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      • Similarly, the football team, Derby County F.C. which began life as an offshoot of the county cricket team, adopted its nickname of “The Rams” as a tribute to the county regiment and sports a ram as their badge.
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  2. Sep 15, 2024 · Latest Derby County news from DerbyshireLive brings you a piece from the archives as to how the Rams became the club's nickname and the story behind the badge

  3. Oct 28, 2023 · 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.

  4. 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 why...

  5. Sep 7, 2023 · For those who aren't aware, a ram is a male sheep, which is a key part of Derby's current badge. The animal has been present on many of their badges over the years - and has become part of...

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  6. The ram was surrounded by a wreath of laurel and the text "Centenary 19841985" was printed underneath for the club's centenary season. The laurel was removed and the text reading "Derby County FC" returned from the next season. In 1993, the ram faced left again and the text was removed once more.

  7. 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.

  8. Feb 20, 2021 · Back when Pride Park was open to visitors you could see Lance-corporal Derby XXIX paraded around the stadium, but only when the battalion was in town. And Derby County have been going by the nickname the Rams since at least 1900. The Rams have Rammie and Ewie as their official mascots.

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