Guardian piece on Derby 13:01 - Feb 25 with 1027 views | Steve_M | And their impending financial issues. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/feb/25/derby-takeover-silence-and-moun "an accounting miracle appearing to take place in the East Midlands a few months after the 2019 defeat by Aston Villa at Wembley. Derby announced that for the financial year ending June 2019 they had made an operating profit of £14.6m. It emerged that — much to the chagrin of fellow EFL clubs — the club had sold Pride Park to Morris for a reported £80m and leased the property back from him for £40m." Balls, etc.... | |
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Guardian piece on Derby on 13:38 - Feb 25 with 893 views | Illinoisblue | Their finances aren’t dodgy at all. Not at all. Love to see them relegated. | |
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Guardian piece on Derby on 13:40 - Feb 25 with 881 views | ElderGrizzly | Comments like this show how quickly it can go wrong too "The club no longer owns its own stadium and has mortgaged its training ground in pursuit of further finance." Yet they are still paying £30m+ in wages. Or not when they can't afford to pay players | | | |
Guardian piece on Derby on 14:06 - Feb 25 with 779 views | ArnieM | Never has a Club ( and it’s arrogant fans), been more deserving of relegation than this lot from Derby. | |
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Guardian piece on Derby on 14:26 - Feb 25 with 727 views | J2BLUE | Oh no, so sad. | |
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Guardian piece on Derby on 15:04 - Feb 25 with 665 views | SamWhiteUK | FÅck Derby | | | |
Guardian piece on Derby on 15:32 - Feb 25 with 607 views | Metal_Hacker | As my Nottingham friends would say..... "Sheep Sheep Sheep Shaggers" | |
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Guardian piece on Derby on 16:00 - Feb 25 with 553 views | Radlett_blue |
Guardian piece on Derby on 14:06 - Feb 25 by ArnieM | Never has a Club ( and it’s arrogant fans), been more deserving of relegation than this lot from Derby. |
I remember having an exchange on Twitter with a Derby fan shortly after Mel Morris became involved with Derby & started throwing money around. I pointed out our experiences with Evans & that this was no guarantee of success, even if Morris was a Derby fan, especially if he began to interfere in team matters. He wouldn't have it & was telling me what a smart guy Morris was...... | |
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