Derby's history began in 1884 when they were the last of the football league founder members to be created, exhibiting a suprisingly dim nature for a town already 100,000 strong and located right next to a club that had been set up 22 years before. Derby continued the doltish nature of their formation on the football pitch, failing to win any major trophy in the 19th century.
For a club distinctly unsuccessful at football, it was perhaps fitting that they moved into a stadium named the Baseball Ground in 1895. Derby's first trophy finally arrived after 64 years, winning the FA Cup in 1946 after most of every other team had perished in world war 2.
In 1967 Derby fans finally got a manager fitting to their egos when the legendary "Big Ead" Brian Clough took pity on the club. What followed was the sole successful period in the club's history as they won the 1st division twice. 37 years later the club built a statue of Clough, when a fan collection bucket started on his depature from the club was finally filled to the required level.
The club had no such qualms with reaching into their pockets and in the same year that Shearer moved to Blackburn, spent £700k less on...Craig Short. **** me. As well as such hilarious aquisitions in the transfer market, a 30,000 all-seater stadium was built. After a brief period of success, Derby embarassed the premier league, english football and the wider world in general by finishing 24 points behind 19th at the bottom of the premiership. Numerous records were broken for being ****e but many Derby fans stood by the belief that they had been unlucky and continued to insist they were in fact a big club.
And so to the modern day. With an absurd male sheep as their badge, fans shouldering the world's biggest chip, and local rivals who continue to outperform them, Derby go into a game tomorrow facing a club with a trophy cabinet over triple the size of their own. But the fans sense a top half Championship finish for the first time in years is within their reach. And what a magnificent achievement it would be for the 31st biggest city in England. Modern history beckons...
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posted on 19/10/12
Who made you boss
posted on 20/10/12
Come on we are not savages....that's them over the way......anyway nice 3-2 win for us, then you tootle off and get promoted.....
posted on 20/10/12
OP. This is way out of hand. By way of explanation one very regular poster to the Derby boards post very funny and very tongue in cheek "handy guides" to every club we play. This time he didn't have time and someone else had a very good attempt at filling the void of what we have become expectant of.
Its not serious and some people bite and some see it for what it is.
I congratulate you on your riposte which did have some funny parts.
But for people to start comparing who did what in what world war? Way beyond the original meaning.
Personally I think we might get a result but you have a better chance of promotion. Good luck.
posted on 20/10/12
exactly Fin....Teg in or 666 out? never know which one it is.....
posted on 20/10/12
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posted on 20/10/12
Blackburn fans abusing Steve Kean's kids?
Nobody knows them and they live in Surrey so talking of the sheep mentality if Steve Kean (Called a liar in court by the judge) says something it must be true.
And Blackburn must be the only place in Britain were squaddies have been abused?
Sadly being ex forces myself it happens all over the country and being born and bred in Blackburn I find the Taliban comment unbelievable.
I get the original article but what I don't get is the small minded b** locks that comes from keyboard warriors.
posted on 20/10/12
What annoys fans from any club, is the notion that derogatory, ill informed and feeble attempts at humour posted on their home board are all of a sudden... "banter" when umbrage is naturally taken.
posted on 20/10/12
Gentlemen..... You dont have to start a world war over a game of football.... do we.
I dont care where people come from, Derby or Blackburn, but I thought people were coming to games because we all enjoy the game of football....win, lose or draw.
posted on 20/10/12
Exactly.
It's just a pity that their are morons that want to bring other things into it, it's called being narrow minded.
posted on 21/10/12
Ive never seen anyone get this mardy about a post since that swansea fan that got obsessed with us over the Ferrie Bodde transfer. Chill out fella yo will live longer!