What more can be said about Derby County that hasn't been said by me a few weeks ago. Well maybe the name of ths city. The etymology (origin of the word) of Derby is contested. Is it a variation of the Roman word, Derventio? Ot Is it Celtic for "valley thick with oaks"? Or is it from the Old Norse word Djúrabý, which means "village of the deer"? Or is it named after the River Derwent? Or maybe it was named after the horse race in 1780 at the Epsom Downs. Well frankly my dear, who gives a feck.
The club, founded in 1884 by William Morley (a clerk at the Midland Railway then living in Repton were yet another offshoot of the Derbyshire County Cricket Club who lost all ten of their cricket matches in 1871. Morley and his pals approached the Derbyshire FA, formed the previous year, proposing the name "Derbyshire County", to emphasise the connection to the cricket club. This was rejected as being too long, and the name "Derby County" was instead settled upon, with home games to be played at the County Ground.
In the early years, Derby weren't known as the Rams but as Chocolates – for Derby initially played in chocolate, amber and duck egg blue Derby used to play at the Baseball Ground, now they play at Pride Park,, named after London Pride Bitter and the annual LGBTQ+ parades. Derby's mascot, Rammie, holds the distinction of being the first full time mascot in English football. Wanker. In 2007-08, Derby set an unfortunate reord by finising with the lowest points tally in the league's history, securing just 11 points. Wankers.
Famous fighter pilots from Derby include
Arthur Clowes who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal for his skill and bravery
Acting Air Commodore Frank Woolley, who took Baghdad and was shot down in Persia and served in Iraq
Forgotten Ace, Alan Norman Feary who despatched a Messerschmitt 109E off the Needles, and shot down a Junkers 87B Stuka dive-bomber over Lyme Bay
Radio Two DJ Tony Blackburn
Ace pilot, Douglas Bader from London
After the total capitulation of Stoke and all the other 12 original members of the formative league, I expect nothing less than annhilation. Tanaka can't even get a starting slot and Piroe is nearly in double figures. I predict a 3-0 win and anyone who wants to argue will need to fight me at dawn.
Train there was 20 minutes late, got on the train and checked our return train and low and behold it was cancelled. That was the only train we could get after the game. So we ended up having a few beers in derby and went to the game but had to leave at half time, grrr.
Bloody trains
Bloody sky tv and their scheduling.
Anyhow we won and what a great goal.
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