- Elections and AGM 2025 – Nominations to the RamsTrust Board are now open
The RamsTrust Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on 11th September 2025 at Pride Park and notices for the meeting will be coming out in August. Ahead of this, we are inviting nominations from all full members of RamsTrust to stand for election to our Board. This year we have four vacancies for… - 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… - RamsTrust Meets Roy McFarland
Roy McFarland is a name synonymous with Derby County Football Club. The centre-back joined the Rams as a 19 year old from Tranmere Rovers in August 1967 for £25,000 and went on to play a pivotal role in the Rams’ rise to the top of English football during the 1970s. Across 530 appearances Roy’s… - Alf, Nobby, Geoff and Me by James Coyle
Imagine that World War 2 only finished in 2004. That’s how close the 1966 World Cup was to the end of the actual war, and even closer to the end of rationing. The 1960s are often described as “swinging” – take that as you will – but in reality life was tough for working… - RamsTrust Meets Roger Davies
“What a fantastic experience it was, parading the trophy around the pitch” says former Rams striker Roger Davies as he fondly recalls the moments leading up to the final game of the 1974/1975 season against Carlisle United at the Baseball Ground. The players and management team learned they had secured the Division One title… - Derby County Division One Champions 1974/1975 – March 1975
Continuing our look back at Derby’s second title winning season in 1974/1975, here RamsTrust reviews the matches played in March 1975. The month started with Derby in 8th place after 30 games, four points behind leaders Everton and with a game in hand over many of the teams above them in the table. Derby…