If nobody objects, I'll start the matchday thread for next Saturday. Derby County also known as 'The Rams' were one of the 12 founder members of the Football League in 1888. They were founded in 1884 by William Morley as an offshoot of Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Their glory years came in the 1970s when under the stewardship of Peter Taylor and a sozzled clown they won the old First Division twice and reached the semi finals of the European Cup semi-finals.
Derby were managed by Fatso Frank Lampard, he who has an IQ of 150, but couldn't stop Biesla's secret intelligence agents from taking photographs of practice matches from across the road.
Derby players play in black and white as this gets them a discount on their Television Licence. Their mascot is called Rammie and in 2005. Rammie released his first DVD, in which he reads from the Greek bodice-ripper, Aesop's Fables, in the Derbyshire countryside, and in doing so killed the goose that laid the golden eggs.
Famous Celebrities From Derby include:
Sir Alan Bates
Vivienne Westwood
Jack O'Connell
Various convicted psychopaths
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS
In terms of football, Leeds are currently third and Derby are 15th. The only Derby player I've ever heard of is Connor Washington. On current form, their last results were L, W, D, D, L, L.
I predict our boys will pick themselves up after the Battle of Blackburn and achieve a healthy 3-0 victory, with goals from Joseph, Gnonto and Dan 'the man' James.
Good win, but I suspect that the game against Boro will not be another stroll in the park. Need to ensure we have better decisions made in the last 3rd if we are to claim another 3 points.