to the various Derby t/o issues to see how much the total cost amounts to solving them all, then taking a view as to whether he'll run with it. Sounds like a sensible way forward.

Looks like Ashley taking a pragmatic approach to the various Derby t/o issues to see how much the total cost amounts to solving them all, then taking a view as to whether he'll run with it. Sounds like a sensible way forward.

Just jumping in on the comments about the history and heritage of the club, it is something that a few of us have been actively doing for a number of years at huge personal expense, though i must also say that there have been some fantastic people who see the value in the preservation of the clubs history greater than the pound and have donated precious items, i am one of the founders trustees of the ramsheritage trust along with @cstand and a few other like minded individuals and we pool our collections together to do pop up displays, the Derby County Collection run by club historian Andy Ellis has been doing this for years and we plan on doing future events together and as soon as covid has passed these will be more prevalent.
i always cite the Arsenal museum as a great example of what can be done, its a relatively small building and is all about the history of their club rather than the trophies that have been won and it is done as a time line, it uses modern day lighting techniques very well and display screens with looped video footage, crowd sounds and of course many exhibits, it just has somebody on the door who over sees it, free entry is granted to anybody who does the ground tour, after spending three hours with Charlie George it was the perfect and most interesting end to the tour
its not a money making exercise its just an opportunity for fans to learn and engage with the past.
the past and the history of a club is integral to the now and the future, without the past there would be no club.
i started off as a normal fan as a kid, dad taking me then going with my mates home and away then as i got older i wanted to learn more, that's why i have been researching with Jason and Andy for the book about the history of the shirts and the colours, you then start to find out with the help of Peter Seddon about the meetings in the old bell in saddler gate about how the club was formed and where those players came from, the fact that Derby County was not the best club in Derby but because of the connections it had it became the only club in Derby, lots of intrigue.
so don't write it off as being boring, engage where possible and promote where possible, it is actually quite interesting and who knows this time next year we may have the opportunity to build something permanent.
if anybody has anything up in those attics or sheds then drop me a line at mail@phillowe.co.uk or message on here.

Not to mention a museum wouldn’t just be for avid Derby county nerds. As one of the founding members of the league, we’ve got more history than most. Football nerds in general would probably fancy a look round on an away day. 

If space could be found inside the ground, with interactive activities, video/TV screens, old kits/items...plus a few things to buy...surely it could be done fairly inexpensively? Maybe use it for schools in the week if was done in the right way, indoctrinate the locals!

Absolutely. Many smaller (and trophy-less) clubs have impressive dedicated museums to celebrate their past. A museum can be a stimulus to sell club merchandise, refreshments, get fans to the ground earlier and so on.
Our history deserves proper recognition and display - plenty of rare DCFC artifacts in the collection are lying in a lock-up. Shame!
Active fans wish to contribute and curate, at all levels at DCFC and many clubs - and anyone dismissing heritage as being for the benefit of 'a few football nerds' badly disrespects volunteers and contributors: they are the ones who initiate and energise campaigns to bring projects such as the Bloomer and Clough & Taylor statues, giant flag and other historical celebrations to reality. 
C O Y R
 

A museum isn’t meant to be about making money though. There are all sorts of weird and niche museums in the world, like the lawnmower museum. How many people visit that? But those that do will be glad it’s their and that someone is curating the history of lawn mowers.
It doesn’t have to be anything too big and fancy. We’ve already got a trophy cabinet, just extend that with a few other photos, old kits and memorabilia. We just need some sort of formal space to reserve our history so anyone who wants to see it or research it in the future is able to and it doesn’t all get forgotten about in some dusty attic. 
Our history is as precious as our trophies. 

Nothing against Newcastle Utd or its fans personally,  but I just don't get why they hated Ashley so much, they got relegated but he ensured they went straight back up comfortably, flogged them to a multi billion pound organisation all be it flogging is part of there custom
 
If Newcastle do get relegated this season, I predict now, they will break ffp by more than any club has ever done before, they will go straight up, and they won't ever be seen in the Championship ever again, so never ever facing any charges, or punishment......if they do, it will be a paltry fine, the same as QPR got
 
Ashley in, we need some clout, and some ruthlessness, I honestly think this bloke will get us sorted financially, even if his end game is financially making himself richer

All of this is why we need someone of Mike Ashley's clout. 

08/01/1983 Derby 2 Notts Forest 0
 

28 points in first half of season, 21 deducted, stand on 7.
44 points last season, just stayed up.
So maybe need 37 more, that's 9 more than achieved in the first half of the season.
Could be done...

28 points in first half of season, 21 deducted, stand on 7.
44 points last season, just stayed up.
So maybe need 37 more, that's 9 more than achieved in the first half of the season.
Could be done...

28 points in first half of season, 21 deducted, stand on 7.
44 points last season, just stayed up.
So maybe need 37 more, that's 9 more than achieved in the first half of the season.
Could be done...