Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 137 years old ...yesterday. Anybody else noted the date, @loweman2? Was it an omen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Plip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Ellafella said: Plip No official announcement? Then it can't be true. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 I've got it on my diary! For next Thursday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ken Tram said: I've got it on my diary! For next Thursday? Read “the men who made the Rams”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ellafella said: Read “The men who made the Rams”. Who wrote that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, RoyMac5 said: Who wrote that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, RoyMac5 said: Who wrote that? Peter J Seddon; local historian and Rams Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 @Ellafella mate, we all get things wrong on here, no shame. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ellafella said: Read “the men who made the Rams”. Is it definitely worth £16.79 (on Amazon) just to confirm the date! ? Although is it a good read? The blurb says that it lists every player from 1884 - 1888, which didn't sound overly exciting! But, it also mentions that Derby were the youngest club to be founder members of the football League in 1888, and I imagine that how that came about could be quite a tale. I guess that I should buy it. Costs less than one match day ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 1 minute ago, Boycie said: @Ellafella mate, we all get things wrong on here, no shame. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Boycie said: @Ellafella mate, we all get things wrong on here, no shame. ? No need to apologise @Boycie I’ll send you another train picture soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, Ken Tram said: Is it definitely worth £16.79 (on Amazon) just to confirm the date! ? Although is it a good read? The blurb says that it lists every player from 1884 - 1888, which didn't sound overly exciting! But, it also mentions that Derby were the youngest club to be founder members of the football League in 1888, and I imagine that how that came about could be quite a tale. I guess that I should buy it. Costs less than one match day ticket. See the photo I posted above. The caption below gives the clue ...”The first official announcement 8th May 1884. It is a brilliant book. I promise you. Great read and beautifully written and thoroughly researched using original and genuine sources. There is of course a bit of hoo-haa about the formation ...but I won’t spoil it for you. Back then Derbyshire FA { not the EFL} were the enemy...and there was politics galore. Plus ca change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, Ellafella said: See the photo I posted above. The caption below gives the clue ...”The first official announcement 8th May 1884. It is a brilliant book. I promise you. Great read and beautifully written and thoroughly researched using original and genuine sources. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, Ellafella said: See the photo I posted above. The caption below gives the clue ...”The first official announcement 8th May 1884. It is a brilliant book. I promise you. Great read and beautifully written and thoroughly researched using original and genuine sources. My date was wrong. Maybe I just copied and pasted something from a random website into my calendar! But just to check with your date: initial announcements in newspapers are not necessarily the date that decisions were actually taken and agreed ... although, maybe the decision was taken during the day on Thursday 8th, and announced in an evening edition of a newspaper? What does the book say? Either way, I thought that it was a great coincidence that you spotted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, Ken Tram said: My date was wrong. Maybe I just copied and pasted something from a random website into my calendar! But just to check with your date: initial announcements in newspapers are not necessarily the date that decisions were actually taken and agreed ... although, maybe the decision was taken during the day on Thursday 8th, and announced in an evening edition of a newspaper? What does the book say? Either way, I thought that it was a great coincidence that you spotted! Read the book @Ken Tramand all will be revealed...I won’t spoil it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: It is a brilliant book. I promise you. Great read and beautifully written and thoroughly researched using original and genuine sources. I'll buy it then! (Although list time I bought a book on Amazon, the Royal Mail ended up sending it back to the seller. I hate the Royal Mail as it is these days!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ellafella said: Read the book @Ken Tramand all will be revealed...I won’t spoil it for you. You're not the author, are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted May 9, 2021 Share Posted May 9, 2021 Just now, Ken Tram said: I'll buy it then! (Although list time I bought a book on Amazon, the Royal Mail ended up sending it back to the seller. I hate the Royal Mail as it is these days!) Hang on Ken you're getting your quotes wrong, I didn't say that I've not read it. Maybe the local library has a copy, try before you buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ken Tram said: You're not the author, are you? No. Peter J Seddon. He’s written lots of great stuff about Derby. https://www.waterstones.com/author/peter-j-seddon/1132880 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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