Right, lets buy a team

TFFT.

UTFR

O freakin lay (where lay = le with accent.)

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳🌭🐏🍾

Thank you David Clowes 🥂

I might get some sleep tonight.

Here's our owner's statement:

It is with an immense sense of pride that I write to you having finalised our agreement to buy Derby County and end nine months of uncertainty and fear over the future of our club.

As a lifelong supporter, I could not stand by as the risk of losing Derby County became all too real. I could not have looked myself in the mirror if I had not done everything possible to protect it. That is why it is so exciting to be part of the process of building a fresh future at Pride Park for the fans and loyal club staff who have been through so much.

The true spirit of this football club rests with the fans, it is nothing without them. Your support throughout some difficult times has been inspirational and we intend to build on that loyalty.

The decision to get involved with the purchase of the stadium, and subsequently the club, has not been an easy one. As a private person, I did not want the publicity and would prefer to remain an anonymous supporter watching the team from my usual seat. However, if that is the price to secure the future of the club, then so be it.

I won’t be making any extravagant promises, however I can confirm my intentions. My focus now is to stabilise the football club in every department and to make sure we have the foundations in place for success, however long that takes.

We intend to bring the same principles to Derby County that we believe have been the reasons behind the success of Clowes Developments. We are embedded in the heart of the community, and we recognise what is important to the people of Derby – integrity, transparency, and a straightforward way of doing business.

To those people who have worked tirelessly at the club in the most difficult of circumstances, I offer my sincere thanks. My team and I will be doing our best to get to know you all and listen to what you have to say from the outset.

We have to maintain a degree of continuity because there is no point walking into an institution that has been here for 138 years and having the arrogance to think we possess all the answers. My team will work with people, listen, and learn before coming to any decisions.

Circumstances dictated that our ownership bid was swift and that means we will be taking the proper amount of time to assess how the club operates and any changes we might need to make.

What I will say, is that the playing side of the club will receive every support possible. It’s vital we start work on recruitment immediately and, for that, we will rely on the expertise of the existing staff as well as bringing in a support structure to help them move as quickly as possible to build a side that will be competitive in time for the new season.

We are also committed to maintaining a Category One academy. The club’s track record of producing talent is outstanding, and we intend to protect that proud legacy because we believe in the future of Derby County at every level including the Community Trust and, of course, Derby County Women.

Words, I know, are cheap and so, going forward, we intend to be judged by our actions.

Alongside my team, I will be doing everything in my power to make Derby County safe, secure, and successful for many generations to come.

Thank you

David Clowes

Thanks Chicago. A well judged and realistic statement.
Useful start

New contracts please, David

Although someone should tell him about 606. We deserve a mention..................

Sounds like my type of guy. Thanks David. Cheers Terry & Mrs H

July 1st 2022. A day to remember!

Many, many thanks Mr Clowes!

I am on holiday in France with family and friends. I think I have spent most of it refreshing Twitter. When I saw the Tweet confirming the deal was done I jumped fully-clothed into the swimming pool. My son chucked his Portuguese girlfriend in after me. I’ve been out to buy a magnum of champagne and we are now going to celebrate.

...add my name to that, boys !!
COYRAMS !!
🐏🥳❤

And feck Mel Morris, feck the EFL and feck Quantuma !

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Derbyshire are 7 for 1wkt after 2 overs against India t20.
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comment by lastapostleofvidal (U1491)
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I am on holiday in France with family and friends. I think I have spent most of it refreshing Twitter. When I saw the Tweet confirming the deal was done I jumped fully-clothed into the swimming pool. My son chucked his Portuguese girlfriend in after me. I’ve been out to buy a magnum of champagne and we are now going to celebrate.
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Tightwad, what’s wrong with a jeroboam?

Ed Dawes reaction https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cjdsy2

Actually it’s this one directly
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cjdxqc

comment by Uncle Tom (U1899)
posted 47 minutes ago
Derbyshire are 7 for 1wkt after 2 overs against India t20.
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That's it, keep it real, UT

107 for 5 after 15 overs
Ang, I'm so relieved after all those months.

Derbyshire 150 for 8 in 20
India need 151 runs to win.

Isn't it amazing that when Clowes was first mentioned as possible new owner there was an incredible number of ill-informed, spiteful, negative and often downright rude comments about him on the Derbys Live boards. Now that his purchase is complete those miserable barstewards, instead of voicing their thanks, seem to have disappeared. There are, thank goodness, some on that site who are expressing gratitude but it just shows that the majority of posters on there are a bunch of losers.

Most of them wanted 'Mr Moneybags', Chicago.
We've got someone who cares for 'our club' as much as we do