My name is Ian Williams I played here for derby under Arthur cox and Roy McFarland in the late 80s .

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

Hi Ian you played st a time when football was all about football. I doubt modern players would last long against players from your era and before. All the best to Ian and takecare 👍

really miss the old quirky stadiums like this so much character and history.Much better atmosphere than the newer stadiums of today .

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

Your absolutely right my friend sad their gradually being demolished. The newer pride Park for instance is fantastic but doesn't hold a candle to the bbg

Such a shame that nearly all these type of grounds have gone to be replaced by horrible soulless identikit stadiums with no atmosphere. I’m a Manchester United fan and I only went there once in 88/89 I think we got a 2-2 draw. I remember mcclair scoring for us. Great atmosphere there.

@redwingrob1036

3 жыл бұрын

I'VE been to OT once in the mid to late 90s, as an away fan. It felt really strange, like I was watching a game in a posh hotel. Odd atmosphere... I saw better games at Gigg Lane Bury, with the United reserves!

@gordoncunningham6650

2 жыл бұрын

Been to the baseball ground great atmosphere,with bwfc,and manager at the time rioch,the old grounds were the best,

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

I couldn't agree withbyou more mate 👍 its sad I love pride Park I do but its got f all on older grounds.

so sad that this famous ground is no more. So many great players performed here

I've got some good old memories of this place my dad used to take me as a young lad, Normanton upper tier 😊😊 gone never forgotten x

Watching this and another video with the demolition footage makes me kinda emotional and the nostalgia is kicking in and I'm not even a Derby fan! It's just all the stadiums back then had a unique identity, inside the city, in residential areas. Which is in complete contrast to the new ones that all look alike and are on the outskirts. Always had a soft spot for Derby County. Respect from a Liverpool fan, the reigning Champions of Europe.

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

Same here my friend i got tears in my eyes and you know that feeling you get when your heart drops into your stomach i get that. Even riding through the old site now houses i remember the good days.

Boy hood playground for all the kids growing up around pear tree. Glory days of Derby County great atmosphere, them European cup games fantastic ! great memories .

I'm really glad I got to see a match at The Baseball Ground, it was such a unique stadium. Some of the fan chants were very humourous too. With the crowd so close to the pitch the atmosphere was electric. Modern stadiums are boring in comparison.

Thank you for this video - brilliant to see the Baseball ground, warts and all. I loved the old stadiums, and have fond memories of visiting these lovely characterful old grounds as an away supporter like the Baseball Ground, Maine Road, Burnden Park, The Den, Filbert Street, Highfield Road, and my beloved home ground of Highbury. Sadly I never managed to get to Ayresome Park and Roker Park. Football was great in those days standing on the terraces, happy footie memories - thank you again :-)

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

You're absolutely spot on my friend 👏

I'll never forget 1996 promotion against crystal palace. I was 11 years old when we beat them 2-1 and made it to the premiership with jim smith. The atmosphere that day was no doubt the best ever I have seen at a game. After the final whistle I ran on to the pitch and took a piece of turf home with me and planted it in my garden. That was the best time of my life to be a derby fan. I feel so fortunate to have been able to watch such a great Derby team. It makes me sad that they knocked the ground down and the only thing we have to remember the baseball ground is a shitty uninspiring sculpture surrounded by a housing development. Parts of the stands should of been saved and turned into a memorial or a museum. It was one of the founding members of the football league and the history this place had was immense.

Fascinating video. I'm a United fan and this brings back lots of great memories. As a 17 year old, I was at the Baseball Ground in August, '89 to watch United get beat by Derby 2-0. The turnstiles for the away end were so small and tight; the kickoff was delayed because of United fans being in the home sections and the aggro between both sets of supporters before the match was brilliant. Sorry we lost that day, but thoroughly enjoyed my trip down to a truly historic ground.

@KEVIN-tx6bt

4 ай бұрын

Rotherham?

a massive part of Derby history, shame they knocked it down.. my dad grew up at the bottom of Harrington Street as well as Leacroft Road 70 odd years ago

@redwingrob1036

3 жыл бұрын

I had an old auntie who lived on Northumberland terrace in Derby Town centre. BOTH of them long gone now; one dead & the other demolished!

"All the famous managers sat here," you didn't mention Dave Mackay!

I loved going to the BBG ,always a great atmosphere & a big crowd,such a shame we had to move..BYE,BYE BBG

Grimsby fan here, one great atmosphere better than an field

@MrLiverpoolfan92

5 жыл бұрын

Anfield sadly is not what it once was.

@pabloescabarthird6870

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Gibbett . You want to start taking ya meds again lad. Baseball ground v ANFIELD. Ya mAd. All those glorious European cup nites in the 70s 80s 90s 00s 10s and on etc. Or Derby v Rotherham utd . League 2 Tuesday night 7-45 kick off. Yeah. I'll pick Liverpool real Madrid. All day. You've gotta support manure utd. Or ya mad. Keep taking the tablets. Tablet.

@paulwalker3621

2 жыл бұрын

@@pabloescabarthird6870 try Derby vs Benfica, Derby vs Real Madrid and Derby vs Juventus from the European Cup in the 70s and you'll find an atmosphere that matches anything Anfield has seen, and the Juventus game being a semi final which is as late in the competition as Anfield has hosted. Both are great grounds in their own right in their prime but the Baseball Ground had an incredible atmosphere even with 15000 there.

@indiekiddrugpatrol3117

Жыл бұрын

@@pabloescabarthird6870 Derby had as many European nights as Liverpool in the 70s

@indiekiddrugpatrol3117

Жыл бұрын

@@paulwalker3621 in the 70s the baseball ground had a capacity of 42,000

Had some great times watching the Clarets at the Baseball Ground. From being a kid to an adult I went many times. Best wishes Derby and hopefully see you back in the Premier League from a Claret 👍

Thanks for your video it's sad for the old stadium i watch Derby in danish tv in the seventies love it 🐏🖤🤍

Incredible how much stadiums have changed over the years.

@SUPERCJJOHNS87

9 ай бұрын

I agree but not always for the best 😢

Thanks for posting this, an abridged version of the original video which began with Richard Felix explaining the origins of DCFC and its move to the BBG in 1895, and ending with a pictorial history of the ground's development and an anecdote from a long-term supporter, aka Flash. Unique and precious despite the shortcomings in picture quality.

@ilokivi

5 жыл бұрын

"So Derbyshire County Cricket Club's football club, which played matches on a racecourse, moved to play football on a baseball ground."

@MisAnnThorpe

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilokivi Can't believe that nobody else has given this comment the thumbs up!

@zero_dnb

Жыл бұрын

Where is the og….is it still on here

5:16 Shilton never played his 1,000th League game at Derby, it was actually for Leyton Orient (v Brighton) in December 1996. Aged 47.

@TheKingOfSting32

Жыл бұрын

He played his 1000th professional game at the BBG. Just not his 1000th league game. Which was for Orient, as you’ve mentioned.

The way he keeps looking at the camera after each scene 😭

It's criminal that they didn't save part of the ground and turn it into a visiting centre for the history of the Baseball Ground for future generations.

A great ground had many happy times down at the old BBG .

I was only 14 when they demolished the place I cried along with afew others seeing the flood lights come crashing down and a horrible empty void in her place!!! I dont cry 😢 but when cloughie passed and the bbg died I sobbed 😭

RICHARD GREAT TO SEE YOU I OFTEN WONDERED WHERE YOU WERE.? YOU LIKE MANY WERE A PART OF MY TEENAGE YEARS IN DERBY. I LEFT FOR USA IN 1981 FOUND THIS 11/19/2016 BET YOU WOULD REMEMBER ME.? I BROUGHT SO MANY 45s FROM YOU. ALL THE BEST TO YOU M8.! Nige.

That awkward moment when this guy just stares at the camera.

Great video 🐏

I was always puzzled by this place in that it didn't appear to have a stand like the Kop or Stretford End where vociferous home fans could call their own.

*Maybe one day Mel will change 'Pride Park Stadium' back to The Baseball Ground... the home of Derby County*

@gavincollins4002

6 жыл бұрын

chandler bing bong long live pride park the home of DCFC

Brilliant ground !!!

I had many memories at bbg, but pride park stadium is my favourite ground in the world coyr

So much wood it floated when the Derwent burst its banks.

Absolute crime what happened there as a ram fan we have achieved nothing since we left Except a carpark. Shame on Lionel Pickering for ruining a club after spending a fortune on it .

Were there plans to rebuild the Normanton and Osmoston Ends after the Bradford Fire

As a junior paying 50p in 1975 I was under one of the floodlights.

the pop stand...................... loved it pop side sorry.

@redwingrob1036

3 жыл бұрын

POP side! The hardcore fans, the drunks, & the comedians.

Should have kept it for the women's team!

Did he mention where he was?

4:22 true

2018 anyone

I remember dennis walking around at half time selling the telegraoh

Why can’t they save these old grounds. Part of the National Heritage. God sake how many apartments can you build

Better than the new ground

C STAND, C STAND LOL

Why is it called the baseball ground ?

@Audits31

5 жыл бұрын

I though baseball grounds were circulated not square

@josephf467

5 жыл бұрын

They used to play baseball on the ground before the Derby cricket team took over the ground, the cricket team then formed their own football team as an offshoot (Derby County) and as the football team became more successful and well supported, the ground was then refitted to become the football ground, however, using the name the ‘Baseball Ground’ to pay homage to its history

The Damned United brought me here...

@rampantram1

10 ай бұрын

they used chesterfields old saltergate stadium for that film as the baseball ground was no more and had been knocked down by 2004 for the film that started filming in 2008.

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Жыл бұрын

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is it haunted?

I thought they played cricket in England not baseball

Was Baseball played there by the American military in World War 2

@indiekiddrugpatrol3117

Жыл бұрын

Was played here in the 1880s when baseball was briefly popular but only for a few years

Awful ground for visiting fans could hardly see a thing.

Ronnie Pickering?

@robgillingham6256

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know who I am?

@lakmeister

3 жыл бұрын

Would of got beaten up by DLF and some the Chad snd Mackworth boys!!!

@andisadler2897

3 жыл бұрын

@@lakmeister lol easy

Derby’s pitch are the world’s worst.

@redwingrob1036

3 жыл бұрын

LOL...a mud bath!

bbg was the wost of best

worst.............. C STAND ARMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!