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✍ Sport Central Content Editor at Reach plc. All views are my own. Derby County home & away 🐏

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Richard Cusack
2 months
✅Phase One is complete. Now Clowes Developments continue their plan, set out in November 2022, to 'add medium-term investment to return the football club to stability and add significant value to the initial cost of circa £60m'. 🚀 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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My beautiful sister. May you rest in peace Maddy ❤️
@SheffieldUnited
Sheffield United
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Sheffield United Football Club is devastated to report the sad news of the passing of Maddy Cusack. The Club and Maddy’s family would appreciate a period of privacy and will not comment further at this sad time.
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The pain I am feeling knowing I will never speak to, or see, my beloved sister ever again is indescribable. What we are going through as a family is a living nightmare and I don’t know how I will continue to go on. Maddy Cusack - remember her name. ❤️
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Wayne Rooney’s conduct as Derby County manager in this dark time is something to behold. He’s been an absolute credit to himself 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Thank you so much to the club, both sets of fans and players for a wonderful tribute ❤️
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Always a beaming smile with Maddy. A fierce competitor, a model professional and very proud of her family. We are all so proud of you, too. Your light will shine forever ❤
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The proudest brother there could have been, forever in awe of an absolute marvel. It was a privilege to have grown up and been around such talent. Maddy, you are loved so much.
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A beautiful tribute has been planned for Sunday in memory of Maddy ❤️
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Richard Cusack
2 years
Top class from #cpfc chair Steve Parish re Plange: “We appreciate his significance to them in current circumstances. It is less than 12 years ago our club was in a similar situation, as a result we were determined to ensure both clubs benefit through this deal.” #dcfc #dcfcfans
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There’s only one Maddy Cusack.
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4 years
The Argos book 💔
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2 years
This is one of my photos of the season so far. 250 up for a player with three ACL injuries and still putting in performances like that. Clubs need players like Craig Forsyth. What a man ❤️
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4 years
Watched Jude Bellingham play for the first time time today and wow. No wonder clubs are bidding £35 million for him - it’s a bargain! To be the leader he is at 16 is incredible. Superb player and he’s going to the top. #bcfc #kro
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A man after my own heart #dcfc #dcfcfans
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2 years
Wayne Rooney has earned himself a place in #dcfc history with his management of the club this season. What he has done with an absolute mess left to him will never be forgotten. It is likely that has saved the club & made it much more attractive to new ownership. Hero. #dcfcfans
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🎂 Happy birthday to #dcfc 's reigning player of the year @fikayotomori_ . Once a Ram! 🐏 #dcfcfans
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Curtis Davies via @talksport : “The EFL have come out and said that they are going to help Derby in every way. I think that is laughable.” Pretty damning quote from one of the most level-headed players at #dcfc . Speaks volumes #dcfcfans
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2 years
Weirdest relegation ever. To have the scenes after the game and down at Moor Farm shows the unbreakable bond between the players, fans & staff. Genuinely emotional watching the manager outside the training ground isn’t it? Won’t ever forget this season. ❤️🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Well, that's now 31 points from a possible 54 available under Wayne Rooney as #dcfc manager. That is incredible given how awful we were earlier on this season. Big gambles at half-time but they paid off. This is not a new-manager bounce, it's much more than that. #dcfcfans
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Wayne Rooney finding out by text a player who didn’t want to leave, and who he didn’t want to sell, is departing the club is a new low in this dreadful season. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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2 years
Harry Wilson still loves the Rams, by the way.
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Prospect of Mike Ashley owning #dcfc is an interesting one. He won’t be in it for anything other than wanting to restore the club and make it a saleable asset. To do that requires success. I’m onboard with that #dcfcfans
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2 years
Already had 2 Blues fans on at my last tweet, which shows #dcfc have support. They are my local club these days. What has happened and is happening at St Andrew's is wrong. A united front on Jan 30 live on Sky will be quite something. Keep Right On. #dcfc #dcfcfans #bcfc #kro
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Football was Maddy’s passion. She lived and breathed it. We want to make sure her love for the game continues for the next generation and beyond with The Maddy Cusack Foundation. It is our way of honouring my wonderful sister.
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I need Krystian Bielik to be OK. Can’t have him being out injured again. He changed the game when he came on, he has so much class & quality #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Refuse to believe Liam Thompson has not played 300 games & is only 19. Unbelievable from him tonight. So, so good #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Signing Eiran Cashin to a 2 year deal is some of the best business #dcfc has done for a long, long time. Genuinely thought he was off. Superb commitment from him 👏🐏 #dcfcfans
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The people who care about the future and survival of this football club are showing their true class right now aren't they? Players aren't pushing for moves, the manager staying true to his promise. Whatever happens they got it spot on, it's a shame others didn't. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Chris Kirchner has seen what he is buying tonight. Those who were there showed up in the stands big time and the players did their bit and then some. Potential is the word. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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2 years
Got to say David Clowes has nailed it with this comment re NSPCC: “The name on the front of the shirts should not simply be a commercial decision, it should be one taken with a consideration for what is right for both the club and the wider community.” #dcfc #dcfcfans
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You are my Derby, my only Derby. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never notice, how much I love you. So please don't take my Derby away.
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Feels like a groundswell of support for #dcfc over last 24 hours. From MPs down to Niall Horan. Movement feels like it is being made. The message needs to be spread far and wide. It needs to become political now. The club cannot just die. #dcfcfans
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Wow. Admins statement: "The joint administrators are delighted to confirm that they have formally accepted Clowes’ offer to acquire Derby County out of administration. Clowes has been granted preferred bidder status with immediate effect." Party time! #dcfc #dcfcfans
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We are trying our hardest. There are words from the heart, those that matter & sensible takes on the current situation. It's the proudest moment of my career so far but it is bittersweet. Please share. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Really wholesome moment after the game, an old lady - Hudds fan - comes up to me and says ‘can I just say how wonderful your supporters were and I hope you stay up’. Very DHOTYA but it was really, really kind. Fair play. 👏🤝 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Sheffield United sold out 👏👏 £37 an adult ticket, club going into administration and we could be bottom very soon. Support has been top class this season, can't wait to be back on the road on Saturday. 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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This place is absolutely rocking. What a performance. The South Stand looked like absolute carnage when Plange scored his second #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Atmosphere best I’ve ever heard it. Tears in me eyes. This is a dream isn’t it? #dcfc #dcfcfans
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The standard of officiating in this League is an insult to players, staff and fans. That’s all. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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You Rams. ❤️🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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The point that keeps coming back to me speaking to other people is the punishment the EFL have handed out to Derby. 21 points and restrictions in transfer windows for a year. How much more do they want? Yet all I hear is 'take your punishment' #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Margaret Beckett with an absolute mic drop moment there #dcfc #dcfcfans
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2 years
Hit me the other day that this must be the first season in a while where there has been absolutely no debate about the goalkeeper or manager. Refreshing isn't it? #dcfc #dcfcfans
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The biggest of platforms for Derby County's cause. That would not have been possible without the tireless effort of the fans. By the way, Neville was bang on about everything. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Krystian Bielik via Instagram: “Just got my shoulder results. I am fine but it will take couple days to settle down.” 😍🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Thank you to Wayne Rooney. Gave me one of the best seasons following the club and a squad I felt close to. I do not blame him for going and can only say thank you. It was a pleasure. Once a Ram 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Ebiowei and Cashin, two players we should absolutely be building the team around next season. They’ve deserved their goals big time. What a day it must be up in Blackpool 👌 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Pride Park is absolutely bouncing isn’t it? Haven’t known it like that for a while. The roar in the 90th minute was something to behold 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Jordon Ibe’s latest Instagram post around an hour ago. #dcfc can play a huge part in revitalising a player who has lost his way in part, by his own admission, because of struggles with depression. That would be something to be very proud of. #dcfcfans
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Well this is very, very nice from Lyle Taylor: “I hope to God this football club survives because we don’t need any more of that happening in English football, any more clubs going under to anything like that.” #dcfc #dcfcfans
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We will be back. ❤️ #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Early contender for photo of the season 📸 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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If the EFL allow Derby to loan back Luke Plange after selling him for a bargain basement price then I want a serious explanation about how that has been allowed to happen. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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This team has heart, soul and character. Make no mistake about that. At least the players aren't letting this club down. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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And Festy. What a gem we have on our hands. Tonight was the best I’ve seen him play and that finish topped off a superb night for him. Had the Hull left-back on toast all night. A proper fan’s player isn’t he? #dcfc #dcfcfans
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This is really, really emotional. #bcfc #kro
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2 years
Sorry? Is this a joke?
@SkySportsPL
Sky Sports Premier League
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🗣️ "We're the only club in the moment who suffers like this and maybe the first club who ever did this." Thomas Tuchel says the sale of Chelsea gets more difficult every day for the players describing the situation as a 'distraction'.
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Sincerely hope no other club gets put in the situation #dcfc is in. A conveyor belt of young talent out of the door, the feeling that nobody is really caring for it, a massive disconnect between the fans & the club, punishment left, right & centre. It's horrendous. #dcfcfans
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Nine points needed from 18 available. It's as good as over, but what a ride it has been. Won't forget this season for a while. Brilliant away days, some great memories at home too. We will be back. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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So. June 29 is the target. Otherwise known as Wednesday. So Pride Park Stadium and the club could be under new ownership, with no points deductions and a 'clean slate' as admins call it by a few day's time. Wow. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Favourite chant of the night came from the Brewers: “League Two champions, you’ll never sing that.” #bafc #mcfc
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George Thorne. An absolute maestro. It was a pleasure to watch him for #dcfc .
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Sky Sports Football
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If you could pick one player to have an injury-free career... 🤔💭
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What it means 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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This is actually unreal. There’s loads of us 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Thank you Sam Baldock. Came in, did a job and scored a winner for us against Hull. Asked questions of defenders with his movement when he came on in games too. Best of luck to him #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Conor Hourihane is a genuinely unreal signing for League One. What superb business from the club and sets the tone for the entire summer. Get those tickets snapped up #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Absolutely love this from Ravel: “I would love the team to stay up and we get a new owner, and we keep the team and push for something next year.” #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Not fussed about a points deduction, just give me a club to be proud of again with decent owners who care for it and will be sensible. Might be 'boring' but give me a few years of being out of the headlines and in recovery please. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Huge week for #dcfc - if we can keep hold of Jason Knight and add a striker + a right-back then it would be a real success of a window wouldn’t it? All told, it’s been a great summer considering where we were. #dcfcfans
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Clowes statement is brilliant. That is someone stepping up to save the club. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
2 years
Desperately need something from the men in charge now. Not asking for minute-by-minute updates but if a key player’s contract has been ‘cancelled’ it is time for answers. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Never has the phrase ‘more than a club’ felt more apt. The support we as a family have been shown by our football team has been incredible. I cannot thank them enough ❤️🐏
@MC8_Foundation
themaddycusackfoundation
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Today we visited Pride Park for an exciting meeting with @dcfcofficial . 👀🤩💫 #MC8
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Curtis Davies is an inspiration and a beacon of hope in #dcfc ’s darkest days. A true leader and someone I feel lucky to have seen play for the club. An icon. #dcfcfans
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From #dcfc admins: ‘The last remaining significant obstacle is to deal with certain claims that are very much disputed.’ The fact that progress is being stopped by the above is a joke. EFL needs to get its act together. #dcfcfans
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Talking point among everyone from today seems to be Eiran Cashin. So composed but knows when to play. Positional awareness is ace & Buxton comparisons obvious but he appears to have a lot more to his game. What a star ⭐️ #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Now let’s temper expectations. Time to be realistic. League One will be a right slog and it won’t be AAA players in this season. Let’s sell out home and away and show up everyone what we are about 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Unreal feeling seeing Chrissy Martin back playing an integral part in the side once more. Probably the best player I've ever seen in a Derby shirt and the one I most associate with 'success' at the club. Get that deal signed! #dcfc #dcfcfans
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If you’re gonna get relegated, then do it with pride. Everyone. 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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If it was me who bought Pride Park the first thing I would be doing is give it a right spruce up. Jet wash the outside a bit. Get some Pride back into the stadium. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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The irony of a statement coming out to dispel ‘speculation’ that has this line in it: ‘had Derby County not cheated, MFC would have been in the play-offs.’ You can’t say that for certain. #dcfc #dcfcfans
@Boro
Middlesbrough FC
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A statement from Middlesbrough FC
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It really is saying something when the club can’t afford to keep a veteran defender onboard. What an absolute disgrace that the club was allowed to get anywhere near the state it finds itself in. Beyond belief. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Huge. Absolutely huge. Made up for Sibbo, Cashin unreal wasn’t he? Got the job done when we needed to. Head came off at the end. Unreal scenes. COME ON DERBY! 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Even if Plange does sign for Palace and come back on loan, it could have been so much worse for Derby this month. Keep hold of Knight, Lawrence, Bird etc. Shinnie going was upsetting but Bielik softens that blow. As good as you could hope for in the circumstances #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Not blaming the referee at all today but just an observation: Tim Robinson has been awful. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
2 years
Whatever happens after Sunday's game and if/when a takeover is sorted, we need to see the same energy for the rest of the season and beyond. A full Pride Park is something to behold and we've seen how it can help players away from home too. They thrive off it. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Now would be a very nice time for the administrators to actually tell #dcfc fans what on earth is going on. Doesn’t have to be copies of contracts, just an explanation of the current state of play. Anyone fancy it? #dcfcfans
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Chris Martin is one of my all-time Derby heroes. We've had next-to-nothing to cheer about as fans for the past couple of decades so players like Martin have brought us great joy in relative terms. Probably one of the best free transfers ever too. A Clough blinder. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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I am delighted for everyone. My colleagues, fans and staff. Finally we are at the point we sometimes did not think we would reach. The rebuild starts now. The club needs the backing more than ever. Come on you Rams. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Mike Ashley being 'willing and ready' to get a deal done is huge. Might be -15 & it might mean next season is not a pretty one, but he's got the money to make sure #dcfc are safe from a repeat of this nightmare and will not be coming in to amble around L1. Get him in. #dcfcfans
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How am I only just seeing a replay of Grabban’s ‘challenge’ on Thompson 😳 nailed on red card and allows me to revise my verdict on the referee: utterly shocking. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Simon Jordan via @talkSPORT : “I am not going to speak on behalf of other people and steal other peoples’ thunder, but I think you will find that Derby will have much brighter days sooner rather than later.” #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Pride Park being out of Mel Morris’ hands is a massive breakthrough. Bright times ahead #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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And let’s be 100 per cent clear: the fact a football club’s future - in part - hinges on compensation claims brought by other clubs is a joke. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Absolutely furious. What a position to be in, unless it's some high-stakes brinkmanship from the owner. Feel for the fans, players, all the staff at the club. Thinking of them tonight. All Derby aren't we 🐏 #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Companies House movement today as Pride Park holding company Gellaw Newco 202 now officially no longer under Mel Morris control. David Clowes, Ian Dickinson and Richard Tavernor all appointed directors. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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Richard Cusack
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Key part of #dcfc statement here re Ebiowei: "Derby made an attractive and competitive long-term offer to Ebiowei to retain his services." Suggests movement already on contracts. The ball is rolling. #dcfcfans
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Malcolm Ebiowei. He’s some player. #dcfc #dcfcfans
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