Bob The Badger Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 That we're getting 4,500 tickets to Bolton. And Forest are getting 4,000 for Old Traffird although they'll probably only sell 500 and there's only one train serving the line. if it true, what could possibly go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Sandbach or Knutsford services getting a battering then. Good. #Keele'tilIdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Something, something, fight, something ever more, something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Sky will just alter the kick off time or date for the relegation battle. David Graham Brown, GB SPORTS, Crewton and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Maybe that Boxing Day song may finally come true. Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Sky will just alter the kick off time or date for the relegation battle. Hey come on now, we will finish mid table comfortably!!!! europia and taffyram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 13 minutes ago, Ramos said: Hey come on now, we will finish mid table comfortably!!!! I don’t think Sky will be involved with league 1 on Boxing Day ? jimtastic56, taffyram and Ramos 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Ramage 4 EVA Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 6 hours ago, Bob The Badger said: That we're getting 4,500 tickets to Bolton. And Forest are getting 4,000 for Old Traffird although they'll probably only sell 500 and there's only one train serving the line. if it true, what could possibly go wrong? Dont think trains run on Boxing Day ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, Alan Ramage 4 EVA said: Dont think trains run on Boxing Day ? Or many other days at the moment ? Kathcairns, Crewton, angieram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeedsCityRam Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 37 minutes ago, Alan Ramage 4 EVA said: Dont think trains run on Boxing Day ? Yeah, I'm sure that's the case. We played Wigan away on Boxing Day in 2019 & remember there were no trains running at all so we drove over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Alan Ramage 4 EVA said: Dont think trains run on Boxing Day ? Trains don't run on normal weekdays and Saturdays now anyway so you wouldn't notice the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, LeedsCityRam said: Yeah, I'm sure that's the case. We played Wigan away on Boxing Day in 2019 & remember there were no trains running at all so we drove over. And there was a bad accident on the M6. We had to divert and didn't get into the ground until around 25 minutes in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Crewton said: And there was a bad accident on the M6. We had to divert and didn't get into the ground until around 25 minutes in. Sorry, That was down to me, Caused by an undercooked Chicken the night before? Mucker1884, Crewton, LeedsCityRam and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Unlucky Alf said: Sorry, That was down to me, Caused by an undercooked Chicken the night before? So undercooked, that you made it do the driving on Boxing Day? Jesus H Christ! You're a bloody menace! You want lockin' up mate! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 18 hours ago, Bob The Badger said: That we're getting 4,500 tickets to Bolton. And Forest are getting 4,000 for Old Traffird although they'll probably only sell 500 and there's only one train serving the line. if it true, what could possibly go wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 13 hours ago, Ramos said: Maybe that Boxing Day song may finally come true. It happened on 26th December 1978. We drew 1-1 at forest. It was absolute carnage all day. Running battles from Nottingham station to the ground before and after the game. Derby fans were on the trains from 9am and causing havoc in and around slab square. I was 18 and could run like a whippet then. It came in useful at times but my personal memories of that day were Derby being in the ascendency and giving it large, hence the Boxing Day song. loweman2, TimRam, Premier ram and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramos Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: It happened on 26th December 1978. We drew 1-1 at forest. It was absolute carnage all day. Running battles from Nottingham station to the ground before and after the game. Derby fans were on the trains from 9am and causing havoc in and around slab square. I was 18 and could run like a whippet then. It came in useful at times but my personal memories of that day were Derby being in the ascendency and giving it large, hence the Boxing Day song. But…. Then why do Man City sing it too? Or did everyone used to scrap on Boxing Day? edit - just relistened to the city version and realised they don’t sing Boxing Day. But cant make out what they say. Edited August 22, 2022 by Ramos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 38 minutes ago, Ramos said: But…. Then why do Man City sing it too? Or did everyone used to scrap on Boxing Day? edit - just relistened to the city version and realised they don’t sing Boxing Day. But cant make out what they say. Historically, fixtures were set so teams played their closest rivals on Boxing Day so yes, they did used to scrap quite a bit! Ram-Alf and Ramos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Ramos said: But…. Then why do Man City sing it too? Or did everyone used to scrap on Boxing Day? edit - just relistened to the city version and realised they don’t sing Boxing Day. But cant make out what they say. My take on this long debated who stole who's song business(by us saddos) is as follows. Boney M release their version of Mary's Boy Child November 1978, unleashing Jester Hairson's 1956 song into the public consciousness (nobody bothered with the Andy Williams 1965 version featured on his album "Merry Christmas"). It was a regular occurence in those days for derby matches to be played around Christmas due presumably to train travel being difficult and a desire for a bumper crowd for the Boxing day game. Derby played Forest Boxing Day 1978 and by all accounts was a bit spicy off the pitch and thus taking the new Christmas number one and recent incidents we came up with the catchy number that is still sung today. However we know City and Wednesday sing versions and I'm sure there's others too but... City and United have played many games around Boxing day but never actually on 26th itself and their 1902 Christmas Day meeting pre-dates the song by more than 50 years and wasn't exactly in the "golden age" of football violence. Their other meetings generally took place on 28th December or New Years eve which don't really lend themselves to the song lyrics. Sheffield Wednesday, who like to claim every song we sing is copied from them, beat their city rivals on Boxing Day in a famous 4-0 win, which was also deemed to be "a bit hairy" off the pitch but this didn't happen until the year after Derby v Forest so surely their "acheivements" would have lent themselves to the tune of 1979's Christmas number one - Pink Floyds' Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)? Therefore I reckon we were the most likely origin of this classic football ground anthem. Edited August 22, 2022 by JoetheRam Chester40 and Rev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: So undercooked, that you made it do the driving on Boxing Day? Jesus H Christ! You're a bloody menace! You want lockin' up mate! ? Yes felt pretty bad at the time as I was playin with my Edited August 22, 2022 by Unlucky Alf MickD and Mucker1884 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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