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Apr 15, 2024 · Thanks to that song we call our football club the Rams, the mascot of the local army regiment is a ram – and in East Street we even have a statue of the massive beast.
Sep 7, 2023 · In 1885, the first Regiment of Derbyshire Militia adopted a ram as its mascot and that's potentially another key reason why they have that nickname - and a ram remains the mascot of the...
Feb 14, 2021 · Adorning the shirts of Derby County's footballers and welcoming visitors to the Derbion, its impossible to think about Derbyshire without conjuring up the image of this horned beast. But...
For many years now the symbol of Derby has been a ram. Our football team’s nickname is known worldwide as ‘The Rams’ and if you take a walk through the city centre, you will see statues of a ram. But where does Derby’s connection with a ram start and what are the earliest connections? To answer this, we must jump back to 1867.
The ram is the symbol on Derby County’s badge and echoes the team’s nickname of “The Rams”. The badge has a modern stylised looking ram in black and white, the club’s colours. (PIC 1) The previous badge was exactly the same but with the addition of a banner with the club’s name below.
Initially named Derbyshire County Football Club, the birth was announced in the press on 7th May 1884 – so ‘The Rams’ have bullish Taurus character. But to avoid confusion with the Derbyshire County Football Association, the name was quickly modified.
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Feb 20, 2021 · In 1855 the first Regiment of Derbyshire Militia adopted a live ram as its regimental mascot, a tradition that survives to this day. Several restructures later and a few new names along the way, the ram is now the mascot of 2 Battalion the Mercian Regiment.
