Mark O’Brien’s story is one of remarkable resilience and determination. Having just started his career as a centre-back at Derby County, Mark faced a life-threatening challenge at only 16 years old when he underwent open-heart surgery, an ordeal that could have ended his footballing dreams. Despite the odds, Mark went on to make 204…
We’ll never know the outcome for Derby County of a takeover by Turki Alalshikh, as the first official news of a proposed deal for him to take a controlling interest in the Club was, somewhat ironically, an announcement that it would not be happening. Given the comments of RamsTrust members in response to increasingly…
In our previous conversations with Stuart Webb, the former Derby County secretary, chief executive, director and chairman discussed the importance of ‘building a club, not a team’, his role in saving Derby from going out of business in 1984, and how his innovative ideas allowed the Rams to compete at the top of Division…
Rumours about a possible new investor in Derby County surfaced in May. RamsTrust was immediately contacted by members to ask what we knew about the situation, with the answer being – then and now – “the same as anyone else”! A discussion was started on our RamsTrust Active email list and we asked for…
Further progress has been made over recent weeks in the evolution of a framework that seeks to mitigate the sort of risks that triggered the problems at Sheffield Wednesday and too many other clubs, including our own. Changes in financial regulation As Derby fans are well aware and as alluded to elsewhere, English football…