SirBrian

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

For God's sake all you doom and gloom merchants and know alls give it a break, surley CK is not clueless and knows that the stadium will not be an issue or he would have walked away, not willingly take over the running of Derby County and paying the bills.
Smile and be happy, think positive we have a great owner who loves sport and we also have a great manager who loves the club, it takes more muscles to frown than too smile, happy days are here again!!!

Hosking on his way to the next meeting.

Me... staring at DCFCFANS since I woke up this morning..

She’ll be safe. Sibbo couldn’t score in a brothel and Stretton is always injured ?

Leeds City Ram and Brailsford Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane, what a wonderfull season that was, my heart should be full of joy, sadly with what is going on at the club it feels more broken. Did not miss a home game and went to most away games, and living in Crich at the time transport was a pain and you had to go and queue at the ground for a ticket and the queue appeared miles long and you just hoped the shutters did not come down before you got to the front.
European Cup semi final ticket, had spoke to Colin Boulton and his wife( forgive me cannot remember her name) in the Hurt Arms, Ambergate over a few wednesday nights early doors, then one night Colin gave me a ticket for the Juventus game for which promptly paid him the face value, a memory which never will be forgotten.

Leeds City Ram and Brailsford Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane, what a wonderfull season that was, my heart should be full of joy, sadly with what is going on at the club it feels more broken. Did not miss a home game and went to most away games, and living in Crich at the time transport was a pain and you had to go and queue at the ground for a ticket and the queue appeared miles long and you just hoped the shutters did not come down before you got to the front.
European Cup semi final ticket, had spoke to Colin Boulton and his wife( forgive me cannot remember her name) in the Hurt Arms, Ambergate over a few wednesday nights early doors, then one night Colin gave me a ticket for the Juventus game for which promptly paid him the face value, a memory which never will be forgotten.

Leeds City Ram and Brailsford Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane, what a wonderfull season that was, my heart should be full of joy, sadly with what is going on at the club it feels more broken. Did not miss a home game and went to most away games, and living in Crich at the time transport was a pain and you had to go and queue at the ground for a ticket and the queue appeared miles long and you just hoped the shutters did not come down before you got to the front.
European Cup semi final ticket, had spoke to Colin Boulton and his wife( forgive me cannot remember her name) in the Hurt Arms, Ambergate over a few wednesday nights early doors, then one night Colin gave me a ticket for the Juventus game for which promptly paid him the face value, a memory which never will be forgotten.

Leeds City Ram and Brailsford Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane, what a wonderfull season that was, my heart should be full of joy, sadly with what is going on at the club it feels more broken. Did not miss a home game and went to most away games, and living in Crich at the time transport was a pain and you had to go and queue at the ground for a ticket and the queue appeared miles long and you just hoped the shutters did not come down before you got to the front.
European Cup semi final ticket, had spoke to Colin Boulton and his wife( forgive me cannot remember her name) in the Hurt Arms, Ambergate over a few wednesday nights early doors, then one night Colin gave me a ticket for the Juventus game for which promptly paid him the face value, a memory which never will be forgotten.

Leeds City Ram and Brailsford Thank you so much for taking me down memory lane, what a wonderfull season that was, my heart should be full of joy, sadly with what is going on at the club it feels more broken. Did not miss a home game and went to most away games, and living in Crich at the time transport was a pain and you had to go and queue at the ground for a ticket and the queue appeared miles long and you just hoped the shutters did not come down before you got to the front.
European Cup semi final ticket, had spoke to Colin Boulton and his wife( forgive me cannot remember her name) in the Hurt Arms, Ambergate over a few wednesday nights early doors, then one night Colin gave me a ticket for the Juventus game for which promptly paid him the face value, a memory which never will be forgotten.

Monday 8th May 1972 & title D-Day for Derby, Leeds & Liverpool
A week after Derby finished their league campaign, Leeds & Liverpool played their final matches of 71/72 knowing exactly what they needed to do to win the title. This was a massive advantage both had over Derby & something that would never be allowed to happen in the modern era because of the risk of ‘result manipulation’ – something it later emerged Leeds had attempted to do…
The permutations on the night were straight forward;
·        Derby would win the title if Leeds lost & Liverpool didn’t win
·        Leeds needed only a point away at Wolves to win the title
·        Liverpool needed to beat Arsenal at Highbury & for Leeds to lose
Leeds were therefore favourites going into the evening & 2 days after winning the FA Cup, were in confident mood to secure the double - as per below sycophantic back page. Wolves however were not straightforward opposition – they had reached the UEFA Cup Final & were particularly strong at home, as Derby had found out the previous November;
 

 
That evening, 55k crammed into Molineux with a further 40k at Highbury and thousands more listening on the radio, many of them anxious Derby fans. Onto the action & the timeline of the evening;
13 mins – Emlyn Hughes hits the crossbar for Liverpool at Highbury but the ball stays out – Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0
16 mins – Ray Kennedy of Arsenal plants a header against the post – still Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0
25 mins – furious appeals for a penalty at Molineux as Leeds claim Bernard Shaw of Wolves handled on the line. Ref unsighted & linesman doesn’t flag. Still Wolves 0 Leeds 0 - Leeds are top & heading for the title as things stand
43 mins – Wolves take the lead through Frank Munro. Wolves 1 Leeds 0 & Derby are back top of the table
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ArJjYAqxiHc?start=0&end=9
67 mins – Derek Dougan doubles Wolves’ lead – Wolves 2 Leeds 0
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ArJjYAqxiHc?start=10&end=19
68 mins – Billy Bremner pulls a goal back – Wolves 2 Leeds 1 & Leeds only need one goal to go back top. Don Revie sends Jack Charlton up front for the last frantic 20 mins
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ArJjYAqxiHc?start=20&end=30
88 mins – John Toshack puts the ball into the net for Liverpool at Highbury for what seems a late title winner….but it is ruled out for offside by referee Roger Fitzpatrick (he of the disallowed Kevin Hector goal late in Stoke v Derby match)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLcJX8yjUFs
90 mins – sub Terry Yorath heads the ball over Wolves keeper Parkes from 6 yards out but Gerry Taylor heads off the line – still Wolves 2 Leeds 1
Finally full time – Wolves 2 Leeds 1 & Arsenal 0 Liverpool 0. Derby County are crowned Champions of England for the first time.
 

 
Predictably both Revie & Shankly pointed to controversial refereeing decisions as key factors in their inability to get the results they needed. Brian Clough meanwhile was both elated & incredulous – here he is being interviewed by David Coleman the day after, whilst on holiday in the Scilly Isles;
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ke8457SVa48?start=57&end=167
 
And so the final table was as follows - one of the closest title finishes in history with the top 4 all within a point of each other. A high-quality title race too – the top 3 all won the league again over the next 3 seasons, 5th placed Arsenal had won the double the year before & Spurs in 6th won the UEFA Cup;

Thank you @LeedsCityRam and @Brailsford Ram for these fantastic memories and such an uplifting thread.
Here's the BBC's take on it...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61272553

Mel standing in a dark corner of the concourse in the west stand

Impossible to predict for the academy conveyor belt as churned out so many young players this season and not one as let the team down under the most exstream circumstances, they could have been startled rabbits in front of headlights as they walked on the piitch with 30,000 fans roaring the team on, but they took it in their stride and matured so fast, hopefully they will all make it, and that will be with Derby County next season.
Looking forward to the next generation of academy players coming through, and this season as taught us if they are good enough play them whatever their age, remember Pele won his first world cup at the age of 17, Brian Clough gave Steve Powell his full debut at 16 in the last game of the season against Liverpool in the title season, what pressure!!!

CK did speak very well and sure we will be in safe ownership along with Cook and Rooney at the helm, 50 years ago cheering Derby to the title, never imagined the mess we are in now, however gut feeling the good times will be back, when and how long no idea but they will be back.
Been on poo city site, never known bitter and twisted individuals who are wishing so much that Derby go out of business, even at this late stage, news for them it will not happen, never in my 67 years have i wished ill on another club but for poo city i can.

CK did speak very well and sure we will be in safe ownership along with Cook and Rooney at the helm, 50 years ago cheering Derby to the title, never imagined the mess we are in now, however gut feeling the good times will be back, when and how long no idea but they will be back.
Been on poo city site, never known bitter and twisted individuals who are wishing so much that Derby go out of business, even at this late stage, news for them it will not happen, never in my 67 years have i wished ill on another club but for poo city i can.

SNAP!!

Wasn't he tweeting updates on Thursday afternoon, with promises of further updates as and when relevant info became fact?
So that's a Friday, a Saturday matchday, and Sunday Breakfast.  Assuming they have weekends in USA, I think we can forgive him?  ?‍♂️

Get him on the pitch! ?
 
 

What role did Sam Rush have at the club for he bought plenty of players through his agency long contracts high wages, then all the merry go round of managers we had we had at the club, new manager go and buy more players, could not off load the players the manager did not want for no other championship club would pay the wages!
Wayne as alread said he knows the players he wants so not an hard job, and already impressed with his knowledge of players he has brought to the club, so why waste money on a football director who is not needed.