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      • They were the first team in England to employ a mascot full-time to maintain links with fans and the local community. Derby has played its home matches at Pride Park Stadium since 1997. The teams gets its nickname, The Rams, to show tribute to its links with the First Regiment of Derby Militia, which took a ream as its mascot.
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  2. Sep 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.

  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. 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...

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  5. 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 the...

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. Sep 3, 2024 · The emblem epitomizes both heritage and ambitionthose twin pillars of Derby County. A striking ram, resolute and proud, champions the spirit of the club, connecting fans and city through a shared identity steeped in soccer history, echoing the roar of the Pride Park Stadium crowd.

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