18-08-2022, 09:44
(This post was last modified: 19-08-2022, 13:05 by SaltergateBorn.)
Yes, Matt; we paid on the gate. They accept card payments quite happily.
I think the season you`re thinking of is 1970/71. I seem to remember that the first game was at home to Port Vale, an evening kick-off at 6:30 because Derbyshire were playing at Queens Park the same day (I went to both). We`d spent a bit of money in the close season and we all had great expectations, as usual, but we were bloody awful. We lost 1-0 and barely had a shot on goal. That went on for a few games until Jimmy McGuigan made the inspired decision (it turned out) to move Tom Fenoughty from up front to midfield and we never looked back.
I`ve just seen the highlights on our Youtube channel. If they`re anything like representative of the whole game, it seems to me we could have won by quite a few more. I`m trying hard not to get carried away, but if we win at County I probably will.
ERRATUM - When I think about it, it would have been 1969/70 season - not 1970/71
I think the season you`re thinking of is 1970/71. I seem to remember that the first game was at home to Port Vale, an evening kick-off at 6:30 because Derbyshire were playing at Queens Park the same day (I went to both). We`d spent a bit of money in the close season and we all had great expectations, as usual, but we were bloody awful. We lost 1-0 and barely had a shot on goal. That went on for a few games until Jimmy McGuigan made the inspired decision (it turned out) to move Tom Fenoughty from up front to midfield and we never looked back.
I`ve just seen the highlights on our Youtube channel. If they`re anything like representative of the whole game, it seems to me we could have won by quite a few more. I`m trying hard not to get carried away, but if we win at County I probably will.
ERRATUM - When I think about it, it would have been 1969/70 season - not 1970/71