uttoxram75 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Heard a little tale today that made me laugh, No idea if its true but I'm going to repeat it anyway as I believe the source! When talking to Shaun Barker about signing him from Blackpool, we suddenly heard that Forest were after him and were prepared to offer more money. Nigel Clough ordered him straight to Morley Hayes as the phone reception there at the time was notoriously poor. Barker's agent was desperately trying to ring him but we rushed his signature through without him knowing about the gumps interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Ram Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Barker signing for them lot I just can't imagine it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 33 minutes ago, Leeds Ram said: Barker signing for them lot I just can't imagine it... He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 4 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . Must have been heartwarming then for him to have been lay on the ground with a pretty much career ending injury having fellow forest fans chanting that they hope he dies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Bet Forest are still kicking themselves now after Barkers excellent injury record after signing for us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBritishMidland Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 6 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Heard a little tale today that made me laugh, No idea if its true but I'm going to repeat it anyway as I believe the source! When talking to Shaun Barker about signing him from Blackpool, we suddenly heard that Forest were after him and were prepared to offer more money. Nigel Clough ordered him straight to Morley Hayes as the phone reception there at the time was notoriously poor. Barker's agent was desperately trying to ring him but we rushed his signature through without him knowing about the gumps interest. Shaun Barker talks about it in his Rams TV Meets interview. Said they offered more money and Blackpool wanted him to go there but he’d given Nigel his word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . I think it must change your perspective, puts you in a position where you can't be either/or. I generally believe you're only ever really a fan of one club "in your heart" but supposing you played for their rivals professionally, I don't think you'd ever really have the same animosity towards a club you'd been part of. I don't think either Barker or Commons became Derby fans after playing for us, but I think both of them have a lot more time for us having represented the black and white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sith Happens Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Tyler Durden said: Bet Forest are still kicking themselves now after Barkers excellent injury record after signing for us Until the horrific injury he had he a pretty good record with us, had a few issues but still played more often than not. Had he signed for Forest said last injury may never have happened , could still be playing today. Im sure Forest would have considered him an excellent signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Barker playing for forest? No way, he’s far too much of a nice bloke to pull that shirt on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 31 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: I think it must change your perspective, puts you in a position where you can't be either/or. I generally believe you're only ever really a fan of one club "in your heart" but supposing you played for their rivals professionally, I don't think you'd ever really have the same animosity towards a club you'd been part of. I don't think either Barker or Commons became Derby fans after playing for us, but I think both of them have a lot more time for us having represented the black and white. Barker still very close to the club. His foundation funded all the refurbishment in the sensory suite for our autistic supporters earlier this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, angieram said: Barker still very close to the club. His foundation funded all the refurbishment in the sensory suite for our autistic supporters earlier this season. He also appears regularly on RamsTV, and always refers to us as "us". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 I have a lot of respect for Barker, good player and good bloke. Pity about injuries hope he remains in some way part of DCFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taribo Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . He’s a bigger Derby fan than all of us on here combined, how else do you explain his performances against us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . Yeah he came out and did an interview about 3 years ago maybe when he was at Bournemouth and claimed he was still and always had been Derby through and through, first result he looks for etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRam Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: He may well have done, he's a Forest fan. Never really quite sure how that works if you support one and play for the other. when you pack up playing do you revert to type. I always think Camp was a proper pantomime villain, made out he was all Forest when he went there, but I saw him out with the Derby players at a club opening on The Wardwick having a jolly old time . I think allegiance is always strong to the teams players played for, regardless of feelings before that time came. It's possible to like two teams who are rivals, too. In Barker's case specifically, how he was treated by Derby after the injury is, I think, a huge reason why he's still such a familiar face around RamsTV and with the work his foundation does. Probably more of Nigel Clough's choices than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimmerman Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 16 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: if you support one and play for the other. I work in tesco but shop in lidl, same thing innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Pretty sure he said in an interview he wasn’t really that into football, he was just good at it, hence why any connection to forest is more he probably used to follow them and doesn’t have a great connection with them now. Will always be a hero at Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Is he still available to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Buckley’s Dog Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 52 minutes ago, oomarkwright said: Is he still available to play? He has more character in his little tie than most of the current incumbents of the shirt. He also does community work because he is a decent human being rather than because he has to, but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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