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Cambridge at home and Shrewsbury away, cannot think of the last one.
 

Cambridge at home and Shrewsbury away, cannot think of the last one.
 

Daniel was such an infectious lad and you've clearly gleaned how much love there is out there for him amongst us lot. One of things that has struck me most we've even had supporters from other clubs who have posted here, some signing up to do so. I've never seen that before on here and I think it's a fitting testament to a lad who really was Mr Derby.
Of course it's bittersweet for you and your family, but I think you've shown a deal of the same qualities as B4 and have been very brave and dignified, even if there were times when inwardly you felt anything but. FWIW, I think we are all delighted to have made your acquaintance too (it's definitely helped us having you on here too) and you can rest assured that there will always be support when you need it from our occasionally dysfunctional, but usually compassionate members. We're here for you in B4's stead and we'll always do our best to share some B4isms and funnies to cheer you up should you feel down. There's a big back catalogue and trust me when I say that we've barely scratched the surface!
With love and respects to the you and your family,
86 x

I remember it well, we used to have a coach to away games. I remember one season when we lost our first few away games by one goal and celebrated our first away point at Oxford in a nil nil draw. We also played a charity football match against Villa supporters with a football league referee, I was the emergency goalkeeper when the proper one didn't turn up. The club lent us an old first team kit and we won 4-1, if memory serves me right.
I remember us having one practice game first, against some trainee priests in Sutton Coldfield, in our pre-match talk in the dressing room, we all agreed not to swear and to be polite on the pitch. The dirty foul mouthed bunch beat us 2 nil.😂

There should be one more block, plus I think there is a few rows in the existing block still to open.

Fair play to him, that's the way to answer your critics, including me. Well done Paul

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It has been a pretty good November for the rams (Crewe aside). DavesaRam mentioned in another thread about how we  traditionally do well in November.  It is something I have long suspected, certainly in my time following Derby since the late 70s, so while idly flicking through my copy of the complete record I thought I would see how true it is.  Apologies to our younger viewers, I have only looked at the 80's and early 90's so far (1979-1990). A very turbulent time in the history of the club with a fall and rise in fortunes over the the decade.
Out of a total of 53 games played in November we won 26 (49%) drew 18 (34%) and lost 9 (17%). Some memorable home wins during that period were v Forest 4.1 (1979), v Lincoln 7.0 (1985), Man City 6.0 (1989).  Away wins included v Stoke 2.0 (1986), v Southampton (2.1) v Spurs 3.1 (1988),2.1 (1989), v Villa 2.1 (1988).  I was lucky enough to have gone to most of these games, which is probably why I think November is such a good month as a Derby fan.  Be interesting to see if the theory still holds for more recent seasons, but I cannot be arsed! 
 

We went 6/6 in the Billy Davies season.
McClaren went 7/8 in the 2013/14 season, while winning six on the spin in his return after Nigel Pearson.
In 2014/15 and 2015/16 after somewhat slow starts we really hit form in November and topped the league around New Year. Both seasons we beat Ipswich away 1-0 around that time too.
Throw in Rowett and Lampard where we also surged up the table and late autumn, early winter has mostly been a good time for us.
The only one where I can think of the opposite was under Nigel Clough after Kuqi left. 

Derby have certainly gone on runs of good form in the late Autumn/early Winter in the past. It’s been noted by some managers successful of promotion in the past that a side need at least 2 good runs of form in a season to give themselves the best chance at going up. One is around the time we do it, the other run should be March onwards as the season starts to wrap up. That’s where our issues have been recently.
I’d like to think our good run currently can carry on into the new year, but it will be important that this team pick up form again in the Spring

Phew, just managed to get one!

Phew, just managed to get one!

Phew, just managed to get one!

oh good we can continue to chant 'how s**t you must be you be, you sit down away' to the poor unfortunates in the lower tier.

It has been a pretty good November for the rams (Crewe aside). DavesaRam mentioned in another thread about how we  traditionally do well in November.  It is something I have long suspected, certainly in my time following Derby since the late 70s, so while idly flicking through my copy of the complete record I thought I would see how true it is.  Apologies to our younger viewers, I have only looked at the 80's and early 90's so far (1979-1990). A very turbulent time in the history of the club with a fall and rise in fortunes over the the decade.
Out of a total of 53 games played in November we won 26 (49%) drew 18 (34%) and lost 9 (17%). Some memorable home wins during that period were v Forest 4.1 (1979), v Lincoln 7.0 (1985), Man City 6.0 (1989).  Away wins included v Stoke 2.0 (1986), v Southampton (2.1) v Spurs 3.1 (1988),2.1 (1989), v Villa 2.1 (1988).  I was lucky enough to have gone to most of these games, which is probably why I think November is such a good month as a Derby fan.  Be interesting to see if the theory still holds for more recent seasons, but I cannot be arsed! 
 

Tired of endless replays for VAR?
No longer enjoying goals for fear of them being ruled out seven minutes later?
Then come to Pride Park in good old League One!
Rediscover the joy of calling officials a cant, a nib jacky or a winker as they make good old-fashioned mistakes.
No sign of technology being used, except from the morons who forget they’re at a live event and live their life through their phones.
No place here for Lineker and his tired old chums trying to decide whether having your shorts flap slightly closer to the goal gives you an unfair advantage.
Gasp as the ball reaches some eighty feet in the air, revel in the expert time-wasting and become one of many fans more expert than the managers.
You’ll never go back to Premier League and its robots.
 

I'm assuming that away tickets will be sold as either standing upper tier or sitting lower tier. If you buy a standing ticket then at least you'll expect to have to stand before you go.

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Rams
Are
My
Sunshine ... my only sunshine...

Rams
Are
My
Sunshine ... my only sunshine...

I was at Port Vale last night and the last word I'd use to describe it is boring! 
There was a great atmosphere among the Derby fans from kick off. We were brought together by the shared endurance of traffic jams, crap facilities (again), lack of organisation and over-officious stewarding pre-match.
I thought we played well and always felt confident of the win. Yes, they had some possession in midfield with neat and tidy play that contributed to a good game but they created very little,  whereas we looked dangerous every time we attacked - direct and strong. Their goalkeeper was clearly man of the match (didn't he have a stormer against us at our place last season, too?) Another night, one of those early chances goes in and the scoreline would have looked more comfortable. As it was, I felt sure we would score eventually as they tired. 
Wilson is rapidly becoming one of my favourite footballers. You can tell he's revelling in being fit and playing in front of the biggest set of fans of his career. But everyone played their part; I don't get the hate for Collins as he worked his socks off again and could have had two on another night.
What a dollop that Ikpeazu is! Referee should have booked him early for his wrestling/diving, would have cut it out. Instead it just gave Cashin an opportunity to make him look clumsy, which he did with aplomb. 
Hourihane needs to let someone else onto set pieces occasionally as the lack of delivery is noticeable.  He worked hard across the rest of the pitch though against their busy midfield and closed down well.
What a classy goal to decide the game. Barkhuizen's harrying won the ball back, a peach of a low cross from Mendez-Laing and JJ finished with aplomb. Anyone else would have took a touch and the defender  cleared it. But that young man has quality and he showed it just when needed. In his celebration right in front of us he looked quite emotional,  another player hoping to put his injury demons behind him. I hope he does, because if he can keep fit he could help fire us to promotion this season.
Come on you Rams! ⚽️