BucksRam Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born and bred in Buckinghamshire. Started supporting Derby in the mid 70s aged about 7, when my new best friend at school asked who I supported. I replied no-one. He said he was a Derby fan (his family had moved here from Mickleover) so I said OK, I'll support them then. 45 years later here I still am. LeedsCityRam and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammeister Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in Holbrook, lived in Derby until about two years old and have been in the West Country (Wells,Somerset) ever since. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in South Derbyshire. Moved away to Bristol for University in 1983 but still attended games throughout, & regularly chased another car up the M5 with Derby scarf flapping out the window. Who was that? I never caught them in my old VW Beetle. ? kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silhillian Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in Solihull and live here. Grew up closer to Warwick so no connections to Derby. When I was allowed to play football at primary school was when I fell in love with it. Pretty much everyone I knew supported Blues including my dad and brother and they all said I had to support them. But one lad had just started supporting Derby (it was 1975 so a glory-hunter) and asked me to join him. Always wanting to be different I decided to go against the majority. So, you could say Derby's demise coincided with me starting to support them. Sorry! Many years later though, tracing my family tree, found out that my maternal grandfather's side of the family were all from the East Midlands. LeedsCityRam, ariotofmyown, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in Somerset, then lived in Calcutta and Doncaster before settling in Derby. Was a casual rams fan through the eighties. Went to Sheffield Uni and started seeing a girl who was a full on DCFC fan. We got season tickets under Jim Smith. Still got the season ticket now! (And still in Sheffield.). LeedsCityRam, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and i-Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckle Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Wiltshire - black and white telly, the first paragraph of this goes into the necessary detail. https://ramsreviewpodcast.wixsite.com/home/post/the-wrong-coloured-shorts Ellafella and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaaLocks Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 34 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: my mum is Derby tup Your Mum is a tup? That is some biological achievement. RadioactiveWaste, 48 hours and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born and bred in Rugby, Warwickshire. Grandfather from Matlock. He poisoned my mind. angieram and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 6 minutes ago, BaaLocks said: Your Mum is a tup? That is some biological achievement. I remember being told "Derby tup" means someone born in Derby (as opposed to Derbyshire) when I was little. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: I remember being told "Derby tup" means someone born in Derby (as opposed to Derbyshire) when I was little. Isn't it something to do with sheep breeding? RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said: west bridgford I hate that place. Some nice pubs and restaurants, but utterly ruined by the pretentiousness of the residents. They'd die of fright if they wondered a few hundred yards the other side of the river, and tried ordering a Negroni or Aperol Spritz from the Poets Corner. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and RadioactiveWaste 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I was born in Oxford and live in Lincoln now. my grandad went to a game with his best mate (a massive Derby supporter) in the 60’s and decided to start supporting them, my dad was born and grew up supporting us, I was born and my dad forced me to suffer and I’m going to force my kids too! Kinder, Miggins and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agadirram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born just over the border in Burton where I saw Jackie Stamps playing late in his career. Dad watched the Rams in the 30`s but it was my mum who took me to games when we were in the 3rd Division North. Train to Pear Tree and Normanton before walking to the Baseball Ground. Now in Somerset but once a Ram....... Miggins, IslandExile, Ellafella and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie George Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Dad a Wirksworth lad who left the county in his late teens. Born Scunthorpe but moved to Grimsby when 4 and now the town's best known Ram since Fred moved back to Ripley 5 years ago. Edited July 31, 2021 by Charlie George Spelling LeedsCityRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said: We seem to have a very wide mix of fans on the forum who are spread far and wide. But how many are not actually from Derbyshire and as such how and why did your supporting of Derby County begin? From Essex, grew up in Cornwall and now live in Shropshire. No links with Derbyshire. Started supporting the Rams as a 4 year old in 1970, just at random really. Supported both the football and cricket teams ever since through thick and thin. Never a season ticket holder but travelled home and away whilst a student in London in the mid 80s. Now it’s 120 mile round trip to home games so go as much as I can. Appreciate I am only a half fan and not as worthy as some other forum members though ?? Rev, 48 hours, Ramarena and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 The nearest I have lived to Derby is some 99 miles away. Moved further, and further, south over the years. It was about 67 or 68 that I started showing some interest in football (aged 7) and the old man (not a football fan) arrived home one night with 3 framed pictures, which I understand were part of a giveaway by Esso or Shell garages based on a ‘buy petrol win prizes promotion’. Could have been a Fulham or West Brom fan, but was seduced by 12 guys in white, standing in front of a green corrugated iron shed. The picture here (middle) is not the one, but it brings back lovely memories. Up the Rams. Boycie, IslandExile, Andicis and 9 others 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Isn't it something to do with sheep breeding? Probably. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnyram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Born and bred in Derby and lifelong Rams fan following in the footsteps of my dad. Moved to Doncaster in 1991 for work and marriage where both my sons were born - both of whom have been brought up properly as Rams fans although my youngest had a University placement over at the dark side whilst in Nottingham. Owned up to being a Ram in his interview and was still successful ??. Edited July 31, 2021 by Donnyram Rev and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baiano27 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Dad was born in raised in Matlock. He never went but my grandfather did. I was born in raised in the West Midlands, south west of Birmingham. When I got into football my dad did too and we had a season ticket together from 94-03 before I moved to Asia for 15 years. My sister and mum started to go when I left the UK and when I moved back to my home village 3 years ago i renewed my season ticket. Having worked in the management side of a professional league (never work in the business side of a sport you like!)/ covid/ behaviour of EFL (which surpasses the corruption/ nonsense i've experienced and that says a lot)/ the management of the club, my love of the sport is fast waining. But the club have a year to turn things around seeing as they have my money for another season.... Edited July 31, 2021 by baiano27 kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and i-Ram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Dad from Derby and he went everywhere following the Rams with season ticket in Ley Stand. I was born in Derby and moved to East Anglia at age of 8. Derby mad, just love our club and have managed to brainwash sons kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong, i-Ram, I know nothing and 4 others 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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