Bob Mash

On 13/11/2021 at 22:10, Kinder said:

I’ve played at both of those in a previous band, great venues.

Which band mate? 

Not forgetting Brian Travers who also sadly left us this year. Two weeks after his passing, before the last act of the weekend at Moseley Folk Festival, Richard Hawley, the dj played 'Food for Thought'. The crowd as one burst into song. Really moving stuff. ❤️

Culturally, Derby needs something to liven it up. The city seems to be dying on it's ass and that's without mentioning the football. Without a central venue, Derby seems a bit soulless. The Assembly Rooms really is missed. 

On 07/11/2021 at 19:58, BaaLocks said:

UB40 are not everyone's cup of tea. Don Letts calls them the Status Quo of reggae and much of their cover version songs are called in by numbers.

But their first few albums, Signing Off, Present Arms are true pillars of their time. They sang political like few bands ever, ever achieve and rarely get the credit they deserve as agents of change in race relations and social equality.

Such a shame they ended up falling apart, it was a gruesome unwinding but that shouldn't spoil appreciation for their early years.

Still highly regarded in Birmingham, by music fans regardless of whether they are into the band or not. Their contribution to modern multi cultural music has been huge. 

Went to the Sea Power in Edinburgh, Jarvis and Black Pumas in Birmingham. All fantastic. Going to see Shame in Brum tonight also. Sadly Idlewild at Stourbridge this Saturday has been postponed til next year due to a covid outbreak in the band. Been to a few pub gigs over the last week too at The Flapper and Sunflower lounge. Amazing raucous atmosphere at all the gigs. Great stuff. The only thing I haven't missed is the price of drinks in the larger venues - £6+ on average!! 

6 hours ago, MuespachRam said:

I haven’t been to a Supers game for a couple of years and the one thing that struck me at Barnsley this week was the shear amount of little young vermin we have following this mighty club now. 
is It that I have all of a sudden got really old…? I’m not so sure. 
At Barnsley, they were horrible, vile little creatures….but was It exactly what I was like in the 80’s….probably?

Totally agree about our new vermin followers. It's been building for a few years now. Personally I think they're worse than their 80s counterparts. There's a cocky misplaced arrogance about some of the scroats who follow Derby now that I don't remember being there years ago. One incident that stands out from one of my last away trips (I won't go away again) - on the way back from Peterborough one of our 'ultras' couldn't wait to go to the toilet, kept hammering on the loo door and then decided to pee in the carridge in front of a young family who had returned from a holiday, suitcases etc, turned to us and said 'we're all Derby aren't we?' Never felt so ashamed to support Derby. The same geezer and his mates fortunately got their comeuppance at Birmingham City by attempting to 'take' a pub in Digbeth. On this occasion I was glad to witness them spill out of the boozer, wild west style by a much older group of Blues. From what I've heard, a similar thing happened in a Coventry pub the other week too. 

1 hour ago, Reggie Greenwood said:

Yuk can’t stand that almost and bad as YNWA 

I love the song but wasn't serious about dcfc adopting it, hence me saying that all we had to do was sing in time together. The Pride Park crowd can't clap or shout Derby at the same time at the end of Bloomer so several minutes of chanting in unison would be a non starter. Apologies for not making this obvious. 

By the way, what is YNWA? 

Hey Jude.. Well the last four minutes or so. We only have to sing 'Nah nah nah nah nah nah Derby' in time together. Dead easy....?

4 hours ago, Mucker1884 said:

One of my all time fondest Rams memories is of that single spotlight amongst the otherwise pitch-dark BBG, on his testimonial night.

Literally nothing and nobody to see, other than the main man himself.

No idea who we played.  Clueless about the score.  But that image still lingers bright in my mind.  Beautiful!

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My first ever game. I was Six years old and sat in the B stand I think. Remember the noise and atmosphere but didn't know at the time about his personal circumstances and would have been too young to process it I guess. The Rams lost 2-6 to an England XI. 

Forgot to say, I can't remember any details but pop in to the Babb and talk to the drunk looking bloke at the bar and he'll tell you. 

I heard a rumour this afternoon that on the one hand was unbelievably exciting and yet at the same time devastatingly depressing. I'd had a few pints and wasn't really listening and the bloke who told me kept punching himself in the face. Babb spoons Derby. 

Doesn't matter what the song is, it would be sung at a different speed in each stand, out of time and out of tune. We can't even manage the Derby bit at the end of Bloomer 

Apparently the centrepiece of Derby's cultural bid is a pub crawl followed by a kebab at Mcturks. That'll swing it in Derby's favour I reckon. 

I don't live in Derbyshire and apart from comments about how surprised people are that we're in such a mess, fans of other clubs don't seem to care about us one way or the other. We're certainly not '' seriously disliked' universally. I bet most fans don't think about us at all. 

Apologies if it's been suggested and I missed it but Harry J Allstars 'the liquidator' would be much better suited to us in our current financial plight than Chelsea, West Brom, Wolves and anyone else who uses it. Plus for those that can't sing in time, in tune or at all, you only need to shout 'duck off Forest, The Rams' every now and again. 

7 minutes ago, Philmycock said:

Where are all the Wembley fans? 

Well, they were at home today against Abbey Rangers and lost 2-3 so I imagine most of them were at their ground. Not sure why any of them would be at Pride Park to be honest. Combined counties North league I think. We've got a long way to drop before we hit their league and I imagine we're too far away from the South East to qualify for that division. Hope that helps clear up your enquiry. 

I'm not going to the game. I know another 6 ex season ticket holders who are also staying away, not just from the next match but from the club generally. We've all got reasons that keep us from going at present as I'm sure do thousands of others. We live in uncertain times and for many people, football is not a priority. 

19 minutes ago, Charlotte Ram said:

Yes, I was bought up on a council estate in chaddesden, I think I know about poor

Then why are you suggesting that people in poverty can afford to waste £50 each when there's bills to pay and food to put on the table? 

We lost as a result of Karmic forces. Birmingham City employ a soothsayer called Don Rivel, whose job is to detect negative energies that are directed at the club and fans. Like us at the Baseball Ground, St Andrews has long been cursed. Don had a spiral from the East and acted accordingly. Zen relayed to him the news that Derby County fans were describing Brummies as Yam Yams. Don, in turn passed this information on to the Blues players pre match. Furious at the regionally inaccurate description, the team came out all guns blazing and put the hapless Rams to sword, like lambs to the slaughter. 

17 minutes ago, Charlotte Ram said:

How to speak Brummie lesson 1 based on working next to the Blues ground for 6 years

Ordering A pint of beer - English

I would like a paint of beer please, - Brummie

Painting your front door - English

I would like to pint my front door - Brummie

Oh dear. And this is what I'm on about....

40 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Having been to Watford, I would think they'd embrace the opportunity not to be tarred with it for a bit.

Haha. Good point. 

5 hours ago, angieram said:

Well, I can't hear the difference.

I'm from 12 miles north of Derby but Derby folk think I'm from Yorkshire! 

I'm from Often originally (left in the 80s) and think Amber Valley accents are ace. Really distinct with a definite 'northern' influence. Really like Chezzy '(town') accent too. The Derby City accent on the other hand is really dull by comparison. 

5 hours ago, Foreveram said:

Ok, would you like us to stop calling the red dogs Notts forest as well

Feel free to carry on with that one... 

1 hour ago, 24Charlie said:

It’s the whole point. The fact that it’s wrong winds them up more. It’s hard for them to counter that chant as they have to somehow explain that it’s the Black Country not Birmingham, by which time you’ve fallen asleep. It’s a bit like calling For*st, Notts For*st on purpose as we do.

If only that was true. It doesn't wind them up at all. They just think Derby fans are a bunch of thick bumpkins. Conversation a couple of years ago in the south stand following the 'Birmingham's a poo hole' chant (and Derby isn't?!!) a bloke behind me says 'it is a poo hole an all, Wolverhampton, Walsall, all of Birmingham is'. Groan... That's like saying Derby is part of Nottingham. And don't get me started on the goobers who sang 'we hate cockneys' to Watford fans...

Got a lot of time for Blues. Know loads of them and they're a sound bunch. Never had any issues there with them, unlike Wolves who truly are a filthy lot.  Also, can our fans not call them yam yams? Really embarrassing and not accurate. If you want to chant it, save it for West Brom.