Derby County...

[cher1]

Into adminstration.

[Wedgie_pie]

The vultures are circling...

[upthemaggies]

Into adminstration.

-12 deduction plus whatever they get for other rule breaks, probably -21 in total.

[Elite_Pie]

-12 deduction plus whatever they get for other rule breaks, probably -21 in total.

If you break the rules, you have to face the penalty. I'm pretty certain Derby will be playing in League 1 next season, but the saddest thing for me is that it takes a relegation place away from the scum.

I wonder if they will remember that they only got out of League 1 due to points deductions?

[drillerpie]

So the owner there has finally decided to pull the plug.

Isn't he in for about 200 million quid all told? That is one hell of a vanity project.

[upthemaggies]

Statement seems to be blaming it all on Covid-19. It's a wonder they didn't chuck in the famous old gypsy curse as well.

Tempted to tune into Radio Derby tomorrow pre-match for the drama.

[sidders]

Statement seems to be blaming it all on Covid-19. It's a wonder they didn't chuck in the famous old gypsy curse as well.

Tempted to tune into Radio Derby tomorrow pre-match for the drama.

Excuse me, UTM, I thought we had exclusive rights on the curse story. Are you saying it might be slightly untrue?

[upthemaggies]

Excuse me, UTM, I thought we had exclusive rights on the curse story. Are you saying it might be slightly untrue?

Possibly.
Derby did evict a group of gypsies before building the Baseball Ground and word went round that they'd put a curse on the club to never win the FA Cup.
In 1946, after they won a semi-final, it is said that a group of fans tracked down survivors of the eviction and begged them to lift the curse and Derby won 4-1, but I remember seeing it mentioned a few times on local news or "On the ball" whenever Derby were struggling. Birmingham have a curse on St Andrews as well. So it might be with Notts that it was just somebody making an assumption that we must be suffering a similar curse, other people repeated it and then it's been taken to be true. I can't say I was ever aware of it pre-internet and have only seen it mentioned once or twice.

[cher1]

Statement seems to be blaming it all on Covid-19. It's a wonder they didn't chuck in the famous old gypsy curse as well.

Tempted to tune into Radio Derby tomorrow pre-match for the drama.

Yes, it did seem that the blame was laid squarely at covid's door. Probably convenient, but not entirely believable given how unsustainably football clubs are run in normal times.

Derby's finances have been somewhat murky for years, back in the early 2000s it wasn't even clear who actually owned the club.

Sad to see them in this state, we know how it feels. And regardless of financial mismanagement, it's the fans who really suffer.

[The_Don_ORiordan]

Pretty amazing this early in the season…..must be desperate.