Waffle Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Question as the title. Multiple sources suggest today is our birthday but I believe it to be the 13th of May. Can anyone verify this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Edit: Should be "on which day" but whatever. I don't actually know the answer. But this is my evidence to support the 5th Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawley_ram Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I've always been told 13th May 1884. Originally we were called "Derbyshire County Football Club" and that was announced in the papers on 7th May 1884 (the papers can be seen at the Record Office and Local Studies Library). The name got changed 6 days later though to avoid confusion with another football club called "Derbyshire County Football Association". The new and current name of course being "Derby County Football Club". The final name was chosen and 'christened' at the Bell Hotel on Sadler Gate which is why we should all aim to have at least one obligatory pint in there on a night out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FindernRam Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 135 years old. Can't believe we never celebrate the date! Heck of a lot of candles to blow out though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Another bloody birthday thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwash_Ram Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I wonder how many bumps this thread will get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 35 minutes ago, Smyth_18 said: Another bloody birthday thread? Happy belated birthday for the 18th of November every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Boycie said: Happy belated birthday for the 18th of November every year. That's all i wanted. A bit of attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, Smyth_18 said: That's all i wanted. A bit of attention. You were always my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 @Ellafella He will know... Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smyth_18 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 19 minutes ago, Boycie said: You were always my favourite. You are Roy Keane and i claim my £5. Hi Dad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waffle Posted February 5, 2019 Author Share Posted February 5, 2019 @loweman2 @Ellafella Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 7 hours ago, Waffle said: Question as the title. Multiple sources suggest today is our birthday but I believe it to be the 13th of May. Can anyone verify this? Thank, but I'm not the embodiment of Derby County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 14 minutes ago, Waffle said: @loweman2 @Ellafella Any ideas? As per Peter Second excellent book about “the men who made the rams !” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 Buy the book it’s something that every Derby County fan should know ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMesses III Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 So why would google say it is February 5th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 46 minutes ago, loweman2 said: As per Peter Second excellent book about “the men who made the rams !” @loweman2 @Angry Ram @Waffle My learned friend @loweman2 beat me to it...Peter Seddon’s book is the source and Peter deserves huge credit for it was he who uncovered the lost history of the period 1884-1888. So, as Peter wrote the Rams have characteristic Taurean traits being born in May. I find the history of the Rams wonderfully compelling given that it is full of ironies...William Morley was a man from Sneinton in Nottingham, we were formed to help Derbyshire CCC pay for a new stand after a very poor run of results left them in debt; we were an upstart in terms of other clubs in Derby who had more “right” to be founder members but our “rich turf” at the Racecourse Ground and lavish dinners that we threw for the football opponents at the Bell Hotel in Sadlergate after each game meant we acquired powerful friends who welcomed our inclusion in the nascent Football League In 1888. Wonderful rich history thanks to Peter Seddon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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