Foreveram Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said: Built from reclaimed bricks from the Baseball ground. It’s next to the ticket office. Mucker1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 20 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Built from reclaimed bricks from the Baseball ground. It’s next to the ticket office. Yes. Was aware. Posted the pic as it seemed some weren't aware. 🍻🐏👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chester40 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 hour ago, Mucker1884 said: Well there you go then...that more than befits the multimillion investment of his entire fortune to revive the club. Grimbeard and ariotofmyown 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Just now, Mucker1884 said: Yes. Was aware. Posted the pic as it seemed some weren't aware. 🍻🐏👍 Yes I’m aware that you are probably aware, but I also was aware that other people were not aware, so now hopefully everyone is aware, even the ones that have never been to the ground 🙂 IslandExile, angieram, Dordogne-Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I think the point may have been that the stadium itself stands as 'something at Pride Park that honours his memory' without any need for further elaboration. What bigger symbol do you need than the existence of the stadium itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 5 minutes ago, Chester40 said: Well there you go then...that more than befits the multimillion investment of his entire fortune to revive the club. Took us out of the hands of Maxwell for £1 and ended up passing us on to the 3 amigos for the same amount. We did see some fantastic football in-between though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 (edited) 3 hours ago, G STAR RAM said: The Lionel Pickering entrance? Love this forum. Where else would you find folk discussing Lionel Pickering's entrance? Edited May 29 by Comrade 86 G STAR RAM, Mucker1884, Steve How Hard? and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 25 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Yes I’m aware that you are probably aware, but I also was aware that other people were not aware, so now hopefully everyone is aware, even the ones that have never been to the ground 🙂 I wasn't aware that our readership included those who had never been to the ground. Are you aware just how preposterous that seems! If it's true, they need naming, shaming... and laming! BOOOOOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 20 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said: Love this forum. Where else would you find folk discussing Lionel Pickering's entrance? Luckily it is at the front of the ground Comrade 86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 2 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: I wasn't aware that our readership included those who had never been to the ground. Are you aware just how preposterous that seems! If it's true, they need naming, shaming... and laming! BOOOOOOOO! American Ram? Mucker1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 33 minutes ago, Chester40 said: Well there you go then...that more than befits the multimillion investment of his entire fortune to revive the club. But it's symbolic. The "Welcome to my stadium". The link to ye olde BBG. The transition. The deliberate lack of pretentiousness. Grand without the grandeur! Come on... open your eyes... This is so very Lionel. *I'm guessing... I never met the bloke in person! 👀 Vimto Enjoyer and Chester40 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I'd never heard of the Lionel Pickering Entrance and looking at the pic, it doesn't really scream out his name. Maybe that can be renamed the Nick Pickering entrance and Lionel can have something a bit better. Crewton and Derby4Me 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 As with every owner of a football club Lionel had his fans, and his detractors, but as the fans would far outweigh the detractors means he did a good job as a custodian of the club in the main. My biggest criticism of him would he stuck by The Bald Eagle a season too long, but considering they were more like brothers than boss & employee it's not surprising. He really should've let him go gracefully once Malcolm's goal at Old Trafford kept us up. Yes it would've been a bad look, but we needed new ideas, and Jim had lost his touch in unearthing gems by then... I remember the day we lost to Leicester 4-0 at home, me & my mates had gone back to The Yew Tree later on, and my mate smacked him in the face with the bog door as he was coming out. Surprised he didn't sell up there and then. You wouldn't have blamed him after such a crap day 🤣 I'd be happy if we named the East or south stand after him. The Pickering End has a nice ring to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 4 hours ago, Crewton said: Big difference between Lionel and Mel is that Lionel didn't bale out - the Co-op Bank stitched him up with a pre-pack deal with a bunch of crooks. Mel walked away despite there being no evidence he was actually skint. Lionel didn't walk away, despite being far less wealthy than Mel. Wasn't it that the Co-op who made him personally liable for the debt, They called it in and he couldn't pay so they took DCFC off him and sold it for "£3" to a bunch of thieves. I remember Jeremy Kieth going on radio Derby one Monday night, Colin Gibson made it very uncomfortable for him and asked why was he paying himself "£60k" a year, Kieth wanted to get out of the interview as he had his Daughter in the car waiting for him 🙄he said Lionel did his best, Some good some not so good, Employing Jim Smith...wtf we thought...but my did he bring the good times back, Then Lionel went of radio Derby and asked those who complained... "If you can do better, where's your money - and if you don't like it, go and watch Forest.” 😡 The rest is history Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 54 minutes ago, Foreveram said: Yes I’m aware that you are probably aware, but I also was aware that other people were not aware, so now hopefully everyone is aware, even the ones that have never been to the ground 🙂 I wasn't aware of that 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 53 minutes ago, ariotofmyown said: I'd never heard of the Lionel Pickering Entrance and looking at the pic, it doesn't really scream out his name. Maybe that can be renamed the Nick Pickering entrance and Lionel can have something a bit better. If it was the Nick Pickering Entrance it would mysteriously disappear for most of the time a game was on. DavesaRam, ramsbottom and ariotofmyown 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8Leeds Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 3 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: I remember them building that for him but surely there should be something more? Like a stand named after him or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hustler Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Was it Lionel Pickering who is credited with setting up the academy at Moor Farm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 2 hours ago, Hustler said: Was it Lionel Pickering who is credited with setting up the academy at Moor Farm? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 4 hours ago, ariotofmyown said: I'd never heard of the Lionel Pickering Entrance and looking at the pic, it doesn't really scream out his name. Maybe that can be renamed the Nick Pickering entrance and Lionel can have something a bit better. Ram-Alf, Grimbeard and Crewton 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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