baiano27 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 27 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: 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 ?? not near Ludlow are you? kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayRam Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I was born in Northampton and lived just me and my mum. I fell in love with football but she had no interest at all. My uncle supported Derby and in 1988 when I was 9 he offered to take me to a Derby match and see if I liked it. Southampton away 0-0. I was hooked. Not long after he got me a season ticket. A few years later they moved north so I was stuck not going, he would pick me up on the way to away matches like Luton and Watford etc and I appreciated it but it wasn’t enough. As soon as I was old enough to go on the train I had a season ticket again. When I was 30 we moved to Newquay and I cancelled my season ticket thinking it was too far to drive. A couple of seasons later I decided 600 mile round trip is not too far. I now have a season ticket again and my 9 year old is as much a Derby fan as I ever was. Deej, Kinder, Wolfie20 and 11 others 6 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in the DRI. Moved to Nottingham aged 18, so have been here over half my life. My very first night in Nottingham, I got a phone call from my dad at 4am. My Nova SRi had been stolen, and the police had turned up to arrest me for two robberies committed by the new owner of my car! Then they got radioed that the car was embedded in railings after ramming two police cars, and I was no longer a suspect. I should have took it as a sign, and insisted on moving back home from Bandit land, but alas I'm still here. Inverurie Ram, Deej and uttoxram75 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, baiano27 said: not near Ludlow are you? Telford ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, NewquayRam said: I was born in Northampton and lived just me and my mum. I fell in love with football but she had no interest at all. My uncle supported Derby and in 1988 when I was 9 he offered to take me to a Derby match and see if I liked it. Southampton away 0-0. I was hooked. Not long after he got me a season ticket. A few years later they moved north so I was stuck not going, he would pick me up on the way to away matches like Luton and Watford etc and I appreciated it but it wasn’t enough. As soon as I was old enough to go on the train I had a season ticket again. When I was 30 we moved to Newquay and I cancelled my season ticket thinking it was too far to drive. A couple of seasons later I decided 600 mile round trip is not too far. I now have a season ticket again and my 9 year old is as much a Derby fan as I ever was. Used to play against Newquay Choughs as a kid in the 70s/80s, are they still going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG2Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 45 minutes ago, Rev said: 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. Actually it’s a lovely place to live, really handy for away days at the City ground, pretty much devoid of Red Dogs, and there are quite a few residents who actively keep the level of pretentiousness down. As for the other side off the river it’s pretty much gone soft over there and is now referred to as North Bridgford by the estate agents. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong, Rev and i-Ram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewquayRam Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said: Used to play against Newquay Choughs as a kid in the 70s/80s, are they still going? No, I don’t think so, there’s St Day Choughs as they beat my sons under 10’s team a while back but I’ve certainly not heard of a Newquay Choughs. Jimbo Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Yani P said: My father was best mates with Colin Boultons dad so as a very young child I went to the games..used to get loads of signed stuff (posters, shirts, boots etc) as well which luckily I still have to this day..that was enough to get me hooked. Don’t say that… your DM’s will be flooded with @loweman2and @Quangy! DarkFruitsRam7, uttoxram75 and Steve How Hard? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG2Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in Leeds (Heaven help me!) to Derbyshire parents, who before I was five brought me back and raised me in God’s own County. I’ve now lived at the wrong end of the A52 for thirty years however Derby is and will always be home, I have raised two sons in Nottingham who when asked where they are from will always instinctively say Derby. LeedsCityRam and kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OUTSIDER Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born in South Wales and no links to Derby except Derby COUNTY FC. began supporting Derby it 1970 when lads front Ripley worked with my dad, they talked about this new manger Brian Clough and brought down scarves etc and the old Ram newspaper . From then on it was Derby Derby Derby... when able to drive and affordable my wife son and myself was season tickets for 15 yes at BBG. Now I live in Ireland and travel over min 20 games season So in short I'm a Welsh man living in Ireland supporting the greatest team in the world DCFC COYR Kinder, Steve How Hard?, i-Ram and 19 others 15 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Born and bred in South East London to a family of Millwall supporters and was a Lions fan until I moved to Leicestershire aged 11. My love of the Rams really started through going to see them with a school friend around 1981/82 and then finding out a neighbour across the road was a season ticket holder who I could travel with. It was hard being a Ram at a school full of Leicester and Forest fans in the early 80’s but I never wavered and even after moving to Oxford in 1984 I still followed them and had a season ticket for years until getting a job that involved weekend working. I still travel home and away when possible with a mate from down here and still get the same buzz on match day. I wasn’t born a Ram but will die one! CBRammette, Inverurie Ram, ariotofmyown and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, Rev said: Born in the DRI. Moved to Nottingham aged 18, so have been here over half my life. My very first night in Nottingham, I got a phone call from my dad at 4am. My Nova SRi had been stolen, and the police had turned up to arrest me for two robberies committed by the new owner of my car! Then they got radioed that the car was embedded in railings after ramming two police cars, and I was no longer a suspect. I should have took it as a sign, and insisted on moving back home from Bandit land, but alas I'm still here. Democratic Republic of ? kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 minute ago, i-Ram said: Democratic Republic of ? Ilson kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and i-Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonram1980 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Born & bred in Derby untill moved to Devon when I was 12!! I Remember since age of 3 every match day having put metal shutters up on our windows so we didn't get them smashed in the 80s as we lived right next to baseball ground, the fans singing as they walked to the ground made me want to go from such young age and still get that same feeling now after 38 years of following the mighty rams ? Edited July 31, 2021 by devonram1980 Bad spelling Rev, Inverurie Ram, LeedsCityRam and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1of4 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Indy said: 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.). I take it you've still no longer got the girl. uttoxram75 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Tup. Brought up. simples. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOB BIGGS Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Seems to be a southerly fan migration generally. To counter that, my work route took me from Derby ( after 28 years) to South Yorkshire and then to Northumberland 38 years ago. Strange how you can’t let go irrespective of where you live. Lots of folks up here in the North East can’t understand what’s happening to our Club and ask me about the background to our present dilemma…….I can’t really help them? i-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 2 hours ago, ScamRam said: Born in Manchester, all family are Reds but moved to Cornwall in 1970 where there is no League team. Saw 'Arsenal 0 Derby 2' in my maths book about 9 yrs old and been hooked ever since. Moved to Worksop in 78 and first game was Nov 79 4-1 v Forest! Son and Daughter now Rams as well. What a first game to go !!!!! I remember that game like it was yesterday. We had gone from being the best team in the land to facing relegation in 3 years.....only to find our local rivals had taken our place, those times were pretty hard to take. That particular game was possibly one of the worst for football violence I've ever witnessed in terms of the amount of people who wanted to actually kill each other. There was a police helicopter flying low over streets where horses and dogs were deployed to try and keep us apart....I can honestly say that before and after the game, I would not have wanted to be an away fan that day. Inverurie Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I grew up in South Derbyshire, spent the first 18yrs there until I went to Uni. I then got a few jobs and moved around the country for a while before coming back 'home'. It annoys the F. out of me that back in the day where my parents lived first born children were delivered in Ashby Hospital, which makes me Leicestershire born. I feel dirty ? uttoxram75 and Jayram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Boycie said: Tup. Brought up. simples. Always had you down as a Wether. Boycie and sheeponacid 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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