- RamsTrust Raffle 2026 – win a signed 2025/26 shirt!
The annual RamsTrust raffle is back. Here’s your chance to win something truly special…a signed 2025/26 Derby County home shirt. For just £5 per entry, you’re not only in with a chance of getting your hands on a shirt signed by the players. Every single pound raised goes directly towards supporting the work of… - Recent messages from the Regulator
Last week’s withdrawal by the preferred bidders for Sheffield Wednesday further reinforced the sad fact that English football is not the investment magnet those that look little further than the upper echelons of the Premier League would have us believe. But this announcement was not a crushing disappointment for many Wednesday fans given their… - Supporters’ Board update – meeting notes from 3 November & 1 December 2025The meeting notes from the most recent Supporters’ Board meetings are now available on the DCFC website here. The notes include a review of the Annual report and financial statements for the 2024/2025 season, club strategy, and an update on potential investment.
- Football club licensing regimeUnder the Football Governance Act 2025 (the Act) regulated clubs will need a licence to participate in specified competitions. Clubs will first apply for a provisional licence, before progressing to a full licence up to three years later, allowing them time to adapt to the new requirements. The provisional licence application process is scheduled…
- Supporters’ Charter Group (SCG) updateOn October 27th at Pride Park, SCG met with ten senior DCFC officials, including owner David Clowes, CEO Stephen Pearce, Chief Operating Officer Simon Carnall and Chief Commercial Officer Dave Biggar. The meeting was attended by nine fan representatives from most of the Club’s main supporter groups, including RamsTrust and, for the first time,…
- Update – The Independent Football Regulator (IFR)Having been initially established on an interim basis the IFR was activated in July when the Football Governance Act 2025 (the Act) was passed. This followed an extended period over which football had more than once undertaken to introduce more robust self regulation but failed to do so. Compounded by the threat of a European…
- RamsTrust meets Dean Sturridge
For many Rams fans who remember Jim Smith’s Derby County side of the mid-to-late 1990s, Dean Sturridge epitomises the exciting attacking football of that era. A product of the Rams’ youth system, the lightning-quick striker was instrumental in the 1995/1996 promotion campaign, hitting 20 goals to fire Derby into the Premier League. Now working… - The Football Governance Act comes closerOn July 8th the Football Governance Bill (“the Bill”) took an important step towards becoming the Football Governance Act 2025 when it passed in the House of Commons by a substantial majority of 415 votes to 98. The Bill will return to the House of Lords on July 15th for consideration of the Commons’…
- Elections and AGM 2025 – Nominations to the RamsTrust Board are now openThe RamsTrust Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Thursday 18 September 2025 at Pride Park and notices for the meeting will be coming out in August. Please note that the date has changed from the previously advertised date (11 September). Ahead of this, we are inviting nominations from all full members of…
- Update on the Football Governance Bill – June 2025The Football Governance Bill and an extensive raft of some 180 proposed amendments to it are currently being debated by a committee of MPs before it returns to the House of Commons, where it will hopefully pass into law before the summer recess begins in late July. The Bill Committee comprises 17 MPs plus a Chair…