Bob Mash

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. 

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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For those who don't know, one of Derby's all-time great players, Alan Hinton, has written an autobiography about his extraordinary life, which included playing for England and winning two league titles with us, before moving on from Derby to Canada and America as a player and then becoming a very successful coach and "Mr Soccer" over there. I wonder if he was ever in the running to return to manage us? 
Here's a video that covers some of it. I've started it at the Derby section, but feel free to go back to the beginning.
The book isn't the easiest to get hold of. The DCFC Megastore stocked 100 copies, quickly sold them all, but currently aren't bothering to restock when I don't think it would cost them anything. I feel for Alan who has such a deep passion about Derby, and tweets about the club from his home in Seattle most days, and has written what looks a great book, but it's really hard to get hold of. Right now the only way seems to be through this Wolves site (which is the publisher who has done it with him): https://wolvesbooks.net/ ticking "Triumph and Tragedy".
If anyone has a contact with the Megastore it would be great if they could raise stocking the book with them. The publisher tells me he would personally deliver books to the Megastore at no cost (as he did with the first 100), so I think the club simply needs to sell them and keep a share of the profits.
It's available from Amazon.com in America https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Tragedy-Alan-Hinton-Story/dp/1999671953/ but oddly the publisher's not even selling it through Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Triumph-Tragedy-Alan-Hinton-Story/dp/1999671953 or doing an eBook.

Just in case any Forest fan reading this post - if your counting on one hand, you will have 1 finger left over. 

Sounds like this bloke I know. Bald, glasses, mid-fifties, answers to the name Mel?

Oh come on!  Have you not heard of the speed of sound?  
Stand in the centre circle, and I bet we are all in perfect time with each other.  I'm convinced of it!  ?

Legend. Needs a statue as big as the baseball ground, actually, just rebuild the baseball ground and we can move back over there. 
 

At least not that I'm aware of.
Sorry if that headline seems insensitive, but it may look like clickbait if I just post his name when he's ok.
I'm just interested if anybody has info on Arthur - or even, journalistic speculation Colin?
It all went south at the end, but that man is up there with Clough, Mackay and TBE as the greatest Rams managers in my lifetime.
I had some of my happiest Derby memories (and I watched all the home European games) watching that team rebuild in the 3rd division.
Maybe it was the fact that, as now, we had sunk so low and Arthur dragged up back up again because Clough's team was harder to break down, Mackay's more likely to put 4 past you, and Jim's more likely to attack you with pace on the counter, but I just loved that team.
For those of you old enough to remember Kevin Wilsons explosive start to that season, how shocking was it that Coxy promptly sold him?
Stunning and dumb eh?

Dumb like a fox when he used the money to bring in Micklewhite and, was it Gregory? Callaghan maybe? I dunno, come on stat fans, enlighten me who he used that money on!
I was listening to an interview with Robert Lee the other day and he was complaining at how poor Newcastle were at honouring old heroes. Derby are quite good in fairness and maybe AC wants his privacy, but duck me, I'd love to see the man introduced to the PP crowd. I'd even drive up from Cornwall to see it.
I just hope he's well as I know he had major back issues even when he was manager.

Well lads you do so well turn around -12 around be on plus 2 but if was not for points ducetions I truly believe we should be in top 2 but as things stand we are not but now is the time to regroup and keep fighting with everything you have and to me you are champions. 
You are showing warriors you are that are black and white Derby county and also showing what ram show and it meaning. I am asking you once more show that banker gibson and efl that we are not going no were we are here and hear to stay.

You were implying that it isn't sensible to challenge people who are out of order.
I think it's eminently sensible and will continue to do so.

Some of my Brummie and Black Country friends are massive Rams fans!
You only have to look at the domiciles of many on this fansite to appreciate the inaccuracy of this argument.

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. 

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. 

Im not advocating Ashley, or any of the names listed, but all I think is this. The club has a real chance of going bust. Not existing. No Derby county. It is that serious. The club my dad has been a ticket holder for over 45 years and myself 25 plus. I can't comprehend not going with him to watch the club we both love.
For me, at this moment in time all I care about is this club surviving. I couldn't give a rats about Ashley and his time at Newcastle if I am honest, or evans and his time at Ipswich.
If you are starving you don't turn down boiled pasta because you would rather have lobster. You could be dead before anyone does.
The dream ticket will not arrive.
This will not be fixed in a couple of years. This will take 10 years. I think we have to embrace that.

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. 

That's a tough one and I think it's hard to say to people that they can't form a new group. We are a free society! 
In the world of social media things move quickly, for example DCFC fans has thousands of subscribers and many more viewers. But it isn't constituted to be democratic (nor should it be!) 
However, groups that are governed by a constitution, like Rams Trust, aren't always as able to get a quick response from their members. So they have to try and represent as best they can. Although since I joined I am pretty impressed with their information flow - to their members, at least.
I'd say similar for the local Supporters Clubs, many of whom don't meet regularly, made worse during covid.
The groups do seem to be working well together at the moment and long may it continue. This isn't a time for bickering amongst ourselves.

@TheSlate why are you giving me angry reactions to my posts? 
I am just reporting facts and information from Rams Trust. I have joined them as I feel more people need to get involved to help our club, now and in future.
If you've got a problem with that, say what it is.
 

I work in Birmingham and I can honestly say nobody hates us or likes us. We're totally irrelevant outside of the East Midlands 

Finishing off, as it were, in bubbles. 

I am writing this, largely out of frustration, but I feel I need to get it off my chest.
My dad was a season ticket holder for 50-odd years and he died of cancer in September. (I joined him as a season ticket holder from 1987)
He had renewed his ticket for the 2020-21 season before the pandemic hit which was carried over into this season.
In April, when he knew he was too poorly to go again, he wrote to the ticket office advising as such and would therefore prefer a refund to the ticket for 2021-22.
He received a response saying that the club could not provide a refund as the deadline had since passed.
As a result, I wrote to the club in July to see if an amicable solution could be found to transfer his ticket to my friend who would pay the difference from a 65+ ticket to a standard adult one, then paying my dad for the rest of the ticket.
I heard nothing.  I chased again twice and still heard nothing.
In an attempt to try and sort it out before the season ticket deadline (after my dad had recently died and after Derby had gone into administration), I went to the ticket office and was advised the process would be that my friend would have to buy the ticket in full and my dad could get a refund on his seat, due to his death.
I therefore paid for my friend’s seat (which was my dad’s seat) in full for my friend and gave details with regards to getting a refund.
This week, the SLO contacted me to say that it would be possible to upgrade his seat to my friend and to contact the ticket office accordingly, in response to my email sent in July.
When I explained what I had already been told by the ticket office, I received another email advising that due to the administration events, no refund could be given at all.
So, Derby County have taken my dad’s money and my friend’s money for the same seat, have given me conflicting information and are now reneging on returning my Dad’s refund (which would have obviously gone to my mother).
I have requested that I get his season ticket back but for a different seat, as I can either bring someone else, or sell it on to recover some of the cash, but have had no response so far.
I can’t express how poorly I have felt Derby have handled this, (effectively costing me over £300) and it shows how much they valued my dad as a “customer”, when their lack of providing the correct information or acting in a timely manner could have seen this resolved.
Overall, I’m really saddened that this becomes my Dad’s final legacy with the club that he loved.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.