Chris Mills Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 After returning from his annual Christmas family holiday in Chatsworth, Regimental Mascot, Private Derby XXX has been busy preparing for the Regimental parades this weekend. As part of these preparations, Derby was given the honour of leading out the teams when Derby County FC took on Nottingham Forest FC last Saturday in a ferocious East Midlands clash. This was the second time the Regimental Mascot had led out the teams at Pride Park, after doing the same for the Derby FC contest against Wolverhampton Wanderers (pictured below). Following the good behaviour of Private Derby, the Regiment is pleased to announce that he will now lead out the teams for all Derby County FC home matches during the remainder of the 2014/2015 season. I like this, nice to see an old tradition return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irobinson Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yep love to see that - good tradition Great Job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stive Pesley Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Didn't someone say we've never lost when Private Derby was led out onto the pitch? That's THAT record knackered Plus from an animal welfare point of view, is it not a bit cruel to lead a sheep in fancy dress into a stadium full of blaring noise? The poor thing must be terrified Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Plus from an animal welfare point of view, is it not a bit cruel to lead a sheep in fancy dress into a stadium full of blaring noise? The poor thing must be terrified It's better than being on a battlefield or in a hotpot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Didn't someone say we've never lost when Private Derby was led out onto the pitch? That's THAT record knackered Plus from an animal welfare point of view, is it not a bit cruel to lead a sheep in fancy dress into a stadium full of blaring noise? The poor thing must be terrified Suely not as bad as the picture of Rammy holding a lamb pie the other day. Being made to walk out onto a pitch is one thing, but being forced to eat your own babies is quite another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Not sure he looked terrified, just a little sheepish in the fancy dress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrivateDerby Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's nothing short of an honour. Rather be with the ewes at Chatchworth though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It's nothing short of an honour. Rather be with the ewes at Chatchworth though. I wondered when your paranoia would kick into overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Shouldn't he be due promotion by now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Shouldn't he be due promotion by now? He's like Dr Who , a new one comes along every few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn1957 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I thought he had been given a couple of stripes and promoted to corporal ,and of course a sheep nuts increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodypecker Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He's always incredibly placid in noisy DCFC settings, never seems to turn even a little beard-hair at the volume of sound and mass of people. He must have had lots of crowd training. We should get those guys in to calm Captain Keogh down a bit in stressful situations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 He's always incredibly placid in noisy DCFC settings, never seems to turn even a little beard-hair at the volume of sound and mass of people. He must have had lots of crowd training. The sheep's ok as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Didn't someone say we've never lost when Private Derby was led out onto the pitch? That's THAT record knackered Plus from an animal welfare point of view, is it not a bit cruel to lead a sheep in fancy dress into a stadium full of blaring noise? The poor thing must be terrified he was there on Saturday against F*rest !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewe Ram Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I think he's brilliant. I get a real surge of pride when he comes out. Means I can ignore the line of overweight kids dragged off their playstations to spend a couple of hours shivering in shorts holding hands with players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMalicious Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Can he play CDM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Forest fans really missed a trick. When he came out they were chanting 'what the ******* hell is that?' when realy they should have used some imagination and been singing "I bet you've had your way with that" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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