Rampant Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 (edited) When? Sat 2nd Sept Where? Toughsheet Community Stadium, Burnden Way, Horwich BL6 6JW (Located in the Middlebrook Retail & Leisure Park). Last Season Bolton finished 5th in League 1 last season before losing to Barnsley in the Playoff Semi-Final. Opening 5 Matches The Trotters started the season with three straight L1 victories, scoring three goals in each game. They have since gone two without a win as Saturday's draw at Burton followed a heavy 0-4 defeat at home to Wigan. BWFC Dangermen On paper it would appear to be their two top scorers, former Burton man Adeboyejo (four goals) and NI international Dion Charles (three goals). They have lost two fine loanees from last season though as keeper Trafford and the Liverpool RB Conor Bradley have moved on. History This fixture will be the 136th time these two Founder Members of the Football League have met in a competitive match. In the Cup competitions it is Bolton who have had the upper hand with five wins to the Rams' two. In League encounters though it is Derby who have had the better of it. Of 128 League meetings DCFC have won exactly half. The overall League record is as follows: P 128 W 64 D 23 L 41 In recent meetings between the sides Wanderers have won just once in the past dozen matches compared to the Rams' seven wins with four draws. Although this is an away match for us, our home record against Bolton is fantastic, with Derby unbeaten since a 0-2 loss at the Baseball Ground way back in Sept 1981. Since then the Rams have won 10 and drawn four on Derby soil. That run includes wins in the last five at Pride Park, scoring 17 and conceding three in those five games. Connections Players who have represented both clubs include Frannie Lee, John McGovern, Jeff Chandler, Nicky Hunt and currently at Bolton is Cameron Jerome. There is also a connection through our ex-gaffer and their former player Phil Brown whilst ex-Rams player Ian Evatt is seemingly doing a fine job at Bolton as manager. Pair of Titbits Firstly, Bolton's 73 seasons in the top division is the most of any English club without winning the title. And secondly, and I like this one tbh, the first ever Football League goal came in this very fixture on 8th Sept 1888 on the original opening day of the season. It was scored at 3:47pm (3:45pm kick offs all round then) by Bolton's Kenny Davenport although Derby went on to win the game 6-3. Rams Expected Line Up I'm not aware of any injuries picked up against Peterborough so we could see another unchanged starting XI as Derby seek a third straight win. Edited August 28, 2023 by Rampant SKRam, TimRam, Carl Sagan and 36 others 17 1 16 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Superb matchday starting thread @Rampant. jono, IslandExile, Day and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 6 minutes ago, Rev said: Superb matchday starting thread @Rampant. Cheers @Rev. Never expected to get beyond Posh tbh so this feels like a bonus. Peterborough (A), Bolton (A) and Pompey (H) is, on paper anyway, probably our most difficult run of three matches all season but the win on Saturday should give us belief that we might remain unbeaten through it after all. cstand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 This for me is our most difficult game of the league season. Bolton have been together for a while now and although they’ve lost two key players in Trafford and Bradley from last season, as well as not recruiting as well as they would’ve liked, it still feels like they’re the team to beat in the league - despite us being the favourites by the bookies. I hope they sell Dion Charles before the weekend, not because I feel he’s an outstanding player but because the way he plays is still something that causes us problems in that he presses very aggressively and causes defenders to make mistakes - something we know that is problematic for us. He’s a flat-track bully at this level. A win would be fantastic, I’d be happy with a draw… a loss after the Peterborough game wouldn’t be the end of the world. I’m going to heavily back the Bolton win, hope to lose the money and watch another fan base lose their s*** after another Waghorn masterclass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poynton ram Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Word of warning - last season I parked in the school near the ground and it must have taken a good hour to get out and reach the motorway. Will park elsewhere this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Dion Charles has signed a new deal so doubt he will be leaving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 38 minutes ago, Poynton ram said: Word of warning - last season I parked in the school near the ground and it must have taken a good hour to get out and reach the motorway. Will park elsewhere this time Similar but slightly worse if you park on the official car park next to the ground. Didn't move for 1 and a half hours and then another 30 mins to get to the motorway. Avoid this car park too. SKRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 25 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said: Dion Charles has signed a new deal so doubt he will be leaving Ah, didn’t see that. Shame. There had been talk of a move to Watford (among others). As I said, for me, he looks like a lower league footballer when he’s on the ball outside the box so it’s not that he’s this outstanding footballer. It’s his work off the ball and inside the box that makes him a (really) good player at this level and his work off the ball makes him a big threat to this Derby team in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Wildsmith Rooney Nelson Cashin Forsyth Fornah Hourihane Mendez-Laing LThompson Washington Waghorn Subs: Vickers, Bradley, Elder, Smith, DRobinson, John-Jules, Collins IslandExile, DerbyAleMan, Anag Ram and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 25 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: Wildsmith Rooney Nelson Cashin Forsyth Fornah Hourihane Mendez-Laing LThompson Washington Waghorn Subs: Vickers, Bradley, Elder, Smith, DRobinson, John-Jules, Collins That doesn't look far off a decent side to me Ghost. Would you expect further additions this window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chellaston Ram Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 51 minutes ago, Steve How Hard? said: Similar but slightly worse if you park on the official car park next to the ground. Didn't move for 1 and a half hours and then another 30 mins to get to the motorway. Avoid this car park too. Plenty of other car parks in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesaRam Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 49 minutes ago, Steve How Hard? said: Similar but slightly worse if you park on the official car park next to the ground. Didn't move for 1 and a half hours and then another 30 mins to get to the motorway. Avoid this car park too. It doesn't seem to matter where you park - last season we parked on an industrial estate about a quarter of a mile from the retail park. Because of the torrential rain we had a KFC, but we still stuck for ages, as there is effectively only one road out to the motorway for nearly everybody. Steve How Hard? and angieram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chellaston Ram Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Chellaston Ram said: Plenty of other car parks in the area Last season, I parked at the premier inn next to the beehive pub. It was quite easy to get out after the match. Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve How Hard? Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Chellaston Ram said: Last season, I parked at the premier inn next to the beehive pub. It was quite easy to get out after the match. Is that the pub just as you turn onto the retail park? I've parked on there a few times previously and got away ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chellaston Ram Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Yes I think so Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chellaston Ram Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 There is also some street parking next to the beehive if you’re there early enough Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 15 hours ago, Comrade 86 said: That doesn't look far off a decent side to me Ghost. Would you expect further additions this window? I think Warne has mentioned the aim is to make a couple more signings to improve on the starting 11 we had at the weekend. I imagine that will be a RB/RWB and a AM/W. Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ghost of Clough said: I think Warne has mentioned the aim is to make a couple more signings to improve on the starting 11 we had at the weekend. I imagine that will be a RB/RWB and a AM/W. Could Calvin Ramsay at Preston be an option at RB? Came from Liverpool with high hopes but has fallen out of favour. Only 20 so a clip round the ear and a 30,000 home crowd might give him an escape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 18 hours ago, Rampant said: Toughsheet Community Stadium Just posting to say I love this stadium name, best in the League. Anyone that disagrees with me, well toughsheet I'm not changing my opinion. Dordogne-Ram, Smalley Ram, Derby4Me and 6 others 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, David said: 10 minutes ago, David said: Just posting to say I love this stadium name, best in the League. Anyone that disagrees with me, well toughsheet I'm not changing my opinion. They were fully aware that it would spark debate when they named the stadium, as they say there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Edited August 29, 2023 by Foreveram Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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