Under 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…
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,…
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…
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…
On 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’…