Spanish Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 looking for something on John Sadler the Sun journo and came across this which is the first time I have seen it https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/sep/25/chelsea.premierleague here is a snippet which should whet the appetite Allow me to take you back to those unforgettable days in the autumn of 1973 when, for days on end, the street outside Derby's ramshackle Baseball Ground was jammed with media and fans. The place was under siege while, inside, the players were seriously planning a sit-down strike - a blank refusal to take part in a home match against Leicester scheduled for the Saturday. I was among a handful of newspapermen privileged to report the revolution from inside the premises where the players stormed through the place yelling their dissatisfaction and demands that Clough be reinstated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Spanish said: looking for something on John Sadler the Sun journo and came across this which is the first time I have seen it https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/sep/25/chelsea.premierleague here is a snippet which should whet the appetite Allow me to take you back to those unforgettable days in the autumn of 1973 when, for days on end, the street outside Derby's ramshackle Baseball Ground was jammed with media and fans. The place was under siege while, inside, the players were seriously planning a sit-down strike - a blank refusal to take part in a home match against Leicester scheduled for the Saturday. I was among a handful of newspapermen privileged to report the revolution from inside the premises where the players stormed through the place yelling their dissatisfaction and demands that Clough be reinstated Watched the damned united last night,I know it's not entirely accurate but it reminded me of what a massive **** up the club made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KCG Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said: Watched the damned united last night,I know it's not entirely accurate but it reminded me of what a massive **** up the club made. To be fair, Brian brought it on himself. Derby ******* up when they got rid of Mackay far too early in some belief that Brian would come back. He chose not to come back. We then suffered with poor management appointments up until Arthur Cox arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaley bridge Ram Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Great report I remember it as if it was yesterday I went to that game with my dad and has he worked for Sam I think he was expected to support him so we were torn between the two of them in the end we wanted sir Brian back no doubt about that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSSWORD Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Remember even before Cloughy arrived at Derby i was one of the idiots outside the ground chanting "We want Ward sack the Board".Self serving priviledged t.......ssers they were back then even.Hired the best manager in the game then forced him out because of sheer vanity,so sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 26 minutes ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said: Watched the damned united last night,I know it's not entirely accurate but it reminded me of what a massive **** up the club made. loved the film and the book My very unpopular view is that at that time BC was a very difficult guy to 'manage' and sam longson probably had no idea how to control him. At the time I was fuming but time gives a different perspective I suppose. Crying shame really because I think we would have bossed the league and maybe more through the 70's with a different outcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, CROSSWORD said: Remember even before Cloughy arrived at Derby i was one of the idiots outside the ground chanting "We want Ward sack the Board".Self serving priviledged t.......ssers they were back then even.Hired the best manager in the game then forced him out because of sheer vanity,so sad. can't be so? I thought the internet was the place that sort of thing happened and before then everybody were happy as larry's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanish Posted February 23, 2018 Author Share Posted February 23, 2018 jeez not a single like for finding a great article, tough audience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North East Ram Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Spanish said: jeez not a single like for finding a great article, tough audience Yeah, I'll probably get more likes just for this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Dawn Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 2 hours ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said: Watched the damned united last night,I know it's not entirely accurate but it reminded me of what a massive **** up the club made. That's alright mate, we gave him a good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimRam Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I recall a news report (1977?) showing Clough returning to the baseball ground and a man in the street stating to him "Come back Brian we need you". I think it was just for Clough to say to the board "I am not coming back!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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