Through the seasons before us..

I was blessed with being tolerant, so I have amongst my acquaintances a number of supporters of Derby County, ranging from colleagues to friends – I thought it would be interesting to interview one of them, this is that interview.

Hello, it’s not been the best of starts for the mutton molesters this season, has it?

I’m not going to answer all these questions if you keep referring to us like that! But no, it’s been a disappointing season so far, but we’re picking up, we beat Wolves and drew with Preston so at least we’re not so close to you red dogs anymore!

Hang on! How can you say ‘red dogs’ yet I’m not allowed to say ‘mutton molesters’ – doesn’t seem fair, shall we have a truce and stick to F*rest for you, and D*rby for me?

Sounds fair, I suppose!

Let’s ignore current affairs, what with us being top of the league and everything, and concentrate on the rivalry factor – would you rather Forest got promoted so we can play one another again?

I couldn’t say that to my Derby mates, but safe in this anonymous environment then definitely – the buzz at fixtures between the two teams is immense, of course, we’ve had the better of those fixtures lately too, maybe that means we’re due a beating from F*rest, but I doubt it somehow.

I suppose you’re one of those sad buggers who bought t-shirts with coffee cups on it and limited edition DVDs of the game featuring Barry Roche’s ‘heroics’?

Ha! No, I don’t own the DVD, although I think if you search on YouTube hard enough you’ll find all you need to cheer yourself up.  Barry Roche is a legend in Derby after that game, although if I take my Rams-tinted glasses off for a moment, had he not had a ‘mare I seem to recall Forest finishing reasonably strongly in that game.

I’ve never had a longer walk than that walk from Shite Park to D*rby station among the smiling D*rby chavs…

Easy! It was a great day for us, I remember feeling similar when you hammered us 3-0 at the Shitty Ground in the season you lost the playoff semi to the Blades.

Yeah, thanks for reminding me of that!

You can always rely on Des Walker to cheer up a Derby fan!

Poor Des.  Anyway, so aside from secretly wanting Forest to get promoted, what are your hopes for the season?

I wouldn’t want F*rest to win the league, maybe limp into second place or through the playoffs.  For Derby I had hoped we’d be in contention for the playoffs, but given our start I guess midtable will have to do – we’re in a ‘transition period’ apparently – it’s quite frustrating.

Surely Forest getting promoted isn’t really that important, after all you have a rivalry with Leicester City, don’t you?

It’s not the same, and you know it! Their fans shout louder when the F*rest and D*rby scores are read out at half time (if they’re losing) then when their own team scores!  We don’t really give a rats ass about them much like I don’t think the F*rest fans do – Leicester are just desperate for someone to hate them back, horrible bunch of fans, they are.

And that’s all for now, I may revisit this as an idea, either with the same D*rby fan or perhaps some of the others I know if they’re willing.

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