DERBY COUNTY BLOG 

This post was initially published to Patreon on 25 May 2026 The Derby County first team squad, as of May 2026 Let's start with the position where the least work is required, and then work our way up to the areas where more major surgery is required. Goalkeeper This is straightforward, as things stand - nothing needs to be done here, barring a surprise sale. Jacob Widell Zetterstrom is fit again and is Derby's undisputed number one. Josh Vickers is his understudy and the veter

Originally published to Patreon on 9 June 2026 It seems to come around more quickly every year. My annual task of creating a season preview piece for the guys at FourFourTwo. As they will only use a small, edited section of what I submitted, the full Q&A I completed for the magazine is copied below, for my esteemed Patrons. Obviously a huge amount is going to change in the coning weeks - and we'll cover that blow by blow throughout the summer - but these are the best answers

Originally published to Patreon on 28 May 2026 A few weeks ago, friends from the League of Gentlefolk messaged me via our WhatsApp group to let me know that I had an unusually high-profile new follower on X. It seemed that a notable figure from the world of sport and online gaming had suddenly, out of nowhere, decided to follow me, along with a bunch of accounts affiliated specifically with Derby County. This generated a lot of noise. Indeed, I soon received a text from BBC R