- Supporters’ Charter Group (SCG) update
On 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…
- Win a Squad-Signed 2024/25 Rams Home Shirt!
Here’s your chance to get your hands on a Derby County 2024/25 home shirt (size medium), signed by the first-team squad! This fantastic prize has been generously donated by the club – and it could be yours. We’re holding a raffle to raise vital funds for RamsTrust, and every entry helps support the work… - Football Governance BillDespite concerted attempts to significantly limit the proposed Independent Football Regulator’s (IFR) room to manoeuvre and apparent attempts to terminally delay its progress, on March 26th the Football Governance Bill completed its passage through the House of Lords unscathed, and has nowreceived its first and second readings in the House of Commons. Of the…
- RamsTrust meets Bruce Rioch
In the latest instalment of our series of interviews with players from Derby County’s 1974/1975 Division One title-winning team, we catch up with former midfielder Bruce Rioch. Signed by Derby manager Dave Mackay from Aston Villa for £200,000, Bruce went on to play a pivotal role in the Rams’ second league title in three… - Derby County Division One Champions 1974/1975 – April 1975
Continuing our look back at Derby’s 1974/75 title winning season, here RamsTrust reviews the crucial last few weeks of April 1975. The month started with Derby sat in fifth place and only two points off the top with a game in hand and in red hot form, having accrued five wins out of six…