Kathcairns

I have to put you right about the cinema. He didn’t lose his job but he had to go back to work despite having problems with his foot. Unfortunately, someone hacked his Facebook and changed his job details from Usher to former Usher. We think it may have been someone he knew for this reason. This really upset him as he was worried about his job at the time. It is partly the reason his posting on here slowed down as he had become worried about people accessing his accounts. I didnt find out about this until after he died. Some people can be very cruel. 

What I noticed yesterday is that so many more people were already in their seats 10/15 minutes before kick off allowing us to build up the atmosphere organically. 
 
Usually it’s half empty until 2.55 and then everyone piles up as kick off is about to happen. 
 
I’d like to see that continue so we can keep building up that atmosphere. We’ll need it next season. We’re likely going to have a tough time up there. There’s no stand out poor sides and our manager himself has acknowledged our squad needs huge changes. They’re going to need us fans to drag them over the line. 

Used my bus pass for the first time yesterday (apart from getting past the safe-standing ticket checks - twice!) and as I walked across the Morlege at about 9.15 I could see about a thousand people out on the pavement already. Derby was heaving with Rams already! A great day yesterday!

My dad is 97, in a residential home. Cant see photos to well, his sight not good. So when the weather is good going to take him in a wheelchair to see it. My dad has got s great sense of humour, and my daughter has told him its that big even he will be able to see it.😊

My grandson is doing it, so proud.

He's spending the summer learning several foreign languages to cater to our incredibly high number of overseas viewers

Just reminding you mucker, my grandson painted that😉

I met two florist ‘fans’ in a pub I was celebrating in last evening 🍻
I pointed out their poorer average and biggest attendances this season. They said it was the stadium size limiting. 
I asked them how often they go to the city ground 
oh we don’t go very often we follow them on tv 🤣

Your stats are indeed correct & proves what we already knew about the respective supporter base of both clubs.
I wanted to expand the idea a little further to the crowd numbers in the third tier for any team matching the 'what on earth are they doing at that level' criteria, beginning with Manchester City who dropped into then Division 1 for 1998-99. It also makes a nice 25 year stint for comparison with the crowds Derby have averaged in our 2 year stint down here. Full table below which shows just how loyal this fanbase have been - only Sunderland & Man City pip us on average crowds and of course, City were only down at this level for one season, we've had two.
I think it also starkly illustrates the gap in support between Derby & our local competition. When the going got really tough, we showed up in far greater numbers - true measure of support, true measure of loyalty.
 

Carlisle fan vlog. Pretty good watch, to be fair. Slightly too much filming of the back of the people in front of him, but good nonetheless. 
 
 

I've let mine go.
Health reasons meant that I only got to just about half of the games this season, so I will pick and choose my games from now on. By and large, I've liked this season as much as any since the poison dwarf promotion - probably more so. Sexy football is fine, but give me a couple of centre-backs with a 'do or die' attitude any day. It's a Jake Buxton thing.

I've just watched the highlights on YouTube. They looked identical to the previous 8 times I watched them. Marvellous!

What a weekend. just on Cloud 9 ! Great to see the nod to B4 and thinking about how much joy he'd have had at how things turned out. I never met him in person but feel that through those who did, that I now have some measure of the guy.
It just set me thinking though (and without wishing to put any kind of dampener on things) about all the other now departed Rams fans who never got to see us make the step back up again, including my Mum who we lost before Christmas - she was a season ticket holder of many decades who drove us to away games before I could drive. It's not a sad thought though, she'd have been absolutely buzzing today and would have loved all the scenes at the end. 🙂🐏 COYR

My grandson is doing it, so proud.

My grandson is doing it, so proud.

That's lovely that. Football just isn't the same without being able to go over the game with my grandad. I took his scarf yesterday, for some reason he bought a blue and yellow one instead of black and white. So if anyone here got hit in the face with a blue and yellow scarf when we scored yesterday, blame my grandad.

Genuinely thought the emotion from yesterday had waned a little, then you mention Birds and I well up again. As part of his pre match routine my Grandpa would pop to Park Farm to run his errands and always went into Birds to buy my Nana a cream bun, clearly to stay in her good books while he was at the match and a couple of jars deep afterwards, the daft old sod.
What a bloody good feeling it is to have that promotion secured for those of us still around and those watching from…somewhere else 🐏

I agree. his leadership & experience are vital for the scrap next season. he should get a one year deal if he wants it.

I wouldnt loan out Thompson, he is full of energy and a decent player. Good utility player, midlield or full back.

Well there's no reason for a rematch between Posh & Bolton, so we could do it all over again, and it wouldn't even matter if we lost!  
Sod it... Lets put in a complaint... The ref didn't play the allotted time, which we simply cannot accept!  
🤣🐏
 

Apparently today?? Love them

Regarding the two minutes not played at the end, my guess is that the ref got the word in his ear that the game at Posh had ended and there was therefore nothing to be gained by playing on. Getting the players off safely (and yourself obviously ref!) was the priority.