B4 - for ever a Ram 🐏

[Ruud Aralliss]

🖤😢🤍

[Papahet]

Never met B4, but in 2020 I  mentioned my mum passed away in a post somewhere and within minutes B4 private messaged to say he was there if I needed to talk - he regularly messaged me checking to see if i was ok anr I can only thank him for showing such compassion to somewhere he never knew and had nothing to gain from this.

 

Reading through these posts, this seems to be a similar theme and shows what a lovely human being he was.

RIP mate, thanks for the positive vibes and I hope Derby do it this year 🙏 

[DRBee]

This is sad news. B4 set us all an example in optimism and was able to express the love for the club we all share

but to do so in such an open, uncomplicated  way. I hope we have a way of expressing this loss at the next home league game.

[DubRam]

Not a regular poster, but an avid reader of this forum. My sincere condolences to Daniel's family, friends and all who knew him. 

B4 was always positive and his love for Derby was very clear. It is also very clear from other members posts, his love and support for fellow Rams. This takes a special type of person.

Brought me joy and positivity in our darkest hours with his rallying posts to stick together and fight for our club.

RIP Daniel a Derby legend 🐏 

[SIWY]

Haven’t posted on the forum in a long time but was extremely saddened to see the news about B4 on Twitter. 

While I never knew Daniel personally, I used to recognise him at a lot of the away games and, on the forum, I looked forward to his weekly war cries. B4’s passion for Derby was always evident and I admired his ability to see the positives even at some of the darkest times in the club’s history.

Thoughts go out to Daniel’s family at this difficult time, he will be sadly missed by so many. RIP B4 🐏

[angieram]

1 hour ago, Hustler said:

@angieram apologies if this has already been posted but are B4's family accepting charitable donations in his memory? 

No, nothing yet. It really is very early days and I think they are just trying to understand their loss.

I will keep in touch and let everyone know what they decide to do. 

[Phoenix]

I spent yesterday afternoon & evening rehearsing and playing in a very stirring performance of Mozart's Requiem.

This morning, I'm thinking 'How appropriate'.

A sad loss, and so young.

RIP

[Raich Carter]

That's very, very sad. I'm not a regular poster/visitor but B4's posts always stood out as he was was always very positive and his love for the Rams was evident in every single post.

Best to his family and friends. 

[Mr. P]

I'll miss his Churchill-esque rallying cry. He will be missed. RIP B4. 🐑

[Ilkestonian]

Very sad news, the forum won't be the same without him 🙁

[Grandadsawbloomer]

As I reflect on this upsetting news and read how it's affected so many I feel that I must let it be known how much my matchday experience will never be the same again. I have sat in the same seat in the East Stand since it was built, together with my wife, and sat right in front for many years was Daniel and his dad. I am a regular reader of this forum but rarely contribute. I do remember when there was much speculation as to who top fan B4 was. It eventually dawned on me that he must have been sat in front all that time. He reluctantly admitted that he was indeed the one and only B4.

I should have known because I had been discussing team selection and tactics every game for years. Half time changes that were always needed were rarely implemented by the manager, who should have known better. Sweets were often handed around and whatever happened on the pitch Daniel's support was unwavering and I sometimes felt ashamed that I couldn't raise my game when things just weren't happening and I had a feeling of impending doom.

It was a shock not to see and hear him yesterday but it was a privilege to have known Daniel.

 

[SKRam]

B4 was the catchiest name on the forum. Like so many have alluded to, his posts were passionate, inspiring and positive. Thought about him at work last night and can’t deny it brought a tear to my eye. 
Hope the Mighty Rams do it for you this season B4. God bless 🐏

[Alty_Ram]

Only just caught up with the sad news 😞. Sleep well fella. Your relentless and unstinting positivity re DCFC was an inspiration and a lesson to us all.

Just ask that Steve Bloomer fella to shuffle up a bit; you've earned a decent seat 🐏

[Archied]

Jeez , reading all the posts this morning has brought tears to my eyes as did the news last night , when that happens over someone you’ve never met in person it tells you something 🤷🏻‍♂️,

was wondering if it would be fitting if we could chip in and have this thread printed and perhaps presented nicely in a remembrance book format for his family as a mark of what a special lad he was 

[Mucker1884]

 The only down side to this thread is the number of folk who have mentioned spirit... and not one of you has mis-spelled it!  
We all loved flanges and scravers of course, but "Spirt" was a personal favourite of mine.  I'm gonna miss that!  😢 

 

Anyway...

Lots of usernames on here that I simply don't recognise.  A couple of dozen previous posts here, a few hundred there.
Countless claims of "Don't post very often but..."
Numerous lurkers clicking away on their keyboard.
Even a few new sign-ups for the sole purpose of passing on their condolences.
And a list as long as your arm, of posters who never met the lad... me included... "But felt like we knew him"!

I've also very briefly touched on my own PM's shared with B4... all at his behest I hasten to add... and I'll not add to that, as those conversations remain private, suffice to say, I shouldn't have been as surprised as I was (shame on me!) to now learn that he pretty much contacted anyone and everyone that had posted of the merest hint of troubles in their own lives... whilst the lad himself arguably suffered more than most.

Every word in this thread points to someone special.  Of that, there is no doubt.  Unique.  Caring to the core.  One of a kind, amongst many of a kindred spirt! (😉)
Arguably, the clearest evidence of that eons old adage "You don't know what you have until it's gone".

I hope to God that if he didn't know then, he knows now!  It's clear how his being... and now his parting soul... has touched so many of us.

He truly will be forever remembered. 
xxx

 

 

Edited November 12, 2023 by Mucker1884

[EraniosSocks]

Such sad news. Used to love him with the war cry’s and at one point he was stating match threads. You sounded such a wonderful human being also 

 

RIP B4

[Zag zig]

Awhh only just logged on to see this.

Stood next to him in the seats of course, at Watford a good few years ago and Charlton, B4 was just always so positive about getting a result.

This forum will have a small void without his posts, often passionate, sometimes funny, nearly always so positive.

R.I.P B4

[ramsbottom]

This is unbelievably sad news.  As everyone else has echoed already, my thoughts are with his loved ones in such a tragic time. 
 

As much as I occasionally took the mick out the lad (his staunch defence of Callum Ball was never not funny), his unwavering passion & support for the club was inspirational 

[Rammeister]

Terrible, awful news.

My very favourite poster on here. Always made me smile, and reminded me what a true supporter looks like.

My thoughts are with Daniel’s family and all those who knew and loved him.

RIP B4.

 

[Premier ram]

15 hours ago, sage said:

When I heard this sad news last night, I was absolutely gutted, B4 was such a positive man, an optimist in times of mediocrity, a true believer who only faltered once, when we were on the brink 16 months ago. The thought of losing his beloved Rams, filled him with dread.

However, it is only tonight, reading everyone's tributes, with an unashamed tear rolling down my cheek, that the bigger picture emerged. Tales of chats at service stations and concourses, his passion at at games and most tellingly, the private messages of encouragement or empathy when other posters were going through a tough time. Even when he had his own troubles, which would have left most of us exhausted and probably would have prevented all of us attaining his relentless positivity.

The reason behind those chats and messages, as well as good human nature, is we are family. We have something which binds us together, a shared love, a community. We live in a polarised society, where politicians, media and social media seek to expose and amplify any divisions and isolate us. However, we have an attachment, a forum, a club, a badge, a team to rally round and no-one rallied round The Rams more than B4. For those, like B4, who may find life hasn't always been kind or easy, that sense of attachment is even stronger and more important. 

They say you die twice in life, once when you stop breathing and again when people stop remembering you. Daniel, we will remember you, we will remember your rallying cries, your kindness to others and most of all the purity of your faith for the team you love.        

Wonderful tribute mate