3/1 To Win
Derby County is to launch a new monthly magazine for the start of the 2020/21 Season.
Produced in-house together with ACA Creative, The Rampage will be a bumper 100-page A4 monthly publication featuring exclusive interviews and club-centric content complemented by a gallery of photographs from the club’s illustrious history to present day and replaces the match programme.
The club is aware that the match programme is considered by some supporters as being part of the tradition of attending fixtures, but despite numerous efforts over the years to increase its appeal, sales have been steadily dwindling to the point that it’s no longer commercially viable.
Club officials are confident that the new monthly format will appeal to a broader fanbase with more timely, quality, and pertinent features - and some obligatory football facts and stats - rather than concentrating on individual fixtures.
The Rampage will go on sale on the second Thursday of every month, starting on Thursday 10th September ahead of the Sky Bet Championship season opener against Reading two days later.
The first edition of the season features:
- An exclusive interview with manager Phillip Cocu
- Feature-length chats with Max Bird, Louie Sibley, Jason Knight, Morgan Whittaker and Lee Buchanan on their breakthrough seasons
- An in-depth conversation with Craig Forsyth on his Derby County journey
- Insight into how the club went about staging behind-closed-doors matches
- Dean Saunders, who became Derby’s first million-pound player in 1988
- The chance to get to know summer signing Mike te Wierik in a sit-down interview
- A comprehensive 2019/20 Season review, plus a 2020/21 Season preview
- Catch-up with former loanee and cult hero Leon Osman
- A lookback at Derby’s permanent move to the Baseball Ground 125 years ago
- An update from the Derby County Academy ahead of the 2020/21 Season
- Assessment of how the Community Trust has tackled the COVID-19 pandemic
- And much, much more!
Each monthly issue will be available for £5 from the DCFCMegastore at Pride Park Stadium or via an annual subscription from ACA Creative for an introductory £60 incl. P&P PLUS automatic entry into a monthly draw to win players signed memorabilia (introductory offer expires 30th November 2020).
Details of how to subscribe can be found by clicking here.
