sage Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 In a Venice restaurant tonight, sat next to a Danish bloke in his mid 60s, who when I told him where I'm from said 'you must be Derby County fans. What players Roy McFarland and Colin Todd were'. We had a lovely chat until he said his English team were QPR Though he admitted we were robbed at Wembley. He remembered watching Derby v QPR in the 90s at the BBG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abu Dhabi Ram Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Every footy fan in the UAE has now heard of Derby - the Lampard effect is in full swing!!! Sadly this wasn’t the case before ? I have tried my best to promote DCFC though!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Are you in Venice? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Boycie said: Are you in Venice? ? Not for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelBlimp Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 In Vol 1, if you remember, the Ram was recognised by a guy in a fish bar near the wharf in San Francisco in early June Well, went to Maastricht and Liege at the end of Jun and not a bloody sniff! Most disappointing. Off to the Dordogne on Sunday for 2 weeks, we'll see what happens there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lander Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Visited New York about 10 years ago, went to the Empire State Building wearing my Derby shirt. Got to the shop on the top floor and the guy manning it recognised the shirt. “Derby County! Nice” he said. I was fascinated at the time that someone so far away would instantly recognise the shirt. Also had a similar experience in Mallorca in April, a Spanish guy working in the restaurant at the hotel recognised the shirt and sparked up conversation about Derby. ??⚽️⚽️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelBlimp Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 4 minutes ago, Lander said: Visited New York about 10 years ago, went to the Empire State Building wearing my Derby shirt. Got to the shop on the top floor and the guy manning it recognised the shirt. “Derby County! Nice” he said. I was fascinated at the time that someone so far away would instantly recognise the shirt. Also had a similar experience in Mallorca in April, a Spanish guy working in the restaurant at the hotel recognised the shirt and sparked up conversation about Derby. ??⚽️⚽️ If you go back and find Volume 1 you will find an eerily familiar NY tale. link to Vol1 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handyill Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Most of my mates here in France had at least heard of Derby when I told them who I supported, but they do tend to call us "Derby Country" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Many moons ago I was in Indianapolis and the taxi ride started with this apparently surly bearded driver. He asked "where to?" in a very accented voice. Then asked "Where you from?" "Derby" "You go football?" "Derby county" says I Suddenely he changed completely. told me his life story (Iranian immigrant) and spent the rest of the journey telling me why ArchieGemmill was the best player the world has ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexxxxx Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 53 minutes ago, Lander said: Visited New York about 10 years ago, went to the Empire State Building wearing my Derby shirt. Got to the shop on the top floor and the guy manning it recognised the shirt. “Derby County! Nice” he said. I was fascinated at the time that someone so far away would instantly recognise the shirt. Also had a similar experience in Mallorca in April, a Spanish guy working in the restaurant at the hotel recognised the shirt and sparked up conversation about Derby. ??⚽️⚽️ when i was in NYC last year saw an american kid on the subway wearing that season's derby 3rd shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 We spread the good word of Derby County whenever our Scouting friends from the US are over, or we are over there. Went to a pre-season friendly with a chunk of them last season, and took our hosted friend on a stadium tour. Going back in a couple of weeks, taking my flag again, and raided the club shop yesterday for gifts for our host family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagtime Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I live in a small town just outside of Brisbane and was getting a beer at the local hotel earlier this year when the young bar man asked if the shirt I was wearing was a Derby County shirt. Told him he was the first person around here that recognised it. Then the ...hole spoilt it by asking whether I supported a real team as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimbeard Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, Stagtime said: I live in a small town just outside of Brisbane and was getting a beer at the local hotel earlier this year when the young bar man asked if the shirt I was wearing was a Derby County shirt. Told him he was the first person around here that recognised it. Then the ...hole spoilt it by asking whether I supported a real team as well! Have they found his body yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inter politics Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Was in Sardinia a couple of months ago, small talk with the taxi driver, he supports Juventus. We say you probably haven't heard of our team, his eyes light up - 'Derrrby County! The Damned United, I love that film, Brian Clough!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edtheram Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 We went to New York in 2013 and stopped at a bar called O'Reillys. One waiter asked if we were from England and asked who we supported. We said Derby County. He asked us "how good are they" and me and my dad said that we were "a good team and were just finding it hard In the championship but should be a prem team". Another waiter overheard this and came back with "Derby County! you've had no success since Clough-Taylor and Smith eras" and he just walked on. We stood there amazed that he knew that much about the club for saying he was an American..... We also hung a DCFC shirt up in the bar. If you're ever in NYC give it a go lovely place with lots of sports memorabilia from different places and fans.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Went to Vegas this June and a taxi driver knew a fair bit about us (the 11 points inparticually). Knew about our success in the 70s and that we used to be half decent once upon a time. id imagine we’d have a wider audience now Lampard here, the Chelsea flock are already on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTFR Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Went to Papa New Guinea in the early 90s. Was in a remote village, having a mooch at a local market and we came across young blind boy and his father. I was wearing my barcde Bukta shirt, and the young boy, felt the ram on my chest. "DERBY COUNTY" he shouts. Amazed, we said yes how did you know, and he said "Matt Carbon better than Pele" and we all began to talk about football. The young boy recited 91 of the 92 league clubs off by heart. The only one he didn't know? Notts Forest! That young boy grew up to be George Boyd. Makes u think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd miner Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Me and Hilda wa at' Daytona Beach couple o years back when her legs wa working. Im going back to mi Car and a guy who was parking his car ...Afro american i think the term is... said ta me ...aye up Owd miner ,,,, are tha from England??? In an american accent of course. I said aye lad.. He said does tha like Soccer..... I said if you mean association football then yes... he replied he liked ta keep an eye on the soccer scene in the Uk....i asked him his favourite team..... and this is where it all goes pear shaped..... he sez he favourite team wa .f...fo.....forest. At this point i wa gonna give him mi parking ticket as it still had some time left but i ripped it up...got in mer car and went ta Wendys... Owd Hilda sed i wa like a bear wi a sore head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtoileSportiveDeDerby Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Come from a small village in France and whoever knows about football in the place know about the Rams, they got no choice. The year of our fateful season in the Prem we arrived at passport control in Bali at easter, officer looks at our passports sees Derby says: aaahhh Derby County! .....pause....Not very good! A few weeks back on a beach in Dominican Republic I sat with a depressed Real Madrid fan to watch Spain V Russia and he asks me who I support... "oh yes we loaned you a young player (Omar) not good enough for us", which is fair enough! His mood improved slightly when he found out that my season ticket is about the same price as his and if he wanted to watch one of the big teams in London he'd have to pay double what he was paying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImARam2 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 On 22/07/2018 at 21:38, Abu Dhabi Ram said: Every footy fan in the UAE has now heard of Derby - the Lampard effect is in full swing!!! Sadly this wasn’t the case before ? I have tried my best to promote DCFC though!!! Is the football still being shown in The (British) Club in Abu Dhabi? How many screens have they got now, as I think there must have been at least six in the lounge bar alone? Had many, many good nights there as I was working in AUH airport from 1997 to 2003 before moving up to Dubai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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