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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Derby to become Mickey Mouse club? Roy (nephew of Walt) Disney's Shamrock Holdings investment group is reported to be heading a US consortium that is seeking to buy bottom-of-the-EPL Derby County. New Rams chairman Adam Pearson denies holding talks with them or with the Walt Disney Co., of which Roy Disney is "director emeritus". Pearson also thinks calling Derby a "Mickey Mouse club" is "cheap and potentially damaging."

Comments

This rumor is just Goofy.

You know, I've often dreamed of a rich foreign buyer for the Rams, so we can rightly regain our place among the English game's elite. Founder members of the football league, twice champions, European Cup semi finalists, FA Cup winners... Fantasy Land.

Dopey scandals are sure to follow...

Sounds like the makings of a Cinderella story.

[obligatory Disney joke here] On the subject of Championship teams, my lot had their 32,000,000 debt wiped out yesterday by their new owners and there is, apparently, more to come in January to enable Jimmy Mags to buy another 10 attacking midfielders. It's not exactly Roman Abramovich and the Deep Pockets of Doom, but I'm very happy this week. We now return you to your regularly scheduled Ramming.

All these foreign buyouts are making me grumpy.

An new ownership group might make the Rams supporters Happy.

To the Champions League... and beyond!

These puns were making me sick, so I had to call the Doc.

I think what Derby really needs more than this is Aladdin the back four who can actually mark the opposing side's top scoring threat with some measure of success.

Can't hurt since so far this season Derby play has made me Sleepy.

I'm far too bashful to comment.

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