Derby County - When 'TISWAS' visited the Baseball Ground

Trevor East and Chris Tarrant with two Junior Rams from the Ilkeston Branch.

Countless celebrities of varying stature have made guest appearances at Derby County games over the years.

One visit that provided a memorable photograph occurred in 1976, when presenters from the children's cult TV show TISWAS (the acronym stood for Today Is Saturday, Watch And Smile) visited the Baseball Ground.

The occasion was the 3rd Round FA Cup game between Derby County and Everton on 3 January 1976, when the locally-born Derby County director Trevor East joined his fellow television presenter Chris Tarrant to meet members of the Ilkeston branch of the Junior Rams.

Tarrant was the main presenter on TISWAS, while Trevor East did a sports slot, often appearing in a Derby County shirt and making his entrance yelling 'Rioch! Rioch!'.

In keeping with the show's famously anarchic flavour, Ilkeston Junior Rams presented the pair with a trademark 'custard pie', seen in the accompanying photograph being handed over.

Against a backdrop of the Pop Side and the front row of the Ley Stand, keen Rams fan East beams with delight, while Tarrant applies a suitable brand of torture to the lad on the right!

For the record, Derby won a memorable game by 2 goals to 1, both their goals being scored by Charlie George. They advanced all the way to the semi-final, only to lose 2-0 to Manchester United at Hillsborough on 3 April 1976, one of the most disappointing days in the club's history.

Does anyone know who the lads are? And did anyone get the custard pie in the face?

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