The Rams' fixtures for 2009/10 are released on Wednesday June 17 - and by signing up to our text alerts service today you can get all the key dates sent direct to your mobile phone.

Fixture release day is always one of the most hotly-anticipated dates in the calendar of any football fan with their club's opponents for the next nine months known.

And with some thrilling Coca-Cola Championship encounters to look forward to, Derby County supporters are sure to be looking forward to the big moment.

East Midlands rivals Nottingham Forest and Leicester City ensure some local spice, along with more big games against the likes of Reading and the two Sheffield clubs.

Scunthorpe and Peterborough have been promoted from League 1 while coming down from the Premier League are West Bromwich Albion, beaten by Derby in the play-off final of 2007, the previous year's UEFA Cup finalists Middlesbrough, and Alan Shearer's Newcastle United.

The fixtures are released at 10am on Wednesday June 17 and you can have the key dates sent direct to your phone before they even appear at www.dcfc.co.uk.

We'll send you the first four fixtures of the season, dates for the games against Forest and other exciting clashes, along with our run-in to the end of the campaign.

Simply text CLUB DERBY GOLD to 88442 today to sign up on a pay as you go basis* - meaning you'll only pay for each text message (25p per text) you receive.

There's no need to wait until the evening of June 16 either, you can sign up now to make sure you're on the list for the fixtures along with any other breaking news from the club.

*Premium SMS subscription is available for UK only. Texts costs 25p per text. For more payment options and terms and conditions please click here. This is part of the text alerts gold package.