How the game has changed!

[memyselfani]

[quote="ramspride"]When I stared going in 1955 it was 9 old pence in the boys enclosure, 3d for a programe and a couple of pence to leave your bike in one of the alleyways between houses in Shaftsbuy Cresent. I used to love the smell of liniment coming off the players but didn't love the smell from Leys foundry. I used to go to watch the reserves so that I could see the half time scores next to the letters on the platform in the corner of the pop side. It was also good to stand with the away supporters and have some friendly banter. Half time way 10 minutes and that was it. Night matches were on a Wednesday and KO 7.30 which gave me time,after the game to run to the Loco Works to clock on as I worked permanent nights. As the chargehand was also a Rams supporter he used to let me off. You could talk to people around you before the match and at half time as they used to play records over the PA not blast you out with the row as now. But the great thing was the Ba

[Oldtimeram]

Suck and period are two words that should not coexist in any sentence - ever

Duncan, Carter, Stamps, Doherty, Crooks

That was a good forward line wasn't it Slimy? Let's not forget Angus Morrison too, a good old fashioned forward. I used to go to Derby Dogs with Angus every week. He liked his greyhounds.

[ManxRam]

Slimy if you have been watching the Rams for that long you can say what you like mate!

[AnagRam]

Seriously Slimy...BBG or iPro, 1940's, 2015 or somewhere in between? Which ground and which era, sentiment of the early/mid seventies apart, did you prefer?

[Oldtimeram]

My favourite ground was the BBG and my favourite era was late 60s through to late 70s. I did enjoy going in the early 60s but that was because it was a bit more relaxed with no expectations because we were crap then lol

[SlimyLimey]

Seriously Slimy...BBG or iPro, 1940's, 2015 or somewhere in between? Which ground and which era, sentiment of the early/mid seventies apart, did you prefer?

The BBG for sure. It was an old & tired structure, but it had character, not just concrete & steel. Also you didn't have to go half way to Nottingham to get to the ground.

[SlimyLimey]

Suck and period are two words that should not coexist in any sentence - ever

Duncan, Carter, Stamps, Doherty, Crooks

That was a good forward line wasn't it Slimy? Let's not forget Angus Morrison too, a good old fashioned forward. I used to go to Derby Dogs with Angus every week. He liked his greyhounds.[/quote]

I remember listening to Derby on the radio when they won the FA cup in '46. Dohery & Stamps were the hero's

[roger_ramjet]

Is there any way we could instigate an argument between RBF and Swale on this thread too and thus destroy the point of this one too? At least I only have a go at TMDS one thread at a time....

[triz]

I'd rather play with an injured Hughes than jackie stamps

[triz]

Joking