loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I was really lucky to get an invite along today to the yard from John O’Hare to meet up with some of the 70s legends who were meeting up to celebrate Roy Macs 70th birthday and the annual Easter visit of Alan Hinton. i thought I would take the opportunity to take my son along to meet some of the older players who when he is grown up will hopefully be given the status that that Steve Bloomer gets now, at least he will have a few photos to show that he really did meet the men who made us famous and for a brief moment in time perhaps the greatest football team in the world ? when I got there I was a little embarrassed to find that I was the only member of the general public in attendance and felt a little bit out of place, the classic gatecrasher at the party, fortunately I know a number of them already and was instantly welcomed, I made sure that we sat just out side of the main group to allow them to chat to each other Every one of them made time to come over and have a sit with us, I had of course taken some stuff to get signed as it was to good an opportunity to miss, after checking that they were ok with it they signed stuff and sat and talked and had photos with my son, he loved it and entered into some great conversation with them all, he was asking them about the odd haircuts that they had on the photos ( he is only eight) he told John Ohare that he should now be called john nohare which I’m not sure if john picked up on or not, he spoke to Alan about his white boots and got me showing Alan photos of his green boots, to a man they sat and chatted away talking about anything and everything, the numbers continue to dwindle, I felt like the man in the middle sharing stories of my recent meets with Colin Boulton, Colin Todd, Frank Wignall, john McGovern, and Peter Daniel, those in attendance (some with their good ladies) were John Ohare, Alan Hinton, Alan Durban, Roy McFarland, Roger Davies, Rod Thomas, Jim Walker and Henry newton, once again it struck me that the club should make more of a fuss of these guys whilst they are with us, let’s not wait twenty year before we finally get round to making up a song for them that we sing and the younger generation doesn’t have a clue what the names Todd, McFarland, Nish, Hector, Hennessy, Boulton, Newton, Gemmill, Davies, McFarland, O’Hare, McGovern, Hinton etc mean to Derby as a city. uttoxram75, ronnieronalde, Norman and 31 others 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 No Kevin Hector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 43 minutes ago, King Kevin said: No Kevin Hector? no ! Alan said that its always the exact same guys that turn up for these reunions when he is home, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North East Ram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 57 minutes ago, loweman2 said: I was really lucky to get an invite along today to the yard from John O’Hare to meet up with some of the 70s legends who were meeting up to celebrate Roy Macs 70th birthday and the annual Easter visit of Alan Hinton. i thought I would take the opportunity to take my son along to meet some of the older players who when he is grown up will hopefully be given the status that that Steve Bloomer gets now, at least he will have a few photos to show that he really did meet the men who made us famous and for a brief moment in time perhaps the greatest football team in the world ? when I got there I was a little embarrassed to find that I was the only member of the general public in attendance and felt a little bit out of place, the classic gatecrasher at the party, fortunately I know a number of them already and was instantly welcomed, I made sure that we sat just out side of the main group to allow them to chat to each other Every one of them made time to come over and have a sit with us, I had of course taken some stuff to get signed as it was to good an opportunity to miss, after checking that they were ok with it they signed stuff and sat and talked and had photos with my son, he loved it and entered into some great conversation with them all, he was asking them about the odd haircuts that they had on the photos ( he is only eight) he told John Ohare that he should now be called john nohare which I’m not sure if john picked up on or not, he spoke to Alan about his white boots and got me showing Alan photos of his green boots, to a man they sat and chatted away talking about anything and everything, the numbers continue to dwindle, I felt like the man in the middle sharing stories of my recent meets with Colin Boulton, Colin Todd, Frank Wignall, john McGovern, and Peter Daniel, those in attendance (some with their good ladies) were John Ohare, Alan Hinton, Alan Durban, Roy McFarland, Roger Davies, Rod Thomas, Jim Walker and Henry newton, once again it struck me that the club should make more of a fuss of these guys whilst they are with us, let’s not wait twenty year before we finally get round to making up a song for them that we sing and the younger generation doesn’t have a clue what the names Todd, McFarland, Nish, Hector, Hennessy, Boulton, Newton, Gemmill, Davies, McFarland, O’Hare, McGovern, Hinton etc mean to Derby as a city. Wow. You lucky people. To be invited is such a nice thing for them to do. You must really strike a chord with these guys to receive an invite like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superzak Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Im 58 years old and i want to meet kevin hector is it still allowed at my age to be star struck lol North East Ram, RedSox, Hector was the best and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North East Ram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 10 minutes ago, loweman2 said: no ! Alan said that its always the exact same guys that turn up for these reunions when he is home, Hector seems to be the enigma of them all. Wonder why. How many 100s of goals. He should have a statue. RedSox, loweman2 and Hector was the best 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Wonderful! You're right we need to make more of these players, while we still have them with us. loweman2 and whiteroseram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I instantly recognise mac and gladys, is that middle pic O'hare then? loweman2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 16 minutes ago, mozza said: I instantly recognise mac and gladys, is that middle pic O'hare then? Yes mozza, very down to earth lovely bloke with his Scottish drawl, when he told my lad that he used to play for Scotland he stated laughing and when john asked why he was laughing he said “ Scotland are rubbish” to which John agreed ! StringerBell, Dordogne-Ram, North East Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, Tim Bucktoo said: Wow. You lucky people. To be invited is such a nice thing for them to do. You must really strike a chord with these guys to receive an invite like that. Really lucky, what was great was to be able to introduce my son to them this time and get some great pics that he can look back on in forty years and say he met them ! Dordogne-Ram, North East Ram, RoyMac5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 30 minutes ago, Tim Bucktoo said: Hector seems to be the enigma of them all. Wonder why. How many 100s of goals. He should have a statue. I think he is really happy to go out with Archie Roy and Roger when I have seen him, they should all have statues lining pride parkway ! Abu Derby, Zag zig, RoyMac5 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Derby Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, loweman2 said: I think he is really happy to go out with Archie Roy and Roger when I have seen him, they should all have statues lining pride parkway ! Now that is a brilliant idea! loweman2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North East Ram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, loweman2 said: I think he is really happy to go out with Archie Roy and Roger when I have seen him, they should all have statues lining pride parkway ! That would be great - statues the size and quality of Clough & Taylor, from the station / Brunny to the ground. Not only are some of our favourite players greats for Derby but many are in the football league top 100 players. From Bloomer to the greats of the 20s, 30s, 40s onwards - they've played for us. Shilton, Wright, Deano etc etc. World class players. People like Raitch Carter are known throughout football. Never mind Cox and TBE!! Edited April 8, 2018 by Tim Bucktoo loweman2 and Derby blood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ossieram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Most of the old players are down to earth and don't have an attitude like a lot of todays players. I remember John Ohare driving a delivery van for a paint company around the Canal st area a good few years back and I used to see King Kev quite a lot when I picked up parcels for Parcelforce from Royal mail as he came back in after his round, Roger worked at Rolls Royce for a while and was my mates manager. Willie Carlin ran a paper shop for years and up until a few years ago, he'd still go in and help sort the papers in the morning. Could you imagine Premiership winning players doing siimilar now? North East Ram, loweman2 and Derby blood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIMBAUD Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Mainly because they were paid eff all and needed to work. good point though. Today s footballers are probably alright. It’s not their fault they are paid crazy money. North East Ram, DarkFruitsRam7 and ossieram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 7 minutes ago, Tim Bucktoo said: That would be great - statues the size and quality of Clough & Taylor, from the station / Brunny to the ground. Not only are some of our favourite players greats for Derby but many are in the football league top 100 players. From Bloomer to the greats of the 20s, 30s, 40s onwards - they've played for us. Shilton, Wright, Deano etc etc. World class players. People like Raitch Carter are known throughout football. Never mind Cox and TBE!! RoyMac5, Zag zig, PrivateDerby and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 That's true. As I have been reading this thread tonight I came upon a photo on a heritage site of some Rams players at the opening of a sports shop in Ripley. That also wouldn't happen these days. North East Ram, loweman2, Derby blood and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, angieram said: That's true. As I have been reading this thread tonight I came upon a photo on a heritage site of some Rams players at the opening of a sports shop in Ripley. That also wouldn't happen these days. Is that Durban getting a refill ? superzak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, angieram said: That's true. As I have been reading this thread tonight I came upon a photo on a heritage site of some Rams players at the opening of a sports shop in Ripley. That also wouldn't happen these days. 4th from left to right, Ron Webster, Roy Mac, John Robson, Alan Durban, Kevin Hector, John Mcgovern. Enlighten me if you recognise others. RoyMac5 and loweman2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Appaently the two guys on the left are Peter Gibbs and Ian Buxton from Derbyshire Cricket Club - it was their shop. mozza 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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