loweman2 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 some things never change I was doing some kit research today looking through some old copies of the Ram newspaper program, I read this article from October 1st 1975, we were reigning champions of England and had just begun our second campaign to win the European Champions Cup, so you could say things were pretty good or they have never been as good since. The article made me realise that things have not changed much from a fans perspective, it talks about the noisy atmosphere in the Slovan Bratislava ground and then moves on to say that watching from the armchair does not portray the atmosphere inside the ground and then to finish we have an ardent armchair supporter who has been discussing the match with his mates from work and they all agree that Derby were rubbish. there is a gap of forty five years but its uncanny how many of the pages of this digital forum echo the thoughts and emotions of our forefathers ! god knows what they would have to say watching the team nowdays if Todd, Nish, McFarland, Hector, George, Boulton, Gemmill, Hector etc etc playing in Europe and just weeks after winning the Charity shield at Wembley and being reigning champions of England didn't keep them happy !! if only they new that the Halcyon days were entering their final stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Brilliant! And timely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Written by Mr Pearson, never been a fan of his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, David said: Written by Mr Pearson, never been a fan of his. He's from London and sounds quite angry. It couldn't be, could it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 To be fair, I think the author was watching as a neutral. The point still stands though. They say classic literature is still relevant today because human behaviour never changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Even then Brentford played entertaining football at home then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dethorn Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 "Does TV distort soccer all that much" These new fangled contraptions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Funny, I had a thread with this exact title ready to go at 6pm Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 28 minutes ago, Millenniumram said: Funny, I had a thread with this exact title ready to go at 6pm Saturday Funny, when I opened it and saw @loweman2 and the word 'sheer' I immediately thought we were going to go on a magical mystery tour of Derby players through the ages wearing tights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Calling football soccer ✔️ Supporting Brentford as it's nearby ✔️ Inflated opinion ✔️ Looks like football hipsters aren't a new phenomenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Can't help thinking the headline writer missed a trick, not spelling it as "shear". Such a missed opportunity, and oh, how the sun readers would have LOL'd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Will Hughes Hair said: Funny, when I opened it and saw @loweman2 and the word 'sheer' I immediately thought we were going to go on a magical mystery tour of Derby players through the ages wearing tights. Been asked not to name names but here you go ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, loweman2 said: Been asked not to name names but here you go ! May I be the first to say, and probably the last in the current climate, that Mrs loweman has a fine pair of legs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hughes Hair Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, ilkleyram said: May I be the first to say, and probably the last in the current climate, that Mrs loweman has a fine pair of legs If you look really closely you can see that she's signed them. If I've read it correctly it says 'Thanks for the best 12 seconds of my life, love Mrs Loweman'. No idea what that means ?♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne-Ram Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 A group of 7 of us made this trip overland by train - it was some experience, not the least of which was seeing Barry Davies in a pair of yellow trousers! The Rams were well on top for an hour, silencing the home crowd by playing their usual crisp passing game, and never looked in trouble until that unfortunate Slovan goal. This raised the crowd as well as their team, but apart from a couple of chances we never really looked in trouble, just falling to a 1 v, 0 defeat. We never fathomed out how we had contrived to lose the match. We all agreed that progressing into the next round following the home leg was, barring an absolute disaster, not much more than a formality, and so it proved : 3 v. 0 to the Rams, 3 v. 1 on aggregate. Next up : Real Madrid ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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