IslandExile Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/league-winning-Derby-county-assistant-3445405 COYR ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B4ev6is Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Way before my time but with out you and brain clough Derby would not have had success they did in the 70s and 80s. I am praying that I will see title winning season one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 A nice guy. He was the landlord of a pub in Breedon on the Hill, the name of which, I do not recall. Not lived in Derby for over 35 years and the mind dims. I knew him and I remember he used to call Dave Mackay "The Laid" RIP Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Great guy. Ran TheDog Inn in Burton-on-Trent & pulled a pint like Charlie George taking a penalty. Bush-bash-bosh that’s 55p please. Wallop! RIP Des. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 From memory Dave was very much the front of house guy as manager and Des behind the scenes with the players - not Taylor with Clough but just as important to the partnership. From the outside they all appeared to like and respect him. I think he and Franny Lee got on well but I may be remembering that wrong. Either way he was a vital part of the team that won the league and a very important part of our history. He followed Dave to Walsall after we sacked them but I think the partnership broke up when Dave became an early pioneer of transfers to the middle east. Perhaps that was the time when he went into pubs. I think his nickname for Dave was 'The Laird' @oldtime ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: From memory Dave was very much the front of house guy as manager and Des behind the scenes with the players - not Taylor with Clough but just as important to the partnership. From the outside they all appeared to like and respect him. I think he and Franny Lee got on well but I may be remembering that wrong. Either way he was a vital part of the team that won the league and a very important part of our history. He followed Dave to Walsall after we sacked them but I think the partnership broke up when Dave became an early pioneer of transfers to the middle east. Perhaps that was the time when he went into pubs. I think his nickname for Dave was 'The Laird' @oldtime ? Exactly, he referred to Dave as The Laird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted October 18, 2019 Author Share Posted October 18, 2019 I confess I never really accepted Mackay as manager; noone could ever replace Cloughie (still can't). But, boy oh boy, was sacking him a huge mistake. It was downhill from them on. Clough himself said that Mackay never got the credit he deserved for the title win or for the players he brought in (Thomas, Rioch and Lee for the championship season, later George of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 RIP Des. Part of our history and my youth. Utmost respect for him and Dave Mackay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Ellafella said: Great guy. Ran TheDog Inn in Burton-on-Trent & pulled a pint like Charlie George taking a penalty. Bush-bash-bosh that’s 55p please. Wallop! RIP Des. Drank in the Dog many times but didn't know Des used to run it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 To my shame, I knew/know next to nothing on the man, bar his name, and his involvement in our second title win, but seeing that trophy at the end of my very first Rams game cemented me to The Rams for eternity, so in part at least, I owe him massive gratitude and respect for that. RIP, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 6 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Drank in the Dog many times but didn't know Des used to run it. 8 hours ago, Ellafella said: Great guy. Ran TheDog Inn in Burton-on-Trent & pulled a pint like Charlie George taking a penalty. Bush-bash-bosh that’s 55p please. Wallop! RIP Des. Top bloke Des, used to tell a few tales by way of entertainment but never anything too scandalous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Closest i ever came to becoming a professional footballer was when i met Dave Mackay in The Dog, he told me he was looking for a new centre half for his team in Kuwait and that i looked the part. If only, eh?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, mozza said: Closest i ever came to becoming a professional footballer was when i met Dave Mackay in The Dog, he told me he was looking for a new centre half for his team in Kuwait and that i looked the part. If only, eh?.. Ah, the good old days of doing the scouting in the pubs. Beats a cold frosty Sunday morning on the park! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozza Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Ah, the good old days of doing the scouting in the pubs. Beats a cold frosty Sunday morning on the park! ? Chances of getting me up on a sunday morning, let alone on a football pitch after a night out in the Dog were pretty slim, to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 35 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Ah, the good old days of doing the scouting in the pubs. Beats a cold frosty Sunday morning on the park! ? Old?! You should tell that to our scouting department! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Before my time entirely, but RIP, condolences and its nice to read the memories of those who were around at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
europia Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 13 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: Ah, the good old days of doing the scouting in the pubs. Beats a cold frosty Sunday morning on the park! ? Maybe not Joiners Arms though, if looking for decent talent... Seriously though, from what I have heard Des Anderson was a good guy and part of DCFC's history. Sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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